I Lost Everything... But I Still Hold On To Hope ✨

🌟 A Cry for Help: My Family’s Struggle to Survive in Gaza 🌟

Hello, my name is Areej Kassab. I’m a 27-year-old English teacher and writer from Gaza, and I’m reaching out to you with a heavy heart and a desperate plea for support. My family and I are enduring unimaginable hardships as relentless bombings devastate our home and our dreams.

We are a family of 15—10 adults and 5 children. Every day is a battle for survival. Food is scarce, humanitarian aid is not reaching us, and my little nieces and nephews go to bed hungry. Among them is my sister, who is deaf, and another sister who has a newborn baby. They, too, are suffering in this crisis, and I’m doing everything I can to protect and provide for them.

💔 A Life in Ruins The war has robbed us of everything: safety, peace, and even the hope of a future here. My family’s needs are basic yet critical—food, clean water, diapers for the babies, gas for cooking, and other essentials to make it through each day.

With rising prices and limited access to necessities, we are struggling to provide even the most basic items. My sister’s home has been destroyed, and we are working together to ensure everyone has shelter, food, and warmth.

✨ My Plea for Your Support ✨ I’m a writer, and I’ve been documenting the harsh realities faced by my community under siege. But words can only do so much. We need action, and we need help. Your kindness can save us.

🙏 How You Can Help

Donate: Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us closer to securing the essentials we desperately need.

Share Our Story: If you can’t donate, please share this post to help us reach others who can.

Your support will help provide food for the children, clean water for my family, and basic supplies to help us survive this unimaginable crisis.

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Donate to Emergency Evacuation for Areej's Family in Gaza, organized by Melissa Saul

My name is Melissa and I am supporting Areej to help her family surviv… Melissa Saul needs your support for Emergency Evacuation for Aree

Thank you for reading, for caring, and for standing in solidarity with us. Together, we can create a lifeline for my family—a chance to live, to dream, and to hope again.

With love and gratitude, Areej Kassab ❤️

i think there should be a game show where im the first ep someone gets all of their ex’s into a ring and they street fight it out until only one is left. the one who remains will get a shot at redemption and has to spend like ten episodes doing intensive therapy exercises.

kinda like tool academy tbh

puppy needs Attention

[ID: A three-panel art/mini-comic of Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. They are on the couch, with Lu Guang lying on his back and reading a book. In the first panel, Cheng Xiaoshi is hovering on all fours over him with a sly smile. Lu Guang is asking him what he’s doing, eyes still on the book. In the second panel, Cheng Xiaoshi is taking Lu Guang’s arm and attempting to get under it, to Lu Guang’s surprise. He successfully gets Lu Guang’s arm around him in the last panel, lying comfortably on top of him. Lu Guang looks annoyed but his blush betrays him. Cheng Xiaoshi’s cheeks are also red, smiling against Lu Guang’s chest. END ID]

So much queer discourse is just "i like pancakes" "so you hate waffles?" Type shit

"I believe mspec lesbians are valid" "so you think lesbians just need good dick?"

"I believe trans men can identify as lesbians if they want" "so you think trans men are women?"

"I believe transandrophobia exists" "so you think transfems oppress transmascs?"

No bitch that's a whole new sentence wtf are you talking about

what am i donna do about it? you’ll fucking see, just wait.

*faint sounds of chewing metal. i am carving ninja stars by tooth*

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

Hugely disappointed to learn what a baby changing station actually is. I thought I was getting a new one.

war crimes

snïef

kitty!!!! why are you attacking them

here’s a fun part of western history for those who indulge:

Mrs. Nash (or old Nash) was a successful Mexican laundress, midwife, seamstress, and baker. Such little is known about Mrs. Nash (or old Nash) that even her first name remains undiscovered.

She married a number of soldiers, including John Newman who was her last husband of five years.

Mrs. Nash was known for being kind and soft with pregnant women, gaining respect in her community of Fort Lincoln. She would bake pies, and would often ask “are ya comf?”

Another detail about Mrs. Nash is that she was a trans woman.

No one knew this about Mrs. Nash (aside from a former employer, who was the one that encouraged Mrs. Nash to pursue work as a laundress rather than cattle work) until her death, where she asked to be buried as she was with her clothes untouched. her wishes were not fulfilled, as this was a time where trans people were seen as “impersonators”. her husband received so much ridicule, that it caused him to tragically take his own life.

Mrs. Nash’s friend, Elizabeth Custer, said she felt no differently towards Mrs. Nash after her death, reportedly saying:

“Poor dear. I hope she is finally comf.”

i highly recommend looking into Mrs. Nash, as there are still some details about her that aren’t included in this post. important parts of history get forgotten and lost due to a severe lack of lgbtq+ representation in schools and media in general. the more people who know about specific instances of trans people existing throughout history, the longer Mrs. Nash and other trans people of history can live on. it is especially important in today’s age that we help everyone remember that queer people have always existed, and will continue to exist.

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this whole video is great and worth the watch, but the specific time stamp for Mrs. Nash starts at 19:43

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hitting liu xiao with the hypermobility beam. destructively.