GOTH AT THE BEACH

Then there is the YouTuber talking about Transformers, casually dropping the "Iraq war aesthetic" like it's a color palette. Desert punk. Military core. A vibe. This is what happens when your country hasn't had a war on its own soil in living memory; the violence becomes media, a backdrop for childhood toys. The explosions are no longer the sound of mothers screaming; they are cool action sequences. They are digesting the visual debris of massacre as a nostalgic fashion choice, scraping the trauma off and compressing it into a genre for their retro-futurist fantasies. The apocalypse becomes a mood board.

And finally, the girl recounting celebrity love triangles from her childhood, flippantly mentioning how the U.S. was "busy with the Iraq war or whatever." Or whatever. That single phrase is the thesis statement of American innocence. Over a million dead, a region destabilized for a century, an endless river of grief; and for her, it was the commercial break between pop culture segments. It didn't raise her rent. It didn't stop her Wi-Fi. The violence is geo-locked to brown skin and distant deserts, just background noise like a refrigerator humming. She has the luxury of forgetting because the machine doesn't eat her children, it eats yours.

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and just wanted to make a quick post on here.

Akihiro Miwa recently passed away peacefully june 20th, and was not only a drag queen and a queer icon, but also the japanese voice of Arceus in the movie Arceus and the jewel of life, as well as the witch from Howl's moving castle and Moro from Princess Mononke.

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

Our last post isn't moving

We had to spend many days in a hotel room after grandpa tried to force a haircut on our daughter because she is trans, she needs a new haircut to fix what he did to her.

On top of that weather has been shit, we keep getting blackouts and low voltage, our connection has been unreliable, we also have had our water supply cut alongside many other people in the neighborhood, the water company swears supply will be up shortly but we've been like this for over a week.

The blackouts spoiled our food and insulin, we need help getting insulin while we file for a refill with their healthcare.

We also want help being safe at home, grandpa is willing to go visit his siblings in back on his home town, don't see it as helping a transphobic man, more like helping a trans family feel safe for a while.

Our trans son has missed his last two weekly T shots, it is pride month, he shouldn't be depressed and spiraling due to dysphoria, please, help him.

And the mold is coming back full force due to the constant rains and humidity.

My partner is recovering from an ankle injury after his dad pulled his cane from him during an argument and my mother in law's sciatica and disc pain has been horrible, she needs to go to her doctor.

Im ashamed to say we're still unemployed, we do have a new student but our connection has been so unreliable i can't be sure to give a proper class if this continues.

Please consider helping us, maybe check the stuff we need on throne like some phones or the Ensure suplements, or the cart so we can carry water easier.

And my healthcare renewal notice came in, I need $138 to keep my healthcare please 🙇

Really, anything helps please please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

$100/$800

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We've been 2 days in a motel, my father-in-law snapped again, he smashed some dishes. I got out with my kids for our safety.

We got enough for rent and other things but im regrettably using most of it to stay at the motel until my partner ends the arrangements so his dad visits his family 3 states away.

Im keeping this post up because we may need help affording transportation so we can be finally safe and back home and rent since living in a motel/hotel is more expensive than at home.

Someone got us the phones from our throne, thank you so much, i asked for a delayed delivery, hopefully things will be calmer so we can go back home.

Thank you

even people trying to commiserate with me complaining about the dumb responses assumed that it was just about sizing. and phrased it all like "you're so seen and valid". fucking christ.

"It's incredibly difficult and challenging using public bathrooms as a transgender woman and it should be obvious why if you have paid attention to anything ever"

"Girl I feel you, welcome to womanhood. sometimes the seats are gross or someone's left something on the floor, we all experience this, you're so valid for this"

(meanwhile I'm lucky if I'm not immediately stopped upon entering)