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I just want to eat… anything 💔

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It makes me sick to my stomach to see the worsening famine in Gaza, not only because it’s such a vile and hateful thing to be happening in the world – but also because of how going hungry as a child can leave permanent physical and psychological marks on people. I work with infants and small children, and even toddlers need at least 1000 calories a day and on a consistent schedule.

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hiii my name's aster, im a transfem who recently fled my abusive family who have not yet stopped trying to locate me & i am currently both homeless + without a job in a city ive never been to before. right now im staying with a friend but i have no income yet still need to cover my food costs, other living expenses, & eventually the deposit + rent when i find a place to live. any help is appreciated

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A Short History of Trans Misogyny

Jules Gill-Peterson

An accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called "one of the best books in trans studies in recent years" by Susan Stryker "A beautifully written and argued book." - Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby There is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite reprisal--which would make violence unstoppable--then the psychology of that violence had to arise at a certain place and time. The trans panic had to be invented. Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny. She connects the colonial and military districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to the lively travesti communities of Latin America, where state violence has stamped a trans label on vastly different ways of life. Weaving together the stories of historical figures in a richly detailed narrative, the book shows how trans femininity emerged under colonial governments, the sex work industry, the policing of urban public spaces, and the area between the formal and informal economy. A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred.

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If you have not yet heard, starvation in Gaza is worsening and people are still risking their lives just to access aid--nearly 100 people were killed seeking aid on Sunday. A UNWRA worker stated: “Everything around people at the moment is death, whether it’s bombs or strikes, children wasting away in front of their eyes from malnourishment, from dehydration, and dying.”

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Knight and midsummer morning Dare to love, dream, and endure despite everything - happy pride and midsummer

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look man i just don't think a trans woman asking if you're TME when you start talking about issues related to transmisogyny is the same as a cis person asking if you're amab or afab when you tell them you use they/them pronouns and it's kinda disingenuous to pretend these are equivalent

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I think people over seventy years old should have unrestricted access to prescription painkillers. Not to take home or anything (they might get sold or stolen, although frankly I think pain meds should be less regulated in general and the fact that such a market exists for that is a sign that they're over-restricted in the first place) but like, they should be able to show up at the hospital and flash their ID and be like "morphine please" and have a nurse shoot them up then and there. Yes this is about my stepfather who had every health problem and finally became a tolerable human being after he was put on constant pain management medication but also if you're over 70 you know how your own body works and what pain feels like and frankly if you throw away your life to a painkiller addiction at that age (way less rare than the media would have you think, most "abusers" of painkillers are self-medicating *to manage their pain that they're not being prescribed enough medication for*) then all the more power to you.

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cool cool cool i need to start raising funds to flee the country immediately.

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The marks they leave are just as cute.

Pansy-Leatherwork.com

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It is legitimately wild how many of you see a post that says "hey here's a ton of examples of things people have added to a trans woman's photo that are not only embarrassing internet speak and creepy, but actively are sexually aggressive and inappropriate" and instead of thinking for a fucking moment that "wow, maybe I've said something like that before, I'll change my behavior going forward", you think "well certainly MY loser internet speak and sexually charged micro aggressions are wanted." You people are literally indistinguishable from dudes who holler at us on the street, except those fuckers at least have the decency not to hide their sexual aggression behind fake nervousness and soft boy shit.

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Honduras mandates face masks again as respiratory illnesses spike - Published July 25, 2025

Spain, Hawai'i, Honduras... Must be "endemic" global spread of a new variant!

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some leather and denim from Drawing the Line: Lesbian Sexual Politics on the Wall

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Today, after an exhausting search and with the help of yesterday’s donations, I managed to buy a small amount of clams for 220$. It’s the first proper meal we’ve had in a while.

But I can’t stop thinking about tomorrow — will I find anything in the market? Will there be any support? Will we eat again?

Every bit of help keeps us going. If you can, please contribute or share. Your kindness truly feeds us.

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I think one of the funniest “company accidentally changes language” is Facebook’s antiblackness and restricting/banning BIPOC folks for saying White causing the largest boom in derogatory words for whites in history.

The number of innovations in “fuck them whites” created in that period is legendary, honestly. Some were used prior but experienced a boost due to the restriction on “white”.

Mayosapian, Caucus Mountaineer, Yakubian Devil, 6f, and porcelain privateer are some of my favorites I think but there’s so many more lmfao