Gender Magic

tw // anti-asian violence

there’s been a fuck ton of aapi hate since the beginning of the pandemic and especially lately, with the georgia shootings today, and even the grammys last sunday

all this said i just wanted to share a few resources (none mine!):

- anti-asian violence resources (this resource is also linked in my pinned, it contains information, petitions, places to donate and a lot more)

- stop asian hate (contains petitions, places to donate, ways to spread the word and more)

- sites to donate to and share (if you have a twitter please consider retweeting)

- a cumulative twitter thread with a little bit of everything and more than i explained

+ stop asian hate gofundme

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the blockage is gone but still don't have my stimulus,still don't have my severance, and my new job doesn't start until later this week, not to mention i still haven't paid my roomate back the $400 i owe them from the last plumbing disaster!

if someone could throw me some money/reblog this i'd be grateful. tbfh if i get that stimulus check soon i'll delete this post but i'll believe that when i see it.

paypal.me/swampert

In Telugu, “gundi” means “smol/button/round/cute”.

Why do we say that capitalism must be “dismantled”?

You’ll hear phrases like “Smash the state!” “Eat the rich!” and “Smash capitalism!”

And, yes, of course, but… :)

However relevant those sayings are, our work must be careful, highly organized and above all planned.

Because capitalism and all of its associated systems are not discrete, abstracted entities we can attack independently.

It is a structure, like a complicated machine with many thousands of working parts…

And right now it is connected to absolutely everything.

If we do this… [picks up huge hammer and smashes the machine]

Then a lot of vulnerable people will die.

The machine was built and improved and redesigned and patched over the course of generations. It is very good at its intended purpose, which is ultimately to generate profit.

Every human being alive today relies on the byproducts of the machine to survive, without exception.

The machine’s engineers want it to keep working like it does. In fact, they want to optimise it.

That will kill all remaining life on Earth.

So, we must destroy the machine, quickly and carefully

We must examine its deadly programs and mechanics and replace them with alternatives we built together.

The engineers don’t want us tampering with the machine.

However, we make it run…

So we can make it STOP. Together.

How will YOU help us to safely dismantle the machine?

iww.org

I honestly have no idea, but I’m all about sticking it to Amazon leadership without hurting its workers. Anybody have insight into this?

Also, here’s our position on unions (spoiler alert: we’re for ‘em!):

👑Happy International Women's Day 👑

Where there's a woman, there, indeed, is magic. Vibe out with us and enjoy these empowering songs. Pass this playlist on to the magical woman in your life.

New post to make things easier for folks trying to buy a tarot reading! I am a queer, Jewish sex worker trying not to expose myself to covid.

All readings are $5/card and I accept Venmo or Cashapp.

All readings are text and photo-based, so no Skype or anything, you will just receive a reading in your dms.

like i people don't INTEND to commodify or sensationalize us, but every time i see people hyping up cryptids i always get the unpleasant reminder that people only care abt my state for ~mothman~ or to conveniently stereotype in debates abt gun control. please please if you have spent any time learning abt cryptids, also learn abt wv coal miners, who work a dying industry because it's the only job a cycle of Incredible poverty makes accessible to them, have had absolutely no protections against COVID enforced, despite not only working in incredibly cramped, dangerous positions, but Already being at high risk for respiratory diseases like black lung. learn abt the governor who was reelected in the midst of all the other major politics last year, the only millionaire in west virginia, who at one point owed 7 billion dollars in fines for mine safety violations that he still hasn't paid and whose family STILL owns most mines in the state.

Holler Health Justice, a queer BIPOC-led nonprofit that provides access to abortion, free EC, and other mutual aid across Appalachia

Appalachian Mountain Advocates, which works across Appalachia to shift towards clean energy and end fossil fuels and fracking

Mountain Justice, which works in West Virginia to fight environmental damage, in particular mountain top removal

WV Free, a group that advocates reproductive rights in west virginia

Fairness WV, a group that advocates lgbt+ rights in west virginia

Foxfire  - in 1966, a bunch of high school kids in Southern Appalachia (Georgia) created a magazine featuring interviews from their family and community members about Appalachian culture and history. Now, not only has the magazine creation been passed down from generation to generation of high school students, but there’s an entire center and foundation for Foxfire.

What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia - don’t read Hillbilly Elegy; read this book instead. It genuinely changed my life and my understanding of this nation. This is a “why didn’t they teach us THIS in school” book filled with important knowledge, defense of minority groups in Appalachia, dispelling of myths... seriously it’s such a good book.

How Half of America Lost Its F***ing Mind - this article is less Appalachia-centric, but it offers a pretty balanced look at why rural counties glowed red in 2016 and 2020 (note: this article was written back in early 2016, when liberals never fully believed Trump would get any votes, but the also liberal author of the article knew more than he thought he did). Again, one of the few articles on the Internet that doesn’t use “uneducated” as an insult.

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also the whole ‘fellow white people’ part is very ‘us versus them’ othering of people of color. you could say ‘white people do better’ not ‘fellow white people’ because that phrasing immediately shuts out poc... who are the ones who should be talking about it, not you.

How a transgender-owned alpaca ranch in Colorado foretells the future of the rural queer West.

Read this article here.

They talk at length about existing as openly queer folks in a very very rural Colorado valley and standing up against violence and threats from far-right community members. The organization has been targeted by calls about “animal abuse” this month (2/21) because their alpacas eat off the ground. You can support them through their etsy, gofundme, or through more backing on social media.

They have a pack of ten dogs, all named after characters from Star Trek. They have sniper rifles. They live in a geodesic dome. They have a thriving herd of alpacas. It’s a particular sort of utopia.

Minors are most likely to be abused by their relatives, but cant even leave on their own accord legally. Adults they trust can't even house them unless the kid(s) talk to child services, and go through the whole ordeal of reliving their abuse so adults they don't know can make a case. If the proof just isn't there, they'll have to go back home with their abusers, and most definitely recieve backlash.

If the court manages to find the relative(s) guilty, that child is either placed into a shitty system that furthers mistreatment, requiring them to uproot their whole lives for instability. Or maybe they go off on their own (some places 16 year olds can apply for emancipation), but they usually end up homeless because of age discrimination in the workplace and with rental properties, or they might get involved with people who inflict more harm to them.

All while recovering mentally and/ or physically from abuse. All while going to school, because it's illegal to drop out before a certain age.

I’m updating my post from the last one. My results came back for my covid test and the scary thing happened i tested positive for covid :(  With  that coming out positive they want me to re test again in two weeks which sucks and i don’t know what to because I have bills to pay and need to buy food and also my cats more litter and food.  I’m asking for some help to get me though one more time.  Any donations help. I really am going to end up losing everything at this point  From getting out of a abusive relationship to testing positive really sucks. :( .please boost!

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In a few years anyone using AAVE will be considered on the same level as anyone using “rawr xD” language by the same whites who are now enthusiastically peppering AAVE in all their internet persona and its the black people who will be either shamed into stopping using their language too as well or be considered “cringey” for using it as they used to be considered before it became “cool” to use AAVE.