Then my work here is done. :P
Been a while since I’ve worn this shirt (mainly due to a missing button) but it’s still one of my favourites. So quintessentially 80s in the best/worst way possible. Funny that I’m not sure if I’ve ever shown it on Tumblr before.
The power of Max Caulfield, so unreliable but usually useful time travel.
You forgot to put Sky Ray Ice Lollies at the front of that list. Shame on you. :P
Hi y’all, my name is Chelsea Fietsgodin.
I really didn’t want to do this but getting down to my last 30 dollars with no income and a lot of expenses has left me no choice.
I really need donations right now because I don’t have steady work due to employment discrimination, I didn’t get a scholarship that I was supposed to due to structural discrimination, and I have a big medical bill from breaking my femur.
If you would like to donate you can do so here or by clicking on the donate button on my page.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=mX_GKzH3rtksqeEnha7BRGKxN0MQGkr-tpH5ASNEaBGHmWU5a2p9AgtvmKe&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8de6030e9239419d79c3f52f70a3ed57ec
I’m also selling access to my snapchat which can be as nsfw as you want it to be so inbox me for details about that, and if you’re in the Orlando, FL area and own a bike I have a bicycle repair shop that I desperately need customers for.
Long version of why I need donations:
I’m a professional bicycle mechanic with 6 years of experience, 4 of which were managerial, I have technical certifications out the bottom bracket and I work so fast that I was making my employer over 240 dollars an hour with my labor. To them that was worth paying me 8 dollars an hour. Cis men that were less experienced, less qualified, in lower positions than me, and far less profitable were being paid double what I was paid. I put an end to my exploitation by leaving the company. Unfortunately they own almost every bike shop in 1 hour for me in every direction. I opened my own bicycle repair shop in my apartment but customers are scarce with no advertising budget or retail space. Of course proving that my pay was due to discrimination for being a trans woman in court when the anti-discrimination laws are brand new and I have zero money for an attorney is tricky business so I’m not relying on winning a lawsuit.
I also participate in and volunteer for an organization that awards yearly scholarships that I receive over 1000 dollars from every year, but this year I didn’t get a single dollar. I was confused because I’d volunteered more than ever, been more successful in my participation than ever before, and done a fantastic job representing the organization and the activity this year so I asked why I wasn’t awarded a scholarship when people that don’t even volunteer for the organization or hardly participate did. I’m using vague terms because I have no ill feelings against the organization, this was structural discrimination but I was told that it was because the letters of recommendation that people submitted for me bore my real name while my legal documents bear my birth name. I was counting on that money to survive when I left my steady job.
The other unfortunate event that led to my predicament is breaking my left femur in May. I had to get a rod down the length of my femur from the top then a bolt through that and into the head that the hip socket pivots on to hold it back together. I was in the hospital for a couple of days, surgery, anesthesia, multiple x-rays, the titanium hardware, follow up doctors visits and two ambulance rides. It got expensive real fast. I tried to avoid it all by driving myself home from where I broke it (45 minutes away in a stick shift ‘93 jeep with a broken clutch leg, yeah) and going about my life the next day but when I woke up the next morning I was in so much pain that I nearly fainted, puked, and I was screaming and crying and my roommates couldn’t even move me to drive me to the hospital. I felt terrible about calling an ambulance knowing that I couldn’t afford it and thinking that the worst I could have done was a hairline fracture on my hip, but when the doctor at the first hospital came in and said that I broke my femur so badly that they needed to transfer me to a bigger hospital for surgery I figured I kind of earned the ambulance ride. I’m kind of a tough cookie. Unfortunately that meant ambulance ride number 2. Almost everyone I dealt with (doctors, nurses, paramedics) were fairly good about respecting my name and pronouns and they did a wonderful job of fixing my leg so I really want to pay off the bills, but I still have about 5000 dollars to pay between the bills pictured and the ambulance bills that I haven’t paid yet.
If anyone can afford to donate anything, patronize my bike shop if you’re in Orlando, FL, or buy access to my snapchat I would be beyond grateful.
I only have 30 dollars left after I pay rent this month and after that I can’t even afford rent for September.
It can be any amount, even a dollar or 2 would help me out at this point.
Everything and anything helps
And if you can’t afford any of that I would appreciate it so much if you could signal boost this by reblogging <3
Thank you
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