i wear my Free Palestine shirts on the weekends mostly out of habit now. I often forget about it once we’re out doing our errands but lately people have been much more outspoken in their support.

Today a couple of young teen girls came up to me while we were buying some fruit at the farmer’s market and said “Free Palestine! Great shirt!” I fist bumped them and said it’s always nice to see when other people also support Palestine.

They said “you’re brave for wearing that” which is a somewhat common thing people say to me when they actually stop to talk. I told them nobody ever harasses me for it. Most people voice their support if anything. Those who don’t agree will give a stinkeye but they never say anything.

They were shocked to hear that and said they’re going to go out and hit some shirts right away because more people need to voice their support loudly. I agree, we need people to realize there are far more of us than it seems.

They also told me they know there is a lot of support in their generation because they see it on TikTok all the time.

I didn’t say it, but I believe that’s a large part of the push to now ID everyone online.

The kids are alright!