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skypalacearchitect · 2 hours
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Five-year-old Sara holds a Purim noisemaker, or gragger, during the Purim festival at the main synagogue in Bucharest, Romania. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, which is read in synagogues
Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP
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skypalacearchitect · 10 hours
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a reminder that “holy week/easter” is coming up this week.
good friday” is this friday and easter is the following sunday, so we are likely to see an uptick in antisemitism, particularly tropes around deicide and blood libel. if you see this, call it out.
if you are jewish, please look after yourself. avoid the internet if you can, engage in some self care, connect with your jewish community.
if you are not jewish, particularly if you are christian or raised christian or live in a dominantly christian society, you need to be aware of the history of antisemitism and antisemitic violence surrounding the easter season and the ways it manifests today. you should be actively working to uncover the antisemitism you have absorbed throughout your life and actively encouraging others to do the same.
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skypalacearchitect · 12 hours
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I never want to hear conservatives go on about repressive censorship in China, North Korea, and Iran ever again
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skypalacearchitect · 13 hours
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Help Coin Get Top Surgery!
If you'd like to hear my story, read the post. If you'd like to go ahead and donate, click the link below:
Check out my kofi link to donate to my fund! 
Who am I?
My name is Coin and I'm a trans man looking to get top surgery--shocking, right? A bit more about me, I have two cats and 15 plants and I love writing and creating.
Why am I setting this goal?
Earlier this year I had to get off of testosterone due to medical issues and since then my chest has gotten bigger and I can no longer adequately hide it any more with tape or a binder. I've tried saving on my own but I am a college student who has been paying his own bills since I was 17. Of these bills, I have too many current and past bills to pay to afford saving much of anything towards my goal.
That said I have asked everyone in my life to put money towards this goal instead of giving me birthday/holiday gifts and extra money (from gigs or freelance) is being put into this.
However, my goal is to have top surgery by April 2025 so that I can enjoy summer with a huge weight--or weights--off my chest!
Why $5,000?
I'm asking for $5,000 because my insurance won't cover any of my surgery and I will also be out of work for two or so weeks after the surgery, more if I am unable to work from home. This would leave me with a gap in paychecks enough that I would need that buffer of money to make sure I don't go totally broke.
Truly, anything helps. If you can't donate, please consider sharing as I would really appreciate it.
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you know… there’s something terribly wrong re: the concept of Jon’s “real name” being “Aegon Targaryen”. He has a real name. It’s Jon Snow. It’s what people call him, it’s what he calls himself.
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Rhaenys
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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Hey, so guess who has a financial emergency to share for HERSELF for once? Please donate if you can and share regardless. I'm considering getting a second job but I'd like not to work 60+ hour weeks again if I can help it. I can also do things like editing or writing fanfiction for donations; feel free to suggest other compensation.
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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ko-fi update!
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hello everyone!
so... you know how much everybody says they hate going to the dentist? yeah, well, me too. i hate it too. and... so does my wallet...
i've just been to an appointment and it cost me ~$150 easily. and more is coming, making more than just a DENT (pun intended) in my home budget. that's why i've decided to change my ko-fi goal for now (and you guessed it, it is for those dental appointments...) and to come and advertise it once again here on tumblr.
i know i'm not half as active as I used to be, so maybe this request comes of as arrogant - but trust me, one of the main reasons i don't create that much anymore is because adult responsibilities, like work, kicked in. I'm already taking as many hours at school as possible, so I will be fine - but there's only so many students I can get and only so many hours I can teach actively while staying sane.
tldr; my teeth are weak, my dentist is expensive, and i'd much rather draw and write for you than take on more hours at work. so if you like my art AND you're able to, please consider donating or commissioning this poor little artist of yours <3
ko-fi link: https://ko-fi.com/margaret_helstone
(default ko-fi is set at $5 but you can lower it to as little as $1 if you wish. i'll be grateful either way! <3)
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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Since her youth, Cersei has been commodified and objectified by nearly everyone around her. Losing her mother at age four, her closest points of reference were Tywin and her brothers. Therefore, the primary understanding she has of herself is through the men around her. […] When Tywin orders her to marry Loras Tyrell, her face first lights in anger as she informs her father that she is the Queen Regent and not some broodmare for him to marry off. Seconds later, it dissolves into a desperate sort of sadness as she begs him, “Father, don’t make me do it again please.” 
It is hard for me to understand how someone could fail to see the complexities of Cersei’s character. She has never been the sort of one-dimensional sociopath that Ramsay Bolton was, even her most horrible acts have been motivated by her desire to protect both her children and herself at all costs. Many of the shows fan-favorite characters have committed similarly murderous acts, yet they remain beloved because their motivations are understood as more sympathetic than Cersei’s. Even her twin brother Jaime, who is similar to her in almost every way, is seen as a much more redeemable and loved a character than she is. Cersei, of course, has understood these double standards her entire life and sees how things fall around her differently because of her gender. (x)
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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seeing people compare alicent to cersei is insane like they are diametrically opposed wtf are you talking about. rhanerya is right there
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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#i actually really liked the juxtaposition in this scene
#renly wouldn't have been a good king either
#but robert's “prosperous reign” was about as worthy as viserys i's reign
#just surface tension could break it open
#and renly here staying this with seeming compassion and disgust at hia brother highlights that robert did one thing and leaned on it
#and never did a damn thing afterward
#to add to that that he didn’t start the war and it hadn't truly been about him even though he liked to make it seem like it had
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GAME OF THRONES 1.06, A Golden Crown
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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#robert's noble and righteous conquering vs renly's evil and unlawful usurpation
#the war of the five kings was sooooo funny bc everyone was like 'no we have to preserve the sanctity of the royal bloodline!!!'
#you mean the same one that was established from nothing less than one generation ago?
so funny to me when asoiaf fans treat usurpation as a horrible crime. brother I could not give less of a shit all monarchs are usurpers as far as I'm concerned
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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so funny to me when asoiaf fans treat usurpation as a horrible crime. brother I could not give less of a shit all monarchs are usurpers as far as I'm concerned
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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#modern day man self insert
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GAME OF THRONES 1.06, A Golden Crown
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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#tell me again about how the people of westeros actually do want a targ restoration
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GAME OF THRONES 1.06, A Golden Crown
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skypalacearchitect · 2 days
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#slowly becoming a renly supporter like yeah he ate
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GAME OF THRONES 1.06, A Golden Crown
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