My father (68, white, straight, male): "Hey, can you explain this bear in the woods thing to me? I don't understand. Obviously, women would rather meet a random gay man in the woods. But why does he have to be a bear?"
I would simply like to say, Pride is a queer cultural space and anyone who can conduct themselves appropriately (or appropriately inappropriately) can attend. Wear sunscreen, hydrate, look out for each other.
When we say the war is literally hurting all the hostages, and killing so many, it isn't a talking point. It's reality.
We care for Palestinian: so ceasefire now.
We care for the hostages: so ceasefire now.
We care for justice and liberation.
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After his daughter Noa was kidnapped, Yaakov said:
"Let's make peace with our neighbors.
I want my daughter to come back.
They also have captives, there are also mothers crying there. We are two peoples with one Father, let's, for the sake of these things, please make a real peace."
What a person.
in australia in 2015 i was at a liberal church chatting over coffee with an older white south african lady & she said she'd just been reading nelson mandela's autobiography, & "back then" she was so irritated by him but now she thought he made some good points.
i also think a lot about bayard rustin's words: "to be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true."
which i think might be the simplest statement that i absolutely believe.
i think the least expected thing about my 30s is finding out that if you look young but not hot, you still kinda get credit for it? & that's very funny because what is even the value of looking young?