I'm unwell
this shitty drawing could be about a lot of things but the biggest take away from this is people's disconnection from other humans negative emotions which results in censorship and therapy speech to match ones comfort while the other person is actively being failed from all angles both medically and socially
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Story time:
In middle school biology, we did an experiment. We were given yams, which we would sprout in cups of water. We then had to make hypotheses about how the yams would grow, based on descriptions of yam plants in our books, and make notes of our observations as they grew.
Here’s what was supposed to happen: we were supposed to see that the actual growth of the plant did not resemble our hypotheses. We were then supposed to figure out that these were, in fact, sweet potatoes.
What actually happened was that every single student in every single class lied in their notes so that their observations perfectly matched their hypotheses. See, everyone assumed the mismatch meant they had done something wrong in the process of growing the plant or that they had misunderstood the dichotomous key or the plant identification terminology. And, thanks to the wonders of a public school education, everyone assumed the wrong results would get us a failing grade. We were trying to pass. We didn’t want to get bitched out by the teacher. Curiosity, learning, science - that had nothing to do with why we were sitting in that classroom. So we all lied.
The teacher was furious. She tried to fail every student, but the administration stepped in and told her she wasn’t allowed to because a 100% fail rate is recognized as a failure of the teacher, not the class. It wasn’t even her fault, really, though her being a notorious hard-ass didn’t help. It was a failure of the entire educational system.
So whenever I see crap like Elizabeth Holmes’s blood test scam or pharmaceutical trials which are unable to be replicated or industry-funded research that reaches wildly unscientific conclusions, I just remember those fucking sweet potatoes. I remember that curiosity dies when people are just trying to give their superiors the “right” answers, so they can get the grade, get the job, get the paycheck. It’s not about truth when it’s about paying rent. There’s no scientific integrity if you can’t control for human desperation.
Gaycation - “USA”
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We need to prioritize Black, American Indian, and Latina trans women in the sex trade in our anti-violence/anti-oppression work. If what we’re doing to address violence and discrimination against trans people doesn’t directly address the needs of these women, then we are not helping those experiencing the most harm.
The most recent ceasefire has not meant an end to genocide. We must contextualize this truth within the larger historical reality: Palestine has been enduring genocidal aggression from Israel since 1948. There are periods of greater intensity, but no periods of actual relief from this state. This is the reality of all settler-colonial projects, including Zionism. We must combat this genocide not as an outlier, but as deeply embedded in global structures of colonialism.
The American Dream (Enhanced Edition).
Guys, far from all this. We are facing tragic conditions due to the bitter cold and winter storms. In recent days, thousands of tents have been damaged and several children (including an infant) have died from hypothermia and lack of heating.
We are now dying slowly, and I certainly am looking at children dying of cold, and I am spontaneously shaking from the extreme cold. Stop playing games, stop watching movies. Stop what you're doing now. Focus a little An idea for ten seconds and donate to me and my family. We need your help a lot. Please, my friend, donate.
You guys, nobody feels like you're definitely living a quiet life with no kind of suffering. No cold, no hunger. No murder. But you can watch movies and play games. Just what I want you to give me a little bit, please. We are suffering so much. Please donate.
Guys,why did you leave us suffering alone here? Why don't you make all the time for us? Just take a little time to help us.Please donate and share this post.Please I'm getting a very big headache.
Why is life so hard? Why? Why should I freeze from the cold? Occupation is the cause of all this. He kills us psychologically, mentally and physically, he is magic on all sides of education. of starvation Destruction murder Just about everything I need, please donate to me. To save my family. And get out to safety.
I get nervous saying this but Hitch and Hitomi aren't really on hrt because they do reflect trans people who don't take it and systemically can't access it, and I never often see that represented. meanwhile there are characters in my story who do medically transition and are happy too
the two main characters are non op and hrt and just try to figure out life while expressing their gender how they want, The same goes for the other characters (secondary main characters) who medically transition via hormones and surgery, and some other characters simply are on hormones.
I get nervous mentioning this fact because people are weirdly invasive about how trans people express themselves and how they might tackle their transition differently.
it's also a reflection of my experiences too since these are MY characters
and Hitch and Hitomi throughout the story are respected as the genders they are (while dealing with oppression from outside forces) but within they are loved and respected
hey it’s ok if you lost your ai virginity back when you were uneducated. a lot of posts go like “reblog if you have never ever used generative ai and never ever will!!!” but it’s ok if you have used gen ai before and it’s even ok if you used to think it was cool, back before you understood what it really was and how it worked, either because no one had taught you about it and you discovered it on your own or because the only education you had received about it was from the tech bros. you’re not a burger with a bite out of it for having used ai. ok
Promised a paper check last Friday that either was lost or never sent. Payroll apparently doesn't know what happened. What i do know is now we won't have enough to make it by so I'm renewing my ask to see if we can raise $400 to allow us space to breathe and pay bills without going too negative.
As always, you can help a struggling trans couple on one income from the big city make it by at
Paypal: [email protected]
Cashapp: $Kikimeryl
Venmo: @prettykikimora
This is stupid and it sucks, and it should have been fixed last Friday but it isn't and thanks again for everything it's been a huge help.
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One finally got here and it still aint enough im really needing to avoid these fees that will wreck us...
Last push on this its just $200 now.
why would you slay a dragon when we're so cute and nice??????
why can't dragons talk about our problems without people talking about fucking us. "You should lay a dragon instead" there is a knight trying to kill me as we speak but you can only think about my fat DRAGONS ASS and my moderately sized and weirdly shaped DRAGONS GIRL PENIS
when i worked at cracker barrel (vision darkens for a moment) we all got custom aprons with our names embroidered on them but not for 90 days bc the barrel isn't gonna invest in custom embroidery if you can't hack it. so until you get your own aprons you wear an apron that says 'rising star' on it. the issue being every single other person who works there is wearing aprons with their real names. so every single day for 3 months customers would be like 'can we get a table for 4? thank you, Rising Star. and what an interesting name!'
Rising Star would genuinely be a very lovely name but it wasn't mine and I did just think it was funny that the power of the Apron Name had such command.
I’ve been wanting a binder ever since I realised I was trans, and when I finally wore it, I was so nervous. I was scared it wouldn’t fit, that it wouldn’t work, that I’d hate it. But as soon as I put it on, I felt an overwhelming euphoria that I’ve never experienced before. I couldn't stop crying for ages, and when I thought I had myself together, I would look at myself or try on another outfit, and the tears just kept on flowing.
(Thank you so much to the amazing person that went out of their way to buy me the binders, you’re awesome :D )
When youre a kid youre like wtf adults are making themselves sick with poisons and when youre an adult youre like i need more poisons ASAP
