Dancing Grove

Hi there this is the central page of The Grove system! Our body is 29 years old and most of us feel somewhere around that age. You can refer to us collectively with they/them or fae/faer pronouns but each of us have our own perferred pronouns. This blog is for the whole collective, to give updates and to act as a central hub.Some general stuff, we all tend to like ttrpgs, nature, and we are all hella queer.  Cash App: $rose2894 , Venmo: @rose-sanchez-15 Paypal: https://paypal.me/rose2894?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

[the-grove]

Help improve two trans womens lives

Heya! My gf and I are gonna be purchasing a new bed. We both deal with chronic pain and the mattress we've had for years is not making things easier and maybe actively thinking worse. Thing is, we live pay check to pay check already, trying to adjust that cut back where we can, do things cheaper etc. But its hard when you are already struggling. But we are hoping that if we are in less pain and getting proper sleep we can maybe have more energy that can help with improving our lives. We will probably buying one via a payment plan but even the cheapest options are a bit over a hundred dollars a month that we would have to scrounge up. Some dear friends and family have already sent some aid to us, and we intend to use that to put a down payment for it. If you are willing to assist with the down payment or just generally help us pay it off/help with other life payments. I will be listing mine and my partners, kofi, paypal, venmo, and cash app. Feel free to use whichever system you feel safest/most comfortable using. If you can not assist, please consider re-blogging. Thank you. We intend to put the order in on may/25th, but I will probably reblog this often as we maybe paying it off for months to come. and we may even put this as as the pin on our blog.

Support Chisami

Queer Gamemaster looking to entertain!

Cash App: $rose2894 Venmo: @rose-sanchez-15 Paypal: https://paypal.me/rose2894?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

[star-angel-selkie]

help

our phone bill is due tomorrow its 160, we're broke rn so anything helps

ca$happ venmo ko-fi

[only-tiktoks]

[britney-j-christ]

[softservecanine]

You’re completely correct. Out of my way, able-bodied losers. Fuck you.

[houndmother]

if you are a tme queer person holding an event, especially a dyke/sapphic one, you need to go out of your way to make sure that the trans women in your community know they are welcome. most of the girls i know assume we’re not.

[sapphireh3arts]

i know folks are gonna call me a pedo for this one, but i grew up seeing my mom and grandma naked. they had health issues and at times needed care and help showering. and i truly think more kids need to be shown the nonsexual reality of naked women at a young age. there is nothing sexual about my grandmothers breasts, they were simply body parts. more women die of heart attacks because people are too afraid of breasts to do real chest compressions, because they are scared to touch their breasts. the sexualization of our bodies literally kills us. i need people to be more normal about naked bodies and i'm 100% serious.

[scarsofmybliss]

I grew up around naked old people who weren't even my family! Gasp! And it was a good thing. I grew up around old-school hippies at a place called Lothlorien (in Indiana) and one of my friends dads held a sauna day every Sunday in the middle of the woods (like you cannot drive to their house, you park about a quarter mile away and walk into the woods kind of woods). All day random old people came to get naked, high (pot), and sweaty. Just random old peen and boobs swaying with the leaves. No big deal. These are things that I believe made me more at home in my body, made me more excited about aging, made me more willing to fight for my security and safety.

[dee-the-red-witch]

Bodies are just bodies. Nothing sacred and nothing inherently shameful or sinful either. The fact that we still can't get that through everyone in however many years it's been is just fucking idiotic.

[hylianengineer]

Communal bathing is common in many cultures and the imperial core needs to get more normal about this ASAP.

Seeing strangers naked isn't objectively weird or sexual, many of us just grew up in a culture that refuses to be normal about it and need to get over that.

[closet-keys]

Israel systematically targets the health of pregnant mothers and infants in Gaza. This is a reality every parent in Gaza knows. It has also been confirmed repeatedly by others. Pediatric healthcare professionals in Gaza have been bravely speaking out about how Israel is currently using restrictions of formula into Gaza to torture and kill Palestinian babies.

[closet-keys]

My friend Nader recently became an uncle to his newborn baby niece, Masa. Due to the traumatic stress and malnutrition experienced under genocidal conditions, many mothers cannot produce breast-milk. Masa, like tens of thousands of other babies in Gaza, relies on formula to survive. Today, Nader told me that this little girl is in the hospital now due to a severe chest infection. She is only 8 days old. Please help her.

[maidthings]

you probably could domesticate a velociraptor tho, that thing could prolly protect the fuck out of grain

[cryptidcobalt]

velociraptor livestock guardian for chickens eventually getting the thing sheep guardian dogs have where it gets bred to have chicken plumage to blend in with the other chickens

like this but it's a really angry looking hen

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING!!!

Sure, a velociraptor is carnivorous. It’s also a pack animal, and a pretty small one, too. We domesticated dogs. We domesticated cats. Hell, we’ve even domesticated foxes. WE CAN DOMESTICATE VELOCIRAPTORS! Revive velociraptors and begin a domestication breeding program PRONTO!

[krakoansam]

YES!

I'm sure nothing could go wrong...

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

Y’know, everyone always brings up Jurassic Park, missing entirely that Jurassic Park is a piece of shit joint that was actively sabotaged by an insider trying to make a quick buck.

A serious scientific project to clone dinosaurs would not build Jurassic Park. They’d start out with one or two organisms that would be kept in controlled environments. Over time, as human knowledge of these animals expanded, they’d probably scale up the size of the environments and the number of the animals created/bred. Reaching a point where the dinosaurs could be kept in publicly accessible zoos or even bred as pets implies a vast wealth of knowledge has been accumulated to the point where zookeepers, animal behaviorists, etc. believe that they can safely be displayed and/or sold.

Of course, it is possible that greedy shitheads would try to monetize dinosaurs carelessly. Actually, that’s what the Jurassic Park book was about—a shitty ass money grab that cut corners to a disastrous extent. If a zoo is so badly run that the lions can easily break loose, then that is the zoo’s fault, not the lions. It is the zoo’s responsibility to keep the lions in a safe, healthy habitat, with lots of food and enrichment activities, where they can ignore the visitors if they please and only have to directly interact with specially trained humans. The same rules would apply if, say, a zoo housed a deinonychus. And, as with lions, maintenance of these animals would require safety procedures in the case of a breakout (or a human breaking in), up to and including killing the creature. Look at frigging Harambe, ffs.

There’s also the assumption that carnivorous dinosaurs, if let loose, would immediately go on a murderous rampage. Carnivora don’t kill for the love of killing. They primarily kill to eat. Other reasons include protecting their territory/young/self-defense or severe agitation. Yes, a loosed carnivorous dinosaur may kill a human out of fear or hunger. It might also wander around in curiosity, run away from perceived threats, do aggressive displays to scare people away, or eat a dog or a bird or some other animal. It’s an animal following its instincts, not a killing machine programmed to murder everything in sight.

And lastly…VELOCIRAPTORS ARE SMALL!!! They’re around the size of turkeys. My dog is bigger than that. I’d rather face a velociraptor than a moose any day.

Sorry for losing my temper, but Jurassic Park drives me up the wall! It’s a fun movie, but its depiction flagrantly violates any sensible and safe scientific approach to dinosaur cloning. Which is kinda the point!

[bondboy8]

The Jurassic Park movie velociraptors are actually based off of utahraptors which is why they are so much larger than they should be

Also, "insider trying to make a quick buck" really undersells what I believe is one of the movie's core messages.

John Hammond is one of those businessmen who is obsessed with presentation. He loves to say "we spared no expense" because he's thrown so much money at getting everything to look and feel just right for the experience he is envisioning. But that's not the truth. He spared one very important expense. Wages.

I ain't defending Nedry decision-making, but I've always interpreted it as the result of Hammond's financial priorities. Nedry wanted the cash for sure, but he also wanted to hurt Hammond because he felt neglected. Such a risky offer never would have been as tempting if Nedry was a happier employee.

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

i am at animal urgent care with nora, she was wheezing fast this morning and having trouble breathing, they said it looks like fluid in her chest. i'm paying for x-rays cause i don't know what else to do, but i'm gonna need a lot of help making rent after this and i already wrote my landlord the check. please help with anything if you can

@orbis3 on vmo

$0/$1415

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

hey everyone. i know a lot of you have also come to love nora through my posts and pictures. i'm sorry to say it wasn't good news and there isn't much we can do; this is one of those health issues where once it's noticeable, it's not getting better. today seemed to be the first day it was bothering her but it was going to be her best day from now on, and i didn't want her to suffer & be confused. nora said goodbye peaceful and feeling safe, resting on my shoulder in her favorite spot.

thank you all for loving her with me. hug your animals a little tighter for me, and if you feel like it, leave a glass of water out for nora as she goes.

i could still use the help if anyone can spare. thank you all for making me -- & nora -- feel loved.

[abdalsalam2000]

These may be my last words or the last time I write a post, so I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not support me with a single word and ignores me.

[abdalsalam2000]

I write these words in great pain, my eyes brimming with tears. I can no longer bear this situation. I am exhausted by hunger, severe anemia, my father's cancer, and the exorbitant cost of the medications he needs.

[abdalsalam2000]

All I care about is getting rid of the cancer my father is suffering from and the constant pain. Please help me buy his medication so his body can recover and he can resume his life, and to save me, my entire family, and my young niece who is suffering from malnutrition and anemia.

gofundme please donate

[punkitt-is-here]

Please help my friend Nader! These conditions are awful and any help you can give him makes a huge difference

[sporesgalaxy]

Nader's father needs pain relief. Donate what you can. This is campaign number 4 on the @gazavetters account. I personally assure you that your donations will go directly to Nader, his family, and his ailing father.

[abdalsalam2000]

Friends, our last donation was a day ago, and our lives depend entirely on your donations and assistance. Please donate now and give what you can to help us. Please donate now.

[closet-keys]

Please continue to help my friend Nader. His campaign supports eight people, including his father who suffers from cancer.

[abdalsalam2000]

Friends, please don't hesitate to support us and donate. You are our hope. Please don't stop. Our entire lives depend on these donations. Please donate, I beg you.

[charl0ttan]

please donate anything you can!

[abdalsalam2000]

Please continue donating. We need these funds for survival in Gaza to buy food and medicine. Please donate now. We need 450 euros to reach 3,000. Please donate now.

[abdalsalam2000]

Please continue sharing this post and donating. We're almost there! We need 134 more to reach 3000. Please, please, let's collect them today! Donate whatever you can, my friend, please!

[abdalsalam2000]

Please, everyone, don't stop sharing this post. Please keep going. We only need 64 euros to reach 3,000. Please donate.

[tired-mochii]

Please support my autistic sister during benefit sanctions!!

Wednesday, June 3rd: Hello everyone, I’m Gem, and I’m setting up a crowdfunding campaign for my sister Cheryl. Her Universal Credit has been sanctioned for 91 days, and she urgently needs support to get through the next few months.

As stated in my previous post, my sister, who is in her 30s and autistic, recently caught the flu. While she was unwell, her unemployment advisor requested that she submit her CV for a job application. Unfortunately, due to her illness, this important task slipped her mind, and she ended up applying a few days later than expected. As a result, she has been sanctioned for 91 days, until July 15th, leaving her with a minimal welfare payment of just £7 for the entirety of June.

This is clearly not sufficient to cover her bills or purchase groceries/pet supplies. However, thankfully, due to the help of our previous post, she was able to pay off her utilities, and on June 1st, she was awarded a hardship payment of £150 to help her until the end of June. She is also awaiting word back from an appeal regarding the sanction

Unfortunately, she still has £214.91 in direct debits due in the next week and needs assistance in covering them. I also have a £93 bill due this month that I need help with. It is also my birthday on the 19th, so I would really appreciate it if anyone could help us!!

I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone could spare any amount to help my sister and me get by, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would mean a great deal, and sharing helps just as much. 

Thank you ❤️

£31.71/£300!!

☆ PayPal ☆

[voiceofaboud]

ON WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY, MY LITTLE SISTER MAY DIE FROM LACK OF TREATMENT IN GAZA.

[voiceofaboud]

She lived through 3 years of war and hunger, and now she is being denied the most basic right of a child: medical treatment.

[voiceofaboud]

To everyone who still has humanity, please donate to help save her life and provide the treatment she desperately needs.

Chuffed - PayPal - Verified

[martindykewood]

please help!!!

[voiceofaboud]

Sadly… only one donation today

[dogpuppy]

[under-my-bed]

can't leave this in the tags

[covid-safer-hotties]

Ableist discrimination, pure and simple.

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

i am at animal urgent care with nora, she was wheezing fast this morning and having trouble breathing, they said it looks like fluid in her chest. i'm paying for x-rays cause i don't know what else to do, but i'm gonna need a lot of help making rent after this and i already wrote my landlord the check. please help with anything if you can

@orbis3 on vmo

$0/$1415

[autogynophelia]

One of the ways transmisogyny manifests is in default-uncharitable interpretations of ambiguous meaning.

Last week I was at a meetup where I was the only transfem. I checked the groupchat when I arrived and there was a message from the organiser: "We have a newcomer called X, can you look out for him if you get there first?" I located X, introduced myself, sent a message to the chat say, "I have located X," and continued to talk to him until the organiser arrived. When the organiser arrived, she was not happy with me. It turned out my phone had autocorrected, "I have located X," to, "I had located X," which the organiser interpreted as me passive aggressively telling her that I had already done the thing she was asking about. Her conclusion: I was unreasonable and aggressive in responding to her reasonable request. My explaining what had happened didn't convince her otherwise.

A different occasion last week: in a local trans groupchat, a trans man sent a link to a drag event happening in our town. A few people said they were already going, some said they might go. Then a trans woman replied saying, "Thanks, but I don't really like drag." Her tone was immediately called into question. Her words were assumed to communicate: "I think you are a terrible person if you like drag," even though she never said that. Several non-transfems who had never even heard that drag might not be universally-beloved by everyone were upset to discover that fact. A trans woman simply saying she didn't like this thing became A Big Deal.

Meanwhile, at a different event again, a trans man told a group that he was straight and attracted to women, but he wouldn't feel comfortable bringing home an "AMAB woman" (yes he actually said that). It was quickly brushed over, and after he had left even trans women tried to defend him by saying "he probably didnt realise people would be offended" etc etc. In contrast to the examples above, he is not even aware that anyone was upset by what he said, never mind worrying about what consequences he might face.

Whenever I go to an event, I often spend the next 24-48 hours ruminating over every single thing I said to check if I did anything at any time that could even vaguely be construed as annoying to anyone. I have often put this behaviour down to severe anxiety, but I think I am realising that it is actually a rational response to a world where even the slightest social misstep could be blown way out of proportion and result in my later social exclusion. It's one of those things that existed long before I was aware of my own transness but while I was nonetheless transmisogynised by society, a crippling fear of the slightest imperfection that I assumed everyone else felt too but apparently they don't. I guess when other people go out of their way to smoothe over the damage your words or actions might cause, you don't need to stress about that damage because there are no consequences to it! It sounds very nice to be able to live like that.

[sororisdoll]

[kittium]

@heropartnerweek day 7 - free day (trust)

messy messy comic for the last day :) ive had this bouncing in my head for a month or two and i wanted to make it more detailed but alas … anyways i love them so so much and i had SOO much fun drawing team chamomile stuff for heropartner week :’)