PerculiarPen

hi!! maybe you know me or maybe you don't. i'm an aging, disabled genderqueer who has been living in the pits of this hellspace for a while! i've shat posts, written poems, made music & videos too!

i have a book club, i've offered music commissions for a few years, & i recently made a bandcamp where my first album is up for sale.

i have been unable to work for a long time & have been surviving in a low income apartment with help from my mother & sisters support, my commission orders, selling plasma every week & pawning material possessions off on ebay to make rent & grocery money, that kind of thing. a recent stay in the hospital put a significant pause on these efforts & i am left in a very tight place right now with little help from assisted living services so far. (ty to everyone who has offered advice, links, numbers, it means a lot. i promise i am trying)

you might relate to living on that cusp of stability where you're a grown adult who is capable of taking care of themselves but who would sure as hell have a much, much easier time with someones help!! if worst comes to worst i will have no consistent place to stay, & while i'm prepared, i'd like to keep being here for as long as i can.

so since i've never made an outright asking-for-help post before without trying to give something in return, i'm doing that now.

i need help.

my KOFI. this is the easiest way to support me.

my venmo: FlowersForJean

or buy my album.

thank you. here is a picture of my cat socrates (sock for short)

https://ko-fi.com/smudgywolf/goal?g=0

If you donate at least $25 and show me a screenshot, I will do a doodle of your choice!

Hello everyone, if you can please share and donate to the Shehab family’s campaign to support them through displacement and famine. Sahar, her family of eight (five of whom are children), and extended family (three are children) need funds to survive as food, water, formula and baby products become more and more scarce and expensive. All donations will go towards evacuation funds, and to help them recover afterwards and build towards a brighter future once more. Please keep this family in your hearts and minds, and show them your kindness through sharing and donating, thank you. @danashehab is one of the accounts for the family who contacted and asked me to make this post for them.

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UPDATED 14 July 2025

15-year-old Nour is in a severe state of hypoxia!! Her heart is struggling to function due to her chronic condition, and her blood is unable to circulate oxygen throughout her body! She urgently needs funds for supplemental oxygen treatment OR HER ORGANS WILL SHUT DOWN!!

Please help save a teen girl’s life!!! Anything helps!!!

Current: $66,770 out of $67,842 CAD

Need to raise: $1,072 CAD (about $783 usd)

Nour is now having weakness and black-out spells because she has not eaten in days. The family urgently needs funds to buy flour so that Nour can eat. As of right now, they only need $206 CAD (about $150 usd).

Current: $68,339 out of $68,531 CAD

And in the meantime, many have recommended getting a VPN, too.

MY SISTERS AREN’T DOING WELL!!

Soso is struggling to recover from chickenpox, her fever keeps coming back and the hot weather isn’t helping. We barely have any food to give her to help her immune system fight the disease. She’s too thin, too small and too weak for her age. She cries constantly from pain and hunger. Our other sister keeps fainting due to malnutrition.

We struggle to stay afloat due to the insane prices. $1,000 for 25kg of flour. $150 for 1kg of sugar. Fruits, vegetables and meat are hopeless. Hygiene products and medicine are a luxury.

I know we’re not the only ones asking and I know you guys are struggling too. I understand that. But please at least share if you see this. There are people out there who can afford to donate and I need to reach them!

✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #347 )✅

Hey, my incredible girlfriends Ivy and Jade are currently stuck in a financial chokehold with the job market in Montana rn; it's a red state with little opportunities for disabled folks to keep a job, let alone a well-paying one, so we're starting a GoFundMe to get them moved out of there and into a Blue State and closer to me!! Anything at all helps out a ton - I just want my gfs to be happy here in Washington ;w;

Hi again, i'm very tired of making these posts, hopefully this should be the last one. my last interview went good so hopefully this is good news but they're taking a long time to get back to me so i'm really worried.

either way though in the meantime, i'll need to buy special shoes for the job and pay for transportation there until my first paycheck comes in. assuming this happens at all. and either way we still need food while we wait for the news

please consider helping us out, i'm dying to reach the end of this road

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

-UNICEF indicated that 625,000 school-aged children have been deprived of education for an entire year, with over 45,000 six-year-old children joining this crisis—putting them at risk of missing a second academic year.-(Source)

It was a real attempt to return to the bare minimum of a normal life—sleeping in beds, doing homework on desks, washing their hands in a real bathroom.

- According to a report published by The Guardian in September 2024, 90% of public schools in Gaza and all 12 universities have been damaged or destroyed due to Israeli bombardment.- (Source)

My son Adam, who is 6 years old, went to kindergarten for the first time. He saw toys and books he'd never seen before, and he didn’t want to leave. It was his first true moment of joy.

My name is Enas Majed, and I’m a Mother of four:

Layan, 11 years old, in 6th grade

Sarah, 9 years old, in 4th grade

Adam, 6 years old, in kindergarten

Amir, a 10-month-old baby, born during this war

The war robbed Layan and Sarah of a year and a half of schooling. That time is gone—and now we’re trying to make up for it. We can’t afford to lose this school year too, even if continuing their education feels like a risk.

Trying to provide both education and shelter during a war isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity for survival. Without it, my children’s future could disappear in the smoke and fear.

This month, I managed to cover:

Apartment rent: $700

School fees: $100

School supplies: $100

Today, I’m asking for your help to secure these basic needs for the next 6 months—covering $800 to $900 per month—for rent and continued education.

Over the past year and a half of war, we’ve spent all our savings just to survive—on food, shelter, and fleeing from danger.

All that remains is a small amount with my brother abroad, saved to help us possibly emigrate to a safe country—our only hope for long-term survival.

Your support isn’t just a donation—it’s a lifeline. A way to protect a family, give four children a chance to learn, and keep a roof over their heads in one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Your help keeps us standing. Your compassion helps us stay human.

Thank you for standing with us.

The campaign link on GoFundMe for anyone who wants to contribute to my children's education ❤️‍🩹

My campaign has been verified ~ vetted by @/gazavetters number #644

Ask your friends and family, share and donate as much as you can!!!

May I ask for support for my friend Mohammed and his beautiful family???

Maybe a couple reblogs a week?

Sorry to ask so much but you know how hard it is to be heard on this site.