it should be illegal for employers and teachers to ask for a doctors note, especially when *most* people don’t have access to adequate healthcare, and i will forever stand by this
the epitome of modern day western environmental “activism” is calling for people to stop using straws while drinking from a plastic cup. this is truly amazing.
the fact that these people are wealthy and have very little-to-no worries in their personal lives yet get so much serotonin from interactions on the internet, is incredibly fascinating. someone should do a harvard case study on this lmao
objectively funny that lead actresses from two excellent films in anatomy of a fall and killers of the flower moon (as well as a female director for the former) were nominated but because the two hour advertisement for mattel didn’t we have to pretend it’s some grand injustice ☹️
the way well-off white jews in the west have managed to monopolize claims to antisemitism, grief, and victimhood, while black and other nonwhite (incl., palestinian) jewish persons are rendered entirely invisible from public memory, has been fascinating to witness recently!
we so desperately need to get to a point where it is collectively and universally understood that one human life is worth far more than any and all embodiments of private property
if anyone needs to see something good today, Jerry Dunigan, one of the original Black Panthers, was released from prison on friday after 45 years, and his daughter filmed him surprising his sister:
there are so many introductory articles, books, podcasts, youtube videos, etc., for anyone that truly wants to understand. this phenomenon of ‘dumbing down’ is truly one of the most egregious forms of anti-intellectualism (and, in this specific case, thinly veiled sexism) lol
does anyone else think the “true crime” obsession is a little (very) weird and just a microcosm of the wider phenomenon of the spectacle of violence & death (especially when it’s racialized/gendered) that’s inherent to western civil society
the biggest most beautiful scam about reading is that the more you read, the more you have to read… does that make sense? reading, to me, is amongst the most succinctly humbling human experiences. the more i read, the more i realize i do not know shit about shit 😭
Joe Ligon was released from prison today. He has been there since he was 15 years old. Falsely convicted in 1953.
My 70 year old father was 3 years old. Eisenhower had just become president.
68 years.
Today's his first day out of prison since the Jim Crow era.
God damn America
rewatching ‘moonlight’ with my family and tell me why my niece had the nerve to pull down my shoulder to tell me something in my ear, and loudly “whispered” “is that what you be doing?” during the hand job beach scene i’m never coming home again
the us would rather wipe out the entire middle eastern region than tell its client state to stop its genocidal onslaught against palestinians and i just don’t think enough of us are truly grasping the level of unconscionable depravity the non-western world is up against
Being angry doesn’t mean you wish ill on the president, but the hope is that this will be a big wake up call for the people who carelessly followed his lead.
Namibia's Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been withdrawn from the 400m race at the Olympics by World Athletics.
They are said to not be eligible for female classification.
The same rules are affecting Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba and Margaret Wambui.
allowing 40 days of outright massacres to pass before calling for a ceasefire is unforgivably egregious and i hope we all remember the politicians, celebrities, and institutions who waited so long to grow an inch of a spine
Woah, a 19-year-old from rural Texas doesn’t like Black people? Who gives a shit! he’s probably never met a black person in his life and almost certainly never will! His only exposure to black people is from videos of criminals on fox news
Same logic, same racism
i’m very glad i finished high school right before the career vlogger/influencer industry truly became accessible to everyone via tiktok because if i caught my teacher talking about me and my classmates like this— i would’ve gotten myself expelled i’m sorry this is insane
wh^te people pretending they are the human embodiment of civility, composure, and non-violence, will never not be hilarious to me. what a truly delusional people. just an amazing constant lack of self-awareness.
i’m no longer in the business of debating whether killer cops should be jailed and convicted because i think it’s a fruitless conversation. i just want people to stop calling the act “accountability” and “justice.” there is no such thing as justice for the dead.
you see a mother and child without a jacket and your first instinct is to pull out your phone and record, antagonize her, and call the police. no sense of community obligation, no questions asked or assistance offered. just surveillance, policing, and humiliation. i hate it here
do you guys just not think that colonized people consider the inevitability of retaliatory violence? do you not think they strategically weigh their options and understand deeply that captivity & death are already quotidian so the risk of pushing toward freedom is worth it?
BREAKING: The House passes a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok if its Chinese owner doesn’t sell. The bill faces an uncertain path in the Senate.
with the rise of the celebrity activist, there’s an increasing demand for every celebrity to be more “outspoken” and i just don’t think people realize just how terrible of an idea that is as most celebrities are… not v smart. and that’s okay.
fully believe we need to keep a public archive somewhere of every single person responsible for the lies that serve as a pretext for the terror unleashed against the colonized world and make it so that are never allowed outside of their homes peacefully.
not even just a public restrooms but the continual decrease in spots to just like sit down outside—smoke a cig, or even just take a break from walking briefly—and knowing the lack of places to sit coincides with the rise in homelessness & subsequent anti-homeless infrastructure💔
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The texts between Jussie Smollett and the Nigerian-American brothers prove that the $3500 was for fitness training and not to orchestrate the alleged attack. This calls the claims by the Superintendent of Chicago PD into question. Story developing.
unspeakable horrors being committed in your name and you, a white american jew, are the one fearing for your life here? and, we are supposed to pretend like this is a legitimate grievance and we are not being punk’d? okay
i actually understand the urge to keep grocery stores/fast food restaurants open, but there should be a universal demand for these companies to *at least* quadruple the pay of their workers, provide full-coverage healthcare if they somehow became affected with the virus.....
still have yet to receive an adequate explanation as to why the social phenomena of women being harassed/violated/in-proximity to violence, being termed “pretty privilege,” instead of just misogyny. there’s already a historical phrase for that!
you cannot convince me "pretty privelege" is real when this happens everyday. sometimes you really wish you were mid because of the safety boost it provides.
the mayor of louisville is a democrat. the attorney general is a republican. the city council is majority democrat. certainly voting will do the trick this time, though.
i know it’s prob not ~hashtag materialist~ to say this but the way a lot of these people consistently rage at the mere idea of poor and oppressed people getting like the most minuscule amount of ‘relief’ (if even that) from the state is just… there’s no hope for these people
the fact that hillary clinton has maintained a feminist reputation despite consistently being one of the most politically anti-feminist politicians the world has ever seen, simply b/c she’s a woman has to be the most exemplary paradigm and indictment of white liberal feminism