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in 2018 i got the girl, i moved out, i came out to everyone, i pet dogs, i graduated as a librarian, i worked in another 3 warehouses, i got to meet my best friend for the first time, i got into college, i was a lesbian, i wore the rainbow sweater my gf gave me for my 22nd bday, i changed the lights on my car twice -in 2 hours then in 20 minutes, i got glasses, i finished one story. i had a year.

tagged by the gorgeous @birosa

this is her most recent response to my own post that i’ve been responding to where she clearly talks about women and lesbians as groups which exclude trans women and defines lesbianism as not being attracted to trans women.

bonus props for accusing trans women talking about the transmisogyny of cis lesbians of not being “functionally different” from heterosexual society which is about a penny’s width from calling us male infiltrators

this post also follows this one

if you want to hear some of their stories, consider watching Soon There will be No More Survivors. it’s from 2014, but it paints a picture that is a horrible reality for many Holocaust survivors today

ill be 25 on the 27th ♒! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

please help me out with getting to work and eating this week and other expenses, or if you just wanna be nice and help out in general or get me something, I’d be so happy. I have a hard winter every year so please help me this year by making my 25th nice by donating or reblogging. 🆒😽

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pp: [email protected]

venmo: tominova

wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ls/ref=cm_sw_su_w?ie=UTF8&lid=24EB5WMT5GKS7&ref_=cm_sw_su_w&ty=wishlist

so a gay jewish college student was murdered by a literal white supremacist 

this is what “free speech” for nazis means. this is what being “tolerant” of the alt right means.

this is the danger of thinking antisemitism is not still a real, deadly threat.

his name was blaze bernstein. may his memory be a blessing.

As you know (or may not know), my family is homeless. For the past six months, we’ve been living out of extended stays and, only recently, someone else’s home in one room. My brother and I are still students, and my mother, though she’s looking for a job, is unemployed. My father is a contractor with a small business, and barely makes enough for us to pay our car insurance/cover food costs.

The latest emergency in our family drama is our storage costs. December is always a dry time with the contracting business, and we haven’t been able to pay for storage since mid-November. The last of what we have is in that storage container. Our clothes, what little furniture we have, our family photos – things that are irreplaceable.

Hello! For those of you who don’t know, my name is Amira Hasib and I am a senior Film/Video major at Pratt Institute. I am current looking to film my senior thesis project, but I need your help! In order to bring this project, this idea I’ve had since high school, to life, I need to raise $3,150! This money will go to set design, costume design, art direction, securing locations, transportation, and feeding the cast! Everyone is working for free and donating their time so it is only right for this project to come to life the way I see it in my head.

If you support black women in film, check out the Kickstarter page as well as the details below!

The Story

Young, black and supernaturally gifted, Nightwatcher is the story of Leila, who at the age of 7, accidentally discovers she has the super natural ability to teleport when she is being bullied by classmates. Leila then realizes that this power only emerges when she feels she is in extreme danger and/or under extreme stress.

It isn’t until 14 years later, that Leila’s power reemerges when her best friend, Lance, falls victim to a racially motivated assault. After this event, Leila then has to choose whether or not she accepts this power and who she is along with it.

Why me?

I wanted to write and direct a story about someone who defies the standard conventions of what is acceptable. I wanted a hero that had every right to be a hero–someone who has always been persecuted, outcasted, and scorned simply for existing. I wanted a black girl to be my superhero because as black women, we are everything society rejects –female, and black– versus being white, and male.

Black women have always been the pioneers of social revolution and its about time we start being depicted as the super heroes that we are. That is my goal with this film as well as all media I produce–black women deserve to be nuanced, we deserve to be depicted in ways that are true and authentic versus stereotypical and one dimensional.

A glimpse of what’s in store…

Below (which is also on the Kickstarter page) is a test shoot I did of Nightwatcher two years ago. I’ve always wnated the main character to be a woman, this is just a take on the cinematographic style and narrative I wanted to test out.

So, all in all, we have 30 days to raise $3,150! I hope you all can help me get this film made! All prizes and further details are on the Kickstarter page! 

Please keep in mind, that me raising this money is ALL or NOTHING, and I pray you all believe in this project as much as I do and will ensure I can get it made! Thank you!

SUPPORT BLACK WOMEN IN FILM AND LET’S GO, GO, GO!

Donations kinda stalled but let’s keep this going. The sooner we raise the funds the sooner we can start production! It’s a joint effort and even the smallest amounts are appreciated and I am so thankful to everyone who boosted as well as donated to this production.

Jeff Bezos literally earned $32+ billion through stocks alone.

The people working in his overheated warehouses are working far harder than he is and that’s a fact.

paypal.me/brienicol3

The function of the app is simple: In less than 60 seconds, connect the account you use to make everyday purchases. Here, your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar to automatically donate each time you reach at least $2 in spare change. Users can pause and resume their contributions at any time. On the topic of his goals with the project, Ziegler explains:

“Our short term goals are to get as many folks home for the holidays as possible so we hope many folks join the platform for Giving Tuesday and contribute their holiday spending change to those in need.

Long term, we see the platform being used in a variety of ways to bolster the voices of those in need beyond just a financial contribution.”

People can be held for months without due trial or even a reason, all because they can’t make bail. Some people get stuck in jail for weeks, and sometimes months, over basic traffic violations.

Not to mention that breaking the law can be done for good reasons, for just reasons (look at how many protesters have been arrested even tho they were peacefully protesting, which is supposed to be covered and acceptable by our laws), and that “breaking the law” can sorta kinda mean whatever tf a cop wants it to mean. Quite literally. They can apprehend people simply because they can. Slap them with “resisting arrest” and call it a day. And then the person can rot in jail for who knows how long.