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Manager i gotta Leave i don't feel sexy and free today

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I can date all I want and crush I want but a very intrinsic part of me is just so averse to actually committing to someone after a lifetime of answering to other people as a brown girl who is finally finding her independence (iykyk)… and tbh as individualistic as that is of me I think I’ve earned the right to prioritize my personhood in this case & at this age. Like I’ll keep talking to people, but I know that deep down the first and only thing I’ll answer to for some time is me. I don’t want to be compromising my decisions w somebody else rn

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i feel obligated to talk about this bc i am egyptian and one of the central reasons people from gaza have been fundraising is because of egypt's border policy, which is no longer active since the rafah border was destroyed

i know nothing gets people more heated or self-righteous than the idea that they might be getting scammed, and i know the gofundmes here can be overwhelming in your inboxes and i know for many people in the west who want some kind of reliable process this can seem sketchy but palestinian bloggers on here (and palestinians across platforms including on gazafunds.com) don't want you to be scammed any more than you want to be scammed, and they have put in an extraordinary effort to verify information literally in the middle of a warzone

the truth is you all have no idea how difficult this entire process is from top to bottom, tech companies and fintech companies literally hate anything that passes through this area. i'm banned from uber and doordash because i used an egyptian credit card while travelling and it flagged their automated fraud systems and they never reinstated it lol like that's how arbitrary it is. and egypt is one of the better-connected countries in the area.

the entire reason people in gaza are relying on gofundmes is because the barriers to entry and exit are not accidental—they're deliberate! this is literally what being occupied and middle-eastern means. it means you don't have easy access to bank accounts, you don't have easy access to fundraising, you don't have easy access to your own records, and you are automatically mistrusted by the world at large of how thoroughly dehumanized your language and your people have been during a genocide where you are being bombed and living in a tent. this is also part of what it means to be a refugee from the global south or to be a refugee from the global north, where these processes are expedited (as they were for ukrainian refugees, for example) precisely because they are part of the structure of a war.

like just to explain to you guys how difficult it was for me (someone with access to networks across the world) to get money to a friend in gaza, because egypt's also going through an economic crisis and transferring usd here is close to impossible: to get 15k usd (enough to get 3 people out of gaza) to the office in egypt that registers people for evacuation, that family needed

a stable internet connection to communicate with us (they were only able to get in touch briefly every other day)

first-degree relatives in egypt to register for them

people from abroad who could raise the money for them (which they did; they were family friends who knew them)

an egyptian with a usd bank account and a foreigner coming to egypt who could carry usd in cash to divide it among themselves because there is no other way to receive that amount of money here at once

we managed to get the money to their relatives here, they managed to register them, and then the rafah border was destroyed. so now the are just waiting while being bombed and displaced from one area to another. and this is a family who had every connection needed. imagine how it is for people where only one of these links are dropped?

that's why the work the palestinian bloggers do here to support palestinians in gaza is necessary, because they fill in for people who don't have good language skills, who don't have friends abroad to fundraise or vouch for them, who don't have relatives in egypt who can receive money for them, etc

does this mean every fundraiser is 100% reliable? no. this is why the verification list exists! the things i would be wary of would be if someone sends you a false or phishing link, or if someone who is running the campaign from abroad decides to scam the palestinians they're raising it for and refuse to send the money, both of which i've witnessed personally

but the likelihood of someone faking being from gaza and getting onto the verified list is much smaller because the verification process is rigorous and like i said, palestinians themselves don't want to be promoting scams. but also most of these gofundmes protect your donation, meaning if someone disputes it you get your donation back. they are paranoid to the extent that they will sometimes refuse to pay out people in gaza even after the campaign goal is reached for no reason except that anything from the middle east is generally regarded with suspicion. i've seen paypal also refuse to do the same

as a matter of fact from a tech standpoint it's so, so much easier for someone located in the west to create a fake gofundme/phishing scam than for a palestinian to do so, but by that token it's more difficult for someone in the west to convincingly fake being from gaza. which is why the verification list and other initiatives (like again, gazafunds.com) are so important

i have tried to get gofundmes on gazafunds before and i can promise you their process is rigorous. you might not see a lot of the paperwork behind a specific campaign but i know they don't add campaigns unless they verify their IDs personally or through a network of trusted references. the bloggers on here are a volunteer network working independently, of their own effort, and they are doing their best in what is a genuinely horrible situation. the border is closed now but people in gaza have worked out alternate ways to receive money raised online (again, often via relatives transferring to each other outside gaza or other means) and aid hasn't been coming in for months and those regulating the aid were killed, which means extremely limited supplies and high inflation, so money raised and received now is literally survival money that goes wherever it can, and people are very desperate to raise as much as possible as things get more dire. there is no employment in gaza right now. people have been living off their savings for ten months.

is that simple to convey to some blogger on tumblr donating 5$ to a gofundme? is it simple to understand? no. and that's part of the structure of genocide. you aren't going to be able to venmo someone and get a receipt like you do if you're donating to an org, so volunteers are doing their best to fill in the gaps for that by making sure you know how your money is helping real human beings while relieving the pressure on these humans, in a genocide with limited internet, to constantly post about themselves.

the fact of the matter is that your risk of being scammed by a gofundme from the verified list or gazafunds dot com is extremely low, but the damage of of assuming (and even worse, claiming) these campaigns are a scam is extremely high

if you don't trust a campaign, don't donate to it. if you notice a red flag you feel like the bloggers verifying might have missed, alert them to it. if you notice someone impersonating one of the verified campaigns on here (also common) alert people to it. i often have difficulty identifying which blogs are legitimate because they are deleted and remade so frequently, so i just try to reblog posts from the verified list or promoted by palestinians bloggers as i donate to them.

don't cast doubt on the process if you don't understand it, and don't be cruel about a situation you should pray you never experience—and odds are, if you have a US passport and a US bank account, you never will.

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The piece I did for the Coffee & Smoke zine!

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It would be interesting if I could write the remaining 30 short stories about Naegi-kun before he enrolled in the school, like the one I wrote for the Blu-ray bonus, and release them as something like "Kibougamine Gakuen BOX". Looking for ghostwriters! Only people who can keep their mouths shut!!

30 short stories about Makoto's pre-Hope's Peak life??? 30?!

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KD Picture of the Day: Kanata hugging spree

Dangan Ronpa The Stage 2014

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Kanata absolutely didn’t want to do it because he’s a germaphobic. Adorable thing. I guess that’s her revenge for making her cry with his speech.

He’s just freakin adorable!! I wish I could have gone to this year’s too.

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I’ve slowly have had more active following here than my other DR art log, so I will be shameless to ask for money.

I’m still owing this balance, and I have recently taken myself to the doctor for the visit that is still unpaid, please consider helping me pay the three bills.

I usually don’t like being so upfront but it’s been causing issues with my hands lately and I’d like to still be able to draw while I can.

Okay thanks. Feel free to ask for any direct contact or ask to see the bills outright if you need to make sure that I do actually owe these. …

@limitxdespair <— Another “portfolio” if you need to check what I can draw/make.

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The naegi siblings both interest me and make me so sad….

Yeah, I love them so much! I'm really curious about them, especially their pre-Hope's Peak/pre-Tragedy life!

I want to know about their old school lives. I want to know about Makoto's old school friends. I want to know about Komaru and Fuyuko-chan (she mentioned this name in one of her birthday posts and in UDG iirc). I want to know more about Makoto's encounters with bad luck (and good luck). I want to know more about Komaru's own shenanigans at school. Maybe she and her friends tried to investigate the identity of Genocide Jack like a bunch of amateur detectives? I want to know more about how Makoto and Komaru bonded with each other and with their parents too.

I want to know so much about this normal family living in a world that worshiped the abnormal... and I want to know more about how they all fell apart.

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🌸 From One Mother’s Heart – Please Read 🌸

My name is Saja. I’m a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow — from her first smile to her first steps — surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.

But life had other plans.

War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.

There was a moment — a fragile, breathless moment — when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark — hiding, holding on, praying.

I’m writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.

Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.

This is my life.

This is my daughter’s life.

And even now — especially now — I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.

Why I’m Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.

That’s why I keep going.

I’ve launched a campaign to ask for help — not because it’s easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.

How You Can Help: 🤍 Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity 🤍 Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources 🤍 Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war

💛 If you can, please support our journey here:

If you can’t give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.

From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe you’ve never lived through war. But if you’ve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them — then you understand more than you know.

I don’t want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.

Please, if you’ve read this far — thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like it’s a lifeline.

With love and endless gratitude

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Liking character is fun until you think about them and you just have to stare at nothing for a few minutes because of how tragic

And mauybe you are almost crying but you are having fun

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happy hope boy :))

(wip ig)

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Reading both Makoto's and Komaru's birthday posts, and oh my god, the inferiority complex is deep deep 😭

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Yes, YES! You and me both! Hell, I'd even work for FREE!!!! Please, Kodaka, PLEAAASE!!!

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It would be interesting if I could write the remaining 30 short stories about Naegi-kun before he enrolled in the school, like the one I wrote for the Blu-ray bonus, and release them as something like "Kibougamine Gakuen BOX". Looking for ghostwriters! Only people who can keep their mouths shut!!

30 short stories about Makoto's pre-Hope's Peak life??? 30?!

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It would be interesting if I could write the remaining 30 short stories about Naegi-kun before he enrolled in the school, like the one I wrote for the Blu-ray bonus, and release them as something like "Kibougamine Gakuen BOX". Looking for ghostwriters! Only people who can keep their mouths shut!!

30 short stories about Makoto's pre-Hope's Peak life??? 30?!

Correction about this post! All the 30 stories may not be Makoto's specifically, but other students' as well.