A Hungry Young Girl

20s, she/her,bi Always available to talk to :) 🇺🇦

[autistobrat]

this too shall pass but the fuck was that for

[savethelifeofmychild]

once i read everything on earth then i think ill be prepared to write

[lavenderlemniscate]

feels like im always recovering. when do i get to live

[lavenderlemniscate]

"it's okay to rest for as long as you need from burnout" how long is it actually going to take though. there's stuff i wanna do.

[jacensolodjo]

Russia's flag raised at the paralympics but Ukrainian athletes aren't allowed to wear the Ukr flag on their own damn Ukr bodies while representing Ukraine. And an Olympic athlete gets censured for his helmet.

Yeah, okay.

IPC is a fucking joke. IOC is a fucking joke. How much more is Ukraine gonna get slammed by the international community, then? How much more are Ukrainians expected to take?

[asynca]

I watched an insane amount of TikTok and other short form videos for the story I'm writing right now. I gotta say, afterwards, I found myself picking up my phone and opening the apps, almost unconsciously. I was walking and I thought about watching some vids at the same time. I was on hold to the ATO... maybe some videos.

I also happen to specialise in gambling addiction (although I'm not practicing in that area right now), and all I could fucking think about was how these fucking apps were conditioning me in the same fucking way gambling apps do. To be constantly plugged in, consuming. To not even think about just picking it up and having a look. To feel bored when I wasn't watching them, to think about watching them when I wasn't watching them....

That shit is fucking evil.

I deleted it. I'm not exposing myself to that.

That shit will fry your dopamine/reward system so fucking bad you will never read a book or watching a movie again without it.

Love yourself and your potential enough to put that fucking shit away. Watch longer form things that require focus and engagement. Listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Read books. DO ANYTHING BUT CONSUME SHORT FORM CONTENT IN AN UNSTRUCTURED WAY.

If you MUST consume it (I'm sure people will be like 'but my classmates' or 'but my own channel'.... etc), do it in a siloed and structured way. 30 minutes between x time and x time on x day. Focus on it. Don't eat and do it. Watch each short form video to completion. Engage critically with the content. ANd never watch them first thing in the morning or last thing at night.

PLEASE. From a gambling professional, short form videos ping your SAME circuitry and you will fuck up your life and your brain so badly if you don't put up guardrails for yourself.

[goth-queen]

[wordswithoutaworld]

So, the Paralympic Committee banned Ukrainian athletes’ parade uniforms with a map of Ukraine on them...

Olympic committees are really doing everything they can to make Ukraine look like a country without symbols — like a “neutral country” — instead of countries like Russia and Belarus, which should be in that role but are currently competing under their national symbols.

I want to say — then ban Ukrainian bodies altogether.

Ask how people become disabled in our country.

A Russian shell that leaves me without an arm — is that apolitical?

A fragment from Russian destruction that leaves me without an eye — is that outside politics?

Losing my leg to a Russian mine — is that just some natural disaster, like something blown in from Russia by the wind?

Masses of tortured bodies in territories occupied by Russia, which you won’t allow us to show together with the map of our country — is that “political” because it might make Russian Paralympians uncomfortable, since they were the same soldiers?

You are just as “for peace in the world” as those Russians who simply don’t finish the sentence out loud — “without Ukraine”.

Ph: by Marta Syrko

[folklorespring]

"Justice doesn't exist, but is that a reason to not give a fuck?", "War is not forever, our love is forever"

Kyiv, Ukraine

[neurospicy-nuggets]

Spoon distribution is so annoying what do you mean I have to do as much as possible in the morning while I'm groggy and barely can get out of bed because at night I'm somehow even more tired no matter how little I do throughout the day

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

"the world isn't kind" ok??? Much more importantly are you?????

[whatsupwalnut]

"the world isnt kind" skill issue. I am

[inkieswirlsgaming]

This is a threat

[lisaasila-stuff]

so it has been 4 years already, huh.

It feels important to say a big ass thank you for all foreign civilians who keep talking. For all support we get and keep getting. Nowadays it might start to feel hopeless — and you can't even imagine how much your support matters even if it's just words. Thoughts that people actually care have carried me through a couple of mentally rough nights.

some of the recent stuff that I know about is:

People in Poland who donated for Electrogenerators.

People in Germany on a recent rally in support of Ukraine.

People who care, and people who help. I can't even put it in words how important it is. How important it is to me. How important it is for Ukrainians.

So, thank you. Thank you for standing with Ukraine. Especially in these difficult times like now.

Слава Україні.

[suratan-zir]

Just pretend I've written something meaningful and profound to commemorate the four years since the full-scale invasion, because I have nothing new or deep to say.

My hometown has been under occupation since 2014. My parents probably already have russian citizenship, because you can't survive there otherwise. But I don't ask them about it.

The town most dear to my heart is now in ruins, and Ukraine is slowly losing ground there - but, more importantly, lives. So it has become another cemetery, a concrete desert among many others, like I knew it would. The frontline has now reached the little village where I spent the first few years of my life, and which I still see in my dreams sometimes, however fuzzy - a little house on the hill, summer, tall grass (it probably seemed way taller because I was so small), my great grandma and I harvesting berries in a raspberry patch, a tapestry with deer on it in the summer house. None of it exists anymore, or ever will again.

I saw some war footage with russians hiding in a graveyard, probably somewhere in those parts. It could have been one of countless little graveyards, but for some reason, for the first time, I imagined my great-grandma's grave being uprooted by a missile, and that thought made me sick.

Thinking about any of it makes me sick. I don't think I can feel the normal spectrum of human emotions regarding the war anymore. It's either sickness or nothingness.

Living in Donetsk, in 2016 or so, I remember thinking - it'll be over soon, it can't go on much longer. In 2021, I faced the truth - it's not going to end. I need to leave and try to start over, so I did. In 2026, I'm trying not to think about anything. Not to count years. Not to plan. Not to stare too long as elderly mothers bring flowers to the portraits of their fallen sons and wipe stains off their photograph faces. Because thinking about any of it, looking at it, is unbearable, and only gets worse as time goes on.

May russia crumble into a thousand pitiful pieces.

[demigoat]

Donate to Ukraine

United 24: General fundraising

Come Back Alive: Specific projects

Prytula foundation: Specific projects

Dzyga’s Paw: General fundraising (animal themed 🐶)

They need all the help they can get.

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[avoiceofnerat]

Hospitallers: Volunteer organization of paramedics who work directly on the front line.

Kolo: Targeted campaigns and subscription.

[greenzaku]

All good options listed so far. More of my personal favorites -

Help99 : Vehicles, drones, and drone jammers . Subscription and one-off.

Protect-a-Volunteer: Matchmaking sponsors of funds and airline miles (for international volunteers), general fundraising

Renegade Relief Runners: Medical and humanitarian aid. Tax deductible in USA.

Prevail Together: Landmine removal, medical and humanitarian aid. Tax deductible in the USA.

Wild Hornets: Drones....TW: the resulting FPV drone footage is *extremely* NSFW/NSFL

Yuri Chornomorets: Specialized sniper ammunition

Drukarmy: 3D printing drone parts and medical supplies

Liberty Ukraine: Earthmoving equipment and general fundraising. Tax deductible in USA.

Tytanovi: Physiotherapy and rehab for war amputees

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Shitlist (please avoid) -

German Lions For Ukraine - suspected pyramid scheme, low transparency, gives faulty medical supplies

Georgian Legion - Threatens people who ask for transparency

International Red Cross - Members have been photographed diverting refugees into Russian custody, and appear to spend more time skiing in the Carparthians than actually helping.

[annabethgranger123]

1461 days and Ukraine is still standing. This has proved to be a marathon, not a sprint. It’s painful and it’s so goddamn hard, but it’s not impossible.

Just because others would never dream of running a marathon doesn’t mean it’s impossible. It just requires two things—determination and fuel.

Please help fuel Ukraine in our fight against genocide, colonialism, and imperialism by donating or spreading renewed awareness. 4 days ago—Poland decided to stop providing Ukrainians refugees with supports such as healthcare. Canada just ended its expedited visa for Ukrainians (that does not recognize them as refugees). It feels like the world is giving up on us and would rather have a “peace deal” with Russia that would never come close to providing any meaningful peace. Anyone who’d rather see “peace” with Russia in order to get to stop hearing or caring about Ukraine is a coward with a backbone of a wet paper towel.

I know for Westerners and others who are not directly affected that’s it’s tiring to keep hearing about Ukraine—but it doesn’t even begin to reach the level of bone weariness that comes from worrying everyday about the future of your family. Hug your loved ones, check in with them, make sure they know you care.

Please help us keep fighting. Слава Україні.

(Second reminder not to donate to any branch of Red Cross!!!)

[5soswfttwtaf]

[le-veilleur]

So there.

When I was a child, I read multiple books about World War II. There was one ubiquitous description in those books: windows crossed with stripes of paper.

Not once in my whole life had I thought I would need to do this fucking historical reenactment.

What you see in the foreground is my orchid, which I’ve been watching grow a flower stalk for the past few months. Thought to make a nice photo once it reached full bloom.

What you see in the background is a smoke column from where something is burning in Brovary, a suburb some 15 km from my current location. It was hit by Russian missiles.

It’s late evening now. I’m hearing explosions again. A bit earlier, planes were flying overhead.

I’m typing this because I want to capture this moment while communications are still up. Even in case of the worst, I want this post to be one more piece of evidence of what is happening here now.

This is my home.

At least the orchid is beautiful, isn’t it?

[le-veilleur]

So, it’s been a year.

I am pleased to report that the orchid is still alive and has, in fact, decided to flower again.

I, too, am alive, though sometimes I’m not pleased with that. Still, it’s an improvement because at the time of writing the reblogged post, I thought it might be the last on this blog.

Regardless, I am planning to stay alive and do my part in sending russia to fuck themselves.

I wouldn’t have had the luxury of saying this if not for the Ukrainian Army and all who supported it. (looking respectfully at y'all, and especially @forcearama, AND ESPECIALLY @comradevo, they know what I’m talking about).

This is still my home.

Слава Україні.

[le-veilleur]

It’s been another year. Orchid says hello and fuck russia, she’ll keep flowering until she dies :)

(will this become a traditional reblog with a new flowering each year? if so, I do hope I can one day write “this orchid outlived putin”, lol)

Other than that, nothing is new. My people are fighting. The world is tired of us. We are tired of ourselves. russia is determined to wipe us out. It can go fuck itself.

This is still my home.

Слава Україні.

[le-veilleur]

It’ll be an evening photo this time, because I’ve been busy all day.

Nah, this orchid has to outlive putin. Preferably russia as a whole. And the whole clusterfuck that is the world today.

This is still my home.

Слава Україні.

[le-veilleur]

The orchid decided not to flower this year, needs some rest. I get her. Who doesn’t.

It’s still determined to outlive putin and russia, tho, and so am I.

This is still my home.

Слава Україні.

[fanficclub]

I went to investigate the public comments around Heated rivalry - you know, you make a show with a russian protagonist, you include the 2014 Sochi Olympics practically during which russia invaded another country, you include scenes in Moscow, you include some russian minister, you romanticize the russian language - it is a romance story. It goes without saying that you gloss over the war. So what do you say in public about your stance on the political situation?

As it turns out, you say absolutely nothing.

And it looks like there is no demand for it either. Googling "heated rivalry russia" gives articles about how well the actor spoke russian without knowing the language, and approximately a thousand seemingly copy-pasted articles about how brave and stunning russians are for pirating and watching the show.

like, a whole page just of these I've had a day to cool down about this, so I am not so annoyed now. Still, it's appalling, what an incompetent reaction to a nuanced situation.

how surprising it is that a show with sympathetic portrayal of russians is beloved in russia! how brave for russians to pirate a show, like they have been doing for decades! it is so revolutionary that they like our show in russia, maybe next time we will cater directly to them, and instead of brushing over the war we will call the occupied Ukrainian territories "liberated"! Maybe then the russians will go out on the red square waving rainbow flags. Is that what you really expect?

From where I'm standing it seems more likely that they'll feel validated in the feeling that russian culture is good and inoffensive, it will confirm to them that the West loves russian culture and still welcomes them. It will just make them feel better about themselves. None of this inspires any kind of change.

I try a different approach and Google "heated rivalry ukraine", thinking that this, for sure, will have to give out some results about the war.

Well.

"in Putin's Russia watching heated rivalry is an act of rebellion and hope"!! Hope that with the power of homosexuality they can bomb more Ukrainian hospitals?

I think huh, I wonder how they go around to mentioning Ukraine if this is their (mindnumbingly stupid and/or manipulative) angle. Well, here's how:

"In 2022, Russia launched its war against Ukraine and adopted yet another repressive law against LGBTQ+ people. Coming out in Russia can now land you in prison."

The invasion is only important as a context in the struggle of russians. There is no other mention of Ukraine.

The russian flag has been banned in the Olympics and is now associated with countless crimes against humanity - let's edit it over this photo of the actor. Let's talk about how tough it is to live in a country that started a long bloody war. This must be so hard for you.

Here is a random comment from a Russian photographer, for some context:

(post from @wordswithoutaworld)

I think now it is clear that the media is enamoured with russia, despite the mounting evidence of war crimes. It is now counter-cultural and romantic to talk about LGBTQ+ community in russia. It is cool to ignore the people they murder just one country over.

What this is doing, is creating free soft-power propaganda for russia. The show creates sympathies for russian people, makes the audience empathetic - and that would be fine, on its own, if the real-world russians didn't all collectively come together to keep the war machine running and murder as many Ukrainians as possible. Does that russian Lena who pirated the show also work in a missile factory? - at least some of them do.

[vyvilha]

the reason why russia needs ukraine to be a part of it is because its fundamental national myth is built on the idea that modern russia is a successor to kyivan rus. that's it. not because of nato borders, not because of banderites, or biolabs, or whatever else they feed the west to try and legitimize this war, but because of a fascistic need to establish their country as one that is built on ancient history and long tradition. this is why they deny ukrainian identity and language, this is why they kidnap and russify ukrainian children, this is why, on occupied territories, they burn ukrainian books, kidnap and torture people for speaking ukrainian, and start teaching russian language and literature in schools. because the existence of russian nationalism depends on ukrainians not being real.