Joseph Fasano I’d never get a tattoo, but if I *did* it would have to be… ‘Affliction shall advance the flight in me.’ (George Herbert)

There are 6 stages everyone goes through as they establish a secure, healthy relationship. If you're in one of these stages, you're on the right path, and probably don't know it. Which stage are you in:

Joseph Fasano Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

How to deal with passive-aggressive attacks A thread to make a nasty person regret disrespecting you without being aggressive:

I made myself a promise: Even if it meant becoming a stranger to my loved ones, even if it meant keeping secrets, I would have a life of my own. Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

carving, painting, dancing, dreaming, and always beginning, born anew every day, never aging; full of faith and impulse, turning and changing to every wind like the mobiles.

Juneeeee, give me everything please.

Rest up thoroughly for a while; you deserve it. Franz Kafka, 1909.

If you grew up in a home with constant screaming or yelling, your body remembers. You might startle easily. Or feel like sobbing when someone yells. How To Heal:

In the eyes of the law, queer couples are not recognized as next-of-kin during medical emergencies. This makes them powerless in making important medical decisions for their partners. #LoveLabanSaQC #PridePHFestival2023 #RightToCareCard

WORK SUSPENSION: The Supreme Court of the Philippines suspends work in all its offices/units on Monday, July 24, 2023, due to the inclement weather expected to be brought by Typhoon Egay, as well as due to the impending transport strike.

the world is healing

The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.

PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will deliver its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel this Friday, 26 January 2024, at 1 p.m. (The Hague). Watch live on UN Web TV tinyurl.com/5n6m94px

BREAKING: SOUTH AFRICA WIN THEIR APPLICATION 15-2 AND 16-1🇿🇦🇵🇸🙌🏻

READ HERE: the full text of the #ICJ Order indicating provisional measures in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (#SouthAfrica v. #Israel) tinyurl.com/3kp4uypn

UNRWA is the primary humanitarian agency in #Gaza, with over 2 million people depending on it for their sheer survival. 93% of displaced families in southern governorates of📍#Gaza have reported inadequate food consumption. People are desperate, hunger stalks everyone.

BREAKING: University of Michigan Faculty Senate Assembly votes for divestment from any company invested in the Israeli war in Gaza