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Aquarius Sun, Sag Moon, Cancer Rising. Paypal @annialeonard, sell artwerk and tarot readings, gonna bring about the revolution, i recognize my queen energy, domme, polyamorous, nonbinary femme, pansexual/ queer. enchantedwerk.com

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Tinashe in Mugler SS21 via braxton.studios

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She looks like fka twigs in this...

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Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy and Law Roach on the latest “Most Powerful Stylists” issue of the Hollywood Reporter

Law Roach makes history as the first Black stylist to be named “Top Stylist of the year” by the Hollywood Reporter

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Resilience

Sometimes I wish I didn’t have resilience. That I could fade into the shadows like others who’ve made the choice. Everything in my heart and mind says fight. But my body... My body be ready to leave. To go anywhere but here. 

To be my higher self again. To leave these earthly shackles behind. 

I wrote this because I am having money issues constantly. One step forward and the calculation of this oppressive system adding two more steps backward to what life already gurantees. I have support. I know that. I have abundant love. I know that. But sometimes it feels like A LOSING GAME. Like I am winning and losing all the time. My high stays for 30 minutes at a time and then for the next two hoursa theres nothing but pain and stress grounding me. 

Resilience is a blessing sometimes. I couldn’t entertain the thought of taking my life, but people around me have. They’ve watched the strength be leached from them and there’s no there seems to be no turning back. I have had people commit suicide. And attempt it. And tho my heart stays shocked at the impact that carried, I never would have guessed the shadows they carried. The pain they stayed engulfed in. The moment they chose to end their earthly suffering. 

I guess I will keep marching for our fallen warriors. Such lively spirits with dragging shadows, I will continue. persist. to make your death more than a memory. to make your life turn into energy for me to keep moving. to keep taking steps. to keep progressing. I wont stop, because I can’t, but that doesn’t mean I have to do it reluctantly.  

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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief resource list masterpost

So I just found https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/resources/ And it is AMAZING.

I could share it as a link but many of you won’t click it and realize the abundance of things behind it that might be relevant to you right now. So Instead I’m gonna copy-paste the lot so you can all share in its glory. No part of this list was my work, I take no credit, I’m just the copy-paster.

The hotlines and specific services are US centric. If people wanna add less US-centric sources, please do.

Disaster Response

A Window Propped Open A Window Propped Open Issue 2: Lessons Learned Organizing After Hurricane Harvey A Love Letter to the Future Mutual Fire Brigade Basic Rescue Skills Trauma and Therapeutic Art: Information for Children, Families and Volunteers Transition is Inevitable; Justice is Not: A Critical Framework for Just Recovery Staying Above Water: Global Migration in the Face of the Climate Crisis Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Navigating Trauma Citizen’s Guide for Readiness for Climate Extremes in the Desert Southwest Inhabit: Instructions for Autonomy Solidarity for Survival: A Graphic Illustration The Resilience We Want – A Guide to Making Your Community Space into a Hub for Resilience and Mutual Aid When We Got Handed Gatorade We Danced in the Street: A Survivor’s Survival Guide Prisoners in Disaster: The Legacy of Abuse, Exploitation and Endangerment of Prisoners in Disaster A People’s Framework for Disaster Response: Rewriting the Rules of Recovery after Climate Disasters

Disaster Disability Hotline

The Partnership For Inclusive Disaster Strategy’s Disaster Disability Hotline provides information, referrals, guidance, technical assistance and resources to people with disabilities, their families, allies, organizations assisting disaster impacted individuals with disabilities and others seeking assistance with immediate and urgent disaster-related needs.

The Disaster Hotline is always available for intake calls, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at [phone] and [email protected]. They will have their knowledgeable team respond to your call as soon as possible, often immediately, and intend to respond to all callers within 24 hours.

Safety and DIY Cleanup

Repairing Your Flooded Home  EPA Flood Cleanup Booklet DIY Field Guide For Clean-up Of Flooded Homes Safety Notice For Unskilled Or Nontrade Volunteers House Gutting Manual  Muckout Safety Guidelines Toxic Chemicals and Staying Safe Mold Cleaning and Prevention Mold Cleaning and Prevention (Spanish) Black Mold Flyer

Wellness/Community Care

An Activists Guide to Basic First Aid Peer Counseling and Active Listening Alternatives to EMS Home Remedies for Common Maladies Traveling Companions  Information on Heat and Related Illnesses  Hypothermia Responding to Critical Incident Stress Class Struggle and Mental Health Zine Madness and Oppression Guide A Call for Prefigurative Mental Health Support and Communal Care for Radical Orgs

Emergency Prescription Assistance Program

The Emergency Prescription Assistance Program, or EPAP, was created to help people in a disaster who don’t have health insurance so they have access to: prescription medicine, medical equipment, medical supplies, and vaccinations. Hotline: [phone].

Trauma and Burnout

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Navigating Trauma Trauma_Overview Preventing Burnout Understanding and Coping with Traumatic Stress Understanding and Addressing Vicarious Trauma Grounding and Centering for Activists Rising Up Without Burning Out Sustainable Activism and Avoiding Burnout Psychological First Aid Activist Trauma and Recovery Trauma and Therapeutic Art: Information for Children, Families and Volunteers Community Trauma Toolkit Coping With_Climate_Change_Distress

Disaster Distress Helpline

The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a–year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster.

Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

Legal/Security

Security Culture – A Handbook For Activists  Ruckus Security Culture For Activists Know Your Rights: Immigration and Disaster Relief Council on American Islamic Relations Know Your Rights Guide National Lawyers Guild Know Your Rights Guide Why Misogynists Make Great Informants

Disaster Legal Hotlines

Legal Aid of North Carolina: 1 866 219 5262 Florida Legal Services’ Disaster Recovery: 888 780 0443 State Bar of Texas Disaster Hotline: [phone] California Disaster Legal Services For More Legal Aid Disaster Hotlines go to: American Bar Association

Anti Oppression

Accomplices Not Allies Why Misogynists Make Great Informants Who Is Oakland: Anti Oppression Activism, The Politics of Safety, and State Co-optation Anti-Oppression Reader With Allies Like These  Challenging Capitalism And Patriarchy  Confronting Classism  Contextualizing Katrina and Confronting Racism  Guidelines For Being A Strong White Ally  Overcoming Discrimination  Patterns of Patriarchy Commonly Observed within Social Justice Movements  Readings on Racism and Resistance for Solidarity Activists  Ten Things To Remember – AntiRacist Strategies For White Student Radicals  The Revolution Starts At Home – Confronting Partner Abuse In Radical Communities Towards A Perspective On Unlearning Racism

Kitchen and Food Handling

Food Safety First Manual

Popular Education and Direct Action

You Have Skills: Evaluating What Skills You Can Bring to Radical Organizing From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns  Handbook For Direct Action Affinity Groups  Affinity Groups 2 On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict  Participating In Direct Actions -A Guide For Transgender People  Planning An Action Rising Tide Climate Change Popular Education Ruckus Action Planning Manual  Ruckus Action Strategy Guide Ruckus Scouting Manual For Activists Social Change Vision Questions Core Curriculum – A Guide To Effective Nonviolent Struggle What Do We Mean by Mutual Aid? Metodo de Trabajo y Organizacion Popular Manual de Planificación Para Organizaciones Sociales

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

No More Deaths – Compost Toilet User Guide Sanitizing Water (Spanish) – Saneamiento del agua (español)

Also for even more resources, check out this Mutual Aid Toolbox from Big Door Brigade and these How To guides from Shareable.

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Annia for Miss Wisconsin, USA 2021

Hello Community of Milwaukeeans, Allies & Friends,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Annia or Cocoa and I am fundraising to pay for my campaign as Miss Wisconsin USA 2021. The first hurtle, $1,000 for the registration and consultation fees for my styling team, was a tough one but with support from my trybe, I was able to register before we got to May. As transparency goes, I started this campaign late. I'm not privileged, so I was not able to scrounge up supplement income (estimated around $3,000) to pay for all of these technical things that go into being in a pageant. I don't have a lot of time to fundraise for this event, yet I am determined to win this. Not only for myself, but for my community and my future trybe. With your help, I could really make it to this event. Time is of the essence! Support however you can.  

During my time as Miss Wisconsin, (From May 23rd to December 31st), I will be using my platform to the best of my ability. With this national platform, I want to invest in healing spaces, fun spaces for my community. I am currently waiting to hear back from a healing space grant  to implement just that in the Harambee neighborhood. I plan to create alternative housing methods that are accessible and affordable for POC & Queer folx. I am a part of Brave Green Wave Trybe, a queer black space fundraising and developing housing alternatives. I also plan to advocate, visibly, for the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana in Wisconsin. I am currently helping fundraiser for a community member who is facing unjust charges based on his past offenses.

  I claimed my local title. I am representing the Midtown Neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI. (Someone already reserved the Milwaukee County title.) I was raised on Fratney St. I was born at Saint Mary's Hospital and I've lived between Harambee and Riverwest for the majority of my life. I have relatives who live on the Northside of Milwaukee. I have friends who live on the Southside. I feel like I am connected to all of Milwaukee regardless of this competition. We are not just statistics. We create culture and invoke warrior energy every summer.

  I am speaking this into existence, for I am more than prepared to take on the responsibilities that come with this role.

  Please check out the many fundraisers I have posted in this linktree for ways to contribute to my campaign or work overall.

  Reach out personally to learn more. Peace & Blessings, Annia https://linktr.ee/anniadagoddexx

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When you see this, money is on its way to you✨

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Glasswinged butterflies are a South American species known for their transparent wings. They look fragile but can carry up to 40 times their own strength. The pink butterfly in the first picture is an Amazon variety that has a “blush” shade to its clear wings.

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Comrade Lisa

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Dropping a Crystal Store in Milwaukee soon. Follow for updates.

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[vivalatinamerica-deactivated201]

can someone please explain how it’s possible that every single month this year ended as quickly as it started and yet this whole year has felt like an eternity

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[darkopalstudio]

with both covid-19 + the primaries going on I’ve heard ppl say some truly awful stuff about “boomers” as if all old people are rich conservative white men who deserve to be wiped out, so I drew up this graphic feat. stories of some of the elders I’ve met through work and activism.

“boomer” is not a coherent class. now more than ever it is imperative that the working class stands together, while celebrities sing silly songs in their mansions we must organize to meet community needs, regardless of age we are all comrades in the same fight!

[gardenofgrigoryeva]

The flip side of this is the spring break give no shit young people are also not representative of their entire generation. You know what they are? Rich.

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image description: two graphics with red and yellow background and text color schemes, and full color illustrations. the first is titled “Elders are not our enemy: Working class solidarity with all generations!” and has illustrations of 3 elders:

1. a Black woman with gray streaks in her hair, glasses, and a green cardigan, looking down with a tired expression. beside her, a text box reads:

- has worked at the same store for decades and never been promoted

- knows more than the boss but will never be paid what her labor is worth

- works multiple low-wage jobs to support children and grandchildren

2. a partially bald Asian man in a light blue shirt and tan jacket, raising a wooden cane with an angry/frustrated expression. beside him, a text box reads:

- has been protesting since the Vietnam War

- goes to city meetings to advocate against fascist local policy

- cannot believe we’re still dealing with this shit

3. a woman with short, curly black hair and brown skin, wearing a maroon shirt. her expression is concerned. beside her, a text box reads:

- lives on a fixed income

- new company bought her retirement community and wants to raise rent

- afraid she will end up homeless or have her heat shut off and die

the second graphic has faces of people of various ages, genders, and races with the text “Generational politics can not replace class analysis: We are stronger together! No war but class war!” end image description.

[darkopalstudio]

thank you so much for doing an image description! going to make a note for myself so i remember to do this for any future posts bc i need to do better on this front.

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[feelingsexynow]

So tomorrow I go to court for having tried to shoplift $20 worth of food from a Walmart several months ago while homeless and starving... if I can't pay the $255 fine, the judge told me I'm going to be sentenced to 30-60days in jail! I'm so terrified!

I've only got $95 right now.. please if anyone can help me and spare even just a little money to try and get at least a little bit closer to the required amount and maybe he won't send me to jail..?

Please! I'm so scared!

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Happy black history month!

[creamyparadisee]

as he should! 🥱❤️