T Journey Journal #8

owning a polaroid camera and then not even using it to take creepshots or sleeping photos of your friend to hide under your bed is false advertising. either get a regular camera or start acting like a pervert

it’s time to find resellers and hunt them for sport

They’re scared because they know that the public is with Luigi.

They’re violating his rights because they need to maintain capitalism.

Keep talking about Luigi.

“tik tok is brainrot I’m glad it’s getting deleted” YOU are ignoring an early warning sign of fascism bc silly dances and asmr annoys u. tik tok ban is a part of a MUCH bigger bill that indicates any foreign app, if deemed a threat, can be banned if the owner does not sell it. aka the government is mad bc they cannot censor & their capitalist puppet masters are mad they aren’t making money from it. and if ur ok w that……hm

I've been dreading making this post but here it goes

I am a 33 year old trans woman currently in a very tight financial situation

at the end of December, I broke 3 of my ribs in an accident as had to stay home from work to recover and just barely recently returned to work

however, due to a lack of sick leave to cover 2 months (time spent recovering and dealing with work not wanting me back until I was at 100% capability), my next paycheck will be lower than average, and since I've been living paycheck to paycheck, this is really bad news

especially since the bill for both my hospital visit and an increase of my car insurance payment decided to happen all at once

my savings are dreadfully low and this isn't even taking the regular bills for this month into mind

I know it's a very hard time for a lot of people, which is why I feel guilty writing this, but if any help at all can be spared I will DEEPLY appreciate it so much; PLEASE ONLY HELP IF YOU ARE ALRIGHT FINANCIALLY

Paypal

Venmo - @ alaudelo

I would very much appreciate it if you could REBLOG this 💜

thank you all so much 💜

Figured I’d use this blog to document my T journey, no reason I shouldn’t

Time since start: 3 days

Only a few days in and the only noticeable differences are an increase in energy and much, much oilier skin. Usually I can go a day without washing my face, I don’t think that’s the case anymore. Strangely, I’ve worn skirts more since I’ve started T than I ever have. Maybe it’s the subconscious of “I’m finally a dude I can do whatever I want”

I haven’t gotten any snide remarks from Mamá or anyone else since the whole “you’re irresponsable for starting T w/o having a job” lecture the day I got the gel. I’ll have a job soon, I’ve applied to a place my friend works and I’ll call them soon, as well as a second place where I know the manager. The sooner I can be out of here the better, especially since they’re kicking me out May 1st.

The gel smells like sanitizer

Hello, I'd like to ask that you spare Mohammed some money. He's been raising money for his family of 5 since last year, the youngest of which is only 6 years old. Israel's violation of the ceasefire, he once again needs help to be able to afford basic goods for his family.

Vetted by GazaVetters, No. 77 (the fundraiser is in his youngest brother's name)

Donate to the GoFundMe or directly to PayPal

Imagine walking for miles beneath a merciless sun, each step a battle against exhaustion. The empty water containers in your hands feel heavier with every faltering step, but you press on through rubble-strewn streets, driven by the desperate need to find clean water for your family.

Your vision blurs, dark spots dancing at the edges, and your heart pounds with the effort to stay upright. The heat is suffocating, your limbs tremble with fatigue, but you force yourself forward, refusing to give in. Then, without warning, your strength gives out. Your legs buckle, and you collapse onto the burning earth, dust rising around you as darkness claims your senses.

Images: Ahmed Aldani, a chronically ill teenager from Gaza, is trying to raise money to evacuate and receive medical treatment abroad.

@ahmedaldanigg

@ahmedaldani333

Story written by @rumiandroses

For most in Gaza, each day is a battle for survival—but for fifteen year old Ahmed Aldani, who is chronically ill, the struggle is far more severe. His body is being pushed to its limits by the relentless strain of hunger, pain, and exhaustion. He needs urgent medical care and a chance to escape the nightmare that has become his everyday life.

Image: Ahmed recently reached out to us with an update on his condition.

Every task, no matter how small, has become a struggle for survival. Just a few weeks ago, Ahmed collapsed while walking 3 kilometers (almost 2 miles) to fill water—his body having difficulty sustaining the effort, in desperate need of medical care that, without financial help, is out of reach for Ahmed and his family.

Born amidst conflict, Ahmed has spent all fifteen years of his life enduring the effects of war. The development of his teeth and hair were negatively impacted by toxic gas his mother inhaled during a phosphorus attack while pregnant with him in 2008. The recommended treatment—dental implants—is far beyond his family’s means, with each tooth costing around $1,000. But without treatment, the pain and exhaustion will only worsen.

Images: The development of Ahmed's hair and teeth were impacted by white phosphorus that his mother accidentally inhaled after an occupation attack near the family home in 2008.

Ahmed’s family has been displaced more than seven times in the past ten months, their savings drained just to stay alive. They now live in the southern part of Gaza, jobless and with no access to proper medical care.

This GoFundMe is a lifeline, both for Ahmed’s survival and for his family’s chance to escape Gaza and access the medical treatment he so desperately needs. The goal is to raise $50,000 to cover travel expenses, medical care, and a chance for Ahmed to finally rest, heal, and grow up without pain overshadowing every moment.

Ahmed needs your help—now more than ever. Even the smallest donation can help bring him closer to the care he needs to reclaim his health and his future.

You can donate to Ahmed's GoFundMe campaign [HERE].

Ahmed's campaign has been vetted by @gazavetters, and is (#198) on their list of verified campaigns.

Remember barely even a week ago when the New York Times editorial staff put out an article calling Trump's erasure of trans people abhorrent, but took no responsibility for their role in it?

Yeah. About that

¡¡TW: Sexual Topics/My dad being creepy/evangelical Christianity!!

No bc one of the worst things ab growing up evangelical is realizing that everyone saw you as nothing but sexual from the age of like 12 onwards. Like my dad wouldn’t let me downstairs w/o a bra *even when he was the only guy in the house*, and I just had to be ok with that??

Like my dad and stepmom offered to put me on birth control when I got a bf in high school and when I said I didn’t want to sleep with my bf my stepmom went “Then why do you hold hands?” Like every person you hold hands with you wanna fuck. (If that’s the case call me a whore-)

And it doesn’t help that I was overdeveloped from a young age (C cups at 12 now a E at 19) and I started binding early on in my teenage years bc of the dysphoria, then KEPT binding bc it stopped my dad’s friends from looking at me and my dad commenting about my chest being “out all the time”

And he thought this way about me since I was a kid. He KEPT thinking about me like that and probably still does today. He never touched me or said anything outright (I mean he did tell my older sister and I that if we weren’t his kids he would date us) but it’s still so unsettling knowing those thoughts were there.