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What Strength Really Means 💪
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Hey everyone, my name is Abdelmajed. I don’t usually talk much about myself, but today, I want to share a little piece of my story.
I was born and raised in Gaza, a place that has always been my home 🏡. I grew up surrounded by my family, my friends, and the streets that I knew like the back of my hand. Life wasn’t always easy, but we had love, laughter, and dreams. I used to think that no matter what happened, home would always be here. But life has a way of changing things in ways we never expect.
Over the past months, everything I once knew has disappeared. The streets that were once filled with children playing are now silent. The houses that held so many memories are now just rubble. And the people I loved—some of them are gone forever. 💔
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Anonymous asked:
To my understanding they never actually got rid of the ban policies or changed their attitudes around content moderation and banning folks for NSFW content. I think, much in the way it always is with Tumblr, they kinda bit off more than they could chew and gave up eventually/folks figured out how to sidestep it mostly.
It feels like it's less of a "Oh you can post dick again" and more of a "As long as you aren't a trans woman we won't ban you for violating the 'no dicks' policy."
yeah that's the impression i got as well
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mmm powerful... watch out!!!
Anonymous asked:
I see you weren't around here during the years after the "December 17th, 2018 Adult Content Ban".😅
Before that, we had free reign to post pretty much anything we wanted… but after December 17th, auto-ban bots started scouring the site, killing several NSFW art-blogs, sex-positive blogs, and TONS of innocent blogs which didn't even had any NSFW content at all. It killed so many good blogs in the blink of an eye, and it alienated a great portion of this platform's user base… lots of whom migrated to Twitter, bringing their discourse and baggage to that platform, instead of sticking around here. (the ONE genuinely positive thing about that fiasco)
And the funniest/most-tragic part was: The Content Ban did jack-shit to stop the porn-bots infesting the site to this very day, which was one of the main reasons the Content Ban was put into action in the first place!😓
However, in the last few years, (not sure of exactly WHEN, I was on a hiatus while that happened, it seems) they downplayed or outright removed at lot of restrictions the "December 17th, 2018 Adult Content Ban" brought upon us, while also adding useful content-warming labels. NSFW artwork has a place here once again.😎👍💕 Though, a lot of users don't know this, as they're still under the impression ALL NSFW stuff is still banned here.😢
i think the part that i missed or don't remember is when they removed some of the restrictions introduced in dec 2018. i definitely remember the initial ban and its consequences, but then i was away from tumblr for a while and wasn't keeping up with the changes to its policies. the content warning labels aren't greatly implemented tbh (one of the reasons i don't use them for my art), and people still get banned for nothing, so eh
#mini tumblr history lesson for those unaware#iirc the ban had more to do with the tumblr app than with the bots but don't quote me on that. did jack shit either way as you said#also had a moment like “damn was it really just 3 years ago it feels like forever ago” but no uh. 2018 was 7 years ago. alright then#benvey's askbox
Anonymous asked:
Tagging related question: What does 'nsft' mean?🤔 Is it 'Not Safe For Tumblr'?😅
For that matter: I'm so glad this platform loosened their restrictions on artwork featuring nudity... otherwise, your amazing work wouldn't be able to exist here, 😢 and that would be such a terrible loss for everyone.
thank you and yea, "nsft" is "not safe for tumblr" and is used because if you tag a post as "nsfw" it will automatically slap a community label on it, which i personally don't want
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happy tdov to people who don't pass or have no interest in passing, who can't pass because there is no culturally recognised category for the way they want to be recognised, who flip flop and fuck around, who can't hide their transness and have to plan their everyday around being visible, who can't signal their transness and have to come out over and over because the default presumption is intolerable, who don't have the resources yet or the knowhow or the willpower to change what they want to change, whose transness is warped by a hegemonic image of ideal transness that is almost as difficult to escape as the hegemonic image of cisness, who don't have a justification prepared for the assertion that they are trans but can no longer justify the assertion that they are not, who have a million justifications that are all surplus to the fundamental requirement (that society mandated one articulation of you and you chose another), et cetera and so forth across the world and universe forever. your version is right. don't concede.
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Samus Aran has always been a cis-lady in my mind and heart... and YET: I also adore the trans-Samus interpretation.💕 Specially because of how much comfort and warmth she provides to all my trans-sisters.🩵🩷🤍
I saw your artwork of her, and it almost moved me to tears. Such a beautiful rendition of the character. I love her so much, and every single incarnation / multiverse variant of her. Long live Samus Aran.
Thanks once again for blessing us with your delightful artwork.
thank you, i'm glad you like my art of her!
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help out a trans woman in need
hi everyone, i'm a disabled, chronically ill and as of this week, unemployed trans woman from south america, and i live with a mother undergoing cancer treatment. things have taken a turn for the worse lately as i got laid off from my two jobs and my house's electrical wiring started shorting every day on top of struggling to help my mom with her treatment.
i know i'm asking a lot and it always fills me with shame but i need to ask for help yet again to cover the repair bills and expenses related to my mom's treatment. if there's anything you can spare, even a reblog, i would be immensely grateful to you all
paypal: https://paypal.me/V3nusP
kofi: https://ko-fi.com/S6S6IC6X
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comm requests are always open! if you're interested, please fill out this form
Anonymous asked:
You might be tired of hearing this all the time... but I'll join the praise chorus nonetheless: Your artwork is so wonderful, and I love it so much.🩷
As a trans-lady whose egg hatched not too long ago, it's something truly special, encouraging and genuinely heartwarming. I'm so glad I found your page in this crazy hellsite (affectionate) of ours.
thank you so much for the sweet message anon, it really means a lot to me <3 and i don't know how recent it was, but either way, congrats on the hatching! wishing you all the best
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i really hate to ask for help cuz like, it makes me feel vulnerable, but like, I need help with affording food to feed myself and sister, and stuff to make my life more livable like new clothes and toiletries.
not getting into it.in detail but I live in a pretty abusive household that gets harder to leave by the second and it does take a massive toll on my mental and physical health.
if you wanna support me, (disabled black trans guy) my link is here. if not that's ok too! I'm very glad people on Tumblr have been kind enough to offer patronage even if I seem kinda crazy. i think my mental health will improve once I find an opening to leave.
thank you, have a good day everyone!
- Salem