Violet

This post will remain up until I have a job

Hey all,

I'm not happy that I need to do this, but the job hunt continues to kick my ass. While I have enough money to make it a couple more months (I AM NOW OUT OF MONEY), support to help me get by until I am able to get a job is likely going to be necessary.

Update February 22nd

I have received some tremendous help recently. I will definitely make it until late March, I have a job interview coming up, and I have a few other promising job leads. I should be fine for a little bit. Thank you all so much.

simultaneously understanding that social media has had disastrous effects on my personal mental health

and being 100% certain that anyone suing social media companies for "effects on mental health" actually just means "they're turning the kids queer"

this whole topic touches really close to my personal teenage trauma, but I don't think my experience was particularly unique

basically the situation of having parents who are never or rarely anything you could label capital-A, call-the-cops Abusive

but at the same time it's pretty goddamn evident that a child growing up with only them for emotional support and life skills would be, like... that's not going to work out

so while I don't really care if it's a website or how it works, I am really invested in there being spaces where weird lonely kids can connect that are not under the direct control of their parents

and there are many better ways than social media to achieve that, but the question isn't "what would you do if you were king of the world?" it's "everything else being the same, should teenagers have access to social media?", so

Hey y'all, a friend of mine is in dire straits and has been out of food for two weeks. If you are able and inclined to, could you help her out? Even a little would be a big help, or even a share if you can't spare anything right now. (Please ignore the deadname on her paypal)