Ms Rachel has been named by Rolling Stone as one of the top 25 influential creators of 2025. The children’s entertainer has faced a steady stream of attacks from the Zionist lobby after her vociferous support for Palestine. As is now depressingly common, the more Ms Rachel has called for an end to the genocide and starvation in Palestine, particularly for her child audience, she’s been ruthlessly attacked.
However, Rolling Stone said of the creator, real name Rachel Accurso, that:
In a landscape increasingly saturated with e-commerce and milquetoast principles, Accurso has spent the past year embodying what it means to be an influencer who chooses to live in the same reality as her audience, rather than removed from them entirely.
Miss Rachel stands for Palestine
On her Instagram, Ms Rachel made it clear that speaking up during a genocide doesn’t preclude success:
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And, Ms Rachel hasn’t flinched away from the reality of what life is like for children in Palestine. Whilst anybody would find it difficult to explain Israel’s genocide in Palestine to children, Miss Rachel has made a point of engaging with children in Palestine. In one clip, Mariam from Gaza is sobbing as she asks why she is being punished with injuries from an airstrike. She says:
I didn’t even do anything…if I had done something, I would say so, but I didn’t.
In response, Ms Rachel shared the clip and said:
Mariam we know you didn’t do anything wrong. The whole world knows that you didn’t do anything wrong. This is not your fault – you’re just a kid. Grow-ups of the world are supposed to protect children and some grown-ups are not doing that. It’s their fault that you were not protected. I am so sorry that you were hurt.
Ms Rachel clearly knows that children from around the world will come to her social media. She could easily have chosen to post a fundraiser for Palestine and kept it moving – even that would have been more than many celebrities have done. But, instead, she’s making the choice to see the humanity of Palestinian children at a time when their lives – and deaths – mean nothing to so many governments. Israel’s settler colonial project is at its most powerful when states and people from around the world believe the lie that Palestinian lives aren’t worth anything. The last couple of years of genocide have shown that for many people, those are their beliefs.
Choices
Another notable choice from Ms Rachel is her insistence that this is a simple situation. A few days ago, she shared a post explaining that the situation is not complex – it’s a clear genocide. In her caption, she wrote:
Your silence or what you said will be remembered.
You can handle being uncomfortable. What matters are their precious lives, not your comfort.
What would you want someone to do for you? Choose to speak for them. I love you!
Her Instagram feed is full of her meeting children from Palestine and Sudan, and being loving and kind towards them. Her heartbreak over inaction and complicity in Gaza is clear to see. And, she’s showing more moral clarity and courage than many elected officials.
Featured image via YouTube screenshot/TODAY with Jenna & Friends
This post was originally published on Canary.