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Reblogged mincerafter
the thing is people often talk about how minecraft steve is the most whitewashed character since jesus christ but never does anyone discuss how they’re perhaps the most misgendered character ever
steve (alongside all the other default skins, for that matter) are referred to with they/them and with gender-neutral language by the developers!
i think the most interesting part is that steve (and the others, mostly alex) are constantly misgendered by not just fans, but official minecraft content itself. merch, social media posts, etc will often refer to steve with he/him, and alex with she/her, although sometimes they seem to omit pronouns entirely. the developers, though, have seen them as genderless since basically the beginning
before notch became who he is today, he posted about gender in minecraft, ending it with:
and in an interview with lydia williams, she talks about how she was corrected on steve’s gender (presumably by her coworkers at the time):
and again, in the latest skin-related video, both steve and sunny are referred to solely with they/them. the developers seem pretty set and comfortable with the genderless nature of the player characters, which makes it really confusing as to why the rest of the branding ignores that fact entirely
Reblogged mimikyufriend
They bombed near my friend's house, 50 martyrs.
I can't do anything else about his situation but ask you to support him.
If you can, please also help my other friend. If there's still a chance to get them out before it's too late I'm going to take it.
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Reblogged mahmoud-ata
Please help Mahmoud and his family!
I'll make this brief -- I've been asked by my friend Mahmoud to organize his campaign. Mahmoud is a 29 year old schoolteacher from Gaza and needs your generosity and support to survive, along with his family. I've spoken to Mahmoud myself and I know that his situation isn't improving, so time is of the essence.
This campaign is brand new, so we're starting at exactly $0. The goal Mahmoud has asked me to set is $35,000. This may seem insurmountable, but I know we can do this together.
Here is the link to his campaign. Please donate if you are able to, and reblog as much as you can.
$0/$35,000
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My family shattered between northern and southern Gaza after my husband was forced to leave us and return to the north on foot🚶
The devastation in the north is beyond words, The place is practically uninhabitable, but sadly, our family have no other choice 💔
Reblogged phillip-bankss
I can't lie, I find it very odd that posts cautioning people against donating to individual* campaigns and promoting the idea of supporting mutual aid efforts and community kitchens in Gaza can rack up 10k+ notes--while a post promoting a community kitchen (that I can personally vouch for) struggles to get 1k notes, and has barely pulled in a couple hundred dollars over the past week.
I actively try to avoid using guilting tactics in fundraising, but this is weird to me. It's like people are using these posts as an excuse not to do things they already didn't want to do anyway, rather than actually taking their recommendations on board...
*In my experience, these campaigns often support large extended families + their neighbours
MAQMAP is a community kitchen aiming to support families in the Mawasi Al-Qarara area.
Mohammed is planning to distribute food parcels, each containing one liter of vegetable oil, one kilo of sugar, one kilo of rice, one kilo of lentils, one kilo of pasta, and a can of sauce, to the 70+ families in Mawasi Al-Qarara camp later this week.
Thank you so much for all of your help so far. Any money that you can spare would really help to keep this initiative going in the coming weeks.
Reblogged jokin-around
Seriously if you can’t financially help or go to protests wrt palestine the second best thing you can do is learn history and talking points by heart and be ready to bring it up with people you know. There’s never “nothing you can do”. There’s no shortage of books and documentaries made by Palestinians you can find for free on the internet you have no excuse to not educate yourself especially if you actually want to help
i found a palestinian film index online with free links to almost 400 films. there's also academic readings, interviews, and analysis of palestinian films at the bottom: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oJN9_AnDxd44QxwAxtwREfc3VRMcieqY_wQcxJErPsc/edit?usp=drivesdk
Reblogged wrightfamily
BABY URGENTLY NEEDS SURGERY FOR 3RD DEGREE BURNS!
Kamal, who is only 1 year old, suffered 3rd degree burns after Deir-al-Balah was bombed by the iof! He urgently needs a skin graft costing $5,000!
The campaign has raised $3,119 so far, so they only need $1,881! If they can raise this much then there is no excuse why we can't get them to 5k.
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$5,692 has been raised, and the last donation was made 3 hours ago. The pace of donations have been going painfully slow when this is extremely urgent. Please donate and share. You can also match my donation! I have given $10 USD, but you're more than welcome to give more! (Click on 'Keep Reading' to see proof of donation!)
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man type null is so fucking cool. what if there was a chimera made in the image of god and it was abused and sheltered for all of its life and only by giving it the freedom to live and run around and love on its own terms can you unlock its full potential??? genuinely insane. the alola games cooked so much
My favorite part about type null is that it doesn't evolve.
Silvally isn't an evolution, it's freedom. It's had its full power the whole time, it's just been weighed down by the mask. This is how it could have been from the start if it's beginning wasn't pain and abuse.
My second favorite fact about Silvally is its name.
Before removing the mask, Gladion calls it Null. All the research data in the Aether Foundation calls it Type: Null, or Type: Full. That's the only name it's ever been known by. Gladion's the one who named it Silvally.
Silvally, in Japanese, is pronounced closer to Silvady. It's a portmanteau of Silver and Buddy. It's Gladion's silver buddy.
And there's only one part of Silvally that's silver. The only actual change between it and Null's design. The only part you couldn't have seen before taking off the mask.
The face.