The Author in the Cauldron

please consider supporting Luca’s loved ones in raising funds for his funeral. trans rural people exist and their lives matter.

He's a musician and he vlogs about queer and trans stuff. Both his music and vlogs have a really chill, thoughtful, personal vibe.

Here's one of his songs. Right now it's got 378 views and 45 likes. I need you guys to go fucking explode those numbers.

If you genuinely believe that trans women are some kind of transmasc hating hivemind then you NEED to seek out community. I am begging you. Find like a trans coffee morning or support group or anything where you're likely to talk to a few people. Even if you've been out for a while and have transmasc friends, fostering positive relationships with transfems will

a) innoculate you against reactionary or transmisogynistic rhetoric

It's a double standard that needs to die. Many, many trans men, mascs, enbies, and intersex folks have a uterus and ovaries and are extremely impacted by things like reproductive laws and the need for gynecological care, and they have every fucking right to talk about it without being told they're misgendering themselves.

If it's not misgendering for someone to talk about their penis and the need for prostate checks, why the fuck is it misgendering to talk about their uterus and ovaries?

I have never seen someone get up in arms about a trans woman going to a proctologist "invading men's spaces" but I sure have seen hundreds of posts about trans men going to the gyno "invading women's spaces."

edit: kind of ironic i didn't think about it considering i'm transmasc myself but free the nipple applies to nonwomen with boobs too

It’s honestly so crazy to believe that boobs are intrinsically sexual, and I’m saying that as someone who was formerly a hormonal pubescent teenager that obsessed over boobs in all forms and had weird uncomfortable feelings about my aunt in a bikini.

You’re meant to outgrow these things and realize that it’s someone else’s body that does a lot of things. It’s really *really* weird to insist that some part of it is sexual on a fundamental level, especially when it’s not even strictly involved in procreation. You’re definitely not meant to internalize these feelings and force them on people around you.

You should help me, a native trans woman, celebrate by purchasing my newly released dark ambient/noise/ambient/field recordings album 'Domesticity of a Stagnant Life' on bandcamp for just a few bucks!!!! I would really really appreciate it...im really trying to make money of my work..

Aloha everyone, Hawaii needs your help.

I don't know if much news has made it to the mainland, but Hawaii has been hit by two large storms one after the other, that have dumped massive amounts of rain and left many areas with catastrophic floods. Houses have been ripped up and floated away, wastewater systems overwhelmed, power outages, falling rocks and trees, and the Wahiawa Dam has been hovering near max capacity, putting downstream rural towns (Waialua and Haleiwa on the north shore of Oahu) on mandatory evacuation alert.

Please donate to these relief organizations if you can, and share this post!

The Lahui Foundation are boots-on-the-ground working at evac shelters right now. They're asking for physical items but they're accepting monetary donations too.

Hawaii Community Foundation is a legit organization that has given significant donations to assist in the recovery from the 2023 Maui fires. Their Stronger Hawaii Fund has been activated to respond to the recent flooding.

The Hawaii Food Bank serves Oahu and Kauai, in partnership with the Maui Food Bank and The Food Basket, which serves Hawaii Island (the Big Island). These guys are also doing emergency food distributions right now.

Aloha United Way is another reputable non-profit organization that has been helping out during this severe weather and was providing lots of recovery efforts during and after the Maui fires.

Hawaii Farmers Union is another boots-on-the-ground nonprofit that's assisting in flood recovery. Waialua and Haleiwa are just two of multiple rural agricultural towns facing significant farm damage.

The situation is still evolving- there may be more rain incoming, and evacuation/clean-up efforts are still underway. I'll continue to update this post if need be, but these organizations will remain great ones to donate to and keep an eye on in the coming days. You can follow Hawaii News Now and KHON2 News for more information!

People exactly like her are some of the people being demonized and abducted off the street, dragged out of their own homes, had their kids kidnapped.

People less sympathetic don't deserve to be detained, stuffed in cages like sardines, denied food and water, literally tortured, any more than she does. Bc. You know.

Hi guys! A bit of a different tune from my usual tune but my abusive parents have been getting worse recently, including raising the possibility of marrying me off as soon as I graduate HIGH SCHOOL (I'm 17).

In order to avoid this I'm planning to leave to go to University this year I'll need to be able to pay my way through year 1 before I can apply for estrangement scholarships.

Please help!!!

Edit: Currently the page is inactive. if you were planning on sending any donations please use my friend's account for the time being: