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Merryana Salem

@akajustmerry.bsky.social

Blak + Lebanese / Author / Bylines: Sydney Morning Herald, Art Monthly, Junkee, The Offcut, & Kill Your Darlings / Co-host of Australia's only queer pop culture podcast hosted by 2 they/thems of colour: GayV Club 🌈 βœ‰οΈ: heymerryana@gmail.com

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Latest posts by akajustmerry.bsky.social on Bluesky

unemployment is being told by almost everyone, regardless of the problem, that all your problems would be solved if you got a job as if a) you hadn't thought of that or b) getting a job is entirely up to you. your leg could break and you hear, "hopefully you'll get a job soon ❀️"

11.02.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

call me tim from camera the way I too would wanna kiss my work crush Dale Jennings so bad despite the tragic homophobic repercussions of the time period in which we exist because life is fleeting and we are only human after all #thenewsreader

01.02.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Days like Invasion Day are so hard for me atm because idk what to do with all the hopelessness on the best of days, let alone today.

26.01.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've spent so much of my life thinking that if people saw what I see in Palestine and Lebanon, if they saw what was being done to Aboriginal people, they'd join the fight! But they won't because they just don't think of us as human. And no amount of think pieces will change them.

26.01.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the last year I've truly had to face that there are lots of people for whom a lack of education or awareness isn't why they're bigoted, they just don't care! And there's no amount of raiding awareness or sharing educational resources that could make them care.

26.01.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ykw...my life may not be what I hoped but at least I'm not Dale Jennings from The Newsreader fumbling Helen Norville (literally Anna Torv) AND Tim "gay Tim from camera" Ahern (theeeeee Chai Hansen) just so I can live in a big empty house with my repressed feelings.

24.01.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

people share that gif from sound of music like some big statement but how many of them have donated to Palestinians' GoFundMes? or know the Indigenous peoples whose land they live on? or even check your mates' anti-Blackness?? It's great you hate Nazis, but do you care about ppl?

24.01.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

reading iwtv book is wild. people thought these guys were gay? okay. sure. I guess individually they are, but also they can't fucking stand each other lmao. it reads more like a "meet my nightmare housemate" situation that ends up as a Netflix true crime limited series.

24.01.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10 days until The Newsreader season 3 drops and I become the most insufferable person you have the privilege to follow (Dale Jennings' and Helen Norville's divorce lawyer)

23.01.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

people so confident musk didn't do the n*zi salute, but did a ✨secret other thing✨ should just do it then. if you're so sure it wasn't a n*zi salute then do it at your next work function. because it's not a n*zi salute, right? So there's no problem, right?

22.01.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jk terfling tweeting about neil gaiman's victimisation of women is so ironic, as if her hateful crusade against trans peoples' existence has not victimised trans women across the world - as if she too isn't a powerful public figure weaponising feminist language to harm women.

18.01.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing about me is I'm the first to admit there's a lot of tennis I don't understand. I love watching the women's singles in the #AusOpen because, well, how can I be mentally ill when there are intelligent, outstanding women playing tennis on my tv 18 hours a day??

15.01.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"shifting into soup mode" meme from Seinfeld but instead of Soup it says "Coco Gauff stan"

"shifting into soup mode" meme from Seinfeld but instead of Soup it says "Coco Gauff stan"

IT'S MY FAVOURITE TIME OF YEAR

13.01.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Doechii in a photoshoot styled as a shirtless man with an afro, aviators and leather jacket.

Doechii in a photoshoot styled as a shirtless man with an afro, aviators and leather jacket.

Doechii wearing bright blue eyeliner and lashes, wearing a star shaped contact lense in one eye

Doechii wearing bright blue eyeliner and lashes, wearing a star shaped contact lense in one eye

Doechii and her two back up dancers each sit on a different step, linked by their braids on a set of stairs.

Doechii and her two back up dancers each sit on a different step, linked by their braids on a set of stairs.

Doechii grins wearing a light blue polo shirt, holding a toy baby alligator.

Doechii grins wearing a light blue polo shirt, holding a toy baby alligator.

i'm head and heart over heels for doechii btw. so excited her discography is getting it's long overdue flowers. she's a visionary! A beautiful Black bicon! 2025, year of the swamp princess!!!

12.01.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I started reading Interview With The Vampire for the first time for a project I'm working on about the show and my thoughts thus far are: 1. this is sooooo racist oh my fucking god and 2. the show and film are so cowardly for not making Lestat this weird and off-putting.

12.01.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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