Hi, i'm mel. i am a 26 year old afrolatino trans man. i got laid off december of 2022. i was eligible for unemployment, but could not receive it because the unemployment office never got back to me (texas is awesome). even after multiple calls. i used up all my savings, maxed out my credit card, and have been relying on friends to pay my rent and other bills.
i have held 3 jobs between then and now ( july 1st). i lost the first two due to very poor mental health. i have struggled with suicidal attempts since i was a teen, and unfortunately i am still stuggling now. trying to live on my own isn't easy for me, and dealing with loneliness on top of bills, dysphoria, and living in a sh*thole state is even worse.
i am trying my hardest to stick with my current job, but i am still not very mentally stable. i also don't get my first paycheck until the 15th. so i currently cannot afford groceries.
hopefully i will be able to reach a point where i have enough money saved to get out of texas and move to a state with better social services
i appreciate any help, whether is be sharing this link around or donations.
thank you.
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so im being horny and wayching porn and i burst out laughing because the top came and he literally sounds like someone chopped off his finger or some shit it's so fucking extra and i wish i could post it but i can't but its so fucking funny
anyway if you want some actually enlightening narrative-driven accounts on the subject to supplement whatever hagiographic nonsense chris nolan shits out in july, i cannot recommend Keiji Nakazawa’s seminal manga Barefoot Gen enough. it’s largely an autobiographical account of his experiences as an a-bomb survivor and it’s absolutely harrowing. doubly important considering that it is as critical of imperial japan as it is of the american occupation forces. Nakazawa’s father was an anti-war activist who was routinely targeted by the imperial government and he extensively discusses colonialism and war slavery in korea and china and the evils of emperor worship in the manga
it’s been described as the “Maus of the pacific theater” which is not at all inaccurate considering that the present-day ultranationalist right in Japan regularly tries to ban it in schools for its anti-war, anti-imperialist, anti-nationalist themes.
huge CWs for gore/violence, sexual assault, nationalist racism, a whole lot more so tread carefully but it really is an essential read for anyone interested in atomic history
An abuser denies the abuse ever took place, attacks the person that was abused (often the victim) for attempting to hold the abuser accountable for their actions, and claims that they are actually the victim in the situation, thus reversing what may be a reality of victim and offender. It often involves not just "playing the victim" but also victim blaming.
TL;Dr: Stop pathologizing neurodivergent people and individualizing abuse, and start treating abusers and bullies as a social failing that are products of privilege.
Unless you want to insist that every bitchass who's ever plagued marginalized people has NPD.