Tired as Hell TBVMFH

There were folks here that I know elsewhere now who literally help save lives in their communities and have online safe spaces in other places that they were able to build and cultivate. Seeing Black people who became huge when they left here will always be my perception of Tumblr. It is a place that Black people started great work and were put out because the work wasn't valued by the white Tumblr population or was straight up sabotaged by them.

I FINALLY got back in touch with Cashawn, who was the first person who got "Black Girls are Magic" poppin. I hadn't been in touch with her for nearly a decade! Because she fucking left here. And there are a few, very few who tap in and see what's up over here every now and then. But a lot of them simply let Tumblr kick rocks and they were correct to do so.

And it was the central place, not just for Trayvon's story, but everyone's. When other sites were not giving information or giving construed information, there were so many boots on the ground activists who used THIS SITE to communicate their situations and tell you what was real. In fact, one of the main points of the purges were getting rid of activists who were using the site to keep others informed.

This WAS the site people came to for things, and then it had to become Twitter and there are still ignoramuses on here who chuckle "Twitter is having old convos from Tumblr lol" Twitter is having PRESENT convos that many of the same people who were having them on Tumblr had to go have them on Twitter instead, because Tumblr became unsafe for the work that they started here. Twitter is STILL having conversations that Black people have had to have in every space we occupy and are often run out of.

Won’t you chase my clouds away? I’d give anything to see the sun again. Only you can stop these tears from falling. I can’t face another day…

I'm bringing it up here because something that happened in the Rapunzel based book (Cress) was she eventually met her biological father. I didn't care for his character the entire time. And after not liking this man, we eventually learn that his name before he left his home, was Sage Darnell.

This really upset me, as I thing Sage Darnell is such a dope name, but it was gifted to such a raggedy character!! Furthermore (on a petty note) that sounds like a Black person's name. Honestly, whether on the front or if its a last name "Darnell" is a name that invokes Blackness. Idc what nobody say.

For that reason, when I gave Punzie a familiar and knew they would need a name, I named him Sage (not Darnell, unfortunately that rockin ass name already exists). But, he's Sage Blossom, because I was always gonna call him Blossom, but I tacked on the "Sage" thanks to my upset with that doctor in the books.

THEN, Learned that there are massage parlors in my area called "Sage Blossom Massage," SO. It is very possible I will change his name so it won't be that.

Maybe I'll go full Deep in the Heart of Texas on him and change it to "Sage Bloom"

Now that my brain is in Texan mode, maybe Sage Bluebonnet. Meh. Not as pretty maybe. For right now, I think I'll just tag him as "Sage the Familiar"

hi, everyone. the situation at home has gotten progressively worse, with my father turning physically abusive and breaking my nose a few weeks ago. Me and my gf need help to leave the house and rent a small place for ourselves, as well as pay for our meds and hrt. We are kind of in a desperate situation right now, and any amount would really help us.

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