#Post election

[moonbeam-darling]

The biggest difference between Harris and Trump is the reaction that people have over them winning. If Harris had won, Trump supporters would have been disappointed and angry, but they would have moved on. They would have continued on and continued to promote their ideologies.

Because Trump won, people feel so unsafe that they have contemplated or have actually taken their lives in order to avoid another 4 years with him as our president.

Trump supporters have been playing this as a difference in opinions, but for so many people, this was a difference between life and death.

To all of you out there, please don't leave. I'm begging you on my hands and knees, please don't. I know it is so hard and I know everything feels so hopeless right now, but we need to show that we are still here. That we continue to exist. These people do not want us to survive. We cannot give that to them.

Please reach out to your friends and families, and strangers impacted by this and check in on them.

[whereserpentswalk]

If you supported the US government under Biden, made excuses for it, played into its propaganda, and acted like it's tyranny and imperialism could be used for good, and then suddenly now that trump is in power you want to be part of the resistance to him, you have no place here. I understand that this could serve as a wakeup call to American imperialism, but if you hate trump because you want the blue imperialists back in power, then you have no place standing with leftists. If you're only agaisnt tyranny when you don't like the tyrant whose in charge you aren't a progressive, you're a fascist whose mad that it's time for the leopards to eat your face.

No friendship with fascists includes fascists who vote blue. If someone who used to be a neolib is actually interested in becoming a leftist that's different. But if a neoliberal sees the left as an ally in getting their brand of imperial capitalism into power, it's the job of the left to tell them to fuck off.

[thashining]

"You look good, you look blessed"

[zenmasterlover]

“I hate it here so I will go to the secret gardens in my mind��

[earlgaylatte]

Old Enough-

Came out of the womb/Fists curled and screaming/Little red face scrunched up in the white light./Foreshadowing to the nth degree./Body soft enough to be young./Sharp shrieking anger like a banshee and a head of Irish curls./Born old enough for your emergency contact to be the emergency/Or old enough to taste acetaminophen on your breath./The first time you watch a X-rated movie/You’ll cry yourself to sleep and won’t know why,/The first time you masturbate to the sight of a pretty trans boy you’ll try to take your life during sub-drop./Baby never smelt like Johnson’s lotion, just/Jack Daniels and cigarette ash./Fifteen the first time you asked a man to put one out on you./Sixteen and realizing being called pretty boy raises goosebumps like worship music,/Feeling slick and wild under the red midwest Sun./Growing up like a humiliation ritual with no safeword./Queer and/There’s no metaphor for that, just being seventeen the first time you/Took a smoke break from his parted lips/And seconds old when they pulled you up off the hospital bed still rosy and roaring./Brought into this life knowing that it’d be spent starting riots./You’re not old enough to drink but old enough/For friends to be killed or kill themselves./Not yet prose but a/Poem.

[eyez-withoutaface]

trans activist art of the day you’re welcome

[nb-bearbabe]

We are here, your Queer family, we are here waiting with love and support. They can never stop our love, they can never rob the love we have for our fellow queer siblings. It's scary, it's fucked, but all we can do is love one another and hold each other and continue to bring light to those feeling dark and alone. I'm gonna grieve and then I'm gonna bring light like it's my job.

They cannot kill queer love, they cannot put it in a camp, they cannot have it. I will not let them have it.

[oxfordsxbrogues]

2024 vs. 2016

I can’t believe I’ve had cause to draw these twice…

[stardew-bajablast]

:(

[mindfulhavens]

In the blink of an eye, the earth had been destroyed.

But by dumb luck, a regular man named Arthur Dent found himself the sole human survivor, aboard an alien craft with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in hand. On the cover, the words:

“Don’t Panic”

[transfloridaresources]

[Photo ID: Trans Florida Resources' logo & Discord's logo against a trans flag striped background. Text reads: 'Join the statewide TFR Discord server for post election support. Trans & gender expansive Floridians, see link in bio to join.' /End ID]

Come find community & let's find ways to move forward together 🫂🏳️‍⚧️🩷 See link in bio.

[pictopye]

Howdy Folks. Well... THAT happened.

I’m not surprised – if I’m being totally honest… but instead of preaching to the choir on how this country was founded and steeped in all this systemic BS…

I’m going to skip to the better parts:  

I’m glad you’re here – in whatever form that might be right now.

I’m here - for anyone who needs a shoulder, a reassuring word, someone to vent to, terrible puns, dad jokes, chatting about fandoms, weird facts about random things, just to talk, or just some 38 year old trans/autistic wisdom.

If you need help – I will help with what’s in my power and ability to do so. If I can’t I’ll gladly help you find a point of contact with who might better be able to.

It’s ok to feel how you’re feeling right now - Be it hurt, fear, anger, pain, wanting off this gods damned rock – it’s rational, and absolutely normal to feel so many ways right now. Just don’t let it linger or lead you into despair and apathy.

You are important and are capable of so much! We all have unique skills, abilities, and interests that connect us together and those connections with others can do great things.

Please make sure you take care of yourself and your loved ones.

And If you don’t know what to do from here:

Look into joining a mutual-aid group, or helping build one in your area.

Help by listening to, learning from, and supporting our marginalized communities. Many of these folks have been living this reality and fighting against it with aplomb far longer than some of us have been alive.

Build community and connections with each other online and/or in person locally.* (*ALL action is valid. If you are handicapped, have a health condition, limited transportation, just flat broke don't like people, whatever the reason you can’t do in-person; there are ALWAYS other ways you can help. Communications, marketing, art, social media, online outreach. Trust me, any organization local to you is happy to have any and all support even if it’s from behind a computer screen!)

ALWAYS choose care and compassion.

Please wear a mask. This is self-care and community care in such a basic format.

Don't sacrifice your joy and passions to the doom and gloom.

Working to the bone, doom-scrolling the news, and burning yourself out trying to do/help 'ALL THE THINGS' helps no one. Taking care of yourself includes finding a good balance between activism, the necessary tasks we have to do to survive, our connections/friends/family, and downtime - that keeps you safe and healthy.

[pega-returns]

Buzzed my hair short, quitting makeup, and focusing on economically supporting women instead of corporations. The mainstream economy will get as little money out of me as possible. A) I will not make another man one cent richer if I can help it. B) we're going to need our own community resources, particularly emergency funds, in the years to come. This isn't about spending money on virtue signaling products - the main step is reducing spending total, as much as possible. I'm hearing a lot of women talk about this, so I'm sure by the end of the month there will be brands trying to cash in (solidarity Sunday sales! X% of our products are women owned businesses! Girl power!), but if it's coming down from Sephora, from Target, from Walmart - they don't care about you. They want your money. They want you to know they get it, they're cool, they're a hip store, not a boring store.

You'll need an emergency fund.

[werewolf-beans]

Here's the thing, guys.

We keep going.

We keep going because our survival is their loss condition.

Bad things might happen. If we're lucky, no disasters befall us for our Supreme Leader /s to bungle.

Bad things will happen, as does during every presidency. A Democrat in office wasn't going to save us.

But there's still good in this world. There's good in all of us. Be there for each other. Stand up for each other. Survive.

Humanity has survived worse apocolypses than Trump. We will be battered and bruised. We may be a line in a history book. Regardless, we will survive.

[maia5973]

Dear younger generations who are devastated today by the election results. I feel you, I was there in 2000 when Gore lost, and in 2016 when Hilary did too. It is gutting. But know this, we will get through to fight another day. Be kind to yourself and others, channel your feelings into a creative and helpful way. Don’t give up.