still, live.

when the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.

[veethesnake]

In light of recent events:

Separating the art from the artist

does NOT work if said artist is

1) alive

2) directly financially benefitting from you consuming the art

Especially if they have tweeted this in the past:

[sunfortune]

shadow and bone tv is so beautiful. you can’t comprehend it if you haven’t read the books and you can’t enjoy it if you have lmfao <3

[blackgirlmagicx]

BLM ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈 please boost if you can’t donate. Anything helps even a $1!

Remaking this post because my last post died. I’m trying to raise money to pay rent, plus a car for transportation as my last car got ruined. If I don’t get my rent paid my mom will throw me out in the cold with no where to go. I don’t even have a car to sleep in. Please help me reach my goal 🙏🏾 A black women really needs your help!

cash-app Spookycoco19

Rent/car

676/4,600

[blackgirlmagicx]

800/4,600 please keep boosting!!!

[littlestpersimmon]

Hey friends, things have Not Been Easy. I had to take my sister, my mom and my dad to all get prescription glasses, and then my dad’s glasses broke and I had to take him AGAIN to the optician to have another pair fitted; After paying for all the household bills and all that, I am not left with a lot of wiggle room. I only have 120 usd to last me until March, with no room for emergencies and such, so I am opening 4 more slots of commissions for March-May.

Please read my rules on ko-fi!

but so far, I only have three major stipulations, and it’s that I cannot draw furry, mecha and real people portraits as they are beyond my ability and I don’t feel like I can confidently depict them, and I do not allow my art to be repurposed as an nft and that I do not allow my commission to be turned into commercial products, and as a third rule, I do not draw n/s/f/w.

Any reblogs is super, super appreciated and makes a world’s difference. Thank you so much

[littlestpersimmon]

hey friends, I’ve finished some of my work and I have opened 5 more slots for these!

https://ko-fi.com/A2619OE

this update is made on February 14, so I would really appreciate new reblogs! thank you so so much!!

[littlestpersimmon]

sorry!!! the link doesn’t work!!

should work now here!

Caleb's Ko-fi Commissions

Ko-fi Commissions Open! Click to see Caleb's commission menu.

[littlestpersimmon]

forgot to say! each icon is 65 usd apiece ^-^

[ida-backwards-intherain]

JK Rowling didn't write Hogwarts Legacy.

Moira Squier did.

JK Rowling wrote about a short and swarthy ethnic minority legally denied the right to own certain kinds of property, excluded from most careers apart from finance, oppressed for hundreds of years but still ignored by equality activists, perceived as duplicitous and bloodthirsty, speaking a guttural language and having a culture considered inferior by mainstream society.

The film franchise gave them big hooked noses.

Moira Squier created a new character from this minority who was the victim of a brutal, life-threatening hate crime in his youth, which radicalised him against the society that oppressed his people. She wrote a narrative in which a marginalised person's resentment of their oppressors causes them to become morally corrupt, and the only "good" members of the marginalised group are the ones who can overcome that resentment. She created a story in which the protagonist must prevent a marginalised group from reclaiming their property, because doing so would make them too powerful, and that might threaten the status quo.

Troy Leavitt was the lead developer for the first several years of this game's creation. He runs an alt-right YouTube channel in which he defends cultural appropriation and sexual harassment apologism, among other things. He oversaw the design of a marginalised minority which bears an uncanny resemblance to Nazi propaganda:

JK Rowling is a bigot, but she's not the only one.

[heartpdf]

realistically i know i need professional shoes and a bunch of button up shirts to rotate through this week until i can buy real clothes. i just need money! i literally just spent my last cash on my train ride and i literally just have this one outfit. i work every weekday this week including saturday from 9 to 7pm so i genuinely need clothes. anything u can donate helps! i have to go buy them after work and i dont even care that i dont have money to eat i just want to look good enough to keep this job and get paid!!!! so yeah. donate what u got man i appreciate everything!! im at my train stop :)

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v3nm0

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[littlestpersimmon]

hello,

Im sharing here my tipping jar again!

its my mom's birthday today, and it would mean the world to everyone in my family if anyone with the means would like to send anything our way.

my mom is a survivor of sepsis, and is a full time wheelchair user; my dad is chronically ill and my sister is autistic with a very low frustration threshold.

I am the only one in a family of 4 who can work; I am my family's sole breadwinner and caretaker. I currently have three jobs, one at publishing, another drawing for indie games and book covers, and another as freelancer; I work 9 hours almost every day of the week, but bc both my parents have a plethora of health issues and need constant medical attention, I am barely making a livable wage; From my mom's last tests, we also found out that her kidneys are weak and so is one of her lungs. My mom also says she has gone completely blind in her one eye; according to the dr it was likwly because of her diabetes. After her bday, we would like to see if something can still be done aboit her eye, and what else can we do for her kidneys, and maybe some breathing room for me; I have not had a day off from work since January 6, and before that I only got days off on the holidays T ~ T

anythjng is welcome, I appreciate it so so so so much. thank you for reading all the way, n I hope everything is easier on everyone.

Buy Caleb a coffee.

Become a supporter of Caleb today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love with no fees on donations.

[mostlybaby-deactivated20230510]

URGENT GO FUND ME FOR MY LATE UNCLE 🤍🕊️

On Tuesday night, my uncle (my mom’s younger brother) was killed in a car crash while riding his bike. As you can imagine, our family has just been devastated by this loss. His death has been ruled an accident so no autopsy was performed. For the past few days, we have been grieving and praying but we are losing hope that the investigation will go anywhere. We’re trying to put together his funeral, but we can’t do that and also afford an autopsy out of pocket. This has literally been the worst few days. We’re all trying to keep it together but my mom is just so hurt from losing her brother and we just need to know the truth and we feel helpless. My last posts haven’t went anywhere, but this is important. Please share this post and donate if you can and please keep us in your prayers as we try and navigate all of this. 🕊️

Help Pay for Perry Winder’s Autopsy ️, organized by Ijanee Netter

On December 13, 2022, around 9 at night, my uncle, Perry Winder was run over while… Ijanee Netter needs your support for Help Pay for Perry

[jujucore]

unfortunately i’ve been kicked out of the house again, so any aid towards groceries, and a place to stay would be MUCH appreciated. i’ll be living out of my car but it’s very cold and gas costs a LOT. help a nonbinary out this christmas ? 🙏

CASHAPP : $Jujucore

Go to paypal.me/strawbrrybf and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

[plushmayhem]

Etsy is somehow being even worse, do not click etsy ads

Etsy is now forcing shop owners to be part of their ads. We can not opt out.

To anyone who buys from etsy: DO NOT EVER CLICK THEIR ADS

They are rolling out a program where if you get a sale from an ad they put out, they’re taking 12-15% of the profit(probably on top of the like, 5%ish+ they already take). Even worse, if you have clicked an Etsy ad in the last 30 days ANYONE YOU BUY FROM ON ETSY IN THAT PERIOD WILL BE BILLED THAT FEE. 

So please, if you see an ad for something you like off etsy, do not click it. Just go on etsy and search for it.

This is somehow worse than what storenvy used to pull. 

Please go directly through an artist or see if they have their own storefront (I use bigcartel) instead of purchasing off etsy. And if you must, just please, please, never click an etsy ad.

[three--rings]

Hey I opened my etsy shop back up after years to destash some stuff and make a little extra money and so I ran smack into this myself.  DO NOT CLICK ETSY ADS to buy something.  It charges the seller a huge fee that that did not expect or agree to.  In my case it was pretty much large enough to eat all my profit.  The only way to fight against this is to increase all your prices a lot in case anyone buys your stuff after clicking on an ad, therefore driving all prices up. 

And it’s not 12-15% of the profit, it’s 12-15% of the PRICE.  There’s no way Etsy knows the cost of the actual item before profit.  So if you price your wares with 15% profit for yourself, congrats you’ve lost money on the transaction. 

Just a reminder for holiday season and in general.

[palipunk-deactivated20260328]

Farha (2021) is a movie about the Palestinian Nakba that’s just been put on Netflix, it’s a portrayal of the violence experienced by Palestinians during Israel’s creation from the perspective of a 14 year old girl - to my knowledge, this is the first film about the story of the Nakba on Netflix. (If you don’t know the history of the Nakba - this post can explain it quickly)

The movie is being received with a lot of praise from Palestinians online, however, the movie is currently being review bombed by zionists and condemned by the Israeli press and there have been threats towards showing of the film by Israel’s finance minister, this is the IMDb review page as of posting this:

If you would like to help support this film and Palestinian history being portrayed, please leave a positive review, and if you have Netflix, watch the film. The story of the Nakba has one that has long been silenced and it’s so rare to see it even acknowledged in media, my family survived it, many others didn’t, what they all experienced was real, and it’s about time there has been recognition of it.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

For people who live in the U.S., November can bring to mind a lot of things, and one of them is Thanksgiving. This can be a complicated holiday because while most people just see it as an excuse to get together with friends and family and pig out, we all know that the story of the "First Thanksgiving" is bullshit.

This November, and for as long as it takes, I'm asking you to keep Native American and Alaska Native rights in mind and to fight for them. ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is at risk.

This act was created to stop cultural genocide. Until the late 1900s, Native American and Alaska Native children were routinely kidnapped and placed in residential schools and white families, where they faced abuse, forced assimilation, and sometimes murder. ICWA was passed in 1978 to stop this by allowing tribes to control the foster and adoption placement of Native American and Alaska Native children.

However, today, the SCOTUS started hearing arguments in a case that could overturn ICWA. This would not only endanger children and allow cultural genocide, but it would endanger tribal sovereignty since it would deny sovereign tribes the rights over the placement of their own children.

This November, this Thanksgiving, and until ICWA has been upheld, I ask you to stand up for the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Spread the word about what is happening. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Post about it. Tell your friends and family.

Sign petitions.

Write to representatives.

Reach out to local tribes to see what you can do to help.

Protest.

And if you can afford to do so, donate to Native American and Alaska Native organizations.

Sign the Petition

Protect the Indian Child Welfare Act

Protect ICWA and Tribal Sovereignty!

Native children and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland are under legal attack in Brackeen v. Haaland. The powerful people behind the

We work to end the long history of treaty violations and systemic corruption that has resulted in the loss of children and sacred lands for

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Temperatures are starting to drop in a lot of places so here's a reminder that you should never plug space heaters into power strips. Space heaters require a higher wattage than power strips can handle, which can result in the strip overheating and catching fire.

Don't put space heaters around clutter either and don't run them when you're asleep or out of the room. Make sure all your smoke detectors are working.

A cold house is awful, especially when space heaters are your only form of heating, but you know what's worse? Your house getting burned down.

[sunbathe]

well, since i’ve run out of options and selling clothes will take some time i am making this post to ask for help. i have about two weeks until i have to make rent, and have a dollar to my name after paying my moms pharmacy bill and buying cat food, litter, etc. even if you can’t help financially, sharing this would be enough. i am only asking for half of what i need to make rent, as i’ll probably make the other half selling clothes and shoes.

cashapp / paypal / zelle (inbox me)

$20/$300

[grimharlequin]

it would be sooo funny if all my followers sent 10$ to me so we can afford to transport these cats to a place with family and not disown them and also afford anything in general rn. im on a mission. to make sure everything works out

[grimharlequin]

unfortunately the situation keeps getting worse and i have got to reblog this again to ask for $$ i really want to survive and for my boyfriend to survive we are both disabled and im sorry for not being more specific but its all dangerously a bit shit right now

[antimanifesto1973]

hey! im val, I’m a black transfem dj/writer and I’ve been contemplating doing this for a while:

I’m making a d*nation post as I really need to buy food tonight (and generally lol), for context I’ve been houseless for like 4 months now after having my deposit stolen by my last housemate and haven’t been getting much work recently so I’m totally broke (£0.86 if that matters to you), would really appreciate anything anyone could send my way 🖤🖤🖤

☢️cashapp: £antimanifesto☢️

☣️paypal: paypal.me/vmclaren368☣️

[carletes]

About to dox myself a little. Please be gentle.

My country, Pakistan, is drowning. A third of Pakistan is at risk of being deluged by massive floods. 1000+ people have been killed, countless others displaced. We have the highest number of glaciers outside the poles, and because of climate change, they’re melting. The knock-on effect is unspeakable—and yet we must speak of it. Tragedy upon tragedy, especially against our poor and most marginalized, and it feels ceaseless.

Pakistan is just one of many countries who will be—who are being—disproportionately affected by climate change. We need international solidarity and we need radical change. Climate change is here, it is happening, it has been happening. The developed world owes developing countries on a moral level; corporations have bloody hands; the neoliberal economic order has stricken us with debts that are choking us; and through it all, we must—cruelly—battle for air against so many other people and causes who deserve equal attention, equal outrage, equal concern. That is not the world we deserve. That is not the world that will save us from climate change. We need to reimagine what a just world will look like. We need to build global, truly global, solidarity. And in the meantime, we need reparations.

If you can, please consider donating to one of these relief efforts.

To learn more:

https://twitter.com/southasiaindex/status/1563185381876842496?s=21&t=FGyKVZQnqv_-eVRO-GnIvQ

https://twitter.com/baytalfann/status/1564185095510032389?s=21&t=FGyKVZQnqv_-eVRO-GnIvQ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/29/damage-to-main-roads-hampers-pakistan-flood-relief-effort

Pakistan: fears for areas cut off by floods as damage to roads hampers relief effort

PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10bn

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/29/pakistan-floods-plea-for-help-amid-fears-monsoon-could-put-a-third-of-country-underwater

Pakistan floods: plea for help amid fears monsoon could put a third of country underwater

Foreign minister urges countries and IMF to help stricken country after climate change minister speaks of climate ‘catastrophe’

https://www.dawn.com/news/1707372/death-toll-reaches-1136-across-country-as-flood-threat-lingers-in-kp

Death toll reaches 1,136 across country as flood threat lingers in KP

Water level still at 'high' level in Kabul River; KP CM and PM Shehbaz visit flood-affected areas; Imran raises Rs5 billion for victims in t

Remember: Laws will not save the world; people will save the world.