@silencedglaive said : to many, running errands is boring. but hotaru finds something charming in the mundane activity, especially when the time is spent with friends. from the corner of her eye, she watches rei check something off a list, seemingly very focused on the remaining tasks. the little firefly softens at the thought, glancing around until her attention falls on a familiar pastel awning. " oh ! michiru-mama and i go to that cafe often, they have a really nice menu. " she turns back to the older girl with a timid smile, inclining her head in the shop's direction. " do you think we have time for a quick break, onee-chan? "
ivory teeth bit at her bottom lip , lost in her own thoughts & what was on the paper . her grandfather had send her off with this list of things that were to be procured for the shrine , along with groceries & the like . rei was debating on buying more pudding in case usagi or minako dropped by when hotaru's gentle voice reached her ears . she lifted her gaze off the paper & followed hotaru's direction to the cute cafe — " oh , good thinking hotaru-chan . i think we need a break . . . my mind was suddenly on sweets anyways . " rei laughed , putting away the list , only for the entirety of hotaru's sentence to register . was it because she was distracted or because the synapses in her brain had failed to spark , somewhat dumbfounded by the affection . maybe it was her own heart's way of protecting itself from swelling up & making hot tears burn at her eyes . regardless , rei's lighthearted countenance softened into something more solemn , tender even . " i always have time for a break with you , hotaru . always . "
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another campaign brought to my attention by a palestinian i speak personally with, and i trust its legitamcy. Hamdy has suffered great loss since the start of this genocide, his mother, aunt, siblings, cousins, neices and nephews, and 5 month old sister were martyred. despite making the campaign months ago, Hamdy has only received FIVE donations so far, and hasn't gotten any donations in months.
please share and donate to his campaign, no amount is too little!
€95 / €10,000
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donnie is very tired and leo has no self preservation
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I've been playing Splatoon since the very first game. And seeing my playable character in the first game reappear and grow in Splatoon 2 and 3, makes my heart clench with bittersweet joy because I grew up with them.
Splatoon grew and I also grew and I couldn't be happier to grow up together.
Thank you for the maritime memories.
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OK this question has been bugging me all morning so y'all please let me know
bc ours did nd I never thought much of it as a kid but know I'm thinking about it and it feels kinda gross? so pls tell me if this experience was universal or not it will haunt me forever otherwise
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paramount and spyglass are trying so hard right now to save face because jenna ortega rightfully left the scream franchise after they fired melissa for supprting palestine. nobody is dumb enough to believe the excuse that it’s a scheduling conflict hours after rumors she was trying to get out of her contract cause she was pissed. i’m very thankful that jenna is risking her career and using her position to do the right thing. she’s been outspoken about palestine for years now. i hope this begins a trend of zionist losing money for their support and complacency with an active genocide
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portia having to teach her eldest daughters sex ed whilst her youngest gets the practical in the back of a carriage
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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!
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.
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Her final tweet on October 8 reads:
“Gaza’s night is dark apart from the glow of rockets, quiet apart from the sound of the bombs, terrifying apart from the comfort of prayer, black apart from the light of the martyrs. Good night, Gaza.”
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