So uh…I know that today is Trans Day of Visibility and this website’s mods are pretty horrible to trans women but…

Over on Insta and TikTok, Mercury Stardust (also known as The Trans Handy Ma’am) has been trying to raise money for trans kids. Her account has been flagged by trolls and banned 11 times. Shes not giving up, but she could use some support. Please please go check out her accounts and consider donating to the 501c charity she’s supporting. Our trans siblings need us right now.

Link to her insta, since her tiktok is currently banned again: https://www.instagram.com/mercurystardusttopz?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

She does all types of helpful DIY videos for home repair and helps answer questions for renters. Please give her a follow. Send her a nice message. Please let our trans community members know we see them and love them—today and everyday.

made in honor of the now-extinct population of Falasteen crocodiles, the sunbirds that almost lost their names, and everyone else surviving the attempted erasure.

posted the other week as part of an ongoing fundraiser offering free prints and paid, with 100% of proceeds going to Care for Gaza. it has since been translated, wheatpasted, and flown on kites all over the world from Saigon to Scotland...!!!

monetary donations are never a substitute for holistic political action, and a push for a different world... but the shows of solidarity and support have lifted my spirits so much.

this is now available on a t-shirt too, screenprinted by hand in Texas!same deal: all profits go to food, medicine, and other critical supplies via Care for Gaza (& the PCRF). thank you for sharing.

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[ ID from Under the Cut: a Palestine sunbird holds red poppies in their beak next to the text RIGHT TO EXIST. a Palestine crocodile (a subspecies of the Nile, now extinct thanks to occupying forces) guards a shining key next to the text RIGHT TO RETURN. a Palestinian olive tree, full of fruit is next to the text RIGHT TO RESIST. a Palestinian family of five, all embracing each other next to the text RIGHT TO REMAIN. /End ID ]

thinking about how, in two days time, i'll be releasing to the world the most unhinged merlin fic I have ever written as of yet. it is a julius caesar au featuring:

🔪 merlin stabbing arthur in his heart

🔪“Do you think I liked it, hiding and existing all alone? Never knowing who to go to or what to do— never knowing how to help, how to show you, how to love you, Arthur! My heart bled all its love for you.”

🔪 an actual golden age instead of bbc's poor attempt in one

happy ides of march <3

Homeless LGBT couple asking for help!!!

Hey everybody.

My little family has made it back to California and we are struggling pretty badly right now. We are still homeless and we have nowhere to stay right now. We don't have any income at the moment, though we are both actively looking for jobs. We really could use some support right now to cover us sheltering in a motel room and food. I've been having really bad stomach issues due to stress and a lack of healthy food and my bronchitis came back shortly after we arrived, now worse than before.

We cannot do this alone and we really need food and shelter. Any support is greatly appreciated. We are burning out so bad and we can't deal with any more bad things happening in our lives right now.

Venmo: @garbageconnoisseur

CashApp: $garbageconnoisseur

Message for PayPal or Zelle

(Please no hate or unsolicited advice. We've tried everything available to us in our area and I cannot deal with hate. You will be blocked for my mental health sake.)

We have until Tuesday morning to get together $250 to keep our motel room for another 3 days. We can't even afford food right now, so any help reaching our goal would be greatly appreciated.

Urgent. We are short on time, and nothing has come in today.

0/250

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Image 1: A watermelon slice with the words "Free Palestine" written in red capital letters underneath.

Image 2: A four-square table from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement with the heading "Act now against these companies profiting from the genocide of Palestinian people"

Square 1 is labelled "Consumer boycott targets" with logos for Puma, Carrefour, Siemens, HP, AXA, Soda Stream, Re/Max, Ahava, and a Palestinian flag that says "Boycott Israeli Goods"

Square 2 is labelled "Divestment targets" with logos for Elbit Systems, JCB, HD Hyundai, Volvo, CAT, CAF, Barclays, Chevron, HIK Vision, and TKH Security.

Square 3 is labelled "Pressure (non-boycott) targets" with logos for Google, Amazon, AirBnB, Booking.com, Expedia, and Disney.

Square 4 is labelled "Organic boycott targets" with the logos for Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Burger King, and Wix

/End ID] Some of these have changed since posting! For example, Chevron is now also considered a consumer boycott target. Texaco and CalTex has been added to that list as well. Here is the BDS movement website, so we can stay updated! :) Their website also explains the difference between each of these categories, and the reason why each of these companies is a target.

https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

I didn't mention here, but it's strike week once again (18th-25th) and I've been limiting any social media usage outside of uplifting Palestinian voices and boosting resources and I encourage you all to do the same! Double down on those boycotts, donate if you can, call your reps! This is the least we can do 🍉

Going to this site and clicking everyday generates funds for Gaza: https://arab.org/

Consider buying eSims for the folks in Gaza so they can communicate with their families: https://gazaesims.com/

Care for Gaza is a verified fundraiser that directly gives money to the people there: https://www.gofundme.com/f/careforgaza

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

>:)c

May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?

It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.

There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources

another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this

if you're like me (someone who doesn't watch the news or seek it out) and found out about the submersible today and are laughing at funny memes but ALSO are getting posts shaming you for not knowing about the greek military allowing a boat of migrants to capsize - this post is for you.

not your fault you didn't know about it. here's some helpful links on the situation! these are just the ones i've found with information but there may be more as updates come out - and feel free to add better sources in reblogs - this is just a quick easy post with some links.

From CNN, from BBC, 2, from The Guardian, 2, 3, and one from AP News.

Some of you don't understand how billionaires make their money and it shows. Tumblr is like "eat the rich" until the rich literally get eaten.

I don't want anyone to die a pointless death but these people, by virtue of how wealth is amassed, have blood on their hands. I'm not the least bit upset that people are memeing on OceanGate and this completely absurd and avoidable situation.

It's sucks one of them is 19 but screaming about cruelty and empathy is pointless virtue signaling for the sake of trying to look like a soft-hearted empathetic person. That's not true empathy, that's a front.

Fuck it. Be ghoulish. Remember when assholes in NYC were drinking champagne on their balconies while people protested in the streets during the Occupy movement? Have any of the ruling class said anything empathetic about the bodies that litter our borders and seas?

We all know the billionaire class doesn't give a fuck about us. The rich chucklefuck Titanic tourists are part of the same population that consistently lobbies against protections for the poor and oppressed, healthcare access, labor regulations, etc.

At the end of the day, if I could wave a magic wand and save them, I would. Dead shitty humans are still humans. But I'm not at all upset that people feel a sense of ironic, comedic cosmic justice in this.

If you want to feel a self-righteous sense of piety by bitching at those of us who find this kinda funny, good luck with your white knight campaign. You look a bit like a clown though.

Cracking jokes about the tin can science fair death-tube isn't violence, it's morally neutral. We're frustrated and tired.