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Jan 15, 2019 β€’ 3 tweets β€’ 2 min read β€’ Read on X
So I've been sitting here for a while trying to figure out what to even say. It's not a goodbye but boy did it feel like a goodbye. Emotions are weird. #AGDQ2019
I won't be GDQ staff anymore after this event, but it's not like I won't be there. If you're worried whether I'll still do runs or show up at the events, don't worry - I have no plans to stop going. GDQ is too important to me. #AGDQ2019
I still know it'll be different being there and not wearing the badge that says, "hey, if you need ANYTHING, just ask me. I'll help." But also, I'll still just kind of do that, to the extent of my ability. #AGDQ2019

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Sep 21, 2020
This is what fascism is. If you're still somehow wringing your hands saying "well, we shouldn't throw around terms so loosely," literally just look at this proposal from the GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA which criminalizes all protests and legalizes murder of protesters by car.
Just to be clear, fascism is already here. Police and prosecutors ALREADY find every excuse they can to criminalize protesters and condone other fascists mowing them down.

At a minimum: if you won't recognize it, call it out, and FIGHT IT, you are helping fascism advance.
Learn to recognize patterns.

The president is directly selecting arbitrary companies which may no longer do business in our country.

The police continue to murder Black people in the streets, then brutalize protesters and lobby successfully against every attempted reform.
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Aug 27, 2020
Last night I streamed for 5 hours and discussed a wide range of real life topics with viewers - social justice, nuance, policing, among others.

Going forward, my stream will continue to be an open discussion space for these topics that matter. The only prerequisite is empathy.
Preface: the below is NOT intended as a subtweet of any specific person.

I've seen a lot of talk lately about streams being "escapes" from harsh reality, asking people to leave heavy topics at the door. The problem is that "just not talking about it" provides unequal benefit.
Your personal mental health is important. To the extent you need to do so, please prioritize your wellbeing and take breaks from reality.

Please also scrutinize the ways in which your own life situation privileges you to ignore reality, even for a short time like a stream.
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Jul 21, 2020
Every day, you wake up and get to make a choice.

You can choose to take on the problems of people who are not like you, and fight for their equality.

Or you can center your personal comfort and shoot down those who are being too noisy.

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Every day, I'm surrounded by people who can't seem to imagine investing beyond an intellectual level in any problem that doesn't directly affect them.

It is literally killing me. We cannot accomplish anything without the help of people who do not even give a single shit.
Do you understand how fucking isolating this is?

There are not enough people of any given marginalized group to vote for change. If we want to fix ANY of the systemic issues harming us, we have to painstakingly explain them to you, because you don't have to care, so you don't.
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Jul 14, 2020
I dunno who needs to hear this, but directing (intentionally or not) anger towards someone or some organization for not taking action against an abuser is NOT EQUIVALENT to being an abuser.

Defensive kneejerk reactions to criticism prop up systemic inequality and rape culture.
What is "cancel culture?" It's the idea (right or wrong) of people being unjustly, SYSTEMICALLY deprived of their voice.

What does SYSTEMIC mean? It means that an inequality is baked into the status quo, and supported on a widespread basis by a POWER IMBALANCE between groups.
Where do power imbalances exist? Many places, but topically: between community event organizers and participants.

An individual holding such an organization accountable CANNOT cancel them. They lack the power.

An organization CAN cancel the individual. The power is theirs.
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Jul 8, 2020
I heavily, heavily, HEAVILY encourage all of my friends to read this thread in its entirety.

"Being a good person" is not a condition - it is an ACTION.
"Being an ally" is not a condition - it is an ACTION.

Spreading awareness is okay. Discussion is good. But make sure to ACT.
Muffins crystallizes so many feelings I've been having lately about the performative allyship of folks I know who only found their social justice voice on May 25, but spend it calling out specific people and brands for not also performing allyship along with them.
Tweeting is not a substitute for action. It never has been. You need to have the hard conversations. You need to shut down racism and rape culture and marginalization and dehumanization and bullying in the spaces where you are. You need to stick your neck out for the powerless.
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Jul 5, 2020
On July 4, 1776, representatives of the 13 British colonies in North America approved the text of a "Declaration of Independence." This document explained the reasons that the colonies were unilaterally declaring themselves free of British rule.
Among the first words of this document is the notorious phrase: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."

When this document was written, approximately 20% of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. (source: teachinghistory.org/history-conten…)
This phrase further betrays an insidious line of thinking that is endemic among privileged people. If you simply state "everyone is created equal" like a fact, you're denying the reality of, for example, children of enslaved people being born into slavery.
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