why do men always act like people advocating for themselves is somehow this sketchy thing?

like, yes, people want their debt canceled, which is not somehow mutually exclusive with the student loan industry being predatory and bad for the economy
see also: "women want equal pay because they want more money!!!"

I mean: yes.
Status quo defenders are so used to creating layers of obfuscation as to why they want to maintain an unjust state of things from which they benefit so they can claim it’s actually just

that they’re shocked that anyone would admit to a personal, non-abstract stake in justice
It’s led to really skewed social justice discourse in which we all accept the privileged white male framing that defending the status quo is by default non-self-interested and that anyone arguing for change must prove their selfless, abstract purity
When the reasons privileged people have for resisting change aren’t neutral or abstract or objective

They’re personal and self-interested
And actually, “the system is negatively impacting my basic rights in order to protect other people’s privilege” is a fine argument

But so is “I need more money and I’ll take it at the expense scammy student loan agencies, thanks.”
This whole line of argument also ignores that it’s the responsibility of *policy makers* to figure out how to meet the needs of the populace fairly and responsibly—the role of advocates is to bring the needs to their attention and help them understand them.

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okay, I was not aware of the Hanukkah-Judith connection, but a few minutes of googling have brought me to the realization that it is very much A Thing and I have images to share (this August Riedel painting is only here so the first tweet has an image):
Okay, so first we have this image I already retweeted of a 19th century Italian hanukkiah, from the Jewish Museum, with a gloriously tits-out Judith brandishing Holofernes's head and standing atop two lions 11/10 need a replica
Here's an 18th century one from the Eldridge Street Museum.

4/10--not really comfortable with the halo, not enough knives, but the cherubim are fun
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I’m not fond of every change they’ve made, but Nynaeve’s character is a VAST improvement.
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Weren’t you terrified of the shower like 3 minutes ago? Image
ok whatever makes you happy

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the only difference is I like reading in a coffee shop instead of alone in my house

choke on it
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and most human beings? are ambiverts
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Jewishness probably maps more closely to *citizenship* than anything else.
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That’s not a response I’m okay with, but it’s notable that the contemporary Jewish response to it is *less* harsh.
Christians are all out here insisting that Jews MUST consider Christians with Jewish ancestry to be Jews (and by extension, their Christianity to be Judaism) because they want to define Judaism solely in terms of blood (which, btw, is literally a Nazi position).
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