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there's something incestuous about seasoning tofu with soy sauce

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What if we uhhh dissociated in the supermarket together

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wait guys omg

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was unwittingly drafted into a candid photoshoot by my friend whitney

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100% atk and 0% dmg baby goat

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Donate to Back Story's Education and Conservation Work:

Hello y'all! You know me now as Story, but some of you might remember me better as Vampireapologist or Mallaidh-Anne.

I am thrilled to have accepted an offer to attend University College Dublin’s School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore this autumn (2025).

Although I graduated at the top of my class in my undergraduate degree, and I happily earned a small scholarship through community service work in 2022, I cannot afford the cost of attendance on my own. I am therefore turning to my community for support.

I do not ask lightly, and it is only after many months of encouragement and insistence of friends and family that I am taking this step.

I have dedicated the last eight years of my life to the study, preservation, interpretation, and presentation of natural resources and cultural heritage.

It's my ambition to continue and expand my work, in service to ecological conservation and community involvement, focused on the intrinsic link between cultural and natural heritage.

In 2023, I was thrilled to accept an unconditional offer to UCD for 2024. Unfortunately, health complications exacerbated by a Covid-19 infection interrupted my path, and I had to defer my offer for one year. I pivoted to a work-from-home job with less physical demands, to focus on intensive, weekly medical treatments and to save money for school. In my free time, I continued my conservation work with my former colleagues, as a volunteer for the marine mammal rescue team. I also co-founded a grassroots nonprofit which serves Queer people in rural, island communities.

Read More about my education and service goals below, or go directly to the GoFundMe page for more information!

Donations can be made to the GoFundMe OR for as little as $1.00 via PayPal to my Ko-Fi (click this link)! All donations will go directly to a savings account for this fund.

While my health has vastly improved so I can confidently succeed in school, I was impacted by layoffs in November 2024, dashing my school-savings goal. Despite my tireless efforts, I have yet to find full-time work. Like many Queer people who grew up in Appalachia, I have tangled with poverty in adulthood and even overcome homelessness. I work hard to keep up with everyday expenses, but I have no savings. I cannot defer a second time.

This GoFundMe will cover immediate costs, including tuition, residency permits, and course fees. It will supplement other costs, including accommodations, health insurance, and class materials. This is a one-year graduate degree program, and I am seeking support for one year.

As a donor, you will play a crucial role in my life, empowering me to work my hardest and secure a future that would be otherwise out of reach. This may be a one-year program, but it will chart the course I follow for the rest of my life.

If you have income to spare and the desire to support my future, I gratefully accept your donation. If you cannot donate, you can share a link to this campaign to offer support.

This campaign will end August 1, 2025, to meet my tuition and relocation deadlines.

Thank you, sincerely, for empowering me to continue my work and education and dedicate myself to ecological and cultural conservation! You can read more about the cost breakdown, my scholarships, and other information directly on the GoFundMe page!

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On November 7, 2024, Denmark used a racist, culturally biased "parenting competency" test to remove a 2 hour old baby, Zammi, from her loving indigenous Greenlandic Inuit mother, Keira, because her native language, which uses minute facial expressions to communicate, will not be able to "[prepare] the child for the social expectations and codes that are necessary to navigate in Danish society." This test had been recommended not to be used at the federal level before this happened but certain municipalities, including the one this happened in, chose to continue to use it regardless. Not only is this blatantly racist but also violates multiple declarations and conventions that Denmark has signed that protect the rights of indigenous people.

Please sign this petition to help Keira to get her baby back.

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General question to reblog and tell me in the tags;

You go into a used bookstore - what are the two sections you head to first?

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today is Disability Day of Mourning, a day when we are to commemorate disabled people who are killed at the hands of their family and/or caregivers. there's so much i could say about it, but mostly i just want people to keep these victims in mind today. here's a webpage that acts as a memorial to these victims and a source for information on the topic. if you can, try to take a moment today to think about these victims and just generally keep them in your heart, they deserve that much.

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wonderful pair of posts on the dash tonight

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line & ayo!!

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In case you’ve ever wondered what being an environmental biology student is like

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the best gift of all ⋆˚ ꕤ ˖°