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Resources & Mutual Aid Masterpost

this is a collection of all of the resource, information, and donation links i've found. this is not a completed list, i will be adding new resources and links as i find them. you are welcome to send me a dm or ask with any additional links, fundraisers, information, or other resources that you know of and i will update this post accordingly. if there are any missing or incorrect links, please let me know.

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Resource Master Document - Google Doc including resources for Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen, Hawai'i, and Lebanon.

Charity Navigator - Find and support charities.

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Palestine

@/genderqueerdykes Palestine Resources Page - A list of resources, information, petitions, gofundme campaigns for civilians and more.

Operation Olive Branch - Mutual aid links and a spreadsheet for donation links to help families evacuate Palestine.

Gazafunds.com - a project that highlights random crowdfunding campaigns for people trying to evacuate from Gaza.

How to donate e-sims via #ConnectingGaza

BDS Movement, BDS Targeted Boycott List, & BDS Instagram

Vetted Gaza Fundraiser List (Alternate Link)

Palestinian Children's Relief Fund

Gaza Soup Kitchen fundraiser for Palestinian kids in North Gaza

@/gaza-evacuation-funds list of fundraisers and fundraiser information

HEAL Palestine & Donation Page - Provides Palestinians in Gaza with food, clean water, shelters, "makeshift classrooms," and even medical evacuation when it's possible.

Rami Kashou - Website of a Palestinian designer, where 100% of the proceeds on certain items will go to HEAL Palestine.

Extensive list of Gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits

Palestinian gofundmes low on funds

Vetted Campaigns low on funds

Low on Funds Campaigns Google Doc

Buy Palestinian Olive Oil & ShopPalestine.org

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Congo

What's happening in Congo: Resources + Info + how you can help

Focus Congo

Help Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo

@/genderqueerdykes Page for aiding the Democratic republic of Congo - A page with known organizations providing aid to Congo, as well as information and educational articles. They are also currently looking to include civilian aid campaigns.

Infographic on what is happening in Congo with how to help the #FreeCongo Movement

FriendsOfTheCongo.org campaign page

Backmarket.com - Buy refurbished tech and devices instead of buying new from companies with the highest exploitation of the DRC like Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, and Intel.

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Sudan

The War in Sudan

@/genderqueerdykes Page for aiding Sudan - A list of resources, information, petitions, gofundme campaigns, and more.

How to Help the People of Sudan & List of organizations and fundraisers

Sudanfunds.com & their Campaign List- Website focusing on gofundmes for Sudanese individuals and families.

List of Sudanese fundraisers

Extensive list of organizations and fundraisers for Sudan

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Lebanon

Where to donate for Lebanon?

Information on supporting African migrant workers in Lebanon

African women needing to evacuate Lebanon and the gofundme (link)

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US-Based Resources

The ACLU & their Know Your Rights Page

ACLU Campaigns & Initiatives

The Trevor Project - Suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people.

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won - Article by David Hunter on how to survive the Trump presidency, both on the personal and on the political plane.

HCSHC - Haitian Community Support and Help Center to donate to and support Springfield, Ohio Haitians.

Mental Health warm lines that DON'T call the police

InclusiveTherapists.com/crisis Mental Health Crisis Resources

Apply for a new adult passport

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Really fucked up that mental health support group information needs to be skyrocketed after a hateful president in the US is elected. What kind of person do you need to be that if you’re elected to be in charge, ppl need to post suicide hotlines more? I’m not the first to be sharing these after the election. Everyone reading this, much love, show yourself much love in these devastating times <3

988 can apply to anyone in need of help, not just women of colour. some of the woc mental health support groups are actually for all women, though most are for woc specifically

Sources:

@ gaytimes on instagram (for the first image)

@ aakomaproject on instagram (for all the other images)

(flower divider made by me)

please reblog. I will never write in one of my posts to reblog any of my fandom content or my stick figures, but this one, I hope it can reach as many people possible who need it

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safe hotlines and other resources

i'm seeing a lot of links to suicide prevention hotlines being shared around, which is well-intentioned, except that most of these organizations participate in non-consensual intervention. basically, if they believe you might pose a danger to yourself, they will call police or emergency services on you

so here is a curated list of US community-based services that don't call cops

hotlines:

callblackline.com - peer support hotline by and for BIPOC (queer friendly)

thrivelifeline.org - text line for underrepresented individuals (BIPOC, queer, disabled, etc)

translifeline.org - peer support and crisis hotline run by and for trans people

wildfloweralliance.org warmline - private, trained peer support

peer support organizations:

projectlets.org - grassroots org for community mental health care

mindfreedom.org - nonprofit org advocating for agency in mental health care, especially for survivors of psychiatric abuse

please feel free to add on any local resources you've vetted! there are many state-based orgs i will look into and add on as i go. (international resources are trickier due to differing laws regarding non-consensual intervention, unfortunately, but if i find enough trustworthy resources, i'll be sure to share.)

please take care of yourselves and each other. remember, to paraphrase audre lorde, self-preservation is a political act.

reblogs dearly appreciated <3

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posting this for anyone who needs it right now

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⚠️ emergency links

this is a list of resources for when you're in crisis, whether you're suicidal, triggered, having a panic attack, or any other mental health emergency.

this list will be updated with new resources as i find them.

emergency numbers for your country

helplines for your country

Australia: lifeline 13 11 14 & other helplines

managing flashbacks

quick helpful tips for suicidal feelings

you feel like shit interactive self care guide (alternative site)

reassurance masterpost

Get Self Help

psychosis coping strategies

grounding techniques

dealing with trauma triggers & OCD

DBT options for solving problems

self-soothing ideas

how to check the (emotional) facts

TIPP grounding skill (temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, progressive muscle relaxation)

ideas for soothing impulses (urge surfing)

tips for when it feels too much

why am i feeling bad? flowchart

looking after yourself (particularly tolerating distress)

staying safe in a crisis

crisis support (particularly for dissociation & dissociative identity disorder)

safety tools & resources

dealing with PTSD triggers

grounding & containment strategies

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hey if ur reading this and ur in a bad spot mentally or anything i hope u feel better soon and have a good day

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I saw a post the other day about how difficult mindfulness meditation can be, especially for people who are neurodivergent, and OP was frustrated that their therapist never recommended anything else. There are many opportunities to bring mindfulness, focus, and intention to activities you already like! Learning about flow state has been a real eye-opener for me.

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Farewell!

Hi everyone, meaning the few people who check on my posts.

I’m deleting tumblr, for an unspecified amount of time. I don’t know how long I’ll be gone, or when I’ll come back. I do not feel comfortable disclosing why exactly.

I do want to say that nobody has driven me away from here, nothing anyone has said to me has ever made me want to leave. This is nobody’s fault, and please don’t blame yourself or anyone else.

I’ve not gotten in any controversies (that I know of?) If I’ve ever hurt anyone’s feelings or offended you somehow through my posts: I’m sorry, but I don’t owe you further apologies after that.

To all my unanswered asks:

Thank you for the asks I’ve hoarded, from many people in my inbox. You’re all so very sweet.

To everyone who I’ve interacted with on here :

Thanks for all of the fun memories, and the wonderful support on my random posts. I think you’re all amazing and I’m very thankful for everyone who has gotten some amount of joy from any of my posts.

To anyone who will miss my dc related posts :

It’ll be okay, and I hope you know that the way my blog will be used from now on is much better than that. More on that:

I’ve queued posts that I’ve found to be very important, and I hope that those resources can help others.

Thank you.

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Dick + Donna hugs.

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study

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Difference between Bruce and Dick as Batman.

So I know that there's a lot of temptation to compare Bruce as Batman to Dick or Damian, and Dick as Batman to Damian, often with a "oh well obviously Bruce was meaner/Dick was nicer", but I do think they have a neat contrast that fandom often overlooks (as well as some parallels).

Robin: Year One #3

Batmatn #408

Batman and Robin #6

Dick and Bruce both will deal with whatever current threat exists, before fully helping wounded Robin, getting a verbal "I'm fine" confirmation. They clearly do care about Robin. But they also have an obligation to protect people Bruce tries to physically stop joker. Jason's not fighting Dick, but he is trying to talk him down and talk him into getting help, like he did in Battle for the Cowl. The characters also generally avoid a wounded Robin -- it's just easier to see for Bruce, because Leslie calls Bruce out on it "you're leaving (to go deal with this?)" whereas no one questions Dick leaving Damian once he's got medical care and doing his own mission to revive zombie bruce. I imagine this is partially from guilt (we do see Bruce blaming himself for Dick's close call, and Dick framing Damian as his responsibility in Battle for the Cowl) and also possible due to the whole 'batman has a job, robin's physically OK now so time to help protect people' thing.

A strong difference is after the character's get injured and treated. Bruce becomes overprotective, and continues being emotionally distant, which understandably upsets Dick. He is so overprotective he benches Dick each time he is wounded seriously, and that creates friction between them.

Robin: Year One

Batman #408

Contrast this to Dick's general lack of protectiveness. Nothing changes when Damian gets wounded as Robin. Which works well (emotionally) for Damian and it works for the conventions of the genre.

Dick is generally not portrayed as very emotionally overprotective when Damian is injured, and when Damian is captured, he often expresses more verbal concern for the people who captured Damian than Damian himself.

Batman and Robin #9 - Damian, with a new metal spine, got thrown off a building by the zombie batman dick accidentally revived.

Batman and Robin #13

Detective comics annual #11

I should note: I think it would be uncharitable to assume that Dick expressing more verbal concern that Damian will hurt the supervillains who have him kidnapped means Dick doesn't care about Damian. We see in Batman and Robin some of Dick being worried when Damian is shot, and we see Dick telling Azrael they need to find a quicker way to get to Damian when Azrael is talking about how to find the guys who took him. And also, you know. I just don't think Dick would care more about the supervillains that Damian. But Damian is regarded as a tough kid, he'll be fine no matter what, and he represents a threat to other people (interestingly, something I've seen fans accuse... Bruce of doing to damian? Even though Bruce was much more protective and wasn't worried about Damian killing Nobody when Damian was going with Nobody, or Damian killing the Saturn Club guys when Damian let himself by kidnapped by the Saturn club guys to find civilians to rescue)

But I am analyzing here the actions he does and the words that he says, and what the writer dedicates panel time to. I think it's interesting that Bruce and Dick's similarities with regards to Robin getting injured involve emotionally removing themselves from the situation and focusing on cases, and then their differences are in the follow up. Dick often maintains a status quo, which is satisfying to the Robin character (he does not feel like he's being fired or judged) and fits with the conventions of the genre. Bruce often becomes overprotective to a degree where the Robin character feels estranged from him, and is excluded, resulting in alienation from robin and coming across as the "bad guy".

I find it very interesting that Dick avoids repeating mistakes of the past that Bruce made (becoming overprotective of Robin to an alienating degree and firing him) by doing things that would be read as callous or uncaring to the reader if he wasn't Dick, I guess.

P.S. I know some people say this is why they regard Morrison's Dick as OOC, but I didn't have any place to fit that acknowledgement in the above paragraphs, but I think it's important to note that this was not just Morrison's Dick. In general Dick as Batman era was way different than Nightwing Rebirth era Dick or even post 2011 Dick.

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Dick: *volunteers to search possibly hundreds of miles worth of small tunnels that may lead to the Batcave*

Also Dick: *bitches about every single inconvenience and narrates two documentaries worth of inconsequential and obvious details about the nature of underground tunnels leading to caves*

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Anatomy study with nightwing!

Guess my favourite batman character lmao

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scavengers