a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.
care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.
connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can’t afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims
ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme
life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure
taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies
the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care
baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies
gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein’s amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.
hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste
anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care
dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram
certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn’t include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.
I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. “Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don’t you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It’s so mid and bad you should listen to real music–” you are a pit of misery
People can’t just say “I don’t like this music” anymore they gotta call you gay and autistic for listening to a band that had one song go viral
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Telling people something is bad because it’s popular with autistic and/or trans people is still wildly bigoted even if you add “white”
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#not the best use of ‘infamous’ methinks
I feel it works in the sense that Republicans regularly harass them for their politics and lose their shit everytime the CEO says something revolutionary like ‘we believe in basic human rights,’ so they very much are infamous in certain parts of the Internet. Maybe just not Tumblr 😅
Also the offer doesnt apply to saffron, vanilla extract or giftcards but it does apply to the gift boxes, so if anyone is struggling for winter gifts, I can heartily recommend their baking and hot chocolate kits.
Yeah I think “infamous” is fair. The first time I bought something at one of their physical stores, the cashier told me I could sign up for the newsletter to learn about deals and discount codes, but very earnestly warned me that the owner sometimes used it to share his political opinions.
Honestly, it’s worth it for his emails alone.
He gets very angry but in a very “loves humanity with his entire being and is very pissed off people are using their time on this earth to be cruel” kind of way that feels very comforting in a world where brands have co-opted therapy speak into their corpo-speak to mind-numbingly insincere effect.
Sometimes it’s just nice to open an email that says “boy howdy things sure are fucked. Here’s why you shouldn’t walk into traffic this week. Also here, have some spices for $10.”
I’m a big fan of people finding a spiritual or religious practice that works for them but if you’re required to pay money to a particular person or buy a certain thing regularly from a certain place I don’t think that’s a spiritual practice. You may have been scammed.
Like I really don’t think that paying a thousand dollars to go on a meditation retreat is mandatory for your journey to enlightenment. I really don’t.
No matter what kind of religion or type of spirituality you wanna get into there are free resources and/or cheap one time purchases that’ll get you there. I’ve never bought a Bible for myself I don’t think. They just kind of end up at my house. I got my Buddha statue for like 12 bucks. Like don’t listen to people who are trying to get you to buy their courses. The universe will hear your screams whether you have paid or not.
The universe will hear your screams whether you have paid or not.
That goes so hard!
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I agree with all of this, but also a substantial portion of the people paying thousands for meditation retreats have more money than anyone needs and deserve to get fleeced
Poor and middle class people go into extreme debt every year getting roped into self help and spirituality scams. That scummy tv preacher isn’t getting all or even most of his fistfuls of money from rich donors. He’s preaching prosperity gospel to everyday folks looking for some relief. And no matter who you are or how poor you are, when you’re desperate enough you start to believe charismatic people who say they can make all your problems go away if you’ll just buy their book.
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