Black and more than a sacrifice and beyond wonder. Bisexual. You want my gender ? I want my gender too.(Transmisogyny/racialized transmisogyny/transmisogynoir exempt)
"What does it mean to kind of…to try to experiment with living…uhm…in the context of a world that is in so many ways uninhabitable ?" Saidiya Hartman in conversation with Fred Moten
I wrote a (publicly available) poem that turns on bodily abjection and the heft of the fixed, yet absented, stare. Here are excerpts to contextualize this short poem:
There was a mouth and then
sorrow. A remnant of flicker to ply the blunted bone with.
and
Baptism: a scourged hand held onto flattened light.
Transportation has been swallowing a greater part of my budget recently, while I keep struggling when it comes to groceries, medication and toiletry, medical appointments, clothing, and ongoing bills. I’m currently facing a soon to be empty/potentially overdrafted bank account. I’m disabled, severely mentally ill and have chronic physical issues such as a constant lack of balance. I set this specific goal so that I can bring safety and consistency to my daily life.
May we activate and renew the oldest conspiracy, remember all the thick impossible breathing before us and after us and with us, too real to be for sale.
from Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
My name is Jaafar from Gaza🙏.Our home was completely destroyed, and we have become displaced, moving from place to place trying to adapt and survive. Our entire area has been completely wiped off the map, and all the houses were destroyed, as if an earthquake or a nuclear bomb had struck the area by those brutal Zionists. 💔😭
I am writing to you with all the pain and sorrow in my heart, kindly asking you to donate through the link to my campaign to help save my family. I know that you have supported me and helped my family before, and I am deeply grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. Unfortunately, I do not know many people other than you whom I can reach out to. I have been in contact with you for a long time through this email, hoping for your continued support.
We are still living in extremely difficult conditions, and we fear that the rain will fall again in the coming days due to weather depressions and harsh weather conditions. Without your support, I will not be able to buy tarps to reinforce our tent, provide enough food for my family, or even save a small amount of money to rent a small apartment anywhere in western Gaza.
Transportation has been swallowing a greater part of my budget recently, while I keep struggling when it comes to groceries, medication and toiletry, medical appointments, clothing, and ongoing bills. I’m currently facing a soon to be empty/potentially overdrafted bank account. I’m disabled, severely mentally ill and have chronic physical issues such as a constant lack of balance. I set this specific goal so that I can bring safety and consistency to my daily life.
Transportation has been swallowing a greater part of my budget recently, while I keep struggling when it comes to groceries, medication and toiletry, medical appointments, clothing, and ongoing bills. I’m currently facing a soon to be empty/potentially overdrafted bank account. I’m disabled, severely mentally ill and have chronic physical issues such as a constant lack of balance. I set this specific goal so that I can bring safety and consistency to my daily life.
I will not forgive the silence of anyone who scrolls past this plea and ignores our pain.
This is not an exaggeration or an attempt to apply pressure — this is what the doctors have confirmed. My sister’s health may deteriorate due to a severe deficiency in vitamins, malnutrition, and anemia, and her body can no longer withstand any delay.
Proper nutrition and urgent treatment are her only chance to survive. Every day without support brings us closer to the worst.
I stand helpless beside her, watching the child I love grow weaker before my eyes, with nothing left but hope in the kindness of others.
I am begging as a sister who has nothing left but hope in strangers. Do not let silence bury my sister. A share, a donation, a moment of compassion can keep my sister alive today.
Guys we need your support PLEASE, share and donate
