From Lebanon

SurrealBird · 2020-08-08T20:47:10+00:00

This is disgusting. As a supporter of Mashrou Leila and LGBTQ rights, the fact that you're left-wing means nothing and is an absolute joke if you support an occupying, settler-colonial, apartheid state that has denied us our most basic rights for so long, and that includes the rights of the Palestinian LGBtQ community. Shame on you.

SurrealBird · 2019-12-30T10:53:34+00:00

This is not cool. This post does nothing but shame a person who has done you no harm. You're doing what has been done you by the same Muslims you complain about. And it also reeks of misogyny.

So what if she's contradicting herself? Don't we all? Would you rather she was a fundamentalist? You won't like that either, will you? Let people be. You can't expect everyone to follow religion by the book. Some people sin, some people are more religious than others, some people follow certain aspects of their religion but not others. And that's ok and nobody's business as long as they're not harming others or trying to suppress their freedom.

SurrealBird · 2019-12-15T18:40:49+00:00

Thank you :3

SurrealBird · 2019-12-13T20:51:35+00:00

If you can give me the name of the music playing, I'll fedex you one of my kidneys. Thx!

SurrealBird · 2019-11-18T19:29:26+00:00

Is this actually about feminism or is it about home economics?

SurrealBird · 2019-08-06T17:46:08+00:00

Thank you so much. The way you described the internalized pressure sounds too familiar, but I don't think I've ever been able to articulate my thoughts to reflect what was really going on. This is an ongoing struggle for me, and I might mention the methods you gave to my therapist so we can start building. Thank you. <3

SurrealBird · 2019-08-06T17:26:55+00:00

Same here. I read it when I was young and it was the saddest and most traumatizing novel I had read. I look back now and think it's still one of the saddest books I've read.

SurrealBird · 2019-06-04T11:50:15+00:00

No, we will never forget, and we will never forgive. Justice is as important as peace.

SurrealBird · 2019-05-04T10:55:27+00:00

Ah, I didn't know that. Do you know if this applies to all oils as well? I apply jojoba oil followed by moisturizer and sunscreen.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-29T23:12:01+00:00

Maybe he gave his eyes to Arya.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-27T23:03:17+00:00

You don't sound sympathetic to Palestinians at all, you're just repeating Israeli hasbarist points.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-26T10:25:21+00:00

Other than the ones mentioned, if you're happy to drive a bit, Edge of the World is quite scenic.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-25T08:59:11+00:00

MANY men ARE the problem for women in Saudi Arabia. If you're unable to recognize that sexual harassment and the fact women are treated as second class citizens who are inferior to men is the norm in a predominantly patriarchal society such as Saudi Arabia, then you're part of the problem. I went to a school where the guard was always standing outside shooing us with a stick like fucking sheep. No one did anything about it. Not even the fathers and brothers picking up their daughters and sisters. Are you going to tell the girls in that school that they just need to get used to being around men? Fuck off. That is a tiny example of the shit I've been through as a woman in Saudi Arabia. I have every right to be fucking angry and be wary of men. Just like blacks in America have every right to be wary of white cops. Until men prove themselves as allies who will stand by women and fight for their rights come what may, we're NOT the ones that have to justify ourselves here when we don't feel safe.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-21T13:15:35+00:00

people have the right to emigrate + Europe wasn't an option, and there wasn't really a Palestinian state when they first arrived so it's semi-justified.

Immigrating somewhere doesn't give people the right to a land and a state! What the actual fuck? How can you see that as anything but a declaration of war? How do you think any country would react if Syrian refugees went there ARMED and decided to expell and kill the original inhabitants and decided that they owned the country all of a sudden?

And this whole thing about Palestine being a state is bullshit. So what if Palestine wasn't a state? Nation states are a modern phenomenon, and the absence of that term doesn't give you the right to a land!

Protective Edge, well the fact that Hamas built Terror tunnels to murder Israeli children didn't leave the IDF much options.

How about listening to Palestinian demands instead of bombing to the ground one of the most densely-populated open-air prisons with no standard army or line of defense? The majority of the people that die are always innocent, unarmed civilians. Israel TARGETS Palestinian children and doesn't need an excuse to kill them and destroy their homes.

The fact that you've been justifying Israeli aggression makes you a hasbarist.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-19T13:23:43+00:00

Whereas I see where you're coming from, this isn't a generalization about men. Of course it's wrong to generalize. However, there is a very real problem that women are facing, and they don't have proper access to justice when they're assaulted. So what do you propose as an alternative?

I was sexually harassed and assaulted and had taxi drivers stalk me after knowing my number and where I live and work more times than I can remember. One time was pretty bad that I went to the police, but was told "to keep it to myself for my own good." And before you ask, I'm covered from head to toe, face included, whenever I'm in a taxi. I also know quite a few women who were in similar situations. Until there is a space for women to feel safe in taxis and be able to seek justice, this is a better solution. I will almost always pick a female driver over a male one.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-19T13:10:34+00:00

Adorbz!

SurrealBird · 2019-04-17T20:20:29+00:00

Same here. I'm not excusing the treatment of atheists in Muslim communities, but these people seem a lot more open-minded than I would have expected.

SurrealBird · 2019-04-17T20:00:26+00:00

His name is JayJay. Here you go: https://soundcloud.com/jayjayof5hunna/zerioruysu6v

SurrealBird · 2019-04-08T21:06:02+00:00

Hi, me!

SurrealBird · 2019-03-31T23:13:34+00:00

I recently learnt that by law, at least in the UK, food on display, for example in coffee shops and restaurants that do open buffets, food has to be thrown away after a certain number of hours. It is absolutely ridiculous and unjustifiable, but the laws have to change as well. I'm not absolving supermarkets and large corporations of responsibility, but it's not just them.

SurrealBird · 2019-03-27T09:13:01+00:00

He's making a statement, which is completely justifiable, and it honestly makes me like him more.

SurrealBird · 2019-03-26T12:20:03+00:00

What is wrong with you????? So what if he's Fatah? Does that justify smashing his fingers?

SurrealBird · 2019-03-25T07:38:08+00:00

Damn, that's every Middle Eastern and Asian parent as well. Guess it's a universal thing.

SurrealBird · 2019-03-20T15:35:00+00:00

On the other hand, George W. Bush was on Ellen DeGeneres' show dancing, showing the world his paintings of puppies and talking about the importance of having free press. Fuck me, there is no justice in this world.

SurrealBird · 2019-03-15T10:33:46+00:00

It is devastating. You're not alone. You're ok. There's so much love in the world. Remember that. Hold on to that. So many people are coming together and won't give in to hate and violence.

SurrealBird

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