What I love about this ~cute~ new trend is that on January 3, 2020 a US drone strike illegally murdered Qassem Soleimani, and I spent the rest of January in a state of fear and panic that my country of birth, the US, was about to invade the country of my family, Iran. https://twitter.com/austinnotduncan/status/1300670417787473920">https://twitter.com/austinnot...

January felt low-key traumatic for me. I witnessed people joking online about being drafted to fight in Iran and about raping Iranian women, I witnessed my father and family& #39;s silent inquietude while watching the news and feeling powerless.

And then the worst pandemic in recent history hit. I guess just don& #39;t assume what other people are going through and be thankful for everything you have and hold dear.

This kinda blew up a bit, so...donate to help people in Yemen and support BLM. https://irusa.org/middle-east/yemen/">https://irusa.org/middle-ea...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmla ">https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmla&q...

Support recovery efforts in Lebanon: https://www.nusaned.org/en ">https://www.nusaned.org/en"&...