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NEARLY ALL OF MY ACTIVE SPOTLIGHT CAMPAIGNS ARE EITHER CRITICALLY STAGNANT OR IN DANGER OF BECOMING CRITICALLY STAGNANT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. i am actively spotlighting 18 campaigns. ten of them are critically stagnant, and five more are in danger of becoming critically stagnant.

individual posts for these campaigns are generally ignored. i suspect they’re just background noise for most people at this point. please don’t ignore this, you have the opportunity to throw someone a lifeline and do some real good. even if you don’t have any money, a reblog is free and can help get more eyes on these campaigns. none of them are on tumblr, to my knowledge. nobody sees these campaigns unless people reblog posts about them or make their own posts.

all campaigns are vetted by the organizers of gaza funds. for full transparency, a list of campaigns is available to view on their site.

ahmad abuabdou: 18 days since last donation

dr. isam: 16 days since last donation

ghazi mekawi: 15 days since last donation

bessan khalaf: 15 days since last donation

rania alneder: 15 days since last donation

saja mashharawi: 12 days since last donation

ibrahim abu raida: 10 days since last donation

nada muhaisen: 10 days since last donation

yahia hawajry: 8 days since last donation

hassan abdullah: 7 days since last donation

campaigns in danger of becoming critically stagnant:

ghada and abdulrahman: 5 days since last donation

basim and hla: 5 days since last donation

yasmin's family: 5 days since last donation

karem al-kahlout: 5 days since last donation

these families cannot afford to wait! are they not worthy of support because they are not personally begging you for it? please do something!

remember, even if you don't think you can give anything, you have a platform, so use it!

thank you in advance for your consideration.

tags for reach under the cut (you can always let me know if you'd rather not be on this list, or if you want to be added to the list!)

The reason that there's a famous "anti-cancel culture" pivot from people who get "cancelled" is that the social technology of ostracisation sucks complete shit. It's torture by everyone's definition, actually. It's a punishment everyone who ever receives it agrees should never be done to anyone, even their worst enemies. Nobody who talks about this is able to adequately explain to the people who think that they aren't the bad guy in anyone's story and have never done anything wrong, so people just roll their eyes and say "here's the why I left the left pivot again", but yknow, sie wissen dass nicht aber sie tun es

We are facing impossible odds and need more robust community organising, having seen it from both sides multiple times it is very obvious that the desire to push and push until someone who hurt you ceases to exist is deeply unhealthy as well as being bad for everyone's ability to organise. People waste time in orgs that could be spent helping people trying to figure out what to do with someone that someone else read a post about.

It’s not a lie that sugar is expensive. 1kg is $80. Frying voil is $70. That donut was expensive to make, even without the sugar. But it’s okay. Even if it means the adults can’t eat, it’s okay. Soso was happy for a few hours. She’s only 4 years old yet her life is already so hard. She’s not growing properly due to malnutrition and trauma. Her mental health is in shambles, not at all how a child should be. Since birth, two wars have come very close to killing her, so we just want her to be happy.

Please help me make her happy every day. A few days ago, she was the happiest child in the world because she ate an apple for the first time in a year. That won’t happen again because fruits are too expensive, but I swear, she explodes with joy when we buy vegetables too. She is a child with simple dreams.

Please don’t feel hesitant to help me, my campaign has been vetted!

✅Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #536 )✅

Forgive me, tagging for reach again, please share I beg you @timetravellingkitty @deathlonging @briarhips @mahoushojoe @sar-soor @rhubarbspring @schoolhater98 @pcktknife @sawasawako @appsa @anneemay @commissions4aid-international @wellwaterhysteria @mangocheesecakes @kyra45-helping-others @7bittersweet @tortiefrancis @ot3 @amygdalae @ankle-beez @communistchameleon @dykesbat @komsomolka @neptunerings @riding-with-the-wild-hunt @heritageposts @watermotif @stuckinaprill @mavigator @lacecap @determinate-negation @deepspaceboytoy @paper-mario-wiki @kibumkim @neechees @socalgal @chilewithcarnage @ghelgheli @sapphic-dino @rooh-afza @shesnake @totallynotsilversora @nabulsi @gazavetters @gaza @gazanarchive @palestine @palesttino @palestinianliberator @palestinianrose

Every day, people are killed not for what they’ve done, but simply for existing.Some of us are hated for being different. Others are bombed for just being there. In a world like this... is staying silent still an option?Your stance might not save the world but it might save someone who's never been heard.Latest developments from Gaza 👇

For those who don’t know me...

I’m Kareman, a kindergarten teacher from Gaza. I used to teach children how to dream — now I teach my son how to survive. I lost my job… my home… my city… and the life I once knew. All I have left is a torn tent and my little boy Hamoud, just 2 years old. He knows the sound of bombs more than the sound of laughter. He says “Mama, I’m scared” every time the sky shakes. 💔

Last night, a bullet pierced through our tent… and exploded inside. We were inches from death. But by God’s mercy — we survived. 🙏 I held my son close, wondering: Will we survive the next night too?

This is not a headline. This is not a story. This is my life.

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its convenient tp pretend that the only Bigots are loud vocal zero tolerance assholes, but theres a nice subtle kind of transmisogynist thats perfectly comfortable sitting next to a "man in a dress", lauds us as objects of queerness, but ultimately sees us as delusional men, a performance being put on thats less real than cis womanhood. maybe they still think its sexual! who knows.

and drag is perfect for those people. if you think transfeminity is a fake performance, drag doesn't challenge that. if you think transfems are sexual, silly, weird, fundamentally separate from you, then drag does not challenge that.

y'know what is challenging to these people? being asked to see trans women as actual women, with authority on womanhood and misogyny. to meet a transfem who does not pass, does not put effort into feminity, and to see and understand her womanhood. to hear someone insinuate that someone else might be transfem and not to take it as an insult. its so challenging that plenty of queer people, queer people who can love and support drag shows, refuse to do this.

As a former cakewrecks lover, I figured sure, I’ll bite. Let’s see this cake. Literally nothing could have prepared me for this cake. 

They paid $49 for this “frog-themed” cake and honestly no amount of money in the world could be put on this masterpiece:

I’m tired of waiting… tired of the pain… tired of living like I don’t exist.

Please help me live… and share my story so others can hear.

Your support and sharing can save a life.

Tumblr continues to be a deeply racist and overwhelmingly white website. Making fun of a Palestinian woman seeking help amid a genocide because your English speaking head is too far up your own ass to consider that other languages have words similar to yours but with entirely different meanings.

The name رحاب "Rehab" (The "H" is pronounced "Ḥ", not like the English "H" in the word rehabilitation. Here's what it sounds like.) is a very common feminine name in Arabic.

The least we can do for Rehab for having to put up with this nonsense is share her fundraiser and donate if possible. Rehab is dying from hunger.

My name is Saja. I’m a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow — from her first smile to her first steps — surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.

But life had other plans.

War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.

There was a moment — a fragile, breathless moment — when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark — hiding, holding on, praying.

I’m writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.

Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.

This is my life.

This is my daughter’s life.

And even now — especially now — I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.

Why I’m Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.

That’s why I keep going.

I’ve launched a campaign to ask for help — not because it’s easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.

How You Can Help: 🤍 Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity 🤍 Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources 🤍 Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war

💛 If you can, please support our journey here:

If you can’t give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.

From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe you’ve never lived through war. But if you’ve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them — then you understand more than you know.

I don’t want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.

Please, if you’ve read this far — thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like it’s a lifeline.

My friends @a00h3 live in Gaza. Their baby has cancer; we urgently need $900 to pay for his life-saving surgeries. Please donate to help the baby live!!

I beg of you, don't just reblog. Donate, whatever you can is useful. The account is vetted by @90-ghost , @gazavetters (#576) , and @bilal-salah0. Gofundme takes too long, you can dm @a00h3 if you want to confirm that paypal goes to them. Please help.