Closeted Witch

BEKKATHYST AUTUMN 2017 GIVEAWAY

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Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. Autumn is finally here, and I’m super excited! So in celebration, I’m giving you the chance to win this large collection of items.

All these items came from my shop.

What you get:

$50 credit that can be applied to anything in my shop.

standing amethyst geode

labradorite palm stone

4 tumbled ametrine

rose quartz heart 

rainbow moonstone cabochon 

tourmalinated quartz point

amethyst point 

purple labradorite sphere 

ocean jasper sphere 

rose quartz sphere 

three gorgeous rainbow fluorite points 

golden calcite polished nugget 

two polished agate geodes 

amethyst worry stone

plus 3 little plastic sphere stands for the spheres! 

This has a retail value of $150 in addition to the $50 shop credit!

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

You don’t have to live in the US to join! 

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out my shop and if you’re interested, you can sign up for my email newsletter here. (Totally not necessary or required, it’s just an option!)

DO NOT tag this post as giveaway. That will risk the notes getting messed up, and this will be ruined for everyone. 

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count, too. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

Please don’t spam people with reblogs- you can reblog however many times you’d like, but please be courteous.

Each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends Wednesday, October 11th at 6 pm Pacific time.

The winner will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

i’m… 39. i just turned 39.

i’m only owning up to it because i was terrified of transitioning at 34 and i would do anything to alleviate that fear for someone else. 

35 now (just got home from a shoot and an outcall when this was taken)

40 y.o. here. Started HRT 6 months ago.

I’m 37 and counting! If I look younger, it’s because I have that whole autistic baby face thing going. Check my #autisticselfie tag to see more of my face!

If you have an emergency and have to go to the hospital, you’ll owe the hospital a lot of money. (I got into a car wreck and broke my ankle and my arm. My hospital bill was around $20,000)

You’ll also owe the ambulance provider, if you need one. (My ambulance bill was about $800)

You may get separate bills from the anesthesiologist or surgeon. (My anesthesiologist bill was $1,700)

You may need follow-up appointments. (My orthopedic surgeon billed me for the appointments and his surgery together and it was about $1,000)

You’ve also got to pay for medical equipment you need afterward, like crutches or a walking boot. (Mine cost about $75)

Altogether, I ended up with almost $24,000 in medical debt from one car accident. That’s a really scary number for someone like me who makes $10/hr at a 12 hour a week job.

I got my debt down to $1075 by making some phone calls and submitting some paperwork.

The first thing I did was contact the hospital. They don’t make it easy to find, but many hospitals (perhaps most hospitals?) have financial assistance programs for people who can’t afford medical bills. I don’t make a lot of money, and I have bills to pay, so they were able to help me. I called the billing department and asked if they had any assistance programs for low income people who can’t pay their bills. I had to call multiple times, and I got transferred in circles by people who didn’t know what I was talking about. Finally, I got an appointment with someone in “Eligibility Services” (I don’t know what other hospitals call it, if it’s something different). I had to bring my pay stubs and copies of all of my bills. When I got to the hospital for the appointment, nobody knew what I was talking about so I had to wander a little to find where I needed to go. I spoke with the guy in Eligibility Services, and I waited for a decision on how much of the bill they would forgive. A month later, I got a call telling me it was totally forgiven.

I did the same thing for my ambulance bill and my anesthesiologist, but the process was a LOT easier. I just had to mail some paperwork and it was totally forgiven.

I didn’t bother with the medical equipment suppliers, since the bills came from separate companies and I didn’t feel like going through the process twice for $75. I was assured at the hospital that they had similar programs for debt forgiveness, so I could have probably avoided paying that too.

The only thing I couldn’t get taken care of was the surgeon/follow-up appointment cost, but they were able to put me on a no-interest payment plan.

This will be an ongoing list of informative and educational posts by not only myself, but other members of the POC community. They are all properly credited and when you click on the link, it will take you to their post and their blog. Please support POC bloggers and give them a follow!

Also, if you have made posts or know of really good cultural appropriation posts (please send me actual links) that you would like for me to include in this post (because my search skills can only extend so far haha), please shoot me a message with a link! Since I make posts only on ndn issues (since I am ndn), there might be a few more posts on that subject until I can find more posts to even it out! Thank you for reading!

12/3/16: I fixed the broken links and removed the inactive ones! Added a Pasifika Cultures section!

12/13/16: Added on to all existing sections and made Central/South American cultures their own section.

12/22/16: Expanding the Roma, Asian and Pasifika sections a little.

The Basics//

‘A Basic Guide to Open and Closed Religions and Cultures’ by thecuriousviolet

‘Cultural Appropriation is…’ by bornabitch-allthedaysandnights

‘Cultural Appropriation is Racism. Calling it out is not.’ by faithandmagick

‘When Learning a Language becomes Cultural Appropriation’ by ReclaimingAsia

‘Difference Between Cultural Appropriation & Assimilation by fullygrownadultbabytealeaf

‘People are not obligated to share their culture with you.’ by asmcosplay

'You can’t be racist against a white person’ by wocinsolidarity

'Women of Color FAQs’ by wocinsolidarity

First Nations and Native American Cultures//

To White American Witches and Pagans, by thecuriousviolet

'On Smudging’ by thecuriousviolet

'On Dreamcatchers’ by thecuriousviolet

'On Totems/Spirit Animals’ by thecuriousviolet

'Halloween Costumes, Redface and Mascots’ by thecuriousviolet

'Two Spirit’ by thecuriousviolet

'An Ongoing List of Native American Racial Slurs’ by thecuriousviolet

'The Truth about Pocahontas’ by thecuriousviolet

’White people are erasing Pocahontas’ by izanzanwin

'Post mortem violence and why we won’t just 'get over it’’ by izanzanwin

'The Redskin Slur’ by izanzanwin

'Native Americans don’t owe you ANYTHING’ by asmcosplay

’You wouldn’t disrespect a purple heart, so why would you wear a war bonnet?’ by ikenbot

'Redface is not “honouring us” comic by bilbows

'Wearing a Headdress is never okay.’ by aaron2point0 and doyoumisterjones

Native Americans Don’t Owe You an Explanation of Anything by asmcosplay

'J.K. Rowling Erased Native American Cultures’ by Susan Cheng

Why J.K. Rowling Appropriating Native Culture Sucks by asmcosplay

Hey, Why Stop There, J. K. Rowling? by asmcosplay

Native Americans Trying on 'Indian’ Costumes Video by Buzzfeed

Central and South American Cultures//

'Cinco De Mayo and Cultural Appropriation’ by magic-becauselifeistragic

'Dia De Los Muertos and Racist Outfits’ by whoopsimadeamess

'Sugar Skulls’ by stormkit

Dearest White Friends, My Culture is Not a Costume by softesimon

#HispanicGirlsUnited Because… by gen-ugh-sis

This Mayan Shaman Tattoo is Grossly Racist and Here’s Why by badmagictattoos

Your Forever 21 Top is NOT Aztec! by palabrasconalas

Pasifika Cultures//

Moana Review by an Actual Polynesian Person by onenutman

Moana Masterpost by onenutman

Polynesia isn’t just one culture…Not all Pasifika people are Polynesian..by onenutman

Moana: Importance of the Tuiga by ulalole

Disney’s Racist Maui Costume by Michelle Van Dyke

Why Don’t People Care about the appropriation of Hawaiian culture? by pechfuzz

Hawaiian Themed Parties and Cultural Appropriation as Genocide by Erica Violet Lee

Thoughts on Pokemon Sun/Moon by a Native Hawaiian by fletchlings

Black and African Cultures//

’Why white people should never wear dreads’ by bornabitch-allthedaysandnights

’Celtic people did not wear dreadlocks’ by easol

'White hair vs black hair’ by sensei-aishitemasu

'Schooling you on cultural appropriation’ by Amandla Stenberg

Cultural Cannibalism by TaLynn Kel

Asian Cultures//

'Dear Non-Asian People…’ Tag by Reclaiming Asia

'You are stealing Indian culture’ by thyroidglands

'Desi Cultural Appropriation’ Links by youarenotdesi

My Culture is Not a Costume! by toga-vibes

Korean Cultural Appropriation by sad365

'Eating Sushi doesn’t make you Japanese’ by cwyonaiyama

'Harajuku Girls, Trademark Gwen Stefani’ by tokyo-fashion

When is wearing a Kimono appropriate? by Anon

Japanese Women Try on 'Geisha’ Costumes by Buzzfeed

Roma Culture//

'The G Word’ by myjourneymythoughts

10 Ways to Appreciate Roma Culture by rrojasandribbons

10 Myths about Roma Identity by rrojasandribbons

10 Facts about the Romani Language by rrojasandribbons

History of the word 'G*psy’ by rrojasandribbons

I’ve finally decided to stop being an arrogant chickenshit and just ask for the damn help already.

 So, I’m living in a shit, abusive home but there’s Hope of me leaving because I got accepted to a university several states away and the net cost is within affordable range. However, it’s still a stretch for someone who has next to nothing and has difficulty working due to shitty health. And going to the doc is a Problem because US Medical expenses without insurance are Bad

Also i’m a closeted gay trans man, for those that care about that. and i’m filipino

 It would really help me out if you could spare a bit of pocket change. Going to Uni will help me to leave my shit house, and I’ll be covered under the university’s health insurance so I can start working on fixing my health.

 More detail under the read more.