Sliman Mansour, Prisoner's day, 1980, egg tempera on plywood
shes jewish
My kids love cats.
this passover, as we read a story of oppression and liberation, please think of the people suffering in gaza. if you can, even if its $5, please donate to my friend mohammed, who is taking care of his three young children (and their cat) while their mother receives medical treatment in egypt.
his son abdul rahman was injured by an artillery shell while he and his friends were playing. one of his friends had to have his leg amputated and while luckily abdul rahman wasnt as severely injured, mohammed told me he has wounds all over his body and is in extreme pain, and medical treatment is very expensive. mohammed is also paying for his wifes medical treatment, so everything helps
Rehumanizing Housing (1988)
黄泉の国にて
there was a great study a few years that went into the whole "ppl online are bigger jerks than irl cuz theres a virtual wall and no repercussions" and the researchers were expecting to see that be the case but it turns out that people who were really angry or argumentative online were also found to just be assholes in person and people who were pretty patient and nice online were found to be patient and nice in real person as well
and it just debunked that whole cynical idea that people will naturally be mean if theres no punishment for it
the researchers found that being online didnt make people more hostile, but that being online allowed already hostile people to dominate forum conversations, and the less aggressive people were much less likely to reply or engage, ending in just the aggressive people bickering at eachother
Photography: “Caravan around a campfire by night, Sinai. Bedouins resting with their camels.” Egypt, 1929 Photographer: Frédéric (Fred) Boissonnas (1858-1946)
biiiig stretch