Racism is global, and it infiltrates everything that we do; it’s close to inescapable offline, and it’s just as common online. Fandom is no exception.

In 2019, Dr. Rukmini Pande did an interview with Henry Jenkins about her book Squee From The Margins: Fandom and Race. “I found that while it is certainly possible for fans of color to ‘pass’ within online fan spaces, their modes of escapism are mostly contingent – I can enjoy a source or fan text until it gets racist,” Pande said in the interview. “Other fans articulated the importance of finding networks of fellow non-white fans so that they could curate their experiences to be safer. In all cases, fandom certainly isn’t a space where these fans can escape from race/racism even if it is not something that is engaged with publicly or vocally.”

I am a Black queer & trans person who is trying to raise money to relocate from the midwest to a city where I will have better job opportunities, trans inclusive healthcare, & less encounters with transphobic violence in my daily life.

The city I currently reside in is where I'm from, & my family's consistent misgendering & transphobia are beginning to take a serious toll on my mental health. I am working, so I'm saving my wages towards moving in the summer. However, I need support to afford rent & living expenses between now & then.

I'm still 8,000 dollars away from my GoFundMe goal.

Please SHARE & DONATE

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if u donate more than $10 i’ll probably draw something for u just dm me proof that u sent it and we can work out some details

paypal

cashapp

if you want to help me out with a couple dollars, my venmo is wormpoet

Hi! I would never do this in other circumstances, but I have no choice.

So, a few years ago, my mom got us stuck in a quiet big debt. We paid more than half of it. But it still left a lot of money.

And the worst of it is, if we don’t pay the debt, creditors will take my grandma’s house away (because it is a pledge).

We all strangling so much. My grandma has a heart disease. And I have a panic attacks all the time.

So if you can help with donation or with sharing this, I will be infinitely grateful ❤️ You can save not just our house, but our family too.

You can go to this link, and donate. If you have any questions, I would love to answer it.

I also have a PayPal: [email protected]

Navajo/Hopi Covid Relief Fund

Critical Resistance, working to dismantle the prison industrial complex and abolish the police

The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, working to end violence against indigenous women and children and provide resources for the MMIW campaign

Sunrise Movement, a youth-led political campaign pushing the Green New Deal and climate legislation

Industrial Workers of the World. Unions.

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

The International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund (and you can get some rad stickers and other merch from it too)

I had my interview and im waiting for a call back but I need help getting by till I get that call and if I don’t get the call back then im screwed . I need help with food and rent and a few other bills including my phone. please donate if you can . I really need the help. Hopefully this is the last post i have to make. but im really in need of help please reblog. anything helps.

paypal.me/zombiemeowtaco or if you need my email. its [email protected]

zaytoun (linked above) – donate 3 year old olive tree saplings via the palestinian fair trade association (pfta) to olive farmers in jenin, nablus, and salfeet. £8 provides 1 tree, £21 provides 5 trees.

muslim global relief – at the £20 level: “With £20 we can gift one olive tree to a family in Palestine, Gaza. Once an olive tree has reached maturity, it can become a life-long source of olives and olive oil. Families can sell or trade the surplus olives and olive oil to buy other foods and needful items. Last year, MGR gifted 50 olive trees to Gazan farmers and families who’d lost their olive orchards to conflict.”

land of canaan foundation – options to donate to trees for life (also sponsored by PFTA) for olive and almond trees, pollinator project (providing beehives to palestinian farmers,) CSA palestine, and regenerative agriculature initiatives.

and here is the link to the application !!

message to department of justice

UPDATE : THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS PROCEEDING WITH THE EXECUTION OF DUSTIN HIGGS AS PLANNED, DESPITE HIM HAVING THE CORONAVIRUS. THIS WILL MAKE IT INCREDIBLY PAINFUL. WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE DAY.

HERE IS A LINK TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

AND A SCRIPT FROM TWITTER :

Hello,

I'm contacting you today regarding federal death row inmate Dustin John Higgs. I'm imploring you to do everything in your power to help prevent a DEADLY miscarriage of justice. Higgs is set to be executed for a crime he DID NOT commit. His case is filled with inaccuracies and outdated 'science'. The actual criminal gave a sworn statement EXONERATING Dustin Higgs.

However, Higgs is still set to be killed. I beg you to do the right thing and stop an innocent man from being killed by those who are supposed to protect the innocent.

Thank you.

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CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE SO IT DOESN'T GET FILTERED.