thebibliosphere:

vaspider:

So, most of you know that @dadhoc  unexpectedly lost his job right after Lex died last year – and in fact exactly because Lex died. They fired him because he took a day off from work when he’d been up all night at the emergency vet with his dog, finally having to make the decision to put him down.

@dadhoc’s gotten work again, but between being out of work, his new job being ethically better but currently paying him literally less than half what his old job did, and my disability limiting my work hours, plus the fact that what was supposed to be ‘pay your deductible and we’ll fix your house’ turned into ‘lol jk you’re 10K in debt now’ – things are getting – well.

Really tough. We’re not yet scarily falling behind, but things are becoming a little nerve-wracking. My last paycheck, after I paid for our health care, was $30. That’s not a typo. It’s not typical, but it’s not a typo.

Between my various social media sites, I put in enough time answering questions, acting as support, and writing up resources for it to be a second job for me. I do it because I love it, and because I love our community, but it’d also be awesome if my labor could turn into cash money. 

If you appreciate what I do, please consider buying me a coffee, or if you don’t like Ko-fi, sending something my way on PayPal. My Patreon will be going live tomorrow, at which time you will also have the option of paying me money for stories about socialist space lesbians and separately a Jewish scholar in a fantasy world based on Mongolia and also about a demisexual middle-aged wizard, her partner, and their trans apprentice. I just have to decide which one I want to plow through first. 

If every one of my followers could toss a dollar in the kitty, I’d have enough money to be sure we’d be tided over to when things should pick up for @dadhoc, and maybe even make some of the desperately-needed safety-related repairs to our house, which have been put off and put off. 

Even better, if you’d like to hire me to write something for you, edit, proofread, speak or sensitivity read for you? I am for hire. I also have an Etsy shop, and if you don’t see something you like in my current stock, hit me up for something custom. Any of my pride kippot can be modified into beanies if you want a Pride item but are not Jewish. 

Thanks - and please  boost this either way. <3 

We’re all enjoying the glitter, but can I get a signal boost on this going please? Vaspy is one of the best people in my life, if you can spare anything, please help <3

phanbliss:

phanbliss:

phanbliss:

You may have seen this post before, but I edited it to add updates. PLEASE REBLOG, THIS DOESN’T GET SHARED ANYMORE AND WE REALLY NEED HELP… I’m so sorry to be asking this of you… :(

Long story short, in 2016 my dad started fighting cancer (he is still fighting), my mom had an urgent surgery to maintain eyesight (luckily it was successful!), and as a result, they have both been pretty much unable to work. 

Now, I do have a job, but it doesn’t pay near enough to support me, my mom, my sick dog and to help out dad too. I’ve been stressed out of my mind because our savings are all out and we are late with rent, utilities and everything. On top of all this, I suffer from depression and anxiety, but I can’t afford to see a therapist. Writing used to be my one outlet, but all the stress impacted that for me too.

Living on one income has been HARD, but at least we thought mom would get back to work soon as she was recovering from her surgery. But guess what… she now needs THAT SAME SURGERY IN HER OTHER EYE, it’s very urgent and I’m doing all I can to arrange it for her. 

Thanks to your help, I’ve been trying to catch up on bills, but we still need donations in order to pay our bills, food, medicine and my mom’s diagnostics/trips to and from the hospital.

If you could help out, either by sharing or donating, I would be eternally grateful.

The link:  https://www.youcaring.com/myfamily-765247

(the currency is Euro, but you can donate in any currency, 1 Euro is about 1 US Dollar)

Thank you so much for even reading this, and I’m sorry to be asking.

Please share this again, this hasn’t gotten any notes in days, and our situation is very difficult. I appreciate all of your help, thank you, I love you.

UPDATE 12TH OF APRIL: 

Hi everyone. :( Things are tough with trying to arrange my mom’s surgery and my depression being worse these days. I was also diagnosed with an incurable thyroid disease that I need meds for but tbh I don’t even care right now. Just need my family to be fine.

But now… My already sick dog got even more sick :(

I’ve already spent $100 on diagnosis and meds for him. We don’t know the exact problem yet, so there is more to come, but I can’t let my boy die. He is my bestest friend aside from my mom. Losing him would break me…

Please everyone, if you can donate even a penny, it helps so much. I can’t let my dog suffer and we need money for bills, so it’s a choice between saving Biskit and paying for basic stuff.

Here’s a pic of my beloved darling:

Thank you if you share or donate, it means the world. 

pontmergay:

pontmergay:

Hey, guys, I hate to have to do this, but as you can see I’m pretty serious right now as I’m using correct grammar and punctuation. As some of you know I recently went through a breakup. Because of that I’ve been living with my mom. While it’s not a terrible living arrangement, it really is not ideal. My mom and her boyfriend’s house is small and I’m currently sharing a room and bed with my younger sister. On top of that, they live 35 miles away from my place of employment, which is really not good for my bank account, as driving 70 miles a day, 5 days a week is costing me about $70 every paycheck, which could be used for other things (like food). My cat, Koda, whom you all know is my son and I love dearly, is still at my ex’s place as I can’t have him at my mom’s (they have 2 cats and a dog already), and I miss him terribly.

I had an appointment today (4/28) to look at an apartment in the same town I work. I really liked it and the landlord said she would hold it for me until I get paid next Friday (5/5) so I can put the application and deposit in. This is where the problem lies. My paycheck will be around $710, I have a car payment due next week of $255, and the other half of my phone bill ($55) is due next Friday as well. That leaves me with $400 for the following two weeks. The deposit for the apartment is $275 + an application fee of $25 + a PET deposit for Koda of $300. That’s $600. And I’ll need money for gas and other necessities over the following two weeks on top of that while still living with my mom. I can use about $250 of the remaining $400 I’ll have to put towards the deposit, but if I want to be able to get the unit and keep my cat, I’ll need another $350.

It would mean so much to me if any of you could donate anything to my paypal ( paypal.me/pontmergay ). And if you can’t donate it would mean just as much to me if you would reblog this post. I need to be closer to work and be with Koda again. Thank you all! 💜

and if that link doesn’t work (as it didn’t for some reason last night) my paypal email is pontmergay@gmail.com

thank you again, guys!

foxydunsparce:

foxydunsparce:

Hi I don’t want to do this but time is ticking. I’m transferring schools in the fall to get out of a very toxic environment I’m in right now and everything is set except for my orientation date. Northern Illinois requires orientation for transfer students and the cheapest one, on the date I could make it, is $85. I’ve been working 6 days per week at minimum wage and my money has been going towards bills and food and rent. My parents helped me but I had to use the money they gave for a late fee on my bills. My cash.me is $DanielleBiel and my paypal is babycoconut12095@aim.com please any penny helps I’m so optomistic for next year and have to get to this orientation one way or another

Guess who was too late for the $85 orientation so she had to register for the next cheapest, $115 one? This girl lol please help I put it on my credit card for now and the bill is due on May 4th please any penny helps

mudyke:

Hey y'all. I’m a young Jewish lesbian studying abroad in Australia. Recently, my dorm was defaced with nazi and swastika imagery and a lot of my stuff destroyed. Since there’s no way to find out who did it, the university is making me pay for the damage out of pocket, not to mention replacing my own stuff that was damaged. I’ve been saving money for this trip for over a year but this extra charge is going to be at least a couple hundred dollars!! I’m not able to work on my visa so I can’t make extra money! I really need some help. Please, if u can, send some $$$ to PayPal.me/lcigale

If u are pro-Jewish or anti-Nazi this is a great chance for you to put your money where ur mouth is and help an actual Jew suffering from antisemetism. Even $1 or $5 really helps! $10 or $20 is immense kindness :):) If u can’t donate, please signal boost!

tomibunny:

Hey, I hate to do this, but I really need $100 dollars to pay for a parking ticket. 

I had no holds on my account–and you need to not have any holds to graduate–until I got this ticket. 

I’m trying really hard to appeal it, but realistically, I’ll just have to pay it before it ends up billed to my student account and becomes debt, which will stop me from graduating. 

I literally only have $2.00 in my bank account right now–not even any extra change–so I need donations.