Think of a car that is passed down through generations. Due to necessity, oppression, poverty, etc - let's say that the car was neglected by our grandparents. They had to keep going without any gas. They then pass down this car to their daughter...

Thank you 🤎💙 to my body for housing me and doing the best se can. Thank you to my body for showing me I'm ill even when I've convinced myself everything is okay. Thank you to my body for holding onto the truth - ancestral and my own.

We have less capacity than the generation before us, because we inherit the bodies our ancestors have already broken down beyond its capacity.

I thank my body for being ill. I thank my body for showing me that there is something to heal.

Cause the problem, Then sell us the band-aid - That's always been C4pital!sm’s choice of w3ap0n.

It's not survivor's guilt. It's pain for those I wish were here with me.

Looking for people who: 1. Wear masks for covid still 2. Understand Tamil and/or ASL 3. Actually reply to texts more than once a month 4. Don't discard me at the first conflict and give me room to explain a misunderstanding Feels like I'm searching for a needle in a haystack.

I have mostly given up on finding any sapphic ppl who wear masks in person. Long distance connections are there but I don't know if it makes it harder or easier sometimes...the longing tears me up at night. I need touch. I've been touch starved for years.

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My food stamps were unexpectedly cut, while I'm in a severe flare up of my illness where I can't stand or cook. I don't have funz for food delivery. I'm hungry, disabled , and need community care. C4$HAPP: $apphicSiren V3NMO: theSapphicSiren

I'm not waiting for a miracle. I am the miracle. The miracle is me.

As Dr. Ambedkar has taught us, any religion can be measured by how it influences people’s actions. Dr. Ambedkar showed us how “Hind00ism” influences people to practice c4ste ap4rth3id. He asks us, why should we value a “religion” that causes such deep oppression and harm...

I know there's *some* bisexual and pansexual queer wom3n and nonbinary ppl who date c!s het m3n as well as queer women & nonbinary ppl...but their ratio is often very skewed towards the c!shet men. Usually , they shrug it off with something like "well m*n are easy"...

Perhaps, one thing that impoverished people have on our side , to help us survive, is lived experience. People who’ve been unhoused before, people who’ve been displaced before for example - maybe we can better know what to do. Even then, I personally struggle with...(continued)

I've been reading a lot of "if you're *insert oppressed identity*, you CAN'T DO *XYZ* . Can we change the language to "if you're *insert oppressed identity* , you're PUNISHED FOR DOING *XYZ* ?

Hi everyone! If you are an autistic racialized person who managed to get a diagnosis - did it help you get access to any forms of support, government provided or otherwise? If so, would you share your experiences below ?

As a melanated person , I am hyper aware of the negative connotations of “dark” especially in spiritual healing spaces. “Dark energy” is often used to describe anything malicious, bad, or negative, while “Light energy” is used to describe anything positive, good,...(Continued)

You know what's the WORST?!? When yt or light skinned disabled people gaslight brown skinned to dark skinned or racialized disabled people. I couldn't get through an aisle in a restaurant in my wheelchair because...(Continued)

Caste is such a deep wound...I am still learning layers of oppression in my ancestry that have been completed erased because some of my caste oppressed ancestors thought assimilation would save them...

Unfortunately, being disabled as a brown skinned or dark skinned person perceived as a woman puts you in predicament. As a brown skinned to dark skinned person perceived as a woman - you will be expected to do a lot of labor and to serve and adjust to everyone else. But ...

I'm starting to understand now. Much the v!0l3nce I have experienced as a brown skinned person perceived as a woman..., I wasn't able to avoid it due to my disability.

When ableism and colorism intersects: You get an opportunity. You ask for the slightest modification or change because something is inaccessible to you. But, when you do so - they withdraw the opportunity completely and blame you as being "difficult" and "ungrateful".

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I want to use the Parable of the Sower as a start for building our guide to surviving CLYM4T3 C4T4$TROPHY with community care. But, there are also holes I see to it happening in practice, which come from my lived experience. As a disabled person, I would likely be left behind...(Continued)

My action does not come from r4dic4l "hope". I've been pushed down too many times. My action comes from surviving, and living DESPITE not having much hope.

The apocalypse has hit some of our lives long before it hits others. This means some of us are already living within the realities of the Parable of the Sower. For example, ...

I treasure the Parable of the Sower for its depiction of community care as a survival strategy. But, it's hard for me to believe I can build the community connections necessary to evacuate & survive CL!M4TE C4T4$TROPHY, as a disabled person without much "family" support or money.

I think people need better discernment of who they're speaking to , and recognize that depending on what oppressions we face, we may need to hear different things.

In the wake of these fires in LA, and specifically Altadena, more people have been talking about how Octavia Butler predicted this. While I’m glad she is getting the recognition she deserves, I think some people are missing the point she makes in her book...(Continued)

I wrote an article on using Octavia Butler’s the Parable of the Sower to Build a Guide to Surviving CLYM4T3 C4T4$TROPHY, by Using Community Care as our Strategy.

Using Octavia Butler’s the Parable of the Sower to Build a Guide to Surviving Climate Catastrophe, by Using Community Care as our Strategy Full article available on Patreon.com/theSapphicSiren and Ko-fi.com/theSapphicSiren to people who compensate me for my writing.

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It's pongal and the lands where I am are burning. It's pongal but only the fires are overflowing. I don't know how to express what I feel. The dichotomy. The greif.

Do not post screenshots of my writing anywhere without my consent.

Octavia Butler was right about the place. She was right about the year. She even predicted the type of climate catastrophe that would hit LA.

If fighting back is breaking me, then it's not worth it. Porattam, the struggle, resistance, persistence - yes it can be inspirational to others, but it's not worth it if it's at my expense.

I'm going to be very transparent. I usually make about 200-300 a month from my online d4nce/$3x w0rk. That's what helps me make rent and have food each month, because My Patreon & Ko-fi subscriptions for my writing don't cut it. With this flare up of my illness, I had to pause...

I am sure people might say "Why am I focusing on the colorism in Neelam's films when I could focus on the colorism by caste oppressor Tamil filmmakers?" I hear you. To put it simply, it's because our struggles are linked. We can not challenge caste without challenging colorism, &...(continued)

I saw that Neelam released a documentary on colorism. I haven't watched it. I've been avoiding it. You may not like my feelings on this but tbh I feel bitter. Oh so NOW you want to talk about colorism?...(Continued)

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Support a Mexican 🇲🇽 transmasc SWer struggling with injury & unemployment I’m facing debt bills, and covering half the house expenses to avoid eviction I need ↪️ $250 USD this month to get by Anything helps, every penny counts! I’m deeply grateful for all support 💕 ⭐ ko-fi.com/ryutea

It's one of those days people once again say "m*t*ual a!d is the answer to everything, come join us here." It's become some script. Some pattern...This is usually directed at people of more privelege who haven't seen the value of m*t*al a!d to this point. However...(Continued)

While m00t00al 4id and community care is often talked about as the solution to many forms of oppression, there is a lack of conversation on why some of us are traumatized by these same communities and therefore do not feel safe relying on community to care for us.

In my circles, there is a lot of talk speaking to more priveleged people, who do not see the value in mutual aid. However, there is very little talk speaking to the most oppressed of us, who see the value in mutual aid, yet also don’t believe in it to catch us. That's why I...

V!ctim bl4ming is constantly adapting new language. Even if you don't get the "But what were you wearing", there are other forms. It can look like rumors being spread about you being "cold" or "rude" when you're setting boundaries with someone who violated you.

I wish that instead of screaming out at privileged people to "do more", we would look around at the multi oppressed people who are tired out from doing too much, and ask each other - "what can we do differently?"

I need mobility aids. I have had increasing times when I couldn't move my legs. What I was repeatedly told was "common for autistic people" and "just severe dissociation" actually turned out to be a medical condition... C4SHAPP $apphicSiren V3NMO theSapphicSiren