Lissful

Five Short Stories by Trans Women of Color

“The Girls and the Apple.” Jasmine Kabale Moore. The Coalition

“Waiting Room,” Jamie Berrout

Love and Comets, Gillian Ybabez

Coconut, Gabrielle Bellot. Small Axe Journal

Bonus: Watch Ryka Aoki read her story “To the New World”

To celebrate International Women's Day The Black Curriculum shared their 'Iconic Women in Britain' series over on Twitter - with added links on the thread. Check it out here!

RACISM IS NOT COMEDY!

useful carrds to get educated on what's happening towards asian community:

asian awareness project carrd

asian awareness project carrd

for @asianawarenessproject

Anti-Asian Violence Resources

Anti-Asian Violence Resources

Anti-Asian racism and violent attacks on Asian elderly have only increased in recent months. Since COVID-19 became news in the United States

Stop Asian Hate

Stop Asian Hate

There has been a wave of anti- Asian violence since the start of Covid- 19 here are some resources to help support the Asian community.

Google Docs

Active: Asian American Community Resource/Dono Post

Note: currently compiling links. Will start to organize more thoroughly in the coming days If any of you guys have relative individual gfm/m

one thing i don’t think sam wilson is given enough credit for is his first interaction with steve. sam was employed by the department of veteran affairs, specifically to help people with ptsd and to run support groups. he recognizes someone suffering from the condition when he sees them, even if that someone is captain america. 

he eases his way into conversation with steve, keeping it light, and then says “must have freaked you out coming home from the whole desfrosting thing”

& then steve sighs, looks away, makes the below face, and says “takes some getting used to” & immediately tries to extract himself from the conversation. this isn’t something that steve talks about. he says it was nice to meet sam, and begins to walk away. 

the thing is, no one has pushed on steve. they ask him how he’s doing, he gives them some vague, bullshit response, and they let it go. but not sam. he knows that if he lets steve walk away, if he doesn’t extend a branch right now, he’ll never see him again & there may never be another person who will be capable or willing to provide him the help//support he so desperately needs. 

so sam says, “its your bed, right? your bed. it’s too soft.” its a small, personal, but largely universal detail that stops steve in his tracks. he’s caught off guard and vulnerable. 

& when sam asks steve if he misses the “good old days”, he’s actively studying steve, taking in his body language and what he says 

when steve is about to leave, sam extends one more branch, and he says “anytime you want to stop by the va, and make me look awesome in front of the girl at the front desk, just let me know” , which is an important distinction from “come down to the va for a support group meeting”