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“tell him what you’re needing”

my gender is the feeling you get when you wake up in the middle of the night and check your phone but then still have a few more hours of sleep left

I really want to reblog your save Afghanistan post. How do I defend it properly?

Because for some instead of being upset about the women's rights violations, people say oh but when talking about the US gets involved again brown people get hurt so it bad no matter what. I'm tempted just to get mad at them because these are human beings being harmed but I want them to realize what is happening is horrible. I hate that damn trend of but insert *horrible thing* is part of x group's culture so we will be doing more harm then help by intervening. Especially when it comes to women's rights. Some are treating that as a don't be a white savior they'll sort it out themselves.

Please is there an way to tell them that behavior that horrible group is doing there is not normal and not part of the culture?

I posted this picture in another post, but I will post it with some others.

I’m the 1970’s, Afghanistan was well on its way to becoming a developed country with a progressive socialist government. From the pictures themselves, you wouldn’t guess that this would be Afghanistan. But I can tell you for a fact this is how my grandmother used to dress. ^^

Afghanistan has been well known for its geographical advantage, bordering six other countries including China, India, and Iran. Along with that, Afghanistan also has massive reserves of oil, minerals, and gems.

The Soviet Invasion within Afghanistan caused massive devastation to the country. And in an effort to fight off the soviets, the U.S. and Pakistan trained Afghan fighters (some of these fighters later becoming the Taliban) to fight the war.

During 9/11, the Taliban made the claims that they were harboring the leaders responsible for the tradgey (even though Bin Laden was caught in Pakistan). 2001 followed the U.S. Invasion into Afghanistan, where they spent 20 years, and billions in taxpayer money, fighting the Taliban until Biden withdrew the troops.

There is no doubt that Russia, the U.S., U.K., Pakistan, other affiliated countries, and even Afghanistan’s corrupt government contributed to the harm and deaths of Afghan people along with the destruction of their country and their culture. But even in the time that the U.S.A. was in Afghanistan, my cousins felt safe enough to never wear a burqa or even think about leaving their country in favor of a developed nation. Right now they are scrambling to apply for a Special Immigrant Visa, and currently outside of Kabul hiding for when the Taliban take control of it.

What the Taliban are doing right now represents no part of Afghan culture, and above else DOES NOT REPRESENT ISLAM.

The Taliban is able to influence so many people because they actively restrict education. They will specifically take young boys from their homes and to Pakistan or other areas where they will warp the teachings of Islam to fit their agenda until all that is left is a radical interpretation where women are turned into objects of possession within a violent patriarchy.

And know that the Taliban will keep girls and even some boys illiterate to avoid reading the Quran. To realize that what they are doing IS NOT ISLAM!!

If the Taliban really represented the culture of Afghanistan, why are 400,000 Afghan families displaced? Why are they wearing burqas and not the skirts and hairstyles they wore 50 years before? And why are they crying about their dead brothers and kidnapped sisters?

Afghanistan’s culture was taken away long ago, but the people do have remnants of what was left of it. But the Taliban will do what they can to destroy any remaining trace of Afghanistan’s recorded history and arts until they create a religious, “Islamic” state.

TL:DR — The Taliban do not represent Afghan culture and they do not represent Islam.

those who don't know history are doomed to repeat foreign policy and military failures, commit atrocities, and leave untold horror in their wake

This article was posted on the 10th August 2021.

Heres a link to the crowd funding page for Rukhsana Media.

i don't need a driver's license i'm a city girl i go on the bus and pretend everyone is a little in love with me and then thank the driver while getting off like i'm a lady and it's my carriage. vroom vroom <3

Concept: I finish school. The job I work isn’t my dream job but I enjoy doing it greatly still. It pays enough to cover everything I might need. My bills are never overdue. Money is not a thought in my head. I have a place to live. So do my dogs. It is nice and warm, I have some plants, my bookshelves are full, my sheets are always clean. There is time to read at the end of a day. I read a lot. Thinking is a good thing. I meet up with friends regularly, old and new. They love me. We make memories. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I travel a few times a year, always different places. The places I see steal my breath away. The people I meet teach me of life. They are good. There is no war. The sea calls to me and pay visit. I am independent. I am content.

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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, and art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Stockvault.net - stock photos

freepngimg - icons, pictures and clipart

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)

Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3

i have not seen a boy in days what happened to all of them

wait a second im sexy

I can get you on the list for all the clubs I can lift you up another semitone

Olympics honorable mention: Darlan Romani gold medal for being the coolest guy 😊

Darlan is one of the world's best athletes in men's shot put, he faced covid-19 and a surgery before the competition and he didn't have a proper place to train due to lack of investment, yet he finished in 4th place at the Olympics. bonus: he's also a very romantic dude.

Is that too many buttons undone for you people? +

Used To Be My Girl - Ferrara

i hate when people say “tell me about yourself” like bitch my personality changes with whatever book i’m reading because i absorb the personality of the protagonist idk what to tell you

tumblr tuesday: bread

That’s it. That’s the post. 

‘It’s open.’ 🚪

Cinnamon roll meme + Peaky Blinders  (Part 2) 

The Good Omens book was published 10 May 1990, Happy 31st Birthday! :))

the best part about concerts is that they’re always slightly shit. i love that i am at my very happiest after being shoved for 2 hours, with aching feet, ringing ears, and a dizzy head. it’s such a weird buzz or pure, overwhelming joy

pandora’s box

Quick doodles to try and get out of art block

im realizing that because of how big/hyped the red banquet is, the time being more assessable to europeans, and how the main people streaming it (bad, puffy, and ant) don't usually stream at that time, it will probably be the largest twitch view counts for all three of them

‘Gentlemen!’

Guys it’s March again.