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if I ever strike gold and end up writing a popular book series i'd love to keep an eye on the fandom to determine the smallest crackship and make that the only one that goes canon

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There is nothing that people who punish themselves into conforming hate more than people who are free.

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this 'being really tired after work' thing is really getting in the way of this 'pursuing my artistic hopes and dreams' thing has anyone else noticed this

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If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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@t4twerewolves

arf arf arf arf arf arf (sees that nobody is looking at me or gives a fuck) whatever

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I have spoken before about the overwhelming costs of food and medication in Gaza. My friend Ahmed tells me that a single tablet of the medicine his injured brother needs is over €20 euros.

However, another dimension that might help you to contextualize Palestinian life is the amount of time and energy everything takes. Ahmed described for me his daily life right now. He walks 2 kilometers to get to water, then usually waits in line for over an hour for his family's turn. Sometimes there is not enough left, and after standing in line for an hour, he must walk 2 kilometers back still thirsty with nothing to show for it. It takes two days to get 2 kilos of flour, and his family often goes 4 days without eating a single piece of bread. Their hunger leaves them faint and dizzy.

At night, it gets cold. They don't have enough blankets to warm themselves. It's hard to sleep, because sometimes there are bombings, and even when a night passes in safety, they are scared knowing bombings could happen at any time. In one of these recent bombings, their tent was torn, and they haven't yet had any funds to buy nylon to patch it. In the meanwhile, reptiles and poisonous insects easily get into the tent every night.

Ahmed's fundraiser has been vetted: @gazavetters in line (#198), but his campaign has only raised €6,500 so far. He really needs support. Please help him. Every donation helps to relieve the extent of his overwhelming circumstances.

You might be far away, but you could be a reason his family is able to stay warm under blankets. You could give the funds they use to patch up their tent or to treat someone's injuries. You have the power to share with him the experience of a good meal and a full stomach. What is a more beautiful act of humanity than that?

It's such a blessing that we can make such an enormous difference in someone else's life. It's humbling to know we share this world together, and that our decisions connect us to each other.

You are connected to Ahmed, already. You get to decide what that connection will look like. Will you nurture this connection? Will you be part of his community?

Please donate anything you can, as soon as you can, and encourage others to do the same. You can reach out to Ahmed for yourself at @ahmedaldani333. <3 He's also on Signal if you prefer to chat on there!

He's just a teenager, and he's extremely kind and thoughtful. I would personally sincerely appreciate if more people reached out to him. You remember being a teenager. It feels overwhelming even when you aren't being targeted in a genocide. Don't you wish you had some safe adults to talk to who cared what you were going through? You can be that for him. Please just think about what you can offer and reach out with that. Everything counts. It all matters.

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Why are there like 5 daily chores where if you skip them for 2 days your life becomes a time based psychological thriller after

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I wish I didn't have to trade my ability to feel for my ability to be grounded in reality.

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I wish I didn't have to trade my ability to feel for my ability to be grounded in reality.

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I wish I didn't have to trade my ability to feel for my ability to be grounded in reality.

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many on here need to be learning this lesson

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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) insp.

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"Time wasn't right. It was moving too fast. And then I was 19. And then I was 20."

— JACK HAVEN as MADDY in I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)

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I love how fully I saw the tv glow leans into the more violent metaphors in transitioning. How you have to kill your past self, how you have to kill the kid you were. How you have to bury them and walk away with bloody hands. And that’s something trans media shys away from because, it isn’t palatable to the cis audience, you also have to appeal to. You have to make sympathize with you. It is difficult to sympathize with a murder.

But that’s why isttg excels in its horror genre. A place where queer people have always been and where blood and gore is commonplace. Where you can stand as bloody as you want and no one bats an eye.

Trans-ness isn’t always pretty or easy or comfortable. It rarely is in my experience. And to see a major movie show that, in all its uncomfortable gross glory is awe inspiring.

It’s never too late, grab a shovel.

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