Struggling to Breathe: How my Life has Changed Recently, and How it Impacts my Struggles with Ableism

Introduction:

This was originally a draft I had written when I had first developed my current lung problems. I wanted to revisit this and fill in the details of what has happened since…

Lesser Known Dynamics of Power: How nonblack Jews of Color Perpetuate anti-Palestinianism

Preface:

It is important to note that the purpose of this concerns first and foremost all nonblack Jews who would be within the domain of left wing ideology. I say all nonblack Jews particularly because strife between white…

Review of “Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture” by Smadar Lavie

I recently had the enjoyment of reading a very informative and somewhat relatable book by renowned Mizrahi feminist Smadar Lavie. The book ‘Wrapped in the Flag of Israel’ is part autoethnography and part…

Limited Space and the Vectors of Allyship: An Immanent Critique of ‘Jewish anti-Zionism’

Dedications:

This article is dedicated first and foremost to my friend Ibrahim Ebeid whose family lost their whole livelihood because of Zionist militias forcing them out of their home in 1948. His book ‘My Roots are Deep…

Appropriation of Rage: Why Allies/Accomplices Need to Stay in their Lane

Preface

This article will be about how people in positions of privilege within the settler-colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist hierarchies need to be better at showing solidarity with the oppressed rather than using the suffering of the oppressed for clout.

Strasserism and Philosemitism: The Twin Snakes of White Leftism

Preface:

There are 2 things on the left I cannot stand more than toxic masculinity and Zionism. But 2 things come fairly close, and those things are Strasserism and philosemitism; although one could argue that philosemitism is very closely intertwined with…

An Interesting Article from a Friend

Note: This article is being published here with explicit permission from a friend of mine. Please enjoy and be sure to share. It is a work in progress as this is a fragment of what will eventually be a larger essay on the topic.

Anime is Political: Why ‘Get Your Politics Out of My Anime’ is often Code for Bigotry

To anyone who knows me well I am seen as a trans woman passionate about math, science, philosophy, leftism [particularly Marxism], and most of all anime. Whether it be one of the original big…

‘Anti-Zionist’ Liberal Zionism: Why Anti-Zionism is not an Identity to Play Around With

Prefatory note: Please refer to the sources I link down below as they provide further context to what I am about to say. …

How Fascism Slips into Our Discourse

It’s no Secret that the right can easily co-opt and instrumentalize ‘left’ talking points to push a reactionary agenda, and that many ‘leftists’ (particularly of the settler variety) tend to fall prey to their words. Here I will be highlighting three specific cases of…

Sabrina Márquez

Sephardi Jewess with COPD stage 1 and a love for math, science, Pokémon, anime, and manga. Zionists, TERFs, MRAs, and Strasserites need to keep away from me.

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