The Rafah invasion would be so catastrophic that even Biden momentarily called it a red line, though of course he walked it back.
It's hard to say something could be worse than what's already happened, nothing I could say wouldn't already apply, but this would massively increase the scale of this ongoing atrocity. Any pressure that can be brought to bear to stop it must be applied.
"I am Nadine… an ordinary woman in an extraordinary place. A mother, just trying to protect a small life in a world that has lost its meaning." 🌸
Hello, My name is Nadine. I am a Palestinian mother to a little girl who has become the center of my life and the reason for my strength. 💖 We live today in harsh circumstances, unlike anything we knew life to be. Our home is no longer a home… we live in displacement, fear, lack of food, absence of medicine, and a lack of safety. 😔
Yet every morning, I open my eyes to my daughter's face, and I try again. 🌞 Because she is here, I must stay strong. 💪 Because she is small, I need to create a safe world for her… even though my world is broken.
I write these words to share a moment of our reality that you may not see in the news. I’m not seeking pity, nor do I want to burden anyone… All I ask is that my words reach a heart that knows compassion, and understands that help, even in the smallest form, can make a big difference in someone's life like ours. ✨
Life here doesn’t go as it should… but it goes on. We live on hope, the kindness of strangers, words of encouragement, and hands that reach out at the right time. 🌟 Maybe you can’t change everything, but you can change one day in our lives… And one day with dignity is all we need to keep fighting. 💫
Thank you… from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for being here, for reading, for not turning a blind eye. To everyone who passed by here and left a kind mark: You are part of our strength. 🌷 From me and my little one: All my gratitude and all my prayers. 💖
I also have a lot of fanfic stories. Some of these I have started posting on AO3 (I just go by GoatinaCoat over there) and all of them are basically me sticking ocs into these universes and making shenanigans happen.
These are just all my long running fics I have planned. I do some shorter stuff which I won’t be counting on this list.
Grimm: New Blood: This is a Grimm sequel fic which follows the kids of the main cast as well as some ocs. It mainly follows Kelly and Hazel (one of the triplets) as detectives who like Nick and Hank before them have to solve wesen related cases. Old enemies are stirring though, looking for vengeance.
Was it all worth it?: A Star Wars oc fic. It follows Ceran Ormara from his life as a padawan through the Clone Wars and during the time of the Empire.
The Stars are Home: A Star Trek fic which starts by following Seren and Akoli, a half vulcan and klingon, during the 27th Century. The pair become unlikely friends and it follows their lives, through the joy and pain.
Hopes and Dreams au: My take on the characters of DC. It’s a combination of a lot of different canons, and some of my own ideas.
Bats of Gotham: The Batman story of the Hopes and Dreams au. Part 1 follows Bruce as he adopts Dick Grayson and while figuring out how to be a father, he has to figure out the identity of the villain known as Scarecrow.
Legendary Ties: A pokemon au story where it’s revealed certain people are connected to legendary pokemon which is why they are able to save the world. Cody is a pokemon ranger who at one time helped defeat Team Plasma, but his life takes a turn when Team Fable comes after him and the others connected to the Legendary pokemon.
Unamed Digimon story: Milly only trusts 2 people: her dad and her partner digimon, Dorumon. When the fact she’s a tamer gets revealed, she begrudgingly ends up working with Ray and Alex and their partner digimon Fanbeemon and Liollmon.
Unamed Spidersona story: Sawyer is the vigilante known as Orange Spider. They actually study arachnids, specialising in scorpions (yes they are annoyed they got spider powers) and while not working in a lab they patrol the streets of New York. They are trying to figure out the cause of the fire that killed their grandfather, while making sure no one has to suffer like they did.
I'd like to make an update post on Suad Ahmad @suad-ahmad whose story I've shared before.
When I first shared Suad's tragic story, she was a 9 months pregnant woman, trying to survive under the harshest circumstances imaginable with her family. Since then, she has given birth to a beautiful boy named Khaled, but her struggles have only increased.
(ID in Alt)
Now, Suad is trying to care for her infant in horrible conditions. They have unstable accommodations currently, often not knowing where her family will sleep on any given day. And some days, they go without a roof over their heads. On top of this, the heat and the insects are causing intense discomfort to her and her family.
Due to these conditions, her infant, Khaled, is constantly getting fevers and infections. At this age, he is so vulnerable, and while living in a diseased and filthy environment, without even proper nutrition, his health is at risk, which is causing Suad and her family great distress. Not to mention the bombings and massacres which they face every single day.
Suad has tried to take him to the hospital, but there is no proper healthcare anywhere in Gaza. The hospitals have no supplies and they are so crowded that treating Khaled in this environment could just make his illness worse.
Suad's situation is dire, and every bit of help you can offer would make a huge difference.
“In the past, my life was simple and peaceful, filled with love and safety. We were a family that lived together happily, sharing dreams and laughter. I never imagined that one day just dreaming of peace would feel like a luxury, and just surviving another day would become an achievement.
Today, I’m Mai, standing here with a broken heart. My mother is sick, and we don’t have the resources to help her. I am also unwell, but I have to be strong because my mother and brother need me. My older brother is badly injured—he used to be so strong and full of hope for the future, and now he needs someone to stand by him. We have lost everything: our safety, our home, and even the little things that used to make life beautiful.
I miss my old life. I miss the days when we were just a happy family, free from fear and pain. Back then, we looked forward to the future with hope, but now our dreams are simple—just to make it through another day together.
I’m reaching out for support. We’re fighting every day to survive, but we need someone to stand by us, to give us hope that better days are possible. Every bit of help, every prayer, and every kind word means the world to us. Please, share our story.” “Let’s reach $2k! We just need 25 people to donate $20 each. We can do this!” donate what you're able to or 5$ AT LEAST to her gofundme . for people in countries with weaker currencies, her paypal is also available and they accept any transfer amount. and i know you all afford to give away at least 1$ !
Feel free to spread this message, add your voice, or reblog it to help a family in need. Every share can bring us closer to the support we desperately need.
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jabalia refugee camp was just bombed and my friend @hazempalestine’s family (#281) is stuck there please donate so they can survive
I'm very tired of this "queer college students should stop supporting Palestine, they'd kill you there!" I watched a hijabi ask a trans man, "but what name do you want to go by?" A butch giving a woman their hoodie so that she could keep her hair covered after the cops took her scarf. Muslim girls making sure the lesbian couple got through the system together. Religious men making sure green haired protestors got out safe. A Palestinian girl with an ex-southern baptist fiance, who definitely isn't a practicing Muslim, whose parents were raising hell for her. I don't want to hear it. Solidarity forever, free Palestine.
Wafaa has made the difficult decision two days ago to raise her campaign goal from €50k to €60k, because of a series of aggressive iof bombings in Khan Younis that started in the early morning, extremely close to where Wafaa's children and grandchildren were (details linked in the post). They desperately need money for food and supplies for relocation to a safer place to live.
Wafaa has been largely bed-bound for the past two days because of paralyzing fear for her family's safety but also because of her own debilitating illness. As many people know, Wafaa evacuated for her own health in November of last year to get treatment. And yet Wafaa is now skipping medication and doctor's appointments for months just so she could send all the money she earns back to her family. It is up to us to help them raise whatever we could to lessen Wafaa's burden.
Here is a message Wafaa has sent to me to relay to all of you:
"Evacuating by myself was the hardest thing I had done. After going to Egypt, I suffered a lot in loneliness during my illness. Feeling pain and not being able to talk to anyone about your pain, so you feel lonely and alienated when you suffer and do not have money for treatment. It's hard to pay money on a house that I could live in. You always feel the desire to embrace your family and smell their scent, and the most difficult thing is to hear on the news about bombings near them. When you struggle to reach them but are unable to reach them due to the lack of means of communication. You stay up all night exhausted and tired, crying alone and in pain alone. I don't like to explain this pain to anyone. But this is my reality for months now.
I'm really very tired and I'm trying to get back to my strength, because I want to be strong to make a post about my children's campaign, but also my brother and sister's campaign." (more about Wafaa's brother Muhammad and sister Shaima here! campaign to be released after this current one reaches its goal)
Please continue to support Wafaa's campaign by any means you have. Wafaa's campaign has been seriously stagnating, at certain points yesterday the campaign would be stagnant for more than an hour at a time. Please donate to the best of your ability.
Once you've donated, there are two currently open raffles for Wafaa that you can participate in:
Opportunity to win a beautiful journal hosted by @turian (more details for receipt submission at @journalsforpalestine), for a donation more than €5, enter before July 31!
Opportunity to win a cozy crocheted sweater handmade by @terroristiraqi for a donation more than €5, enter before August 4!