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It's the Pride Grunkle! Reblog if you support pride!

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This

gotta be the equivalent to this

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Life imitating art.

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Help the family of an unemployed, seriously indebted, and multiply disabled lesbian of color from Chile! 🇨🇱

(New post to pin on my blog since lesbian visibility week has been over for months LMAO)

My dad was fired due to the pandemic on April and he’s always been our only source of income. He’s trying to start his own thing but it’ll take a while before he’ll get any money out of it. I’ve been trying to get a job for months but it hasn’t gone too well. My mom just can’t work, my sister is a full time college student (in a country where education is very expensive), and my brother just started job hunting.

All 5 of us are autistic, and all of us but my brother are chronically ill in very debilitating and expensive ways.

We have to get into more and more debt just to buy groceries, when we were already deep in debt for years before the pandemic.

Any help is appreciated, no matter how little or if it’s just boosting this post.

Here’s my PayPal donation link if you can spare some

Or you can use my PayPal email: the.mirror.of.lenore@gmail.com

I’m afraid that due to being from Chile I can’t use platforms other than PayPal to receive money internationally.

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Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. TUMBLR RULE. When you see it, REBLOG IT.

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Croctopups

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FACTS!

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You said “Black Lives Matter”.

Well mine is on the line.

If everyone who sees this donates $1, I can meet my goal in no time:

UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention that the donation minimum in the site is $5. I completely understand that people may not be able to give that much. I was also told I should add my cashapp, it is: $hotpotatojuan. Anything is appreciated, even a reblog! Thank you all so much, the support has been unbelievable!

Please do not pass this without at least reblogging. Please do not hinder me from recieving all possible help I can get. Thank you.

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HELP SAVE ALFRED (paperboxhouse)

Important:

Alfred (PaperBoxHouse) just set up a ko-fi after being admitted to the hospital due to severe, ongoing health issues.

You may know him for his artwork, streams, or even playing "Moon Piss" Eggman in the Snapcube real time fandubs.

He's in a bit of a financial bind so please consider donating! Any amount you can afford is a huge help.

Click here to DONATE!

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Hi guys, I really thinking a lot before doing this post but the situation leaves me no choice.

I have a animal refuge for like 6 years (in that time at least 12 dogs and 15 cats have been successfully adopted by loving families 🥰), just now i take care of 50 cats and 10 dogs. My mom and i rescue them from streets, we dont have any suport and the refuge only survive with the salary of my job and my mom's little shop, we had no problem until this year... i lost my job cuz covid19, my mom sell her car trying to not lost our refuge, we don't want to give up our refuge, my worst nightmare is that the dogs and cats come back to the streets, they are so innocent and now after to live in suffer from streets they live in a warm house, with love and care but the money its not enough to pay rent, food, veterinary treatments, i dont know what to do.

I have a gofundme, if you can help me to share i really be grateful with all my heart, 1 reblog or $1 can make diference.

They are good boys.

gf.me/u/y2vhid

Sorry my english 🥺

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“Hello, my name is Sharlene Pike and I am a black transgender person originating from South Africa and working as a receptionist/host. I moved to the United States 4 years ago alone and without any support, as my parents died in my home country when I was 18. Being a transgender black female immigrant places three discrimination barriers and makes it extremely hard to socialize and find a job to live properly. Nevertheless, I tried my best. I had been working at 7 different companies as a receptionist/host/waitress for these four years, but 2 months ago I lost my job. The reasoning I was given - ‘staff reduction due to COVID-19 complications’. I have been unemployed for these 2 months, but the reason I can’t start a new job is not COVID-19. In February, I was diagnosed with stage-3 esophageal cancer. I had no prior knowledge of my diagnosis as this type of cancer can be quite concealed, and I had only two or three weeks of eating discomfort before I had a medical consultation. The company I was working at had a special program to support staff members who need expensive surgeries or therapies, and I believe my diagnosis was the true reason I was reduced, since it happened just after I told my office I might need an extended medical leave. The sum I have spent on the medical procedures only to clarify the future treatment equals my 3 salaries. The sum I’m asking for is actually covering first 6 months of treatment and the cheapest drug - basically simply to have a chance to survive. I have no health insurance and I can’t take a new job because my health condition significantly deteriorated. The thing that I have learnt throughout these months is that it is very hard to get any, even basic medical help if you are transgender. The death rate of the esophageal cancer is about 30%, which is very high, and I ask you to help me to have a chance to survive. I tried to deal with everything without anyone by my side, but current circumstances left me with no choice but to ask you to donate and share my story. Thank you very much.”

this gofundme was started on june 19th, 2020 and as of june 30th, 2020 she still needs donations! i’ll reblog with the donation link in one moment.

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Bishop Curry V may be young (10 years old, to be precise), but the little kid from Texas has some big ideas. He’s currently working on a device that could help prevent children from dying in hot cars.

The number of children who died in hot cars increased across the country last year, and Texas had the highest number of cases. Sadly for Bishop, the issue also hits close to home because a baby died in a minivan last summer outside a home near his own family’s home in McKinney.

Bishop was inspired to create a device he calls “Oasis,” which would attach to a car seat and detect if a child is left inside the vehicle, prompting it to blow cool air until parents or the police are notified.

“It would be a dream to have lots of inventions that would save many lives,” the precocious 10-year-old told the news station.

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A lot of people don’t realize how easy it is to leave something in a hot car. It’s easy to forget something when it’s not in your daily routine, especially if it’s asleep or under a blanket or something. This is a nightmare. I don’t have kids myself, but I can absolutely understand how this could happen- everyone’s sick so you’re probably kind of out of it, you run in thinking you’re just going to be a minute, get distracted with the task at hand… and then your child dies in a horrific way because of it…

I’m all for any methods or technologies that can help prevent it from turning tragic.

#BlackPride #BlackInventors 

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if you wanna make Muslim sims this is the post for you! PART 2 HOW TO DRESS MUSLIM SIMS with pictures!

PART 1 here for all the general rules explained.

if you, after reading all this still have any questions, or want a specific cc piece in this post, or want me to find you something, or make you a themed look book send me me an ask!

now, before we get into this, we have to agree on 4 things:

1- everything in this post is sourced from actual people! i spent weeks researching and talking to sheikhs and hijabi friends around the world. so this is the base on which each group of people builds its “acceptable Muslim look” on, you might not agree with some things, because your country/family doesn’t support them, it does not make these wrong :).

2- like all religions in the world, there are different types of Muslim  followers, from the devoted followers to the non practicers and your degree of following kind of affects what you wear( i will absolutely not allow judgment on anything or anyone, if you have nothing nice to say, do as god has told you, and keep your judgment to yourself)

3- there is a HUGE difference between ARAB MUSLIMS and NON ARAB MUSLIMS, the main one being that Arabs have their own history of modesty that was there before Islam, so when the religion was introduced to Arabs the rules kind of meshed together, but these rules DID NOT transfer outside of the ARAB WORLD, its also the same for NON ARAB Muslims, you will find their history and culture altered the “dress code” of Muslims, that being said, there is no right or wrong, all of it is acceptable as long as they follow these rules ( that apply to anyone regardless of anything ): 

it is not sheer 

it does not emphasize the body silhouette

it is not extremely bright colored or  extremely decorated 

it is covering from head to ankles

it is clean and neat 

4- all of this applies, only if you are around people who are eligible for marriage, so all strangers + cousins (because you are allowed to marry your cousin in the religion). around your house thou, whether you are alone or with your parents ( or same gendered friends)  you can wear whatever you want, even if it is just underwear. 

things discussed in this essay (because it is an essay how did i write all this woah) :

1-  how to dress Muslim female sims 

types of head coverings (its not all called hijab)  w/ examples in game.

what is NOT a head covering aka confusing traditional wear with Muslim wear .

the most popular type of head covering( contrary to popular beliefs ).

 exclusive hijab wraps to Muslim communities of Africa.

mistakes simmers do when dressing  their hijabi sims. 

dressing non hijabi Muslim female sims. 

2- how to dress Muslim male sims 

what do men need to cover ( yes they need to cover a large area too).

examples on what is acceptable and what is not (looking at you speedos).

hairstyle rules ( YEP there are rules for that).

3- hair dye, piercings , tattoos ,eyebrows , beards, makeup( actually pretty simple but people confuse tradition with religion so they make it controversial)  .

4- when we all fall asleep, what do we wear? or clothes at home

5- some instagram hijabi fashionistas and make up artists for Inspo!

ok lets begin:

1- how to dress Muslim female sims 

types of head coverings (its not all called hijab) w/ examples in game :

yes, there are alot of different Islamic head covering, and no, they are not all called hijab! here are they!

*not to confuse the Shayla here with the Khaliji ( gulf area ) Shayla which is NOT A HIJAB its just their traditional wear ( more on that later ) 

AND, there are different types of hijabs styles! too many to show here, but here are some examples:

NOW IN GAME :

there is not alot of head covering cc or Muslim appropriate clothes in-game or cc wise but i tried to find them all these are by @aanhamdan93​

this is the traditional niqab, its almost always black, you cover everything from head to toe except, your eyes, you have to wear gloves to cover hands, and long boots to cover legs .

this is also niqab but modernized, this is pretty popular in non arab muslim places, they love to wear it in color with beautiful dresses! this style is becoming popular in Egypt too! again, everything is covered except the eyes, and yes some people wear make up with it, and some people do not. there is no rule for that, it depends on the person.

this is a variation of niqab, but its shorter!

this has many names and uses, depending at which country you are in, this is chador, the colorful patterned variation is usually the casual everyday variant. in Egypt this is called isdal, and its specifically used as a quick way to cover up, when you need to pray, or open the door for people but your pajamas are too revealing, we do not go out with this :D.

casual hijab! as i explained before, hijab has many different styles, and with it, you can wear more variations of clothes like pants, dresses, jumpsuits…etc. you also you have a choice whether to cover you palms and feet, or not .

this one here is by @candysims4​

this is a style of the hijab, its origin is the country of Syria! its a much slimmer version, typically worn with things that have collars, like winter coats, or some fancy dresses like this one by Sentate! 

this is a style that originated in Egypt, its main purpose was to show off earnings lol. sometimes you wear turtle neck with this since your supposed to cover the neck , but some people do not. this one is also by aanhamdan

this is the shayla style, which is becoming popular between young hijabi girls, because it fits perfectly with the comfortable relaxed look ( the style in this picture is real my friend sent me a picture of this exact look color and all!) a hoodie, and a flowy skirt, with a cute cross bag is the most popular look for the young Muslim girls!

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what is NOT a head covering aka confusing traditional wear with Muslim wear:

in the African ,Asian and Arabic gulf region, they had distinctive traditional head wear before Islam was introduced, unfortunately like everything else, the rest of the world disregarded that and lumped it all together and it became covered head = hijab .

so a turban/ African head wraps ( dhuku/ gele/ iduku) /Arabic protective head wear ( shayla) are not Islamic head wear .

here are some more examples of what is not a Islamic head covering: beret, beanies, sun hats, hoods, and variations of turbans. 

this look here is the traditional look of the gulf area,  IT IS NOT HIJAB. as you can see in the pictures the abaya ( the black farasha style (butterfly style) long jacket)can be worn with out the shayla and the shayla typically shows half of the hair  so it is not a hijab. it can be turned into a hijab by covering the front part of the hair. 

the most popular type of head covering(contrary to popular beliefs) :

i know that most non Muslims think that the niqab and burka are the most popular but they are not ! i will not get into the fact that in Islam covering the face is NOT required each to their own, but the most popular type of head covering is the HIJAB and its variants. if you meet a Muslim head covered woman, 9 times out of 10 they will have a hijab on, yep.

 and here is an in game look to the most popular look you will see in between most hijab wearing women.  

not what you expected eh?

2 exclusive hijab wraps to Muslim communities  of Africa:

as i explained before, African head wraps are not Islamic head wear but in countries ( with Muslim communities) like Egypt, Ghana, Algeria,Nigeria, morocco,Senegal, Sudan, Mali,Ethiopia Somalia,…etc, where they share a big portion of the continents ancient history, things have meshed together, producing a unique hijab variant, and they are extremely similar to traditional head wrap styles, but altered to fit the Islam rules of head cover which is to completely cover the hair. 

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mistakes simmers do when dressing  their hijab sims:

now lets talk about the sims 4 exclusively:

 lets admit it, CAS is hard anyway for regular old sims, and it could take hours to make one sim fully dressed and styled, and then you make a Muslim sim and things are instantly harder, because almost nothing is covering enough, and you as a non Muslim person are not sure if its ok, if one part of your sim is showing or not. 

but worry not my friend, i have made simple slides to show you, what is ok and what is not! 

lets observe :

the most common mistake i see with this hijab, shoulders have to be covered but don’t worry its an easy fix.

some other mistakes that you could face, you cannot show the chest, shoulder midriff, or arms with a hijab. 

no bra-lets, or tube tops, or crop tops, allowed beyond this point.

now lets do a simple exercise, how to fix things to be hijab appropriate:

just add an accessory under shirt!  

Now for bottoms lets observe:

*can you tell i was watching the good place while making these “not a girl”

no you cannot wear short skirts, or shorts, or sheer things, even if you have accessory pants under them.  “but that skirt is long you” say “it has a huge slit” i answer.. 

so to recap no short skirts, no shorts, no skinny distressed jeans, no jeggings, no slits, and no sheer stuff .

but what length of skirt is acceptable? here we go :

generally accepted length is anything from the knee and under, a real life pro tip from real hijabi peeps, you can make any skirt casual by wearing sneakers with it, and you can turn the skirt to formal by wearing long boots with them  (yes boots with a skirt gasp!! it actually looks nice so try it out!)

what about pants? lets see:

nothing tight, or body hugging, and for obvious reasons non padded distressed pants are not allowed. you can wear pants/ jeans that have a little “give” in them or wide ones, if its distressed then padded ofc .

examples for “ok” pants:

just to clarify more here are some examples of what is not allowed:

*one thing to note some people consider wearing pants all together is not allowed but the majority are ok with it and the many sheikhs i talked to said it was fine as long as its loose.

dressing non hijabi Muslim female sims.

 this is where the different rules of modesty between countries kind of overlap. the fact is some Muslim women that do not cover their hair and that’s ok.  in america or Lebanon or Malaysia for example, they  can wear shorts and tube tops, while some others in the same places do not wear these, and wear clothes that cover up. if you do not wear modest clothes you might get judged by other Muslims, and if you do you might get judged by non Muslims, that is why it really depends on where you live and where are you from, because some countries have rules against revealing clothes, that you could get jailed for wearing. another thing is that it also depends on the person, and how much they want to follow the rules of religion.

let me give an example i am a non hijabi Egyptian and i live currently in Egypt this is what i wear here 

*keep in mind that i was in collage here you can clearly tell how much my mental state went “plop” by how i dressed.

but i lived previously in another country that is more open called UAE and this is what i would wear

*got critisized here too because how dare i not hide my huge thighs ugh you really cant win.. oh what i would do to wear skirts again… 

so as you can see medium size difference, but if i wore what i wore in UAE in Egypt, i would get my ear blown off for dressing revealing-ly by family/ people. i hope this gets the point across.

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2- how to dress Muslim male sims

what do men need to cover:

just like Muslim women men also have to follow strict dress rules which are :

anything between the belly button and the knees has to be covered

clothes must be loose

 it is not sheer

 it does not emphasize the body silhouette

it is not extremely bright colored or extremely decorated 

it is clean and neat 

here is a visualization of what has to be covered:

here is THE ONLY PIECE OF CC THAT FITS ALL THIS that i could find it is a perfect example of a perfect pair of pants the cover the right area:

examples on what is acceptable and what is not :

other acceptable clothes they show a little under the belly button but its not crazy amount, in real life guys would pull these up and all would be well lol

now these are things you cannot dress a Muslim male sim in sorry but no short shorts, or speedos, or tight low pants.

hairstyle rules ( YEP there are rules for that):

a thing most men (where i live at least ) have no idea about is hair styles ,although its not complicated, there is one rule, an that is to keep all you hair one length. it can be as long as you want, or as short as you want,  the texture does not matter, just as long as you keep it one length .

one popular style, is the shaven sides, which suddenly became a trend in the Arab world. suddenly all guys had it and suddenly all guys are surprised that its not allowed! another two hairstyles not allowed are, rat-tails and Mohawks. though you can have a Mohawk, as-long as you don’t shave the sides. 

hair dye, piercings , tattoos ,eyebrows , beards, makeup

beards :

there are no rules for beards, some people will try to convince you that a beard is mandatory, but it is not you can be clean shaven, or have a big long beard, as long as it is clean and neatly trimmed.

*why are the sideburns the only one that look good on this sim what

eyebrows: 

for eyebrows you can have any shape of eyebrows as long as you do not remove them completely.

*my sims self sure looks weird without eyebrows woah

hair dye, piercings , tattoos :

there is a general rule that says you can do anything to your body as long as it does not permanently alter your looks. so that means permanent tattoos are a big no no but temporary tattoos and henna are ok, and hair dyes and piercings are ok because hair dye fades and piercing holes close up.

make up :

very debatable subject depends on the person themselves, usually uber religious people do no wear a lick of make up or change anything about them even if temporarily, still almost every one wears make up now, you might get judged for it if its too heavy or too colorful, but thats just some peoples opinions, i do recommend you check out the Muslim make up artists i have linked at the end of this to get a general idea on what is popular with Muslim girls.

*all of the things are ok ALL OF THE THINGS DONT LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHER WISE

when we all fall asleep, what do we wear? or clothes at home:

simple! wear whatever you want! unless you have guests over then you need to cover up .. but home alone or around your parents or siblings or husband or girlfriends/buddies:     

                                       WEAR.WHATEVER.YOU.WANT

OBSERVE:

*all of this is ok lol personally i either wear jeans and a tank or sort shorts and a bra there is no between just whatever my mood is about

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some instagram hijabi fashionistas and make up artists for Inspo! :

sailingnas

cilibling

ilzbaby

salmaohassan

erinleolamakeupartist

jasmineegal

nawalsari

and for a more alternative inspo 

zainab_makeupart

AND MY FAVE BILQEES AN ACTUAL QUEEN 

baitbills

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and thats it! ( i say that as if i wrote one sentence lol) 

i tried to cover everything and be as detailed as possible hopefully this makes you inspired to have more hijabi sims in your game!

bye!

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Demand Justice for Jacob Blake

Resource Guide shortcut : http://www.bit.ly/justiceforjacobblake  

*Resource Guide compiled by GoSociafy. Sources and additional resources linked at the bottom*

At around 5pm on Sunday, August 23rd, 29 year old Jacob Blake was shot 7 times in his back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  Sources say police were called to the scene to settle a domestic dispute between two women, in which Blake was helping to de-escalate the situation.  After being tased by the Kenosha police, Blake walked back to his car to check on his children.  As Blake walked away, an officer grabbed him by his shirt and shot him 7 times at “point blank range”.  Blake’s three young children (ages 3, 5, and 8) were traumatized as they watched the police shoot their father.  This story is still developing.

Two officers have been placed on administrative leave and the shooting is being investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Join GoSociafy in demanding justice for Jacob Blake.

*DISCLAIMER*: Please help in spreading this story but please do not share the video of the shooting, as it can be harmful and re-traumatizing.

Sign these petitions:

GoSociafy’s petition  - Demand the Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley file the appropriate charges against the cops who shot Jacob Blake and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

Short link: www.bit.ly/jacobblakepetition 

Change.org - charge the cops who shot Jacob Blake

Call local officials to demand police accountability:

Kenosha City Attorney (262) 653 - 4170

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian and City Administration (262) 653 - 4000

Wisconsin Department of Justice - Wisconsin Attorney General (608) 266 - 1221

Kenosha Police Department (262) 656 - 1234

Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley (262) 653 - 2400

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers  Madison Office: (608) 266 - 1212 Milwaukee Office: (414) 227 - 4344

Phone Call Template

Hi ______,

My name is ______ and I am calling to demand justice for Jacob Blake.  Jacob Blake is currently in critical condition and fighting for his life after Kenosha police shot him 7 times in front of his three young children. This is inhumane, unacceptable, and representative of the deep rooted racism and police brutality within our community. 

As a resident of     (city, state)      , I am demanding that all police officers involved in the shooting be fired immediately and that the Kenosha District Attorney file appropriate charges and prosecute those involved to the fullest extent of the law.  I am asking you to use your position of power to do what is best for the community and to do what is best for the Blake family.  I am counting on you to act now.

In Solidarity,

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Email local officials to demand police accountability:

Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley michael.graveley@da.wi.gov

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian mayor@kenosha.org

Kenosha Police Department Chief of Police Daniel G. Miskinis dgm398@kenoshapolice.com

Email Template:

Hi ______,

My name is ______ and I am writing to demand justice for Jacob Blake.  Jacob Blake is currently in critical condition and fighting for his life after Kenosha police shot him 7 times in front of his three young children. This is inhumane, unacceptable, and representative of the deep rooted racism and police brutality within our community. 

As a resident of     (city, state)      , I am demanding that all police officers involved in the shooting be fired immediately and that the Kenosha District Attorney file appropriate charges and prosecute those involved to the fullest extent of the law.  I am asking you to use your position of power to do what is best for the community and to do what is best for the Blake family. I am counting on you to act now.

In Solidarity,

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Make a donation here:

Donate to the GoFundMe to help support the Blake family funds will go toward Jacob’s medical bills, legal representation, support for his children and therapy costs. 

Donate to the Milwaukee Freedom Fund here The Milwaukee Freedom Fund is currently assisting protesters in Kenosha with bail funds

Protests have erupted in Wisconsin following the shooting of Jacob Blake and police have used tear gas against them. Consider donating to the Milwaukee Freedom above to support protesters on the ground.

Register to vote here   

Other Resources & citations:

Justice for Jacob Blake | How to Help and Where to Donate

https://twitter.com/ankita_71/status/1297805867455307777