Mutual Aid Checkpoint Returns!

Wait a minute! Who are you?

I’m an independent political writer based in the Global South. Otherwise known as a multitalented disabled cryptid gal™, professionally hating on Western imperialism with finesse nobody else possesses—except that’s a lie.

There are others just as good, even better than me. But just like me, they are not the priority for Big Tech platforms’ algorithms, which centre empire inhabitants.

Nobody is naïve enough to believe in meritocracy in a world where history was written by those who, by the 16th century, had abandoned basic hygiene while declaring themselves the height of civilisation and gearing up for another go at Muslim empires and sultanates for delusional and abhorrent civilising purposes in search of spice and half a brain, just to paint the Ottoman Empire as a single brutal entity across the entire 600+ years of its era. Yet here we are. Anything to launder the violent legacy of European imperialism, really. Pathetic. But I digress. You’ll see this kind of contempt from me often though. It will not die down anytime soon.

There are many who claim an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-fascist political stance, but only a few who don’t impose a Western lens onto every corner of the world, to the point that it becomes hilariously devastating every time I have to put them in their proper place: the sole of imperial boots.

There are people who are more knowledgeable and expert than me in every way imaginable. I won’t argue about that; I know my own limitations. But I know for a fact that only a few share the same level of insights as me and the people from my demographic: an abused, disabled Muslim woman in the Global South with class consciousness and a propensity to commit misandry unrepentantly—until men admit their complicity in their own oppression under male supremacy and capitalism, and will do it with bismillah.

There are others who are better equipped and well supported than me. But only a few have the willingness, clarity, and vision to realise what I have in mind.

There are many who long for a community, but only a few who understand how to be in community. There are many who long for a revolution, but only a few who are willing to make peace with discomfort, instability, and uncertainty.

All this tangential talk is basically to give you a glimpse of my politics, moral language, and worldview, which are purely hostile to Western imperialism and men. So I suggest you don’t try me.

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The somewhat formal introduction is on my About page, and the more unseriously serious version is in my featured post:

Post by @wrzky@kolektiva.social

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(Also, that damn emo post.)

Speaking of being disabled, that is the reason I focus all my energy on organising and building an alternative network of care intentionally and internationally. I used to work in tech—just admin and customer service work, basically fancy tech support—but it was disabling nonetheless. Not the role; it’s just what capitalism does. My autism, ADHD, and the string of comorbid mental illnesses from abusive and traumatic days throughout my first three decades weren’t made for capitalism.

However, my brain was made for something greater than the cancer that is capitalism. So when I said I’m multitalented, I meant that sh*t. Not based on fancy academic or professional experience and whatnot. I’m just constantly upskilling myself out of necessity. Which kind of explains why I can do what I can do.

That said, I made these for my weekly checkpoint, btw. Nothing fancy. Just enough to send out a bat signal for Meta to ban me from all realms permanently lol.

I also made these just because.

Feel free to use them with credit, and don’t use them for commercial purposes.

So, anyways, this was supposed to be a short announcement post, but I guess I just wanted to yap in the hope that our community can grow and we can establish a massive and robust global network of care slowly but surely.

Ambitious or delusional? I call it vision.

Aight then, see you around. Share this far and wide.

(reposting this because of some technical issues lmao 😭💔)