Hello call me Cali. I tend to reblog things with my thoughts but I’m usually never talking or responding to anyone unless I directly address you. I’ve worked with kids ages 6 weeks to 18 years and as a veterinary assistant, sometimes my reblogs/comments reflect that. I update this every few years. She/her/hers, 31, several psychological illnesses, victim/survivor of the troubled teen industry, idiopathic hypersomnia, idiopathic chronic gastrointestinal disorder (please message me if you know anything about abnormal or rare gastrointestinal disorders). Ally to any oppressed group. Please feel free to message me if you want advice or a listening ear just to vent, even if you don’t want a response.
All right, hold on – is there anyone in this room who wasn't grown in a tube by a shadowy quasi-governmental conspiracy as a living weapon? Anyone at all?
one of my favorite parts of star wars is how luthen's antique shop and thrawn's collection are such amazing ways to show how the empire tries to historicize people and cultures and homogenize them under one imperial identity (which is how real life empires work). thrawn, an occupying force on ryloth, taking hera's kalikori and assuming he knows more about it than hera does herself. sculdun, buying back a piece of chandrila's history, but only for his own benefit. syril, buying spider toys on ghorman for no reason other than to feed the narrative. cultures and peoples across the galaxy who are now reduced to perfectly curated artifacts that tell perfectly sanitized stories because the people have been so severely crushed by the empire (at least in the eyes of the average person) that these people no longer have a history and culture outside of a museum despite the fact that they are still living and breathing and surviving. part of why luthen's antique shop works as a cover for so long because he's buying into the imperial narrative that places like naboo and ryloth are no longer distinct and deserving of their own stories outside of what a rich man on coruscant can convey them as.
and then there's the moments when people take those stories back. hera refusing to tell thrawn about her kalikori and eventually getting it back. sabine putting the darksaber back into the hands of mandalorians. ezra relying on the rich mythical history of lothal and the galaxy to save him and his people. the people of ferrix throwing their bricks at the empire. the people of ghorman only speaking ghor and proudly singing their anthem in their darkest hour. these are people, both chosen and ordinary, who resist this false historicization. they scream "we are still here, and we will fight back". they refuse to enter the homogenizing machine of the empire, and they stand as individuals. this kind of resistance that involves keeping history and culture alive is just as important, and while it's not emphasized as a main storyline as often, i do appreciate the little hints of it that we get.
Omega tamed the wounded and angry runt of the litter by being kind and patient and helping her to escape eventually. And with a bit of space nuggets, alright. To me this is as obvious an allegory of Crosshair as it can be 😀.
I'm sure she would have offered Crosshair some nuggets, too, if he asked nicely. He's not Batcher, he is capable of it.
Friday, May 22nd: Hello, everyone. I’m Gem, a bi, mentally ill, and disabled woman in desperate need of help, as I'm drowning in debt and I need help paying bills this month!!
I'm sorry that I have to e-beg again. However, as most of you know from my previous posts, I have been struggling to make ends meet while on welfare. Due to my outstanding bills and ever-increasing debt, it has been incredibly difficult for me to make ends meet. With the rising cost of living, I have been relying on my credit cards to pay bills and simply get by on a day-to-day basis.
This has cost me a great deal, and repaying them is more than I can afford. On top of that, I've also had a few health scares these past few months, and I've had to make numerous trips to and from the hospital, which resulted in being diagnosed with NAFL (Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver), which could turn into liver disease if I'm not careful.
With the burden of debt weighing heavily on me, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage everything alone. I shared my situation in a previous post in hopes of finding assistance with my outstanding debt, but I didn't make much progress. So, I've decided to remake my post with this month's bills in mind. I don’t receive my welfare until the 29th, and I have several bills due on the 27th, and I desperately need help to pay them!!
My electricity is also on its emergency credit, and won't last throughout the next few days.
Again, I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would mean a lot, and sharing helps just as much.
BREAKING: Humanitarian activists from the GLOBAL SUMOOD FLOTILLA are being ZIP-TIED and ABUSED while being forced to listen to Israel’s national anthem.
Even if they stop the boats and arrest those trying to help us, you can still help directly here. I am in Gaza suffering from unbearable tooth pain with no treatment. Please donate or share to help me get treatment and survive.
I’m making this post on the behalf of Hamza and his family, who are currently suffering in Gaza.
In Gaza, people’s incomes have been severely impacted for the past three years. Please consider helping my friend Hamza and his family — which includes several children— afford food and proper medical care as prices continue to be high and unstable.