i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

I urgently need $466 left for the cost of my mother's back operation

Subject : Collecting money for my mother's operation in her back

Current process :

USD 3,122 / $3,563

Vetted by @sar-soor

Vetted by @opencommunion

Vetted by @el-shab-hussein

My Mother's Life Depends on Your Kindness 💔

My mother is in Gaza, where every day is a struggle to survive. Some time ago, she was injured when shrapnel from nearby shelling struck her back. She tried to endure the pain for as long as she could, but now her condition has become critical.

She has now been admitted to the hospital, and her condition is very serious. She is suffering from unbearable back pain, extreme exhaustion, and every passing day brings more suffering. Watching my mother fight through this pain while I can do so little is heartbreaking.

The doctors told us that she urgently needs emergency back surgery. They warned us that the operation must be performed within the next 6 days to prevent her condition from deteriorating further.

The total cost of this life-saving surgery is $1,000.

Thanks to the incredible kindness of compassionate people, we have now raised $267 through our previous fundraising posts. We are deeply grateful to every person who has donated, shared our story, or kept my mother in their prayers.

That means we still need $441 from this appeal to complete the remaining amount needed for her surgery. We are getting closer, but time is running out, and every dollar brings my mother one step closer to the operation that could save her life.

I am begging you from the bottom of my heart: please don't scroll past my mother's suffering. Every donation, no matter how small, truly makes a difference. Even $5 or $10 can help when many kind people come together.

If you are unable to donate, please share this post with your friends, family, and community. Your share could reach someone who is able to help save my mother's life.

Please help us raise the remaining $441 within the next 6 days. My mother's condition is very serious, and she cannot wait any longer.

Thank you for your kindness, your prayers, and for standing with my family during the most difficult time of our lives ❤️.

So when I said "Our society's obsessive fixation on attaining abnormal degrees of thinness and equating it to being healthy is detrimental to people of all body types, and a natural standard which must be forcibly maintained to this degree is not a natural standard"

the therapy:

and i said yes yes but the truth is if it meant you were safe i would have happily never met you at all

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Please help my friend @save-maryam's father about whom I wrote this poem a year ago. He and his family are surviving in Gaza and depend on this fundraiser for income. Donations have been very slow lately. As of writing this, the last donation was three days ago.

Vetted by gazavetters, #15.

tagging for reach, please share and ask your friends to share as well, thank you <3 (let me know if you don't want me to tag you anymore, apologies for any multiple tags)

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.