Speaking of literature recommendations: I'm currently on the last pages of Alexandra Hamer's "To be a girl" about a young trans woman in the Victorian era. It's a big recommendation!
But be aware that there's a short episode involving knifes and blood. But it's not very explicit.
Won't go into more detail because it would be a spoiler.
#TransLiterature
Mastodon pessimism, GoToSocial
The more I see of Masto development the more pessmistic I get about its future. This is why I am supporting GoToSocial development monthly, like we CANNOT hang the entire future of ActivityPub-driven microblogging on Mastodon, not after fucking exhausting years of Gargron's asshattery and his determination to make Mastodon into another popularity- and engagement-driven platform.
GTS website: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/
Support GTS on OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/gotosocial
(please boost) asking for money help
hello! i need $80 to order groceries, $60 for medical weed, & $35 for my phone bill ($175 total)
roomie will be helping me apply for disability soon, they aren't asking me to find a job anymore. i think we've both slowly realized just how impossible having one would be for me
paypal: https://paypal.me/v33b33
cashapp: https://cash.app/$vantablack420
venmo: https://venmo.com/vantablack420
liberapay: https://liberapay.com/v4nt4bl4ck
thank you 🖤
twitter, meta
Boy I went on a journey of Not Getting The Point here, despite The Point slapping me in my pocket every few seconds: THE NEWBIES ARE SIGNING UP WITH THEIR REAL ACTUAL FULL HUMAN NAMES.
*That's* why I'm seeing so many people do things that to me seem bizarre. It's because I'm used to interacting with raccoons, crows, witches, impossible geometric shapes, inflatable coatis and the anthropomorphic personification of paint smell
I feel, as part of my initiation into this space, I must talk about my love of #Medieval elephants.
Yes, you heard me. You see, though bestiaries were very common in Western Europe, elephants were not.
So things like this happen.
"SO... lion body... got it, cloven hooves, okay, big ears and dead bird eyes... long snake face... PERFECTION."
So excited to share my new story in Scrawl Place, a journal of literature of Place and Travel. It’s a story very dear to me, of young Jews working out their religious ambivalence. Please read! https://scrawlplace.com/2022/11/08/pastrami/?fbclid=IwAR3CQ9Vt_1wHyIKnQigTWaEu9caPc3Vwq995EvqXgMkj2uKnPF59_SitFp0
Mutual aid
My friend Alex is a migrant from England who fled queerphobic Christian family to live his life in relative peace in the Netherlands. But the Dutch government has required him to hold enough of a job to not be deported. His money is really low right now due to surprise costs, and we can't support him enough anymore either. If he loses more money his bank account will be closed, which will lose him his job. Which will have him permanently banned from this country, jeopardising his safety and quite likely killing him. We need some help to keep him afloat, if you could chip in any or retoot/share (anywhere) it'd be greatly appreciated.
#MutualAid #gofundme #financialaid
https://gofund.me/711c4139
Transitioning in mid-life
alt: @confusedcharlot@kolektiva.social
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http://quietcarlota.tumblr.com (backup)
https://www.pillowfort.io/charlotte
confusedcharlotte#1650
confusedcharlot@twitter
#nobot