Palestine 🇵🇸
Today is the first day I've heard anyone on the Fediverse even mention #Palestine. I'm glad #Eurovision has made y'all start talking about it. So now that people are paying attention...
All the boycotting of Eurovision 2019 which actually matters (by musicians, trade unions, tourists, etc) has already been happening for months.
https://www.bdsmovement.net/eurovision-winner
Did you buy a ticket to go there? No? Good. Many of the people in the audience today are Israeli soldiers and citizens who got free tickets. They didn't have the spike in tourism that Eurovision host countries normally get.
Did you pay attention to all of the branding and propaganda that Israel were doing? No? Also good. They've done their best to try and hide their darker side. I trust nobody's falling for it.
tl;dr whether or not you were watching the broadcast, it was already a huge failure regardless
parents
@GreenandBlack https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-the-child-and-its-enemies
"What is more astonishing is the fact that parents will strip themselves of everything, will sacrifice everything for the physical well-being of their child, will wake nights and stand in fear and agony before some physical ailment of their beloved one; but will remain cold and indifferent, without the slightest understanding before the soul cravings and the yearnings of their child, neither hearing nor wishing to hear the loud knocking of the young spirit that demands recognition. On the contrary, they will stifle the beautiful voice of spring, of a new life of beauty and splendor of love; they will put the long lean finger of authority upon the tender throat and not allow vent to the silvery song of the individual growth, of the beauty of character, of the strength of love and human relation, which alone make life worth living. "
Emma Goldman - The Child and its Enemies
clarification: "no hair" can also count as good hair if you wear it confidently enough
Trans girl, queer, musician, anarchisty, 30s. A writer of fiction and poetry and a researcher of things.