Be Aware, Friends!

Be aware, friends!

Okay, I’m sure a lot of you have seen this post being passed around:

That sounds awesome, I know! But…I checked out the site, and it really rubbed me the wrong way. Lemme show you why:

I recognized some of the photos, so I decided to do a reverse image search on a few. I started with this one; as you can see, it is listed on their site for $20.99.

Here are the results of the reverse search:

Now, AliExpress and DHgate are sites where you can get really lovely-looking clothes/whatever for pretty dang cheap. Personally, I don’t use them, because I worry about why  things are so cheap! Where are they coming from? What are the working conditions like, ya know? And they’ve had their fair share of selling fake or defective items. Anywho, I clicked on an AliExpress link…

Look, I know that tons of people order things for cheap, and then sell them for nearly double the price, but when your marketing sounds like this: 

“provides trendy clothing for affordable prices.” …How is almost-doubling the cost “affordable”????  “We have manufacturers and warehouses in multiple contries which allow us to provide low priced products…” *You* don’t have anything, though. Those manufacturers and warehouses aren’t making these things specifically for your shop.

Here is another example:

AND THE BINDERS THAT THEY SELL ARE NOT SAFE. 

(But you can find even cheaper ones…)

Binders like this, and their others, are just as damaging as ace bandages!!!!! They have 32K instagram followers; 21K facebook followers. Young kids are buying these harmful binders! 

Idk, y’all. Maybe I’m making something out of nothing, but it sure feels like the trans//gender non-comforming community is being targeted and ripped off. 

Be safe!

Love &light! 

I figured I’d make a thing for anyone who needs to convert some anime tough guy talk into textbook Japanese real quick (click for big versions).

this isnt a question of how evil the military is lol the fact that trans people are banned from enlisting isnt making people upset because they wanted to enlist and now they cant its a problem because the ability to enlist is (unfortunately) a facet of citizenship that trans people had taken away from them and this is most likely the first step in this administrations movement to strip lgbt people of their citizenship

to the real MVP, my hand that let me drew this

DO NOT GIVE OR GET ANY VACCINATIONS FOR YOURSELF OR  YOUR KIDS………..

Help Save Teak’s Life

So, if you know me, I love my goats.  They are everything to me. 

I’m also on a fixed income (private disability), disabled and my husband is unemployed.  We get by, but now we’re facing a big bill to get our injured goat the surgery he needs.  We’d manage but it would be tough and we might take years to be able to pay it off.

So we’re asking for help.  Teak is a sweet boy who got stuck in a fence in kind of a freak accident, and I want to save his life.

Please donate if you can or reblog to boost. 

https://www.youcaring.com/teakthegoat-900285