#help support me

[warringsaint]

This is my first album, made with a lot of love and effort; come take a listen and enjoy video game-inspired tunes from the beginning of my music making to the present day! An album turned time machine that can be yours for a reasonable price; Come check it out! ^^ :3 ^w^

Listen/purchase: Enter The Raccoon by WarringSaint

[heavisphere]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

I started a Ko-Fi page!

Full transparency: I'm looking to make up a little income after moving across the country and decided to create a page with ko-fi to make it easy for people to support me through my art.

You can send me tips, messages, and soon I will be offering commissions through them!

There will be some art I will ONLY post to Ko-Fi, so if you really like my stuff you're gonna have to check it out!

I'll also be posting blogs and discussions regarding my art and processes, so if you want to hear about how/why I do things then head on over!

[filibusterfrog]

types of wizards :)

[drumlincountry]

I was at a Palestinian solidarity gig last night & the one Palestinian artist who was going to perform had COVID so the organisers asked around to see if there were any Palestinians who'd like to say a few words instead.

A local guy who was born & raised in Gaza offered to speak. He started with "I'm an engineer. i'm not a poet or a politician. I don't... do public speaking… I had no idea what to say when I came up here. So i'm just going to tell you about the street I grew up on."

And then he did! He went down the street building by building. He told us about the ice cream shop on the corner, the grocery shop, the charity that supports people with intellectual disabilities. He told us about the people who he knew growing up, the families who still live in the different houses. He told us about the university buildings and about his friends who quit being accountants to start a band together. All on that street.

All of which is gone now, by the way. Bombed to dust.

[milesofstars]

dont worry about it jason...

[anna-scribbles]

emma dupain cheng on the brain😽🎀

more:

[octarineblues]

supporting communities & people impacted by the Southport attack and the far-right riots in the UK

here is a list of community fundraisers I found, starting with those aiming to support the Southport community after the appalling attack at a children dance party, to the fundraisers helping those affected by the subsequent racist and Islamophobic far-right/nazi riots

Edited on 5 August to include Middlesbrough fundraisers. Edited on 6 August to correct the link on the Books for Spellow Lane fundraiser, to adjust the name change for the Belfast fundraiser, and to adjust the wording in the second last paragraph.

Southport:

Southport Strong Together Appeal - organised by the community foundation for Merseyside, for those affected by the Southport knife attack

United for Southport families - the funds will be distributed among the nine families of the children who were at the party

Swifties for Southport - a fundraiser for the Alder Hey Children's charity, which supports the victims and the affected families, as well as first responders and clinicians. Extra funds will also support the wider Southport community

Fundraiser for the Southport Mosque - a fundraiser to aid rebuilding or possibly re-locating the Southport Mosque after the damages it suffered during the riots

Rebuilding Windsor Mini Mart - fundraiser to rebuild the locally-owned grocery store that was targeted during the attacks, broken into, and looted

Liverpool:

Fundraiser for the Spellow Hub - the Spellow Hub was broken into, looted and set on fire at night during the riots. The Spellow Hub is a newly created one-of-a-kind (in the UK) institution, which consists of a library as well as a community centre with a mission to help people get education and pathways to work

Books for Spellow Lane - another fundraiser for the library in the Spellow Hub, to replace the books and rebuild the library there edit: included the correct link

Hartlepool:

Fundraiser for the Nasir Mosque - the Nasir Mosque was attacked following Southport riots; this fundraiser is organised by Hartlepool citizens to help the mosque deal with the damages as well as to show appreciation for the role of the mosque in the community. edit: the funds will be also distributed to the local community!

Rebuilding the Farm Shop - the shop was targeted during the riots, and when the owner and his son tried to protect it, they were also violently attacked. The fundraiser is to help fix the damages to the store.

Sunderland:

help rebuild Citizens Advice Sunderland offices after arson - two of the Citizens Advice Sunderland offices were set on fire during the riots, and one of them is completely destroyed.

Hull:

Hull Help for Refugees - a local fundraiser to support the Hull Help for Refugees charity, the donated money will be re-distributed to community members affected by the riots

Fundraiser for Hull Help for Refugees and Welcome House in Hull - collected money will be donated to the two charities

Belfast:

help fix racially motivated damages - originally the fundraiser for the Sahara Shisha Cafe which was targeted by the far right in Belfast during the riots, now a fundraiser for all affected businesses in the area. edited to reflect the change of the name of the fundraiser to avoid any confusion

Middlesbrough:

Supporting residents after the riots - Middlesbrough has suffered so much during the riots, lots of businesses as well as just regular family homes were vandalised, had their windows smashed or even were broken into. This fundraiser wants to distribute the funds between affected people to help them fix the damages, and to generally support the local community. the newest fundraiser, imo potentially the most urgent one

Fundraiser for a Care worker's car which was set on fire - a car belonging to an employee of a care agency was set on fire during the riots while he was on shift at a care home.

If you want to donate locally but there is no fundraiser to support where you live, consider donating to your local charities oriented towards Muslim or PoC communities, or towards anti-racist and refugee organizations! And go support your local Muslim/Arab/Black/Asian/Refugee owned businesses!

If you have any information about other local fundraisers, feel free to add to the post or don't hesitate to let me know and I will add them here! We have seen so much hate in the past few days, we have to stay strong and keep supporting each other!

Stay safe everyone 💛

[aur0raaura]

Yknow what- you're so right...

[quartztwst]

Ahmed and his family are almost to their goal! Please help them get to their goal so they can leave and build their future!!

€79,285/€100,000

Please donate to their GoFundMe!

Tags (please share if you can)

@90-ghost @turtletoria @heritageposts @autisticmudkip @appsa @dlxxv-vetted-donations @tamamita @palestinegenocide @oya-oya-okay @imafrealinrainbow478484 @gimmeurmoneyagh @soujixxx

[giantkillerjack]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

[plain-text version of this post can be found under the cut]

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

Plain-text version:

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

P.S. Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

[captain-of-the-roses]

Some of the Palestinian Gofundmes I've been beckoned to share and ask that you do as well:

@falesten-iw vetted here - post - gofundme

@malhindi post - gofundme

@save-salam-family vetted here - post - gofundme

@fadifamily post - gofundme

@dodoomar12345 vetted here - post - gofundme

@sarazidan post - gofundme

@ahmedhelllis vetted here - post - gofundme

@motaz225 vetted here - post - gofundme

@osama-family-ps vetted here - post - gofundme

@ghadabanat and @mohammedamsha vetted here - post - gofundme

@dima96yousef vetted here - post - gofundme

@mazenmanal vetted here - post - gofundme

@weamfanona vetted here - post - gofundme

@ahmedpalestine vetted here - post - gofundme

@mahmoud-sharif vetted here - post - gofundme

@amna-merwan vetted here - post - gofundme

@ahmadelser vetted here - post - gofundme

@shadowyavenuetaco post - gofundme

@asmaamajed2 vetted here - post - gofundme

@yasermohammad vetted here - post - gofundme

@safaamo vetted here - post - gofundme

@noorabd1992 vetted here - post - gofundme

@hsalem-2 vetted here - post - gofundme

@olamuhanna123 vetted here - post - gofundme

@tahanibaby vetted here - post - gofundme

@farahmoo2 vetted here - post - gofundme

@drhusam31989 vetted here - post - gofundme

@mahmoudkhalafff vetted here - post - gofundme

@children-gaza vetted here - post - gofundme

@freepaleatine95 vetted here - post - gofundme

@lina-gaza vetted here - post - gofundme

@atalah-mohammed vetted here - post - gofundme

@aya2mohammed vetted here - post - gofundme

@rolaisam vetted here - post - gofundme

Please do Share; Donate if you can, and Click for Palestine if you cannot

Part Two Here

[toleen-hassouna]

I need your donations so that I can provide milk 🍼 and diapers to my little daughter. I am no longer able to provide the basic requirements for my family members due to the extremely high prices

Please don't skip my message. I really need you. I ask you to stand by me in these difficult circumstances that I and my daughters are experiencing

@nevert-the-guy @heritageposts @90-ghost

@craftykittyscientist @strawbearyhoney @fairuzstuff @gazavetters @ashwantsafreepalestine @el-shabazzgifted @sar-soor @vakarians @ear-motif @kordeliiius

@commissions4aid-international @brutaliakhoa

[varian-ross-horror-author]

"Disabled people should be allowed to be as independent as we can be" and "disabled people should not be pressured to be hyper-independent in order to not wind up in nursing homes against our will" are two thoughts that can, and should, exist at the same time.

[thund3randrain]

"I respect you and won't stop you from being who you are" and "I'm not ready to call you by a new name and pronouns because it hurts me" can not co-exist when the speaker is your parent who has a huge amount of control over your life.

[doesromandoart]

LETS GO SPRING BREAK I BELIEVE IN YOU

[dreamdripdistance]

goodbye, goodbye. our time together has been cut short.