Johanna 💜

she/her it/its// trans lesbian // 30s // polyam // communist // antizionist Jew

[cutecipher]

it really is annoying as hell how someone will talk about how poor people can't avoid ethically dubious products because of how being poor works and then someone with a two story house in the suburbs will take that to mean they can order harry potter books through a drone delivery from amazon and if you criticize that you're a bigot

[soap-is-an-artist]

parallel to this

[gandalf-the-bean]

oh my god the person in that post is acting like it's random soldiers' faults that trump decided to bomb them abd declare war without congressional authorization

[perpetual-oratorio]

Awwwww poor little beans had no choice but to sign up to be imperialist murderers. If not for trump, signing on to go murder people for the sake of us imperialism would be a completely fine choice

[frostops]

not to shen egg discourse but the anger at egg jokes towards internet celebrities is always projection. people are using this post from his patreon as proof the jokes are evil,

shen doesnt say it harms him in anyway, but people are still using this as proof its wrong. "afaik" means he is not even discounting the possibility of his understanding of himself changing.

and i do genuinely hope the therapist he is seeing is one who is actually willing to help trans patients and this isnt some exploratory therapy shit. You dont go to therapy for gender stuff if you arent questioning gender stuff, but plenty of therapists will keep you questioning as long as possible because they do not want you to come to the answer that you want to transition. thats bad even if shen is cis.

[frostops]

id rather a thousand cis men be subject to egg jokes than a single trans woman be subject to exploratory therapy.

[bluedevil]

[noelle-ism]

i stopped giving a shit about "legit" purchases of digital products after i spent $80 on the entire Dark Horse collection of Trigun/Trigun Maximum ebook mangas, learning that I only got access to reading them through a proprietary website ereader function, couldn't download them, and couldn't get a refund, and then literally only a year later, getting an e-mail stating that Dark Horse was shutting down that part of their company and I wouldn't even be able to read them anymore. Fuck that

[noelle-ism]

Pirate shit. Don't feel bad for it. It's not "your fault" that artists, independent or otherwise, can't make a living. You downloading an album or ebook for free isn't the cause of the problem. The cause is capitalism, plain and simple, and pirating is a lucky loophole that companies are still trying to stomp out.

[made-in-manetheren]

When it comes to ebooks, that is just not true. Publishers do not look at how many times your book was pirated as part of gauging its success--it's not like streaming giants. Every single pirated book hurts authors and makes it more difficult for them to get published again. Author Maggie Stiefvater has a great post on here detailing how much piracy hurt her books, her income, and her ability to keep writing.

Pirating books can end authors' careers. Especially new or smaller authors.

Book piracy is NOT a victimless crime. It IS hurting authors.

It IS "your fault" just like stealing from someone's small business run out of their garage makes it "your fault" when the business/person struggles to recover financially from your theft.

Particularly given that you have free alternatives in libraries. Which DO actually contribute to the author's income, as well as to the library's funding justification.

Textbooks are a different matter. I'm chiefly talking about fiction here because it's my area of expertise. Point is.

Pirating novels and graphic novels is not like pirating visual media from media giants. You are not denying money to a faceless corporation. You are stealing from people who can't afford to lose income.

[noelle-ism]

I'm literally stealing something out of my neighbor's house whenever I download a PDF

[tamamita]

Man who was a Blackwater Mercenary, 3 times Iraq veteran, who served as a guard at Abu Ghraib, one time Afghanistan veteran, who said he loved it, and got a Nazi tattoo to celebrate it, and was accused a couple months ago of sexual assault and abuse - which the Yankee left were cool with and defended - is also a rapist

[tamamita]

I sincerely believe you should go to hell

[anonymousmorris]

Graham Platner ran on an anti-zionist, universal public healthcare, no foreign interventions, pro labor union, etc.

Susan Collin is running on a pro Israel platform, voted for the original Iraq war, voted for the anti boycott act (the one against bds), and voted for additional ice funding as well as the big beautiful bill.

[tamamita]

Ahh yes, the unrepentant vet that happily took 5 tours in Iraq, including 1 as a Blackwater mercenary, and lobbing mortars in population-dense environment, desecrating bodies, among other patently monstrous acts and directly serving to expand the interest of the US and the Settler state, is definitely an Anti-Zionist, who is against US imperialism and interventionism. Trust the war criminal rapist with the SS totenkopf tattoo on this one.

[thewinter22]

People really need to learn that a lesser evil is a lesser evil. Like yes it's still evil and we should fight for a world where our options arent two evils, but for now we need to pull the trolley lever

[perpetual-oratorio]

How's that strategy been working for you over the last 30 years?

[leviathan-supersystem]

The Navy’s presence in the Caribbean has not reduced despite the Iran war.

But the long deployments take a toll on the crews and Marines, who had planned for a normal rotation and are now months past their initial scheduled return home.

“You don’t sign up for an easy time, you know any deployment is going to be uncertain,” said Joe Plenzler, a retired Marine Corps officer. “But extending deployments like this, when it feels really open-ended, that starts to bleed into retention. How much more likely am I able to convince my family to do another enlistment and stick with it?”

incredible that the best liberals can do at criticizing Trump's illegal and unprovoked aggression towards Cuba is "but what if laying in wait to slaughter Cuban citizens with impunity mildly inconveniences our death squads???"

[jibunbosh]

refers to my alter as a tulpa for post clout the same way trans girls gotta call themselves femboys for sex work

[jibunbosh]

really bad post

[jibunbosh]

sorry

[jibunbosh]

genuine answer: No, like, emphatically, resoundingly, I cannot stress this enough, no

[closet-keys]

I have been very worried about my friend Ahmed (@ahmed-motaz). He has gone so long without access to clean water, nutritious food, medicine, and adequate shelter, and it is taking an extreme toll on his body. The depths of his hunger are physically painful, and his anemia leaves him dizzy. He recently fainted and his family found him unconscious. He desperately needs funds for medicine and food. Please help him.

[ahmed-motaz]

My friends, I feel like I'm living my last days because hunger and anemia have ravaged my health. Every day that passes without medicine and food causes me even more pain. Please stand by me so I can buy medicine and food. Please stand by me and don't leave me so I can survive this anemia and hunger.

[sporesgalaxy]

Please continue to help Ahmed and his family so they can survive, every bit counts

[savee-baby]

STOP SCROLLING, MY BABY QAIS’S WOUND OPENED AGAIN BEFORE MY EYES.

I started using torn, worn-out clothes instead of medical bandages for my baby Qais, and his wound became infected and opened again because I cannot afford proper supplies anymore.

[savee-baby]

Tonight, I could not properly clean Qais’s wound because medical supplies are too expensive, so I stood there terrified, watching the infection and bleeding grow worse before my eyes.

[savee-baby]

I beg you as a broken mother in Gaza who cannot protect her child from pain, hunger, and death. Please, don’t leave my baby Qais alone in this nightmare—donate now and help me save his life.

Please donate now Gofundme

[savee-baby]

OH MY GOD, I felt my heart break as I saw my baby Qais unable to move or respond, lying there in pain, and I could not help him. Please donate now and save him

[saveaboud]

WE ARE BURNING ALIVE IN GAZA.

My little siblings are crying from the unbearable heat inside their tent, which has turned into an oven.

[saveaboud]

[saveaboud]

I am injured and in critical condition. If you see this and stay silent, please ask yourself what you would do if these were your own children.

[saveaboud]

A small donation could help us survive these impossible days. Please donate and share. Chuffed – PayPal – Verified

[aboud-lives]

Guys, please don’t scroll past us. My family is suffering, and a share could reach the person who saves our lives

[giant1v1poketourny]

Losers Round 2, Match 32: Grubbin VS. Dedenne

Which pokémon do you like more?

Grubbin

Dedenne

Remaining time: 6 days 11 hours

[october--7]

[tpwrtrmnky]

I think the word "transmedicalism" needs to be reserved for ideas that support giving authority over trans identity to medical institutions, actually.

The political project of trans self-determination can't be transmedicalist, no matter how much someone says "we need to prioritize access to medical transition," because increasing access in pretty much every real-world context is the same thing as attacking the authority of institutional gatekeepers.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Like when you're calling DIY advocates "transmeds" you have Lost The Fucking Plot. You have decided that "transmed" means "trans person whose vibes I don't like." Words actually need to mean things to be useful.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Anyone who's never had to deal with trans healthcare in the gatekeeping model especially needs to put in work to learn this: What transmedicalists are advocating for, whether they understand it or not, is a system where a cis man with a history of sexually harassing patients determines if you're "trans enough" to transition.

[saveaboud]

THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA IS STILL ONGOING.

Heavy bombardment. It feels as if the war has just begun.

[saveaboud]

[saveaboud]

Today, I was displaced while lying on a broken hospital bed in the street, unable to walk as people pushed me to safety.

[saveaboud]

I urgently need your support to receive treatment in a private hospital. Please don’t leave me to face this alone.

Chuffed _ PayPal _ Verified

[aboud-lives]

Please share

[lagtrainzzz]

i think transfems should be allowed to be good at sports.

sometimes a trans woman wins against a cis woman. sometimes a cis woman wins against another cis woman too. yet only one of them is allowed to win without facing consequences.

it's not enough to support transfems in sports if your support hinges on us being bad at them.

[contemptible-scoundrel]

THAT'S WHAT LEGENDARY DEMIGODS DO. MALENIA THE SEVERED, AMPUTATED HER FUCKING ARM AND SHE DID THAT. THAT'S WHAT LEGENDARY DEMIGODS DO. MOHG LEGENDARY 3 1 COMEBACK, CAME BACK. RADAHN GOT HIS DLC REMATCH ON THE LINE WENT TO ENIR-ELIM HE DIDN'T SCORE BRO. HE DIDN'T PUT UP NO BUCKETS. STOP CALLING THAT MAN LEGENDARY BECAUSE HE WALLED WITH KINDLY MIQUELLA THE FIERCEST EMPYREAN EVER, THE FORMLESS MOTHER A TOP THREE SHOOTER EVER. STOP CALLING THAT MAN LEGENDARY CAUSE WHEN THE SHATTERING WENT DOWN HE GOT SMOKED OUT BY MORGOTT. WHEN THEY FOUGHT THE CLEANROT KNIGHTS HE GOT SMOKED OUT. WHEN THEY WENT UP AGAINST THE FESTIVAL ASPIRANTS HE BLEW A 2-1 3-1 LEAD, HE CHOKED STOP DOING THAT.

LEGENDARY: MALENIA THE SEVERED, SNOW WITCH RANNI, PRAETOR RYKARD, EVEN FUCKING GODRICK, KINDLY MIQUELLA AS A ROOKIE 45 POINTS, SNOWFIELD TO SCADUTREE TRIPLE DOUBLE, MORGOTT THE VEILED KING, LEGENDARY THESE ARE LEGENDARIES- GODEFROY THE GRAFTED IS MORE LEGENDARY THAN GENERAL RADAHN, THAT'S WHAT WE TALKING BOUT RIGHT NOW. STOP TALKING ABOUT RADAHN LIKE HE'S THIS GUY, HE IS NOT THAT GUY, HE'S A STAT CHECK, HE'S GARBAGE, WHEN IT MATTERS, HE'S GARBAGE

[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 Huston 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