#this is currently my only source of income so any help is appreciated

[bonebirds]

The Etsy store is back in business with a bunch of pride-themed bracelets. I'll be adding more over the next few days but we got helm weaves, full Persians, the rainbow cuff, and more weaves coming! ☺️ 10% off for June, ships from Canada.

Some colours and patterns need to be restocked after I tabled at a few markets these last few months. If you want a certain flag or colour and don't see it, just DM me through the store and I'll let you know what I can do.

Happy Pride! Store link here:

https://prismaille.etsy.com/

[club-prideguin]

quick reminder that i currently have some very affordable sketch commissions open. if anyone would like to give a bit of money to an unemployed queer person in exchange for something small, I am available. Here's where you can order on ko-fi: [link]

I know that other people need money more right now.. But it would be nice to have some money to buy gifts for the people I care about this december is all.

[electricpurrs]

making a new post since those lose traction very fast. Hai! my birthday is soon (september 13th) and i'd like some help.

as i've talked about my situation before, i'm unemployed and currently ko-fi and commission money is my only source of income. i live with my single mom and three kids. my mom's paycheck is barely enough to keep us all afoot, and so i frequently need to use my own money to help with food, groceries, bills etc.

that all being said, i have ko-fi commissions open!

right now i'm taking a special commission tier where i can draw a character over a simple meme/emote template for only $10!

and if you want something more polished, i have regular icon and fullbody tiers as well!

i'd appreciate any help at all this month, as i've been having a lot of trouble getting anything for a while, and my situation has been getting significantly worse. here's my ko-fi, and thanks a lot o7

[neildylandy]

please help me cover my cat's final vet bill

going to try and keep this short for my own wellbeing: my cat dorito passed away last wednesday morning at the vet. she meant a lot to me, she was with me for a very long and wonderful time, and her doctors made sure she passed as peacefully as possible. unfortunately, my only source of income is state disability money, and the costs of putting her down and dealing with her remains put a pretty sizable dent in that.

my final bill came out to $334. any help you can provide would be very much appreciated — i know a lot of people are in need of money right now, so if you can't donate, please just try to spread this around. thank you all.

paypal is here - currently $334 / $334

GOAL REACHED 10/10/24!!! thank you so much to everyone who donated!!!

[infamousbrad]

For a few years now, I've taken multiple opportunities to ask groups of my fellow Americans the same question: "do you think early 21st century America is a good place to raise a child?" Answers varied from person to person, even among parents of children, from "yeah, pretty good" all the way down to "oh hell no." Rather than give my answer, and go into my reasons (for now) let's look at a report card ranking 35 major countries by several criteria, that just rated only Mexico as worse than the USA as a place to raise a family.

Safety: F. Based on homicide rate, average fear of crime, risk of dying to war or terrorism, school shootings per capita, and protection of civil rights for all. We did okay on most of the sub-ratings, but barely mediocre on civil rights and, well, obviously insanely bad compared to everybody else on school shootings.

Happiness: C+. Based on the human freedom index, world happiness index, per-capita suicide rate, household income inequality, and whether or not some families are discriminated against in adoption rights. I couldn't quickly find the sub-ratings on this one, but the USA came out pretty average.

Cost: F. Based on child care costs, per household family support spending, out-of-pocket educational costs, out-of-pocket health spending, and income-adjusted cost of living. The UK and New Zealand were even worse on child-care costs, but the US came in dead last in every other sub-category. We are the only country that expects those costs to be entirely born by parents who currently have minor children instead of spreading them out across all households.

Health: D-. Based on maternal mortality rate, child mortality rate, access to contraception, air pollution level, and average life expectancy. Because we're not in the bottom 5, I again can't easily find the US ranking on each of those sub-ratings, but I imagine we really got hit on our maternal mortality rate.

Education: C+. Based on teen enrollment rate, early-20s enrollment rate, average reading performance, average math performance, and average science performance. We weren't in the top or bottom 5 so, again, I don't know our detailed rankings but we did end up above average. And finally ...

Time: F. Based on time off per worker, weeks of paid maternity leave, weeks of paid paternity leave, weeks of mandatory paid sick leave, weeks of mandatory paid vacation leave. Only Mexico gave its workers fewer hours off work, and we are the only country in the survey to have a zero in all four other categories.

Across all countries: Only 5 of the 35 countries got an A+ overall. Starting with the highest score: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Luxembourg. Only two countries got an F, the US and Mexico. If you choose to have and raise a family in the United States, you will bear a higher percentage of those expenses than almost any country in the world, your children will be in more physical danger and health danger than anywhere in the industrialized world outside of an active war zone, and you will have less time with them, less time to parent them, than parents anywhere else surveyed.

So, you tell me: in your opinion, is the United States of America in the early 21st century a good place to have and raise children, or not?

Not to beg, but I'd really appreciate more eyes on this, please? Especially from my fellow Americans and doubly-so from people who have kids or who have recently raised kids?

[abyssalzones]

Hi 🌟,

I hope you’re doing well. We’ve raised very little so far to support me and my family during these challenging times due to the conflict in Gaza. We’re still working to reach our goal and would greatly appreciate your help. 🙏

If you can’t donate, could you please share or reblog my pinned post? Your support in spreading the word would mean a lot to us. 💪

Pinned post: https://www.tumblr.com/ahmedharara/757031731268386816/weve-been-able-to-raise-only-120-so-far?source=share

Donation link: https://gofund.me/f751a38a

Thank you so much for your kindness and support! ❤️

yes, of course. I am unable to donate currently but I'll be reblogging the post, as well as encouraging my followers to donate/spread the word :]

this gofundme is extremely, extremely low on funds (only $475 of $25k right now!!) so if you have any income to spare please consider donating and/or sharing.

[calendae-creations]

I’m a queer and transgender artist, currently mostly working with textiles, and selling my work here on tumblr.  Please feel free to message me about purchases, or with any questions you may have.

Hat and kippah pricing information, as well as shipping information, can be found in my store policies page.  Pricing for Magen David ornaments (as a garland or otherwise) can be found in this post. 

The double knit Star Trek potholders are $30 each.  The rainbow entrelac neckwarmers are $50 each, and I’m planning to try out different pride flags with this pattern soonish. 

I am very open to commissions and custom work!  Again, please feel free to message me at any time for inquiries!

Selling my art is my only source of income, so I deeply appreciate any signal boosting!  You can also view my gallery or leave a tip on my ko-fi.

Shop update as of 1 July 2023:

I’m on my way to being properly ambulatory again, having been on crutches for months, but I am still more or less homeless.  My partner was laid off over a month ago, and we really could use any and all sales and commissions we can get!  Please check out my inventory and products tags; reblogs help a lot whether or not a purchase is currently in your budget!

I very much am open for commissions at the moment.  I always welcome messages with any questions!

[obsessivevoidkitten]

I have gotten a large amount of new followers since I last said this but this is my only source of income. I am an otherwise unpaid live-in aide for an elderly family member who cannot do a lot of stuff like cleaning, cooking, and other such tasks. I have been working really hard on providing content for the blog so if you want to tip to help me out I would greatly appreciate it. You can tip me HERE. Don't feel any pressure or anything, currently I am trying to save up for garden stuff in March and for extra groceries next month. So it isn't urgent. But I would still greatly appreciate any small contribution.

[arvallen]

Hello. My name is Marceline, and I'm a disabled trans woman living in an abusive household.

I'm on disability income, and my family has been taking a majority of it without recompense since 2019. I don't have any secondary source of income, and I can't get one while under as much stress as I am, on top of my poor physical health.

My relationship with them is tense and I spend most of my days hiding in my room. I am constantly accused of abusing their goodwill and being ungrateful, as well as being verbally abused and manipulated when I don't do what they want or think is best for me. They've even extended this to my long distance partner of nearly 4 years, trying to convince her to “make me listen”.

Now, they want to evict me this month despite the fact that I am paying more than enough in rent and keep to myself. I receive $1450 CAD per month and they take $1100, which leaves me with $350. It isn't enough to feed me for a whole month, let alone get anything else I need (including a new phone plan. They're kicking me off of theirs soon without lowering the amount of money they take from me). The only return I see from the money I pay them is internet, water and electricity, but that's only because they also need these things and they aren't easily taken away.

I am currently looking for legal aid in regards to my situation, but in the meantime I need help to procure food since I can't eat the food they buy nor use their kitchen. I have a minifridge and a rice cooker, but that's it. 

I would really appreciate some money to buy myself groceries, and a few items to help with my quality of life and safety. Most importantly, I need a utility cart so I can go shopping without hurting myself (it will let me use my cane and still carry things), and an air fryer so I can cook food without leaving my room. 

Below is the amazon list of the things I need, as well as my paypal. 

Thank you for reading, and please share this post if you can. 

My Paypal

Amazon wishlist

[fagdykemuppet]

hi my name is judas, i am a disabled queer person currently living in his homophobic grandparent's living room. i cannot work normal jobs + every job that i could realistically do has turned me down. my main source of income has been drastically cut (almost in half), so instead of getting the $1000 every month that made it to where i can live comfortably, i only get $530. and thats if i can prove that i need all of it, so for all i know i could get less the next month. i am currently trying to get onto SSI, and move out + get my license. any help even if its a few dollars so i dont feel more subhuman than i already do would be appreciated.

cashapp: $gobaba

paypal + venmo: @/gobaba

[serahlink]

‼️HELP A HOMELESS ARTIST - URGENT‼️

Reblogs are greatly appreciated!!

Making a new commission post since we're in desperate need of help currently. We were only able to pay half of what we needed yesterday, so now we owe the normal 55$ rent today plus the 30$ we couldn't pay yesterday. We also couldn't get any food yesterday and we have no food here, so I'm hoping to get something for that as well if we can.

My name is Link and I've been homeless for about two years now (since November 2021). Due to my dad falling into a diabetic coma around that time leaving both him and my sibling homeless without their truck, and myself having to move out from my friend's house due to their grandmother falling severely ill at the time, we were all left without a home. We don't have any family help (tried reaching out as soon as it happened and both sides of the family just weren't willing to help with either shelter/food/financially and otherwise) or anyone else to really rely on. My friend drove us all to a motel where I started up commissions and have been trying my best to keep up what we need for food and rent ever since neither of us could get jobs (we all don't have our IDs/documents, a car or the money to go and actually try getting that stuff) and we also can't get benefits from things like food stamps. We would've been able to at least try from low income housing if we had them, but that's the main thing that's stopped us from getting out of this situation or at least getting closer to finding real stability again. This is and has been our only source of income for a while.

Right now, things haven't been looking great. We almost got kicked out last week, and if the man at the office wasn't kind, we wouldn't have had anywhere to go. Most days we go without food since the room is the utmost priority, and we can barely pay that. Business has been very scarce, so I'm hoping by making a new post that I can get some more help somehow.

I'll put my commission examples, prices and business email below if anyone is interested in helping. If you can't, no worries, I completely understand. Reblogs also helps in hopefully bringing us new work opportunities, so it'd really mean a lot. Thank you so so much in advance.

Business Email - lyriumveins__@outlook.com

~Prices~

Sketch (price depending on type of sketch) - base price of 10$

Sketch page - 10$ per sketch

Headshot - 20$ (+10$ if shaded)

Bust - 30$ (+10$ if shaded)

Half body - 45$ (+10$ if shaded)

Full body - 60$ (+10$ if shaded)

Couples Commission (a commission that includes two people) - 90$ (+15$ if shaded)

Group commissions (commission that includes more than two people, price dependant on the details) - 60 base price(one character, unshaded; each extra character is +75% to the original price) (40$+ if shaded)

Paintings (price depending on the details) - 100$+

[jundream]

Lease runs out in May, I can't work much longer cause I'm disabled need money

I have to move out in a couple months because my disabled mom Said that she cannot financially support me Because she has only savings to live off of and has been rejected by the The government multiple times To be eligible for disability, and I can't move back in with my dad (to give you an idea what hes like, he threatened to kill my mom when I was born)

I currently have savings but I need to quit my job in a few months because here's a little list of the things I am unable to do without *horrible pain*

Washing dishes, using my phone, drawing, Playing an instrument, writing down anything, using a computer to any capacity, Picking up any sort of object no matter how light it is, pushing an empty cart, picking up the shampoo I need to shower, and not doing anything at all. Using my hands to any degree hurts like hell.

Which is genuinely disheartening because I used to draw stuff like this before my job overworked me to the bone

:')

Not to mention that I was hospitalized for my dissociative disorder earlier this year and I haven't recovered from the trauma from the hospital ever since. I have to live with the fact that I might have to change my entire career because of my disability and all I wanted in life was to be an artist and now I can't even hold a pencil for very long....

I won't be homeless, But I won't have any source of income when I move out and I would love More money so my savings don't run out when I leave since I physically cannot work.

I really hate to ask for help, but if you are able to donate or share that would be greatly appreciated.

P@yp@l junscommissions@gmail.com

V3nmo is @ jundaydream

Please don't TRIGGER tag post or as d0nati0ns or anything liek that and look out for more posts!!

[axolotlsandabsolsarethebest]

Hi 🌟,

I hope you’re doing well. We’ve raised very little so far to support me and my family during these challenging times due to the conflict in Gaza. We’re still working to reach our goal and would greatly appreciate your help. 🙏

If you can’t donate, could you please share or reblog my pinned post? Your support in spreading the word would mean a lot to us. 💪

Pinned post: https://www.tumblr.com/ahmedharara/757031731268386816/weve-been-able-to-raise-only-120-so-far?source=share

Donation link: https://gofund.me/f751a38a

Thank you so much for your kindness and support! ❤️

Hello, while I'm unfortunately unable to donate due to me currently being a minor with no disposable income. I will gladly and happily share this post so more people will be able to see this.

Iink to gofundme:

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[electricpurrs]

heyyyy i am currently making a deal with my parents to help me buy a new computer, but that means my money situation is gonna be even tighter for a long time, so reminder that i take commissions on ko-fi, and any commissions or tips are very very much appreciated as theyre my only source of income and i really depend on them nowadays

[klapollo]

it truly kills me to say this because i love my job, but while i'm not being laid off at the moment it's looking like my title is going to be redundant within the next few months. there's a chance i'll be able to stay with my company, but it's not likely from what i've gathered.

i'm not wasting any time and i'm going to go straight into applying for new positions, but in the meantime i'm gonna push my youtube channel again because i'm so close to the first tier of the partner program and it'd be really great if i had even a small source of secondary income just in case this job search is as hard as i anticipate it's gonna be. subscribers and view hours both help me a lot. i have a new video i'm currently editing that i hope i can upload soon.

i dont know if there's anything else i want to ask for right now or even SHOULD ask for, but i'd appreciate people just giving my channel a try for now. ive had a lot of good opportunities with the algorithm on my first few videos but it's been slowing down lately and i'd like to push on it if only for the sake of its utility right now. thanks.

[therekinperson]

Another longpost filled with blogs and places where you can donate to people in palestine!!

ahlamramadan https://gofund.me/61f1dd1f

"I am 54 years old and have 9 daughters and a son. I suffer from kidney failure, and with limited hospital resources, I ask you to help me go out to receive treatment so that I can take care of my children."

(Vetted by @gazavetters)

ezzaldeens-blog https://gofund.me/e171bfb4

"Please don't hesitate to donate to us, I now live in a tent with my family"

hassanmadi2 https://gofund.me/1c7df49e

"Before the war we had a big house, but because of this war, our house was destroyed and we were displaced to the south of Gaza"

(Vetted by @el-shab-hussein @nabulsi)

ahmedsobeh2009 https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=EJ892Z3JYTPYS

"I have autism, which means I sometimes find things a bit hard. Before the war, I used to go to therapy sessions to help me, but now I can't because of the war."

(Vetted by: @el-shab-hussein @moayesh @nabulsi)

nourasissue4 https://gofund.me/32f1f5e4

"But sadly that the war happened in Gaza in October 2023 and we have been stuck in Egypt ever since without any source of income, and I don't know how to provide for my beautiful daughter's Hanan needs and how to pay for the house and the rest of life, plus our house was bombed in Gaza. please support me to set up my own medical analysis laboratory and complete a master's degree in Egypt."

shinytastemakerphantom https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B9Z7ET32DJGSJ

" I was diagnosised with type 1 diabetes and due to current situation in Gaza I'm unable to get my insulin injection as a result I'm here begging for little financial support to help me purchase insulin for this week"

lastdosesworld https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=JQGZEXZRFPFHC - $370/$450

"My family is still staying in half of the church that wasn’t affected by the bombing because there is nowhere else to stay other than tents. They are limited to one small meal a day and one shower a week. They are sleeping on the floors, but no one can sleep since there is bombing everywhere around them."

abdallahblog0 https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RawanMous

"help me to evacuate from the war and complete my dream of studying medicine, I am still a young man, 20 years old, I have many dreams that I want to achieve, help me please, share and donate" (Vetted by @90-ghost @Heba-20 @gaza-evacuation-funds)

joyfultidalwaveobject https://gofund.me/4de94fec

"We appreciate your help!" "As newcomers to Tumblr and GoFundMe, we are in desperate need of your kindness and support."'

mahmoudayyads https://gofund.me/31c5cbe3

"Our lives are harsh because we lack all the basic necessities of life. Everything has become scarce and unattainable. There is no food, no water, no medicine. So, I ask you to help me keep my family safe and alive, especially after we had lost all our sources of livelihood."

(Vetted by @90-ghost)

randasalem75 https://gofund.me/bbe291a5

"I am collecting such donations to provide the minimum basic needs of life and help find safety and peace for my family of 7, my wife, my young son Mohammed and my daughters Nour, an engineering student, Hala who got a high school average of 99.3% and because of the war of extermination she did not go to university, Farah, a high school student and Mays in the third year of middle school"

aboodalqedra-5 https://gofund.me/95360334

"Please donate a small amount that may save my father's life, only 32€ left to buy my father's treatment, his doctor's appointment is tomorrow, please do not ignore my message and do not hesitate to help me"

(Verified by: @gaza-evacuation-funds)

Reposting, Engaging, literally anything would be amazing for this!!