be trans, do cringe.

posts have been getting a lot of notes but almost no donations, and any interaction with this post or donation recieved helps more than you could possibly imagine. thank you so much

Like Etsy used to be except artists keep their money and the site is run off of a yearly fee for hosting stuff and some non invasive ads. There's other stuff, but the point is that the artists don't have to share a percentage on what they sell with the site.

Disclaimer: Almost all of my materials are thrifted, donated to me, or sourced from Buy Nothing groups where people are giving away art supplies.

The problem with the Buy Nothing groups is that a lot of the stuff people have to offer is from Shein or AliExpress.

People think a decent workaround to this is, "Oh, you can buy the SAME EXACT MATERIALS from this mom and pop Etsy shop or your local craft store," but the thing is, Etsy shops that supply beads and charms are often just curated Shein/AliExpress products that they dropship, and the stuff that the craft stores sell comes from the same manufacturers and is just more expensive. It's not like there's an Evil Factory where Shein an AliExpress get craft supplies, and then a Nice Factory where Michaels and Etsy resellers get craft supplies.

I'm NOT saying this to pull the, "There's no ethical consumption under capitalism," card in a completely misunderstanding way where I think you might as well just buy from Shein because everything sucks; I'm saying that it's just almost impossible to find anything, even if you can afford to pay more, that doesn't come from exploitation.

I personally feel like getting donations of unused stuff or picking things up from craft trades is an okay compromise. I think it's better for me to USE the things someone who totallyyyy thought they were gonna start a jewelry business in quarantine manic spent $500 on than it is for them to be thrown away. But it's not a perfect solution! There isn't one! When people say there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, they mean that no matter how hard we try, we're backed into corners like this every time we need or decide to make a purchase, and the only way to get around it is to not purchase anything. I think it's still important to do what you can when you can when it comes to making educated choices about the companies you support, but it's just that. You can often only make educated choices, not ethical ones.

A lot of people argue that if there's no way to make art that's 100% free of sin, then you just shouldn't be doing it because it's not necessary, but I don't know that I agree with that. A life without art isn't a life I want to live! But then that makes it seem like I think my right to have fun supercedes other people's right to fair working conditions and basic necessities, which obviously isn't what I believe either.

You and a friend have an argument and they decide you’re toxic? You said something problematic when you were 12/13? You like something that makes someone else uncomfortable?

My mother is in the ICU, and her life depends on an urgent, life-saving surgery that costs $700.

For three whole days, we haven't received a single donation. Three days of absolute silence and agonizing waiting.

The heartbreaking reality? We have only raised $3 out of $700.

My mother is slowly dying because we cannot afford her treatment.

The amount someone might casually spend on a cup of coffee is literally the price of my mother’s next breath.

We don't have the luxury of time. We don't have the luxury of pride. We need your help immediately.

Please donate whatever you can; even $1 makes a huge difference.

If you cannot donate, reblogging this is a must. It might reach someone who can help save my mother's life before it's too late.

We're just $30 away from my mother's life-saving surgery.

Let's reach the goal today. One final push can save her life.

Just some very literal "all lives matter" bullshit.

This isn't done to gay men, or cis lesbians, or TME bisexual people, it's not even done to transmasculine people. It is done exclusively to trans women and transfeminine non-binary people. We are being legally sex-trafficked by yhe government within the men's prison system. And this has been happening for generations!

This is not something that "effects all queer people." The only way it effects TME queer people is by making them a little sad when they have to read about it. We, trans women and transfeminine non-binary people, are the ones being fucking legally sex-trafficked by the state.

I beg y’all please help or share. Lost my job June 16 alongside 2 Black employees. Power’s been off since the 24th, can’t cook, refrigerate food, or do laundry. Trying to get utilities on & keep a roof over my head.

⚡ Electric: $50/$1,934.80

🏠 Rent: $800/$900

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like anon is basically saying something akin to "people just talking about their own experiences are being called able bodied." like yes, sometimes it is in fact very relevant to point out that someone's experiences are informed by the privileges they have access to! like if a neurodivergent person is speaking about their experiences but they have a clear blind spot when it comes to the privilege they experience as an able bodied person.

that and i can't help but notice, "yet they are often used regardless for transmasc, non-binary and intersex people speaking about their individual experiences" carries the implication that all nonbinary and intersex people are TME. like i wonder why TME is the default for these groups, why TMA nonbinary and intersex people are largely made invisible. if only there were words for those categories; that would be so useful in identifying that and talking about it