[closet-keys]

I am struggling to put my thoughts into words. I don't know how to focus lately on anything while so many people are starving to death in Gaza.

I am finding myself texting my family members and my friends and my local community organizing networks apologizing for disappearing, for failing to respond to messages, for forgetting to check in. I was laid off from my job a while ago, and have not received a single interview. How can I justify writing cover letters when I could be writing fundraisers? But how can I not when my wife needs me to find a source of income so that we can pay rent.

When I write about Palestine, it is the only thing that feels important in my life. But then I fear that people do not read it, and I fear they stop reading as soon as they realize I am talking about Palestine. What can I write so that you will feel my (imperfect, flawed) humanity through them, and not let go when I ask you to hold the humanity of the people of Gaza too?

Many hands make light work, but there needs to be a hell of a lot more hands here. It's heavy right now, but the more people do something, the easier it becomes for every single person trying to act. Please do not fear the weight of this. We need you.

[closet-keys]

"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation. They are expensive, inefficient and can even kill starving civilians."

- Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on July 26, 2025

“This is not a warning, this is a call to action. This is unlike anything we have seen in this century"

- Ross Smith, UN World Food Programme (WFP) director of emergencies, published by the United Nations news on July 29, 2025.

"Despite the overwhelming evidence of rampant malnutrition and growing deaths from starvation, Gaza remains all but sealed off. At the IRC, we have several tons of life-saving medical supplies ready and waiting to enter—enough to treat thousands and bolster a health system that is collapsing under the weight of war and deprivation. These supplies sit idle. Hospitals are either destroyed or overwhelmed. Fuel is scarce. Food prices have surged by 700%. Gaza’s essential services have collapsed... This is not a crisis that demands more data. It demands more determination... The world knows what is happening in Gaza. The cost of delay will be measured in the lives of children lost."

- David Miliband, "How To Stop Gazans From Dying of Starvation Right Now" published on July 30, 2025

"Stressing that malnutrition has been rising rapidly in the first half of July, the report found that over 20,000 children have been admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition between April and mid-July, with more than 3,000 severely malnourished... Hospitals have reported a rapid increase in hunger-related deaths of children aged under 5, with at least 16 reported deaths since July 17"

- Palestine Chronicle, on July 30, 2025

[closet-keys]

Nader's father is dying of cancer.

His family is dying and surrounded by death, constantly fighting to find food, medicine, and temporary safety.

Donate to Help Nader Al-Anqar and his family overcome this war in Gaza, organized by Nader Alanqar

I am a young man who loves my studies very much and I drea… Nader Alanqar needs your support for Help Nader Al-Anqar and his family overc

Please do what you can to donate and share his campaign ( #4 on the Gazavetters list ).

You can reach out to him at @abdalsalam2000.

[casceth]

dont retreat emotionally. people like you and want you around. they like to talk to you, and you genuinely matter. you have to trust this through the hard times so you can get to the better times without sabotaging yourself. you are worth loving

[spacebeyonce]

emory hospital performed an emergency c-section on adriana smith's corpse last Friday.

[spacebeyonce]

1 pound 13 ounces. this baby came out weighing as much as four apples. and now that their science experiment was a success they're finally gonna let this dead woman off life support.

[spacebeyonce]

they didn't care to help adriana when she was alive and came to the hospital for help and now that they got some use out of her body after the fact they're just tossing her aside. emory hospital and all the georgia lawmakers that let this happen have a hot hot seat in hell waiting for them.

[bbluejoseph]

adriana's family has a gofundme up for her medical bills for anyone who can afford to donate! they're currently 67% of the way to their goal

Donate to Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey, organized by April Newkirk

This journey has been deeply saddening and heartbreaking since F… April Newkirk needs your support for Help Adriana's Family During This Hea

[inkprilled]

All Eyes on the Sumoud Convoy

Eyes on the road people. Eyes on the thousands of people on their way to the Gaza border to break the siege.

SumoudConvoy-tracker

[the-end-society]

We need to show support, as much as we did for the madleen, this is a civilian led movement with over 10,000 volunteers, driving to rafah, where they will be joining 35,000 people to march to the Gaza boarder and demand the entry of humanitarian aid. They have no western news covered so we must keep our eyes on the sumoud convoy. Right now the 8 madleen volunteers still being illegally detained have the eyes of the west on them and even with their European passports rima hasan and Thiago avila are being held in inhuman conditions in solidarity confinent and threatened with physical violence. Even with this happening the freedomflottila volunteers still insist we keep demanding a break to the seige on Gaza.

[reblogbinge]

people all over the world are going to meet the sumoud convoy at the border. Thousands from Europe are taking flights to Egypt, all eyes on the sumoud convoy.

[luminalunii97]

From A tehrani resident who barely got out let me inform you of some of the things currently going on here:

Israel bombed two of the highways leading out of tehran, both are blocked now. The remaining highways had heavy traffic until few hours ago. After israel bombed every oil tanks and refineries around tehran, a shortage of petrol happened. Now most petrol stations are out of work and if you're lucky enough to find one that's still operating, you have to stay in hours long lines in hopes of getting max 15 liters of petrol. So even with a car, it's not guaranteed you can get very far from the city.

There's also the matter of where to go and stay. The bank system is half working, no cash available at the time. And you can't exactly sleep in the deserts around the city. Most people still stuck in tehran don't have anywhere to go and they don't have the money to afford relocating themselves (it's always the lower class that gets the worst hits)

All of these are beside the fact that most people can't leave the city under any circumstance. They have chronic illnesses, they have sick family members who needs care, they work as emergency workers and can't leave their lines of duty.

But these mfs don't care about human life getting destroyed. It's just numbers to them, expendables. Our own government has abandoned people to die horrible deaths, they never cared and they don't care now. People of iran are worth nothing to nobody. It's Gaza all over again.

I have family and friends still in tehran who can't leave. I'm bracing myself for the worst case scenario. I hope all those who start war, add fuel to the flames of war, encourage it and cheer for it, burn and rot in hell. I don't really believe in hell and afterlife, but I hope it's all real just to see these people get what they deserve

[inkskinned]

i love my therapist but i hate being in therapy. 10 minutes before my appointment, i'm in a meeting with my boss - we discuss my artistic choices; my boss recommends i artistically choose less. 10 minutes after therapy, i wash my hair and think about everything that was said, and then i have to switch it off, like a lamp, and go back to work again.

i was on a walk the other day and someone had the perfect combination of his cologne and whatever-else. it was almost exactly his scent. i fucking hate that. after all these years, i remember that? i tell my therapist - i feel like a fucking wolf. try telling a middle-aged blonde lady. oh i scented him on the air. i'm 30, and i'm having a panic attack over something that would be a plotline in the omegaverse.

what they don't tell you about mental illness is that if you are lucky enough to survive it into adulthood; it becomes a weird slice of your life. because you do, eventually, have to build a life. i realized in a panic somewhere around 22 - oh. i don't know what i'm fucking doing, because i always assumed i'd just go ahead and die. i didn't die, and i'm grateful for that, and i'm very happy about that choice. but it does mean that i am an adult in an apartment, living with my conditions side-by-side like. oh, that's my roommate, adhd. ignore the glass, bytheway, that's ocd.

so you pick your stupid life up by the scruff of the neck and you're, like glad for it (so much laughter and light and friends you would have never thought possible, when you were in the worst of it). but it feels so strange to be dancing around these odd little microcosms, these patchwork moments of your symptoms. if you have a panic attack at night, you still need to wake up and walk the dog in the morning. if your depression is making everything boring, well, you don't have any sick days left, and a job's not really supposed to be that exciting anyway. your ocd tears out each individual leg hair, and then, an hour later, you sigh, patch up the bloody bits, and go get dinner with friends. and the life is kitten-quiet, mewling and pathetic, but it's also like - it's yours, so you're fond of it.

and it's like - you're real. so you still enjoy pushing the shopping cart really fast and then riding on the back of it down an empty aisle. and you're not, like, so sick anymore that when you accidentally drop a mug you burst into tears (except for the days you do that. which are bad). and no, you're not allowed around certain items anymore. oops! but you've learned to be good about brushing your teeth most days of the week. and you sometimes in the middle of the day you have a little freak-out about how fucking unfair it all is, how fucking hard, how other people can just do this without having to fucking hurt the whole time. and then you sigh and force yourself to sit down and fucking journal about it so you can tell the nice middle-aged blonde woman yeah i had a hard day but i practiced grounding. you still sometimes want to burst out of your own skin, but you force yourself to eat kind-of healthy and to take your vitamins. you let yourself chop off all your hair in the sink in a dramatic poetry of control and relief - and you also have developed good hobbies that help you move your body more frequently. you feel helplessly behind, lost in the shuffle - but you also practice gratitude, taking stock of what you have garnered. because you're trying. even if you're never gonna be normal, you have something... close enough.

and the little kitten of your life, this mangy, starlit tigercub, this thing you expected to rot so young: in your arms, it turns itself over, belly-up. exposing this new soft part, all the organs and guts. like it's saying i trust you now. you won't give me up.

[boobieteriat]

Virginia Giuffre has passed away yesterday. May she rest in peace.

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain's Prince Andrew in Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has died

The woman who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jef

[anarchistmemedistro]

[sooadgaza7]

🚨Don't ignore 🚨

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #365 )✅️

Donate please

In Gaza, everything dies except the conscience and the land. A voice calls out to the land: I am suffering. Is there anyone who will answer? Is there anyone who will help?

Is there anyone who will rescue us? We are the Palestinians, gentlemen, our rights are shining like the sun, and the land is our land, and we will not give it up.

Do you think we are used to our suffering?

Do you think we have become emotionless?

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #365 )✅️

Just be with us in our suffering so that we can stand up against injustice and against displacement plans.

Donate to Help Mahmoud and His Family Survive, organized by Jovan I

Hello, my name is Jovan, and I'm fundraising on behalf of my dear friend Mahmoud. Mahmoud … Jovan I needs your support for Help Mahmoud and

[ashourblog1]

I am displaced from Gaza

Every day feels like it could be the last, and fear is no longer temporary—it’s a part of me now.

Ma fille Maryam ask, “Why don’t we have a home? When can we go back?”

(Maryam was 10 months old at the beginning of the war and now she is two and a half years old )

And I have no answer… I just hold them and pray they stay safe.

The exhaustion isn’t just physical—it’s watching your child grow up in fear instead of play.

I’m not asking for much… just safety. Just a life that feels like life.

Everyone share and support me so we can get out of this miserable life

Donate to Help me get out of Gaza for my baby girl, organized by Amal Ashour

Hello, I am Amal Ashour. I live in Gaza. I am 26 years old Before the war, I was … Amal Ashour needs your support for Help me get out of Gaz

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[paper-mario-wiki]

If anyone, at all, can match even a 10th of my donation, I'd consider it a massive christmas gift.

Please, help my friend Mohammed. His family is cold, and hungry.

It would mean a great deal to me.

You can find his fundraiser here,

And you can see that it's been vetted by 90-Ghost here.

[paper-mario-wiki]

We're getting on with the year, and Mohammed's family is still in need.

Please, consider reblogging at least.

[magz]

There's less than 3 months left, and we are less than halfway to our fundraiser goal, so we're a bit behind. Help a Black mixed disabled nonbinary person in the "third world" survive, get out of cycle of poverty, and medically immigrate by reaching $65 contributions daily to make it on time!

[Information: About Donations]

[Fundraiser: Magz's PayPal Campaign. Accepts paypal, debit and credit card]

Optional: wishlist. ko-fi (accepts paypal, card, and cash app with help).

Original post date: April 19, 2025

[magz]

April 15: 0 of $65

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

Unusual but sympathetic paper:

Language Matters: What Not to Say to Patients with Long COVID, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Other Complex Chronic Disorders

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/275

[naamahdarling]

"Please don't fucking say fhat."

Love this.

[limeshade]

In 2017, American film researchers recovered “Something Good – Negro Kiss,” a short film depicting a playful kiss between a Black couple which had not seen the light of day for more than a century. A long-forgotten artifact from the earliest years of American film, the sweet, humanizing vignette, produced by the Selig Polyscope Company, makes a startling contrast to the overwhelmingly racist and blackface-ridden contempory portrayals of African Americans. Four years later in 2021, archivists in Norway, halfway across the world, identified a sister short in their collections—an extended alternate cut which reveals more of Chicago stage performers Gertie Brown and Saint Suttle’s vaudeville-like routine, a theatrical, hot-and-cold romantic dynamic between two lovers which parodies the popular and controversial short “The Kiss” (1896). Both films, which had previously been lost, were known from entries in old motion picture catalogs but had been assumed to be era-typical, anti-Black “race films” until their rediscovery in the 21st century. Together with its more famous sibling, which has since been inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, this alternate version of “Something Good” represents the first-known instance of Black intimacy ever captured on-screen.

SOMETHING GOOD [Alternate Version] (1898) Directed by William Selig

[terraswallows]

You are not alone. You are not different. Every trans girl has stood where you stand now, looking at the reflection in the mirror and wondering if she will ever recognize herself. Every single one of us was given a hand we never asked for, a role we never chose—but now, we hold the power to rewrite our story.

It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind, like you’re somehow less than because your body isn’t changing fast enough, because your voice isn’t quite where you want it to be, because you don’t feel as feminine as you know you are. But let me tell you a secret—every trans girl has felt that way. We’ve all stared at ourselves and asked, why am I different? Why does it feel like I’ll never get there?

But you will. Because you’re not behind. You’re not failing. You’re becoming. And becoming takes time.

You are perfect in your own way—right now, in this moment. No one can take that away from you. You deserve the time to grow into yourself, to bloom in ways you never thought possible, to embrace the beauty of who you are and who you are becoming.

And when you do? Oh, love, the world won’t know what hit it.

So take your time. Give yourself grace. Love yourself fiercely. You are worth it.

Sending all my love to you, wherever you are. You’ve got this.

[happy-siobhan-deactivated202504]

thank you @terraswallows

these words are wonderful ❤️

[isuggestforcefem]

I want to be a girl so badly but I have horrible skin and broad shoulders and I’m already 19 so even if I go on E it’s too late I just. Wish I was born a girl. I’m sorry I just need to vent I’m so unhappy with everything right now

Too late?? Girl you’re so young go start hrt!! It’s not too late! Your skin and shoulders don’t define you, and they stop your from being a beautiful girl even less!

[mlembug]

I’m already 19 [...] it’s too late

in early 00s the average age trans women started HRT was in their 40s, and while yes I am very glad this age is lowering, it also results in posts like this which are very aggravating to hear by anyone who started later lol

[stereotype-embodier]

I started HRT at 26 and became literally unrecognizable in just three years. I've met people who knew me in high school who don't recognize me at all now. Full on reintroducing themselves. People I show pre-transition pictures to are sometimes not sure the person in the picture is related to me.

19 isn't too late, it's enviably early.

It's only too late to transition when you're dead.

[taulupis]

I started hrt less than a year ago, at the age of 32, and im already noticing huge changes. It is never too late <3

[gothhabiba]

A rock fell on Ghina's foot, causing several fractures. She needs x-rays, and may need surgery. Mohammed and Samar desperately need money to pay for their daughter's medical care.

Thank you to everyone who helped the Abu Alwan family make their last short-term goal.

Donate to Help the Alwan Family Survive & Rebuild, organized by Stephanie Uzzell

1/20/2025 Finally, finally, a (temporary) ceasefire has been called, allowin… Stephanie Uzzell needs your support for Help the Alwan Family

Venmo: gothhabiba Paypal: paypal.me/Najia Cashapp: $NajiaK

all with note "🍓" or "strawberry"

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[gothhabiba]

$955 / $1,000

[gothhabiba]

$966 / $1,000

[gaza-evacuation-funds]

‏Today's vetted fundraisers

My name is Anas Al-Sharfa, and since October 7, 2023, my family has been suffering through a devastating war. We face severe shortages of water, food, and basic supplies due to ongoing blockades. Our home and farmland were destroyed, leaving us displaced and struggling to survive.

We lack proper nutrition, clean water, electricity, and medical care, with diseases spreading rapidly and no hospitals available. My dream of becoming a doctor was shattered when my university was destroyed.

I am asking for your help to support my family during this crisis and give us a chance at a better life.

Donate to Donate to allow my family to survive., organized by Anas Alshrafa

My name is Anas Al-Sharfa. Since October 7, 2023, we have been suffering from a br… Anas Alshrafa needs your support for Donate to allow my

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