U Know When U Scroll Past A Post Because It’s Talking About A Serious Topic? For Example A National

fucking around for three days and then making a herculean effort on day four that restores your average progress to what a moderately inept person would have achieved with consistent effort, that’s what it’s all about.

you know what i think cis people, and especially lgb cis people, rely too much on people validating their romantic revulsion to trans people. like i’ve never met an lgb trans person who wasn’t asked “what do you think of gay people who aren’t willing to date you because of your transition status/agab/etc” and it’s the emotional labor we’re forced to carry to just say “no i don’t think you’re an evil cis gay for not being attracted to me, it’s within your right to have boundaries” an whatnot lest we be The Evil Transes Who Will Rape You.

like is it not enough to just reject us and go? can you just be satisfied in the knowledge that, yes you are rejecting us because we’re trans, but you’re gonna leave us with enough dignity to not say that’s why. we already know our attractiveness is in a permanent state of “up for debate” can you at least do this the simple courtesy of shutting up about it?

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uh oh not me yelling at tumblr again

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If you’re not aware of what’s happening in the Philippines right now then you need to read about it because it’s important.

I know people hate having to go the lengths of googling or yahooing things themselves, so I’m gonna make it so!! easy!!! 

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Here are links to read about what is happening: 

Washington Post

The Guardian

CNA

CNN

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How can I help?

Link to a carrd full of organisations to donate to 

Here’s a link to a Tumblr post full of more places to donate to

Or just scroll through the #ph-typhoon / #donate tags for more donation resources/info!

https://nikov.tumblr.com/tagged/ph-typhoon

https://nikov.tumblr.com/tagged/donate

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How can I help (if I can’t donate)?  Use your platforms to spread donation links and information about what’s happening, please!! 

— (and I’m not talking about bare minimum! go HARD with boosting donation links and information! I’m talking 10 posts a day! if you can queue 30+ edits of yabooks then you can queue 10 posts of important resources!)  

• watch this playlist of videos!

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LISTEN!

The US elections are over and though I know Tumblr likes to focus on US-centric drama and news, you have to pay Southeast Asia attention. 

People are dying from this typhoon and their homes are being flooded ON TOP of having to deal with a pandemic. 

There are videos out there of people crying for help and whole areas being flooded. 

For contextualisation: Keep in mind that Typhoon Ulysses is roughly equivalent to a Category-2 Hurricane. 

Boost this. Donate if you can. If not, boost donation links.

** please feel free add to this post! if there are any inaccuracies in this post please tell me and I’ll edit it. thank you!

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

PSA

You know what bothers me the most about how little coverage the Australian fires are getting?

I could mention that 18 people are now dead, several are missing and over 1000 homes are lost. All at the start of a new year. +3 million hectares of land is gone. People feel a little bit of empathy, maybe they'll reblog this or give it a like, but they'll give it no second thought.

But if I were to make a post just solely about the fact that 500 million animals have been killed in these fires, including 30% of all koalas meaning they're close to being functionally extinct, people would share the fuck out of it. They would start GoFundMe pages, they would guilt people into reblogging shit with the classic, "if you don't reblog this you don't have a heart." You know that trope yeah?

You all fucking shoved posts about the Amazon fires down our throats. "Oh but they were deliberately lit on Native land." You don't think we understand that? Do you know that is exactly what's happened here? As a woman of Aboriginal descent, do you get how upsetting it is for me to watch my country burn? To watch my friends houses burn to the grown whilst they're left to flee to the beach in hope's of not being burnt? Do you know how upsetting it is to think that the house that I grew up in probably won't be standing in a couple days? All because the RFS are not allowed to backburn because of politics. Politics who don't understand a single fuck about anything that is happening.

Every night I have to try my hardest not to break down in front of my family because I am so upset and so angry about this whole situation. Men and women are out there fighting this fire, missing out on time with their family, time at work meaning they can't afford to feed their family either, they miss out on holidays too.

My brother was sent on a strike team up to Sydney for Christmas. He almost didn't make it back for New Years, even when he got home, he was so tired to go out so him and I stayed at home and played the PS4. And what makes me angry is that some families out there don't see their brothers come home, their sons, their fathers, their sisters, mothers, daughters.

Because people are dying.

And no one other than Australians give a single fuck!

Canberra currently ranks at number 8 for worst air quality in the world right now. The elderly in nursing homes are being evacuated and have nowhere to go. People were jumping in lakes, were swimming out into the ocean to get away from the fire as it started to burn the beach.

And what does our Prime Minister do?

He arrives at fire impacted towns, in a nice and expensive 100k BMW, to give his thoughts and prayers. Not aid, not water and food, not money. But thoughts and prayers.

"I'm sure he's just tired."

"No, no. He lost a house."

"Oh."

How more insensitive can the fucker get? This isn't a Prime Minister. This is a disgrace. May I also mention we are in our worst drought yet but "we" just sold 409 million dollars worth of drinking water overseas.

I am begging all of you by this point. Please, help out our victims of fire and drought. Donate to whatever causes you can, search the internet, I'm sure there are plenty out there. Donate packs of water, toiletries, food that doesn't spoil, socks, sleeping bags, anything.

Every small gesture you do makes a big impact on somebody who lost everything.

I never understood why everybody loved Allison but then said the Clint Barton was useless. Excuse you they do literally the same thing so I don’t understand

a friendly reminder from your local korean blogger that “lunar new year” is inclusive of the many cultures who celebrate, and “chinese new year” should be used only if you’re referring to specifically chinese cultural practices of the new year. thank you!!!

Made a leaf crown but I was already the queen of the forest ..(goblin queen)

just so you guys know telling mlm to ‘get well soon’ because they like men is not actually woke or funny and is, in fact, actually, just homophobia