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Some important tweets /⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ CN / Abuse, DV, M*rder. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ID Slide 1 / People have pathologized my stance on pandemic precautions by dismissing it as an inability to cope with change but I would just like to say that I am actually doing great at adjusting to the objectively different reality we are living in now. It's everyone else that cannot deal. @/PxnziSchemes on Twitter⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ID Slide 2 / I spent my twenties being told that I had to put up with toxic, abusive situations to get ahead and be successful and I'm spending my thirties being like, "oh so you're abusive?? This place is toxic? I'm leaving. Good day." @/YikesOnBikesEtc on Twitter⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ID Slide 3 / I'll never forget when I called out my abuser and someone said I should "kill the cop in my head" & read books about TJ. Whew, some of you transformative justice folks just use the medium to protect your abusive friends. @MayowasWorld⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ID Slide 4 / Capitalism robs people of time and the ability to think creatively, compassionately and critically. When people are unable to think they unfortunately rely, knowingly or unknowingly, on others, usually those in power, to think for them. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Relying on other people as thought leaders isn't terrible if the people you rely on genuinely care about the most vulnerable people in our society.⁣⁣ However, most of us rely on people whose goal is not that we be cared for, but that we continue to work, buy and dislike ourselves. @Nellie_Scales⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ID Slide 5 / Only believing abuse allegations if there's a conviction in a court of law means you don't believe victims, period. More than 90 out of 100 victims will never be affirmed in court. Putting your faith in the court system is tacitly upholding the status quo against survivors. @KatTenbarge⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I wish they could say that to Nicole Brown⁣⁣ Simpson's face, but they can't. @LeaveHeardAlone⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "You won't ever know the worst that happened to Nicole Brown Simpson in her marriage, because she is dead and cannot tell you. And if she were alive, remember, you wouldn't believe her." @KatTenbarge⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣ #SocialJustice #DomesticViolence #WearAMask #PandemicLife #AbuseAwareness #Ableism #AbleismIsTrash (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVqkOBrVMf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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By now - I’m sure many have heard about the comments made by one hateful Cand*ce Ow*ns, who said that putting Disabled models in ads for clothing is inclusivity gone too far. ⁣ ⁣ I don’t like feeding trolls or giving energy to hate speech, I also don’t believe that representation under capitalism is everything - but I do want to speak from the perspective of a Disabled person who held a lot of shame about my body growing up, who would have been over the moon to see bodies like mine represented in popular culture. ⁣ ⁣ It would have made me feel more confident and less ashamed about my body. ⁣ ⁣ It could have helped me to see beauty in Disability, instead of constantly seeing the narrative that Disability is bad, which society and ableism consistently drives into us - causing layers upon layers of internalized ableism. ⁣ ⁣ It’s just a small part of the battle for inclusion which means a whole lot to 25% of the population. ⁣ ⁣ Yes, Disabled people wear underwear and yes, Disabled people need to be a part of the conversation. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / An illustration by me @tovahsfine of @MarshaElleMusic. Marsha is wearing a pink bra and underwear with a garter. Marsha is a Black woman with long black braids. She has a prosthetic right leg. She is holding a pink phone taking a selfie. On her right is a strelitzia plant and on her left is a pink Princess philodendron. Bubble letters on the right read “Disabled people wear underwear.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / The same illustration but with a tweet on top by @LonelyAllie that reads “Cand*ce Ow*ns saying that wheelchair users being portrayed in clothing ads is ridiculous and "inclusivity going too far" is wild, I swear this woman will do anything to be hateful.⁣ Wheelchair users wear clothes.⁣ That's it. That's the tweet.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / A video of Imani Barbarin, (@Crutches_And_Spice) speaking on the topic. Imani is a Black Disabled woman wearing a blue and white sweater and a bonnet. Captions are imbedded. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #DisabilityRights #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRepresentation (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLXYyyMC_O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I frequently see a lot of posts that talk about the importance of resting when we need it. And I absolutely agree. Rest should be a priority. ⁣ ⁣ But I also can’t talk about taking time to rest without acknowledging the fact that our current lives under capitalism don’t give a lot of people the opportunity to rest like we should all be granted. ⁣ ⁣ How can people prioritize rest when they need to work countless jobs to pay their rent because the cost of living has risen and the pay for work has not? ⁣ ⁣ How can Disabled people prioritize rest when we are made to jump through hoops to receive any kind of funding to help us just barely survive? ⁣ ⁣ We all deserve rest. We’re not all afforded rest. ⁣ ⁣ I want to live in a world that prioritizes rest.⁣ ⁣ I want to live in a world where *every one* is able to rest when needed and not just those with privilege and money. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / An illustration by me @tovahsfine based on a photo of @OhhhhhhhhHoney sitting with her head resting on her hand. In this illustration she has long wavy purple hair, bright pink lipstick and a nose ring. On the right I’m purple it reads “I want to live in a world that prioritizes rest”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / The same illustration but with a tweet by @BlackForager that reads “Everyone says "take a break for your health when you need it" but like???? We do not live in a world that is conducive to that????”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / The same illustration but with a tweet by @TherapyForLatinX that reads “It's important to prioritize rest, self-compassion, and community care as part of your mental health routine. That might mean taking breaks from social media, creating boundaries around your time, and building supportive relationships with others.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / The same illustration but with a tweet by @GabrielleDrolet that reads “"make sure you allow yourself to recover from burnout *⁣ " with what time. with what resources?”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / The same illustration but with a tweet by @/MarinDevana on Twitter that reads “Learning to prioritize health, rest, and pleasure in a world that rewards ambition, productivity, and struggle is our forever task.”⁣ ⁣ #BurnoutRecovery #Rest #PrioritizeRest ⁣ (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp235H2LyNI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some important tweets⁣ ⁣ The answer to slide 8 is to abolish the p0lic3 and redistribute funds. ✌🏼 <peace hand emoji>⁣ ⁣ CN / eugenics, brain tumour & eugenics, mention of school sho0ting & m*rder by p*lice. ⁣ ID Slide 1 / Hey, if you too are feeling absolutely crushed and overwhelmed by the loneliness of still taking the pandemic seriously, I see you. If you're feeling bereft and infuriated at seeing so many peers pretend that the pandemic is over, I see you. The daily, blatant erasure is so hard. @InADarkWood⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / the government has explicitly communicated they do not care if we die. they don't care if police kill us. they don't care if people go into elementary schools and shoot kids. do we not understand c*vid, letting masses of people die from it as an extension of that lack of care? @KaraKara⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / me: I have a brain tumor!⁣ ppl: omg we're so sorry, we support you, sending love!⁣ me:.. so please wear a mask so you don't kill me or disable me further⁣ ppl: NO. die. boo. you're mean. how dare you hold us accountable to our own actions @/RowanLou1312 on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / "But you've managed for this long & made it so far in life without help / support / accommodations!"⁣ I had no other choice;⁣ I shouldn't have had to, &⁣ I almost didnt. @/Hi_Its_AnnaLeah on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / Trauma after trauma leads to CPTSD & impacts your daily functioning. You have to go gentle with people who are suffering. They see & feel the world differently, it's a scary place. @/LucysJourney21 on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / ppl who get away w abuse, antiblackness, *extreme* misogyny, transphobia, etc. get sooo upset when like 20% of the online population has a problem with it. they'll be thriving and unchallenged in every way in real life but come on sm crying "cancel culture" and⁣ "wokeness" @PantieHose⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 7 / the thing about masking is that it's not not about YOU. you're well within your rights to try to get yourself killed, but trying to kill other people is bad practice @/VoldeMorgoret on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #WearAMask #cPTSD #ThePandemicIsntOverJustBecauseYoureOverIt ⁣ (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0MO3FL5Hc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Cats Against Capitalism⁣” ⁣ This post is in dedication to the cat who tried to get into a Japanese art museum and was turned away for being a cat. ⁣ ⁣ The museum then made merch out of the incident and the comments below the post were hilarious, I sent the post to my friend River (@thegrief.witch) who then inspired me to make this poster. ⁣ ⁣ And yes, this will be available to buy in my merch store. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / An illustration by me @tovahsfine of my two Black cats Gale Weathers and Sidney Prescott sitting in front of a Monstera Deliciosa with the words Cats against capitalism written above and below them. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / The original post by @puncrastinstion of a tweet by @/R__B__K__ on Twitter. The tweet reads “the cat trying to get into the Japanese art museum is now immortalized on a tote bag in their gift shop”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / A photo of a black cat walking into an art museum and being stopped by a security guard. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / the security guard is pointing for the cat to leave and the cat is walking out of the museum. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / A tote bag that says “Onomichi City Museum of Art” and “Let me in!” “No-No”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / the same illustration with some of the comments from the comment section on the original post about the cat attempting to enter the art museum. ⁣”so they deny him entrance and then exploit him,” “so they don’t let him in but they wanna profit off him,” “Let him in, apologize and compensate,” “they didn’t let him in but made money off his attempt. What!??” ⁣ #CatsAgainstCapitalism #ArtMuseum #ChatNoir #BlackCats #Catstagram #BlackCatsRule #LetHimIn #IllustrationArtists #DisabledArtist (at Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxncBKLq-8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Prepping for the Diversability panel tomorrow. If you’re interested in attending - we’ll be talking about the intersections of Disability and Gender Based Violence. The link to the event is in my bio - if you’re interested in attending but don’t have the funds - send me a DM - I have one comp ticket remaining. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / A photo of my dining room table. There is a bowl of bananas, a white bowl with my breakfast - some yogurt, granola and blueberries. A white barn eucalyptus rain candle. My iPad and my Apple Pencil, and a small thrifted metal tray with a porcelain Siamese cat figurine, a porcelain hand figuring holding a small decorative spoon, and a burning candle in the shape of a heart made by my friend River @TheGrief.Witch. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / A Birds Eye view shot of the description I stated in slide 1. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / A photo of my black cat Gale sitting next to me on the bench. There is a cactus and pink Princess philodendron plant in a porcelain sea shell planter in the background. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / A cream graphic with navy text has a teal gradient accent with “Diversability Unplugged” at the top. “Meet our Speakers” is centered at the top above a picture of Tovah Fine. To the right is their name along with the words “she/they, Artist & Activist. Disability & Gender Based Violence February 23, 2023 7 PM-8:30 PM ET”. Two logos are below the picture, from left to right: Diversability and Interpreter Now. The words “RSVP: https://diversability22023.eventbrite.com ASL Interpreters/Auto Captioning will be provided.” line the bottom.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #Diversability #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #GenderBasedViolence #Ableism #PlantsAndCats #HomeDecor #ThriftedDecor (at Norfolk County, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-VRduLyzi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I loved this little tweet thread by @NataliaSylv ⁣ ⁣ It hit home in so many ways about the experience of growing up Disabled and how silencing my pain for the sake of others comfort really affected me internally. (Hello #cPTSD)⁣ ⁣ The way we talk to people, especially children, is so important and affects us as we grow. We need to hold space for someone’s pain and allow them to feel it and grieve it instead of celebrating them for being able to withstand the pain without “complaining.” ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / An illustration by me @tovahsfine of an Asian woman with short pink hair and bangs sitting in her wheelchair. She is wearing a blue sweater and light blue jeans. Her nails are painted purple. There is a Pothos plant hanging from above and the words that read “you silence us for your comfort” are written on the left. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / A tweet by @NataliaSylv on top of my illustration that reads “Please: I say this as someone who, as a disabled kid, learned to be silent about my pain & am still trying to unlearn it. don't tell kids you're proud of them for enduring medical procedures w/o "Complaining." Even that word alone implies that us being vocal is a burden on you.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / A tweet by @NataliaSylv on top of my illustration that reads “I see this too often for it to be a subtweet. This is a perfect example of how "good intentions" can do so much harm. When non-disabled people call us "brave" & "strong" for what is essentially, us not voicing our very real & valid experiences, you silence us for your comfort.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / A tweet by @NataliaSylv on top of my illustration that reads “It's how we internalize that we're a burden. It's how we learn that your comfort takes priority over our pain. Which is another way of saying non-disabled lives matter more.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / A G F M request on top of my illustration that is titled “Sun’s accessible home fund” 615 USD raised of 10,000 goal. Link is in my bio to donate. ⁣ ⁣ #DisabilityJustice #DisabledArtist #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilitySupport #AbleismAwareness #AbleismExists #InternalizedAbleism (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7pnDVrRT4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some important tweets. ⁣ ⁣ CN / ableism, abuse, mass suffering, chr*s br*wn, r*pists. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / After fasting, cold showers, using apps, slowly increasing activity, antihistamines, cutting coffee sugar and tasty food out, daily meditation, green tea, coq10, Vitamin d, L carnitine, niacin, breathing exercises and therapy I can say l'm still completely disabled. #LongCovid @IppoAng on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / People living in the Middle East are not some special species that becomes more immune to tragedy the more they experience it. They are humans who are suffering at levels that are almost inconceivable. To believe otherwise is to justify your cold indifference. @/EgyptsBeer on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / are they "making something their entire personality" or are they just deeply impacted by that something? times are hard, the human experience is not an easy one, some suffering is all-encompasing and can't be compartmentalized. let's try to be compassionate. @GigiGrey_⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / PSA: Assaulting your girlfriend at 19, threatening to kill her (Rihanna), threatening to kill your girlfriend, assaulting her (Karrueche Tran), beating Frank Ocean up, multiple allegations of assaulting women ARE NOT MISTAKES but a pattern of behavior. Stop defending abusers. @/HECVTE on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / celebrities are so funny they'll literally be friends with r*pists and then be like "the biggest issue in today's society is not enough women being nominated for Billboard Music Awards" @GigiGrey_⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / People are like "why are kids so depressed it must be their PHONES!" But never mention the fact that we're living in a late stage capitalist hellscape during an ongoing deadly pandemic w record wealth inequality, 0 social safety net/job security, as climate change cooks the world. @TaylorLorenz⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 7 / me: "I don't think I have/had sensory issues or executive dysfunction" also me as a child: *hated & avoided washing my hands, brushing my teeth, washing my face* (taking an opportunity to openly talk about struggles with hygiene as a neurodivergent- including autistic-person.) @/Hi_Its_AnnaLeah on Twitter⁣ ⁣ #Ableism #ActuallyAutistic #BelieveSurvivors (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5E0P1LGqd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So I fully started #EMDR again the other day. It was a pretty intense session. Lots of memories and tears but by the end of the session I was grounded and relieved that I wasn’t in that place of trauma anymore. ⁣ ⁣ In the few days following my session I knew I would be more sensitive as I continued to process more emotions and more memories from the past would come up. ⁣ ⁣ I ordered a package of some things we needed for our home last week. On Monday I had a note that my package was going to be delivered that day and I was thrilled it came so quickly. ⁣ ⁣ That didn’t happen. I was disappointed but I kept reminding myself I would likely only have to wait one more day. ⁣ ⁣ On Tuesday it said my package was out for delivery so I was excited again, but the package was delayed and I told myself again “it’s okay, just one more day.” ⁣ ⁣ The package was literally down the street and I found myself getting increasingly more frustrated because I didn’t know why my package was so close but I was unable to have any control when it was delivered to me. ⁣ ⁣ It’s Friday. I went to the post office and was told the driver had been absent from work for 3 days and so they had a backlog of items. I asked if they could grab my package and they said they were unable to. ⁣ ⁣ I left discouraged but it was good to know I had an answer for why this was constantly happening. ⁣ ⁣ When I got home I sat down and started to dissociate. Michael saw me and asked what was wrong. He reminded me it was Friday and that my birthday was tomorrow. ⁣ ⁣ But all I could think of was not having access to my package. I kept wondering why I was so stuck on it. It was just stuff, why couldn’t I get over it?⁣ ⁣ Then my brain brought up a memory of how I was constantly disappointed as a child. I would tell someone that they needed to get/do something for me, and because of their addiction, they would frequently forget. ⁣ ⁣ I was a kid. I couldn’t do the things I was asking an adult to do for me. I had to just sit with it and internalize my anger and disappointment because I couldn’t act out these emotions or I would get punished. ⁣ ⁣ In the present, I realized this… ⁣ Cont in comments ⁣ ⁣ (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CofVL0_r9JC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some important tweets⁣ ⁣ Re : Slide 2, I was watching a cooking show the other day and the judges were standing to taste the food and I just wanted to yell GRAB A CHAIR 😂 <laugh emoji>⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / I went through years of therapy that aimed to convince me that people were generally good & the pandemic has unraveled all of it. Like no, 12 year old me was actually right to be suspicious of everyone because it turns out people value eating in restaurants above human⁣ lives. @RoxiQT⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / able bodied ppl LOVE standing @Dr_ChairBreaker⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / Calling someone ableist for promoting and engaging in ableism isn't bullying it's just a fact @/Voldemorgoret on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / I KNOW who needs to hear this, but reclaiming a slur means using it endearingly to other members of the community after it was used negatively towards you and/or members of the community. Not perpetuating its negative use in the community. Hope this helps! @PSoyBeans⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / If you're having a hard time thinking of⁣ "how can I use this slur endearingly" then that is your sign that the slur is, in fact, NOT reclaimed and therefore shouldn't be used <pink heart emoji> @PSoyBeans⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / The thing I think most people miss about burn out recovery -until they are forced to figure it out for themselves- is that there is no returning to before. The burn out is there to teach you to build a NEW life for yourself. One that is more supportive of who you truly are. @BrilliantlyDiverse⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 7 / Abusers often spend a lot of time and effort developing a positive public reputation that will reduce the likelihood that anyone will ever believe or rally around their victim/s, should the victim/s ever ask for help. Their positive public reputation is all part of the plan. @EmmaKatz_PHD⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 8 / ineed ppl to realize that chronically ill individuals, both physically& mentally, can not predict how they will feel in the next few minutes, hours, days, or months. i can wake up feeling fine& then be having the worst day imaginable within the hour - there are no warning signs @/DandelionFog⁣ on Twitter ⁣ ⁣ #AbleismIsTrash #BurnOut #BurnOutRecovery #Neurodivergent (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CocwEhSLz8d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Online advocacy is real advocacy.⁣ ⁣ In an inaccessible world it is easier for some Disabled people to contribute to advocacy online.⁣ ⁣ We all have a necessary role to play. ⁣ ⁣ The other week - a Chronic Illness page announced they were having an in person conference. When asked if masks were going to be required, they deferred to the CDC guidelines. Which meant, as most of us knew - masks would not be required. ⁣ ⁣ Many Disabled and Chronically Ill people spoke up about this and notified their communities. ⁣ ⁣ Later on in the day - that page announced that they were going to officially ask for masking to be required at their event. ⁣ ⁣ If online advocacy didn’t exist - maybe that event would have taken place with the laid back CDC guidelines instead of protecting the most vulnerable with masks. ⁣ ⁣ A lot of people talk about the negatives of social media - but positives exist as well. ⁣ ⁣ With social media we can create m*tual aid campaigns to save the most vulnerable members of our communities. ⁣ ⁣ We can problem solve with like-minded friends. ⁣ ⁣ We can be present when our bodies are unable to cooperate physically. ⁣ ⁣ We can make change in the physical world through our advocacy online. ⁣ ⁣ Social media and online activism is a tool. Some people are able to access the physical world with ease - and others are not. ⁣ ⁣ We all have a different role to play in society.⁣ ⁣ Of course I would love for the physical world to be more accessible to Disabled people - but until then - the internet is a tool for change - and one that is much easier for Disabled people to access. ⁣ ⁣ @tovahsfine #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRights #CommunityCare #CommunitySafety #DisabilityAdvocate #HumanRights #SocialJustice #OnlineAdvocacy #SocialMediaTools #DisabilityInclusion #AbleismIsTrash #AbleismKills #Accessibility #AccessibilityForAll ⁣ (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXmfJRLx29/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Please share widely and frequently and message those who you think would be interested. ⁣Entry for as low as 5$! ⁣ ID Slide 1 / Raffle for M*tual Aid ⁣ Swipe through for details⁣ Hosted by @TheGrief.Witch and @Tovahsfine⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / @TheGrief.Witch and @TovahsFine are hosting an emergency m*tual aid raffle for Q, a Queer Black community member and organizer. Q was served an eviction notice and has less than a week to raise funds. Our goal is $1052. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / How To Enter /⁣ Send donation(s) via preferred method⁣ C@sh@pp $QuamelWebb⁣ P@yp@l QWebb95⁣ DO NOT mention that this is for m***al aid (or a donation) in the note / Write "gift" or simply add some emojis or nothing at all⁣ $5-$20 FOR ONE ENTRY⁣ $30 FOR TWO ENTRIES⁣ Send screenshot of donation to either @TheGrief.Witch or @TovahsFine on Instagram⁣ OR⁣ [email protected] or⁣ [email protected] via email⁣ Leave a comment on this post on IG after you've donated for your chance to win 1 of 3 awesome prize packages from artists across North America. Contest is only open to North American residents and is not affiliated with Instagram.⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / an illustration of Dolly Parton that reads “find out who you are & do it on purpose” made by @EarnedMagic⁣ ⁣ A photo of a pink butterfly necklace on a bust by @HyperNeck⁣ ⁣ A hexagon wood shelf by @GreySquirrelHandmade⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / A rainbow candle by @TheGrief.Witch⁣ ⁣ An illustration by @TovahsFine that reads “You can’t be anti-ableist if you can’t take c*vid precautions seriously⁣ ⁣ Various colourful mushroom stained glass by @Mystery_Glass⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / A print of a cow on a blue background saying “Eat the rich” by @InnerFrogArt⁣ ⁣ Two ceramic toxic shot glasses by @KattSplat⁣ ⁣ An iridescent chain stainless steel necklace by @GoldenAgeAccessories⁣ #Prizes #HousingCrisis #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingForAll (at North America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVBr9Jr72q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This little tweet thread made me infinitely happy. Happy Friday to those who keep our community safe and those people only. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / “Ok so the thing you have to understand about the sarcastic nerds on Twitter who fight for C*VID protections is that you can't shame us by making us think we're in the minority because we've been doing that our whole lives. It only makes our sarcasm and resolve grow stronger.” @/AmandaLHu on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / “lolll like you're telling me I'm the black sheep <anxious face with sweat emoji> of the family? <anxious face with sweat emoji> what an uncomfortable position I have never occupied ever!” @/YesAllCrops on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / "Ohhh you're telling me my neurodivergence has caused me to learn things I can't ignore and I act accordingly with no regard to social norms that don't make sense to me??⁣ I'm actually 100% used to that" @/AmandaLHu on Twitter ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / “I have never thought I was⁣ neurodivergent- but if that superpower is what's involved in recognizing that breathing air that's been declared poisonous, is bad - I guess I am!” @/BlechTimes on Twitter ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / “Talking to NT people I've realized that many people's desire to fit in overrides other core instincts, including self-preservation. Sure, I feel an urge to belong, but it no longer makes sense to obey it when collective human health is on the line.” @/The_NDer on Twitter ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / A photo of the corner of my second bedroom. My cat Gale Weathers is sitting on the bottom of a plant shelf with her tongue out. There is a strelitzia in a dusty rose pot and cacti and succulents on the top two shelves of a white sheld. There are a couple hanging plants in the window. It is sunny and there are shadows on the left wall. ⁣ ⁣ #TweetThread #Neurodivergent #WearAMask⁣ #Sarcasm #Sarcastic #ActuallyAutistic #BlackSheep (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNTTULrAy5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some important tweets⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / If the vaccines were dangerous, they would have given them to the poor FIRST. They would have flooded the global south with "experimental vaccines." Instead, the bourgeoisie took them immediately, and locked theIP @/KeepAustinNasty on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / society: "It's OK to not be OK" - unless you:⁣ * slightly inconvenience pol or cause them a hint of discomfort⁣ * cannot contribute to capitalism⁣ * actually ask for help & support⁣ * are multiply-marginalized⁣ * are not benefitting others⁣ * 'fail' to conform to the majority⁣ @/Hi_Its_AnnaLeah on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / Please stop attacking the past versions of you. They were doing their best at the time and they got you here. It's amazing how much progress you've made and how much you've grown but please don't think your past self lacked worth in any way. @/Your_POS_Corner on Twitter ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / Police don't prevent crime. They show up after it happens. Crime prevention starts with funding social programs and creating opportunity. @/MHDKSafa on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / when you become too sick to work, the goal of the state is to hasten your death. government benefits are hard as shit to get, and health care is a fiction in the us. but as you are dying, you will still have to pay through the nose for whatever you get @CyreeJarelle⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / You should probably know in advance that when you develop Long Covid, there won't be a cure waiting for you at your doctor's. There won't even be much concern. @/1GoodTern⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 7 / You can't "ruin" food by adding fat to it. Dressing doesn't ruin the salad, you're still eating vegetables. Sour cream doesn't ruin a potato. The nutrients are all still there (some absorb better when eaten w/ fat!) "Ruining nutritious food" by adding fat is a diet culture lie. @/DancesWithFat on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 8 / Did you really experience vour early⁣ 20's as a woman if you didn't have a wildly codependent friendship with your best friend that exploded spectacularly and now you never speak? @/CooperStreaming on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #TweetThread #DisabilityJustice #TwitterPosts (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFk6rWr_Lz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Masking is community care, making is self care⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / Masking is community care / Masking is self care / An illustration by me @tovahsfine of a photo of @JayLynnJac2.0 wearing a @TereseSydonna mask. @JayLynnJac2.0 is a Black woman with short pink hair, wearing a purple mask and a turquoise top. Her hands are on her face / mask with teal painted nails. She is wearing gold hoop earrings. On the top right it reads “Masking is community care”, on the bottom left it reads “Masking is self care.”⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / Same illustration but with a tweet that reads “Not every leftist needs to organize around every leftist issue- but the bare minimum is not minimizing mass death or promoting right wing talking pts that fighting for better is "hard" and masks are *the end of one's social life*” @/Julia_Doubleday on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / Same illustration but with a tweet that reads “Yes, fighting for a better COVID response is hard! So is trying to dismantle the police state! So is try to end wealth inequality! So is fighting for indigenous land rights and against climate change! We fight for hard things! We don't give up be it isn't easy!” @/Julia_Doubleday on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / Same illustration with a tweet that reads “the funny thing about "don't ask me to mask, organize for systemic change" is that the systemic change i seek ends up with you wearing a mask. why don't you do your part now instead of waiting for the government to make you do it” @AbbyMachines⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / Same illustration with a tweet that reads “Can you afford to be sick and confined to a bed for 6 months? No Income? No? Then why aren't you wearing a mask in public spaces?⁣ You know the latest variants are evolving to make all that vaccine preparation you did useless?” @/Ghillie_Guide on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / Same illustration with a tweet that reads “the funniest thing about masking when nobody else around you is masking is that a lot of them treat u like u are carrying the virus that they allegedly don't care about and avoid u” @GigiGrey_⁣ ⁣ #WearAMask #IllustrationArt #DisabledArtist #CommunityCare #CommunitySafety #SelfCare #LongCovid #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityAwareness (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDAHysrdoc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some important tweets - CW / m*rder by police, fatphobia, mention of killing and r*pe⁣ ⁣ Regarding slide 6 - this was a tweet in response to someone talking about how killing people can sometimes be justified but r*pe can never be justified. The wording of the original tweet wasn’t the best - and I preferred this response to the tweet instead. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / Brutally killing people and then telling the public to only respond peacefully is one of the most wildly absurd things that's normalized as police kill more and more yearly. When they say "peace" they mean respect and accept the state's monopoly on violence. @WilliamCSon ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / being a trauma survivor often means fleeing at the first sign of tension before imminent danger. the body is always in a state of planning an escape route, never getting too comfortable. my wish for so many is to feel safe in their bodies, to feel safe with people who value you. @OMFGWavy⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / Wild how a nation can't afford eggs⁣ are drooling over celebs plastered in diamonds that literally cost more than the house they're living in. Celebrity idolization is wild. Call me a hater but thinking about this from a bigger perspective is wild. Celebs are a joke. @/ADoseOfMars on Twitter⁣ ⁣ AID Slide 4 / Free yourself from the idea that you can behave in a way that will "make" people who already don't respect, value or see the humanity in you feel that way. It's beautiful over here. @NinaMonei⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 5 / Someone cast Brendan Fraser in something else pronto so people stop pretending like The Whale is anything but super offensive. We all love Brendan and want him to make a comeback but not at the expense of fat people. Can we just like... get him in a romcom or something? Anything? @RosieeThor⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 6 / Yeah you can kill people in self defense, to save people, or to stop them from doing bad things. It's bad in general but there are acceptable cases. But raping someone is never going to help anyone, it's unequivocally evil @/JoeyFazzole on Twitter⁣ ⁣ Alt text available, more captions in the comments. ⁣ #DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice #TraumaSurvivor #CelebrityCulture #DisabilityJustice #CatsAndPlants (at Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn92iOfLJQ_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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<CW mention of r*pe on slide 3> Trauma victims and survivors are frequently told we are strong because of what we went through, that our trauma MADE us stronger. ⁣ ⁣ Like going through trauma is a badge of honour and increases our strength meter. Like going through trauma is character development. ⁣ ⁣ That’s not how it works.⁣ ⁣ I didn’t need to go through trauma to become strong. ⁣ ⁣ The strength was always there - and I would rather not have had to use it. ⁣ ⁣ Trauma didn’t make me stronger, I had to be in order to survive. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #TraumaRecovery #TraumaHealing #TraumaRecovery #PTSDSurvivor #PTSDRecovery #YouDidntDeserveIt #PTSD #cPTSD #TraumaDidntMakeMeStronger #MentalHealthSupport ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 1 / An illustration drawn by me @tovahsfine of a yt femme with long blue hair giving the middle finger. She is wearing a pink tshirt and blue jeans. There is a rhaphidaphora Tetrasperma growing behind her. The words “Trauma didn’t make me stronger, I had to be in order to survive.”, are written next to her in white on top of a pink bubble. ⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 2 / Same illustration with a tweet on top that reads “here's to you, trauma survivor.⁣ you're fucking here despite everything working against you - people, society, yourself. You're fucking here.” @/McKennaSpeaksUp on Twitter⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 3 / Same illustration with a tweet on top that reads “I feel like the first trauma is being assaulted, but the secondary traumas are all the ppl ignoring u and telling u that ur lying, u deserve it, or that their friendship w the rapist is more important than the assault” @/WhoraXXX on Twitter @PlantainChipss⁣ ⁣ ID Slide 4 / Do I want to live authentically as my true self & reduce my dependence on what other people think about me? Absolutely <100 emoji>⁣ But is this safe for me as a marginalized person? Is this feasible for me as a trauma survivor? Probably not <sad face emoji> @/Hi_Its_AnnaLeah on Twitter (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7mVeavP7j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=