Nesha showing up fat and in jeans

I started the tale with a brief run through Rapunzel's more known backstory, with a little bit of my seasonings on it

It started with pretty simple new growth

Then, it just kept growing…

And, she continued to grow, as well. 

She learned things about herself.

Inevitably, she learns how hard life can get

She may as well live it in a way that serves her best.

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

Op has been asking for help since april or even earlier than that, can we get some help so this couple doesn't become homeless????

@hope-the-feathered @hagiomoto @havetimewillgive @c-u-c-koo-4-40k @rhubarbspring @toiletpotato @paparoach @tariah23 @helppeople @beastomato @nonbinary-support

I even at one point thought "Oh, if another white person explains this to them, they'll be more able to listen and understand." Yet any time they do, this is what happens.

"I’m a cancer survivor abt to lose housing. My last ask ever for communal support is for 3k, if folks wouldn’t mind chipping in to help w the transition out of my apt, moving costs of my life upending, & losing my home b4 surgery. Thanks everyone! I (we) tried.

P/V: nubulagalaxie"

I just realized that the little, I believe, AI generated short story to link to my actual story has me listed as a single parent. Their contact is also AI and gives instructions to change MY writing, but not the one that they created. I am not a single parent. There is not a child in my temporary home. I am not sure why that was the caption for my story. It isn't one that I chose. I am broke alone. I had a cat, but she died and the person who had been living with us, as well as my mother and grandmother. Unsure how parenting got involved, but I am presuming AI.

Happy pride! Queer people have been around forever - here's some of the oldest examples we have.

Deadline 14 June

Subject : collecting money for my father's emergency operation in his head

Current process :

USD 1,699 / $2,513

Vetted by @sar-soor

Vetted by @opencommunion

Vetted by @el-shab-hussein

Urgent Appeal for My Father’s Life 💔

I am begging you from the bottom of my heart, please do not scroll past my father’s suffering.

My father was seriously injured in the head after a nearby bombardment. The injury is severe, and his condition is getting worse. Doctors have told us that he urgently needs surgery as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration and potentially save his life.

We are devastated and completely unable to afford the cost of the operation. The surgery costs $1,200. So far, we have managed to collect $386, but there is still $814 remaining, and we must raise it as quickly as possible before it is too late.

Every moment we wait puts my father at greater risk.

This appeal was originally posted on 30 May 2026, and we are still urgently continuing our effort to gather the remaining amount.

Please, I am pleading with you. If you can donate, no matter how small the amount, you could help save my father’s life. If you cannot donate, please share this appeal with others. Every share may reach someone who can help.

I cannot bear the thought of losing my father because we could not gather the money for his treatment in time. Watching him suffer while feeling helpless is a pain I cannot describe.

Please, help us give him a chance to survive and recover.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

"The original literary vampires represented carnal knowledge. At their foundation, whether we're looking at Stoker, Polidori, Carmilla, vampires represent a defiance of societal gender and sexual norms. They represent a rejection of conformity, of the default, and specifically of heteronormative and prudish structures." -V.E. Schwab