Further edits: I tend to censor myself a lot, I tend to not use the right words so as to not disturb anyone but this is wrong: I said rooted in misogyny when it's plain sexual harrassment, the boys club that this WG has turned into understood that none of them were getting into her pants and are throwing her out ont the 1st of January, another girl is moving in. Dejà-vu, on both counts, it's far from the first time she gets kicked out for that very reason and it's far from the first illegal expulsion on the 1.1 I've witnessed: they hope that noone will be there, no community to stand up, everyone will be too hungover. It's absolutely despicable and far too common. Sadly this year they will be right, noone will be there, not the old crew not the mierterverein, noone will make sure that she ain't being kicked out, noone will be there to move her stuff, which will in turn be appropriated by the wg/the lease holder.
She understands all that, I ain't the one putting big words on her situation, I ain't saying more because it ain't my story to tell but I'm angry, that friend is too worn out to fight and chose psychiatry over fighting for her home.
This would never have happened 5 years ago, not even 2 years ago. Now all we can offer is the promise that when/if she needs it she'll still have a safe spot in Sofia, but how long can we play that game, be gentrified from one country to the next, then turn into agents of the very process that put us on the sidecurb?
A few years back that dude would have been roughed up and he would have been the one who would have been shown the door, at the very least she would have landed on her feet next door and he would have been warned about, blacklisted.
We can't provide that anymore and it fucking kills me.
Sorry for the downer but it had to be said #BerlinHasFallen
After two years, I hope to get back to Berlin for a week next month, I have to really, I need to track down my little brother, make sure he's alright, give hike my number and whatbot (my fam is fubar that way)
I managed to pay the tickets only to find out that the weekly rate for the place I was expecting to stay at became the cost for 1 night....
In other words #BerlinHasFallen #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
ngl I'm lowkey freaking out. It took me two years to get to the point where I can afford to go back there and I ain't sure I can *actually* afford it.
Not to mention: it's a very very long shot anyways, I don't know where my family lives, my brother doesnt have social media or a phone, I'm betting everything on the fact that for his bday he'll go get takeout at his favorite restaurant, if he doesn't it will all have been for naught.
#BerlinHasFallen #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
Hi, I guess it's time for yet another #Introduction, I'm an #ActuallyAutistic (#Audhd) 36yo nb anarchist.
When verbal, I speak or post in English, French, German or a combination of these (languages have different levels of safety depending on the subject, context etc.)
I don't toot or interact much with others, not sure if that's imputable to rsd, cptsd or simply is the way I am.
If I boost of fav a toot it really means a lot to me, and I'm sorry in advance if you consider this impolite, I simply don't have the spoons for full replies, or rather I have them, but doing tech support, I'm already on the phone (and chat), 45 hours a week and these are simply already spent (read wasted)
I was raised on and around the stage by actors (not the rich and famous kind, the broke and abusive kind) grew up in hospitals (not on account of autism but an hereditary form of mastocytosis) I barely went to highschool (but still managed to get my diploma which to this day is my highest academic achievement, later I'd drop out from an amazing Film school on account of the above mentioned Mastocytosis), after a few years in isolation I learned to walk again 10 years ago (if you saw me today you probably wouldn't guess that at all, disability is dynamic and whatnot) I did an insane amount of shitjobs but also some cool shit.
I think this is my 7th Mastodon acc or so, I hope this time I'll stick to it.
Pronouns wise:
They/Them: Makes me feel seen
She/Her: Gives me euphoria
He/Him: Still painful but somehow less than it used to be.
Over the years what little spoons I had, were (if not wasted on capitalism) spent on photography, video/tv/cinema (I was a pretty awesome editor, but that was another life), a couple of years back I wrote a book (which while heavily fictionalized is also largely autobiographic, I called it INTERFACE, cause that's what it is -it's in French).
I may or may not at some point write a follow-up, or work on a translation/adaptation (or might wow to never write again, I'm honestly not sure either way)
Born in Paris, married in NYC and divorced in Berlin (in Wedding actually, because life be like that sometimes), I'm currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria on account of freaking #Gentrification on other words #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh & #BerlinHasFallen (I ain't even kidding, afte years of housing insecurity and bouts of homelessness, most my friends whom are not engineers, academician etc. either were fit for Squatt life or had to leave and are now somewhere else in Germany or in another country alltogether.)
I go by Magda, (but my deadname is not taboo anymore, I actually have learned to like it again and to me it is a gender neutral name anyways)
Anyhoo, thank you for reading I guess, feel free to follow, but as mentioned earlier don't expect original content or regular posting.
Tldr: 36yo They/Them/She/her/AudHD nb anarchist, English, French and German speaker, dog person and cat lady, doesn't post much.
#Introduction #actuallyautistic #AuDHD #gentrification #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #BerlinHasFallen
Hi, I guess it's time for yet another #Introduction, I'm an #ActuallyAutistic (#Audhd) 36yo nb anarchist.
When verbal, I speak or post in English, French, German or a combination of these (languages have different levels of safety depending on the subject, context etc.)
I don't toot or interact much with others, not sure if that's imputable to rsd, cptsd or simply is the way I am.
If I boost I fav a toot it really means a lot and I'm sorry in advance if you consider these impolite, I simply don't have the spoons for full replies, or rather I have them, but doing tech support, I'm already on the phone (and chat) 45 hours a week and these are simply already spent (read wasted)
I was raised on and around the stage by actors (not the rich and famous kind, the broke and abusive kind) grew up in hospitals (not on account of autism but an hereditary form of mastocytosis) I barely went to highschool (but still managed to get my diploma which to this day is my highest academic achievement, later I'd drop out from an amazing Film school on account of the above mentioned Mastocytosis), after a few years in isolation I learned to walk again 10 years ago (if you saw me today you probably wouldn't guess that at all, disability is dynamic and whatnot) I did an insane amount of shitjobs but also some cool shit.
I think this is my 7th Mastodon acc or so, I hope this time I'll stick to it.
Pronouns wise:
They/Them: Makes me feel seen
She/Her: Gives me euphoria
He/Him: Still painful but somehow less than it used to be.
Over the years what little spoons I had, were (if not wasted on capitalism) spent on photography, video/tv/cinema (I was a pretty awesome editor, but that was another life), a couple of years back I wrote a book (which while heavily fictionalized is also largely autobiographic, I called it INTERFACE, cause that's what it is -it's in French).
I may or may not at some point write a follow-up, or work on a translation/adaptation (or might wow to never write again, I'm honestly not sure either way)
Born in Paris, got married in NYC and divorced in Berlin (in Wedding actually, b cause life be like that sometimes), I'm currently based in Sofia Bulgaria on account of freaking #Gentrification on other words #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh & #BerlinHasFallen(I ain't even kidding, all my friends whom are not engineers, academician etc. either were fit for Squatt life or had to leave and are now somewhere else in Germany or in another country all together.
I go by Magda, (but my deadname is not taboo anymore), I actually have learned to like it again and to me it is a gender neutral name anyways.
Anyhoo, thank you for reading I guess, feel free to follow, just as mentioned don't expect original content or regular posting.
Tldr: 36yo AudHD nb anarchist, English, French and German speaker, doesn't post much.
#Introduction #actuallyautistic #AuDHD #gentrification #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #BerlinHasFallen