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Join us in supporting the Zeyara Family to survive & rebuild ✨

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HELLOO THE @sordopv DIGIPACKS ARE NOW LIVE!!!

PHOTOS TAKEN BY + AUDIO MIXED AND MASTERED BY ME @ BBIV 🫡🎚️📸

CONSIDERING DOING A RAFFLE TO FUNDRAISE FOR @khalilsfriends AND CASA DE LOS PUEBLOS, WHO'S INTERESTED???

IN THE MEANTIME FEEL FREE TO SEND ME SCREENSHOTS OF YOUR DONATIONS FOR EITHER:

KHALIL: https://bit.ly/KhalilsFriends or venmo shitgazer

OR CASAS: https://gofund.me/abefd29bf

TO SECURE SIGNED INDIVIDUAL COPIES OF THE SORDO RELEASE FROM ME 💯 by @khalilsfriends

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hard posting for the people in the back 📌

im not suggesting everyone in the world should join us over here at @khalilfriends

as a matter of fact i think it's best for people in general to organize with people they know and trust, form close tight knit affinity groups with your friends. not based solely on political ideology, or even physical proximity

i naturally came to be in a part of khalilsfriends after going through my own bouts of bullshit emotional manipulation in 2018, and overall disillusionment with nyc organizing (the nail in the coffin for me was summer of 2020, iykyk).

for a long time i felt ostracized, but still yearning for a place to direct my energy and make a real difference. eventually i found people who felt the same way i did, we found affinity based on a shared set of skills, values and desires that just happened to work well together. needless to say its been a learning experience for me and i wouldn't be the bad bitch i am today had this not happened, in fact the bad bitch was already in me and just waiting to make her debut 💅🏽

this is a whole ass coven, apothecary, mixing studio and support group for tired angry forlon moms punks queers and femmes just as much as it is a mutual aid collective for our dear friend khalil 🖤

khalilsfriends is always here if you're looking for that kind of place, either to take part in, support or simply take inspiration from: on what solidarity can look like without masters, when you take matters into your own hands guided by ancestral divination, alchemy and pure will power 🪄 by @khalilsfriends

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Please excuse the tired mom aesthetic 😅 but it is #indigenouspeoplesday and I’ve spent all day out in the sun with my kiddo ☀️

Just wanted to update y’all about some upcoming ceremonies and gatherings, starting with:

👻🌱Sunday OCT 25 at 1pm - Our second annual Ghostoria Park Plant Walk & Altar Build! Join us for a spooky haunted plant walk and learn the colonial history - and history of resistance - of Astoria Park, led by @doll.herbalism! After we walk, we’ll build an altar together, sing to Aymara resistance fighter and martyr Bartolina Sisa, and drink warm spiced chicha morada together. Suggested donation $45, with $25-$75 sliding scale.

❤️‍🔥🫂Monday OCT 26 at 6pm-7:30 EST - Our first Khalil’s Friends Community Mental Health Virtual Meet Up for WhatsApp from members. We’ll discuss themes of grief and gratitude while living through polycrisis, channeling sacred rage into solidarity and movement work, and how to shake off despair and learned helplessness to keep showing up for our people. It’s $20-$50 to join the WhatsApp community group, which offers monthly mental health check ins like this. If the date/time doesn’t work for you, considering sending a donation anyway, and I’ll send you a personalized spiritual self-care care package with items from our Sweets & Spells apothecary. Space is limited; Venmo @janisxluna with your donation and “10/26 donation for Khalil” in the note.

💃✨Sunday NOV 1 Calling All Souls - @moontwerk and @janisxluna will be hosting our second Tea Ceremony & Movement Salon at @luxuriatelab. Since we land so close to Halloween/Day of the Dead/All Soul’s Day, the theme of November’s salon is ancestral veneration. Build an altar with us, and bring a photo of an ancestor and an offering. We’ll be serving herbal teas that support dream work, getting to know plants that help us connect to our ancestors, engaging in a communal guided meditation, and then dancing before the altar as an offering of sensuous aliveness to ask for the blessing of those who have passed on.

As always, 100% of what we raise from our ceremonies and gatherings is donated to the Zeyaras’ survival fund. We hope y by @khalilsfriends

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a word from khalil 🖤 thanks to everyone who helped us prevent his family's eviction last weekend 🙏🏽

@babychico_records is matching all donations raised from purchases of the sumud benefit compilation today 🇵🇸

⛓️‍💥 to the compilation, @khalilsfriends merch and more are on my page

join our whatsapp group to get involved in our growing community! 👤🌐 venmo @janisxluna

artwork in first slide by @missingcosmonaut 🌄 by @khalilsfriends

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We love our friend so much!!! 🥹🥹

Khalil asked me to help him with a new project to tide us through the slower winter months. We’re working on building a WhatsApp community of folks who are committed to donating monthly ($20-$50 sliding scale, or more for folks who can afford it!).

In return you’ll get updates about about Khalil & his family & all our events, occasional care packages from our table, and I’ll be hosting a monthly virtual mental health check in for community members to share space and support each other through strange and turbulent times.

When we first started talking about this, Khalil emphasized to me how much he didn’t want this ask to put too much pressure on anyone financially - and how much he wants to make sure the organizers working hard for him here also get time to rest. Our starting goal therefore is to call together a group of 10-20 people committed to donating a little each month. Khalil’s Friends, as a collective, is made up of queers, punks, artists, and hardworking mamas, and as marginalized creatives living in the belly of the beast, many of us are un- or underemployed, so we know the strain of making ends meet here. Still, when we come together as ayllu (family) to be in right relationship with our beloved kin in Gza, we are MIGHTY. In the past week alone we managed to pull together enough money in less than 48 hours to keep the Zeyaras securely housed, for now. So I know we can do this; so far, our efforts have been so blessed, and we would love for you to be part of the collective effort and magic.

If you’re interested (or know someone who might be), let me know and I’ll send you the WhatsApp community link! 💕✨ Thanks, or as Lucito says, “shuuuuuuukran!” 😇🥰 by @khalilsfriends

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🚨🚨URGENT MUTUAL AID🚨🚨

Our pal Khalil in Gaza is in desperate need of funds after losing his business. There are a bunch of digital releases on the Shitgazer Bandcamp to raise money for him and his family, and since today is Bandcamp Friday 100% of the money from purchases will go directly to him & his family.

We still have copies of the Sumud comp, all money from those will go directly to him. 100% of the money from the remaining BBIV & BBV bumper stickers will also go to him.

If you’ve spent the past few years shouting “Free Palestine” without doing anything much further, now’s your chance to actually help a family that is living through the g******e.

Thank you all in advance. taken in Long Island, NY by @khalilsfriends

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LET'S CUT RIGHT TO THE CHASE Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!!!!

@khalilsfriends NEEDS TO RAISE $1400 BY SUNDAY AND WE'RE LESS THAN HALFWAY THERE

IF YA HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NEW LIVE DIGITAL ALBUM I CO-RELEASED WITH @sordopv YET TODAY WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DO SO

IM SELLING CLOTHES AND VINYLS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, HMU AND DON'T LOW-BALL, OFFER MORE IF YA GOT IT 💯

YOU DO NOT NEED A 3RD VARIANT OF THAT VINYL FROM YOUR FAVORITE BANDS TODAY WHEN YOU COULD BE SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE, TRUST ME 😎 by @khalilsfriends

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15 days ago

more thoughts 💭

playing the facial recognition game on here yet again to inject myself into your feeds, with a selfie i took at the LIRR Amityville station. my brows are shaved so this is obvs old af, iykyk.

i don't like having to do this especially bc of unwelcome advances from men but how else will i be seen when im not slaving in front of a computer to create videos that make me 0.002 ¢ per watch 😛

FOLLOW AND DONATE TO @khalilsfriends by @khalilsfriends

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VERY urgent hmu pls ‼️ for @khalilsfriends

thanks to the few people who have helped out so far by purchasing things on bandcamp and sending super thanks on youtube, you're in his mother's prayers 🙏🏽🖤

i haven't shared my face with khalil or any of you for a multitude of reasons; insecurities, a focus on my work rather than my appearance, stalkers, and the fact that we live in a surveillance state.

i don't get to see or hear from khalil often but that hasn't stopped me from seeing him as a full human being with needs and desires. i appreciate the people who are able to do the same for me, and him. by @khalilsfriends

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Out on CD soon!

Sordo made the voyage to play the legendary MR. BEERY'S for BARELY BREATHING FEST IV.

Captured on multiple camera angles, meticulously engineered and beautifully mastered by SHITGAZER. Performed alongside our brother in noise, the OG drummer Michael!

This night would not have been possible without JON and BRIAN from SYRUPHEAD RECORDINGS and BABY CHICO RECORDS.

www.instagram.com/syrup_head_recordings?stkn=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

www.instagram.com/babychico_records?stkn=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

@shit_gazer
@khalilsfriends

This album is being completed in collaboration with SHITGAZER to provide support and assistance to KAHLILS FAMILY SURVIVAL CAMPAIGN. Listeners are encouraged to head over to the bandcamp belonging to SHITGAZER to download a digital copy of the album.

https://shitgazer.bandcamp.com/album/sordo-live-bbiv

bit.ly/KhalilFamily

Full video here on YouTube!

youtu.be/THLmX-QNg7g?si=ohkwmGeMbYfbhrSB by @khalilsfriends

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y'all mind if i larp on main 🧐

venmo me to support @khalilsfriends and get me GJ tix for november perhaps 🖤 shitgazer 🫶🏽 by @khalilsfriends

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21 days ago

@doll.herbalism in collaboration with @qnsfamilies4palestine and @khalilsfriends is happy to offer our 2nd spooky 👻 season family friendly all welcome plant walk exploring the plants, ecologies, histories and hauntings of Astoria park.

All proceeds go to the Zeyara Family’s Survival Fund. The Zeyaras have been displaced multiple times and are constantly facing steep costs as a result. Due to inflated costs of living, the Zeyaras are struggling to cover their rent and household needs. Khalil’s store had to close due to exorbitant rent, and he now works as a delivery driver, navigating the often dangerous streets of Gaza to try to make ends meet. It is our hope to alleviate some of the stress and pressure on him, help the family pay their back rent and stay housed through the winter, and help Khalil afford a new pair of glasses for his sister, Areej, as she has been without proper eyecare for several months now due to the occupation blocking adequate eyecare from entering the Strip. Our longer term goals are to help Khalil and his siblings to save up in order to apply for scholarships and the chance to leave Gaza to continue their education if/when possible.

On our walk we will explore stories and histories of plants, waterways, shipwrecks, haunted colonizers, and Black and Indigenous revolt. Get to know the sacred ecologies and Indigenous dwellings of the lands we call home, spooky tales of colonizers trying to win against the forces of nature and how we can all be stewards of sacred Lenape territory. Sweet treats, tarot readings, herbal potions, altar building and a potluck picnic await at the end of the route!

The whole route will take place either on paved terrain or grassy terrain close to the pavement

Sunday October 25th

1:30 pm meet up (location upon registration)
2:00-4:00 Plant walk
4-6 Altar building, mini markiet, tarot readings, herbal potions, potluck picnic

Please RSVP

Send questions to dollherbalism@gmail.com by @khalilsfriends

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