the rain don't care for the life of a puddle

nazis, terfs, other bigots go play in traffic | late 20s | they/them | certified Wife They (i fucking love my wife) | polyamorous | demisexual but strongly wishes to be a whore

[coronabeth]

for anyone in or out of minneapolis, here’s a list of organizations on the ground out here daily helping people i haven’t seen mentioned by other posts sharing resources. most of these are south minneapolis located and/or focused because that’s where i’m located and i’m beyond caring about doxxing myself at this point

joyce uptown food shelf - no questions asked food pantry, in need of financial donations, at capacity for material ones

longfellow neighbors - community fund assisting with rent/utilities, healthcare, legal help and transport access, in need of financial donations

smitten kitten, wrecktangle pizza, and twin cities leather - accepting cash to be handed directly to people seeking refuge and assistance + material donations (specifically requesting menstrual products, baby products, and tobacco), if you are in person they are being physically targeted and stalked by ice agents trying to follow them on their distribution routes and have requested anyone able to show up physically and help drive them away

the familia barber studio - accepting material donations (nonperishable foods and toiletries) and financial donations for a food drive from tuesday 1/13 through saturday 1/17

LSFDistro and north country food alliance - lsfdistro is associated with ncfa as an anti food waste and food delivery service focused on the lake street area which has been targeted by ice agents since mid last year, both are accepting monetary donations, and lake street food distro is accepting material food donations (specifically requesting oil, butter, rice, flour, formula, and toiletries)

here is a mutual aid “clearinghouse” for additional organizations on the ground and direct assistance to families affected by the raids - when i can, i’ve just been scrolling through the list of gfm links at the bottom and donating to one at random

[coronabeth]

just wanted to reblog this with some quick updates and additions as of 1/20/26

updates:

joyce uptown food shelf - officially will be back open for food donations on friday, 1/30/26. in the meantime, please continue with donating money if possible!

longfellow neighbors - they exceeded their goal of $50k for rent, legal, transportation, and healthcare assistance!

smitten kitten - still accepting cash donations and amplifying mutual aid funds and causes daily on their instagram. they are no longer accepting material donations on site, but if you go they will redirect you to places that are!

wrecktangle pizza - at capacity for donations and closed for the foreseeable future!

twin cities leather - still accepting both cash and material donations on site, they have also asked for donations be made directly towards the purpose of keeping their doors open while they provide for the community. as things stand now they only have the funds to stay open for another two months. they have been hosting free 🖕🧊 t shirt printing in collaboration with a local artist - kurt and karri are gems and have been a massive safe space for community members during the past couple of weeks and it would be such a shame to see them close their doors.

the familia barber studio - closed donations as of 1/19 as they fulfill the needs of everyone that reached out to them for assistance!

LSFD & north country food alliance - still accepting both material and financial donations, specifically requesting money, butter, canned veggies and meat, dried beans, peanut butter, snacks, sugar, oil, and baby diapers

the same clearinghouse is still updating with local immigrant defense organizations and mutual aid funds

additions:

powwow grounds coffee - indigenous owned coffee shop, accepting money and a list of materials for both vulnerable people in minneapolis and rapid response/defenders, shown on their instagram (linked), definitely recommend supporting this one as a patron as well if you’re local!

whittier alliance - after conducting a training of over 800 people on rapid response and community defense against ICE, they are now accepting material donations to support their team of responders listed on their instagram, and have a page dedicated to mutual aid and organizations in need of support in the whittier neighborhood. if you are on the ground in minneapolis, you can stop by and pick up safety gear for protesting and observing.

again, these are places i’m familiar with who i don’t see getting mentioned on other mutual aid/fundraising posts and resources, and definitely not an exhaustive list of vetted and valuable sources of aid and protection for people of color in the twin cities! i encourage anyone local to add additional resources, though i do request that we focus on places prioritizing aid to non-white residents of the twin cities for obvious reasons

[outsidewolves]

It's a Doggy Dog Bed

[queenofshippingcringe]

Ideal polycule

[enki2]

[reactionimagearchive]

[997]

someone said “this is how they laugh at you in the nightmare scene of a tv show” and im ctfuuu

[explicitlyrics]

swifties always going on the "you just hate women" defense like first of all Taylor Swift is not a woman she's an unskippable ad

[catboybiologist]

Cis ppl will be like "transitioning is far less effective than my solution of dismantling gender norms" and then not dismantle gender norms

[doe-eyed-disaster]

cis people will be like "transitioning is far less effective than my solution of dismantling gender norms" and then refuse to believe that this is literally a conversion therapy tactic.

[katrafiy]

Hope yall dont mind if I set this soapbox down right around here for just a sec.

This shit is annoying enough when cis people do it but it especially gets on my nerves when I see other trans people buying into this nonsense

I've met far too many pre- or early transition trans people worried that medically transitioning is somehow conformist or some kind of personal failing, a temptation to be resisted.

Too many people have bought into this naturalistic notion that medical transition is a tragic symptom of a society that isn't accepting enough. That if our world was more enlightened people wouldn't need or want to alter their natural bodies.

Genuinely fuck that noise. Bodily autonomy rules and biohacking your endrocrine system is based actually.

Cancer is natural.

Diabetes is natural.

Cyanide is natural

Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's inherently good for you.

Setting aside medical necessity of transitioning for a second, if this society is supposedly accepting enough that people can express themselves and act however they want, then what's with this weird arbitrary line at people altering their physical form?

In a fully accepting society, I'd expect more people to medically transition, not less.

"You can look and act however you want so long as you don't change yourself in any way" isn't freedom, it's just reified cissexism.

You have to free yourself of the notion that unaltered, non medically transitioned bodies are ideal and inherently superior. It's not true. It's a lie you've been told to keep you from owning your own body.

It's okay to want to medically transition and, if you have the access and you have the ability, you are 100% allowed to do it.

Medically transitioning is a good thing and should be freely accessible to anybody who wants or needs to medically transition. Saying that isn't transmedicalist, it's what's necessary for real trans liberation.

I wholeheartedly reject the notion of describing medical transition as "binarist" and "conformist" and I'm sorry if this comes across as bitchy but biohacking your endocrine system or getting a surgeon to perform gentital origami on you is actually pretty radical defiance against naturalistic cisnormativity.

Anyways, if people could be more normal about trans women instead of always trying to paint us all as counterrevolutionaries on a mission to uphold the gender binary this would be a lot less surprising to people.

[catboybiologist]

There's so much here that I enthusiastically agree with, but I want to specifically shout out this part:

"You have to free yourself of the notion that unaltered, non medically transitioned bodies are ideal and inherently superior. It's not true. It's a lie you've been told to keep you from owning your own body."

^this mentality is the basis for an enormous amount of restrictions on trans helathcare. Even if you don't view yourself as being on the "same side" as conservatives who call our bodies "mutilated", you may be driven by the same forces.

The intrinsic societal assumption of transition as a deeply mutilating, body breaking thing is more pervasive than it seems, because it manifests in so many different ways.

[lilyblisslys]

*trying to comfort my cis boyfriend but everything i know about men is from my dms* is there a part of my body i could shave that would make you feel better?

[firem4ge]

You need to start going to metal concerts and offering estrogen to any men you see by saying it’s drugs.

[firem4ge]

We need to step up our game immediately if we’re not at this level.

[transattacks]

not seeing a lot of people on here talking about ICE murdering another man yesterday. His name was Lorenzo Salgado Arajou. He was a Mexican man living in Houston Texas. He was killed at age 52 and lived the past 35 years here in the USA, and was in the process of obtaining a work permit. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop that ICE claims was part of a targeted operation, and claimed he was “weaponizing his vehicle”- the same claim ICE agents made when they shot and murdered Renee Good.

During the stop, Lorenzo had 3 coworkers with him in his truck who have all been taken into ICE custody.

His family described Lorenzo as a hardworking family man who didn’t deserve to be killed. All he wanted was to provide for his wife and see his sons become great people. His eldest son recognized his father by his cries and pleas when trying to identify who the victim was.

The Salgado Araujo family has set up a gofundme to help with funeral and legal costs, and to help keep their family supported since Lorenzo was the sole provider.

Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.

On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salg

[innerchildabortionclinic]

today, a severe thursday watch will be in place.

remember everyone...

thursday watch: the conditions for thursday are here, but a thursday incident has not yet been confirmed

thursday warning: thursday has arrived

[silverbirching]

Your friendly, possibly timely reminder that celebrating the death of a public figure who spent decades causing demonstrable deliberate harm is a healthy and enriching activity and no actually we don't have to give a fuck that his family members are sad.

[puppygirllaika]

"X did nothing wrong" actually no, X did a lot of things wrong. X fucked up. But I also know that people like X live their lives under a microscope, and that accusations against them tend to get magnified by bias both conscious and unconscious alike, and frankly it scares the crap out of me that you have not only chosen not to question what you've heard, but that you are seeking such drastically disproportionate vengeance on a total stranger. that's not normal.

[puppygirllaika]

this post has generated a staggering number of comments/replies/asks all saying some version of "Nice try laundering your argument, but we all know you're talking about [specific person], and i hate you for defending them." and literally none of them have correctly identified who i was thinking about when I wrote this, but all of them have named a trans woman as said specific person.

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[caecilius-est-pater]

[queer-as-in-fuck-12]

drug addicts deserve housing, food, water, and healthcare btw

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

I don’t think healthy people every really get chronic illness.

I have a friend I know from when we were both 6. She is the only person living nearby and so she saw me go from walking through limping to wheelchair on a daily basis. I keep her updated on my health even tho we rarely hang out anymore. She was gonna come over yesterday and I had to cancel. She asked if I can’t hang out later that day. When I said i won’t feel better later, that if I feel that bad in the morning later will only get worse she got annoyed and “joked” that I’m just finding excuses. And I was surprised, she knows all about me being disabled after all? So, a bit taken aback, I told her it’s a normal thing for me.

“But you got the diagnosis now, aren’t you better?? I thought you’ll get better now”

She was honestly surprised and it made me realize a thing. They don’t get it. They don’t get that getting diagnosed only equals benefits like welfare or parking spot for us, and sometimes better pain meds but that is just like pushing luck. That it’s a forever thing. That that one day we felt good a week ago was just a bright spot and doesn’t mean we won’t need our aids anymore, cause chronic illness is not linear and will make a great comeback in next four hours, and the next good day is planned on when we’re 70. Cause when abled people are sick, they get better. And our illness is just an excuse for them. And when we say we will never get better they think we’re being dramatic and pessimistic. And I don’t think they’ll ever get it, cause to get it you need to live it. And I want my friends to stay healthy and not go through hell.

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

This is definitely okay to reblog and abled people are encouraged to reblog cause maybe it’ll help others understand

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

Hello it’s me Lexa and this post is relevant again as I just had the Legit Same Talk with someone and I exhausted my number of fucks to give