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Can't wait for the Oppenheimer buzz to die. The bomb those men built? They dropped in on New Mexico to test it. On my mother. She was 18 months old, in the fallout zone. Of the 21 girls in her high school class, 17 had leukemia. Tell THAT fucking story, Hollywood.
#downwinders
Internal documents show they initially sought to test it on "a third world country" but worried about diplomatic relations. They opted to drop it on rural New Mexico because it was "nothing but cows and Mexicans" out here.
Tell THAT fucking story.
Stop glorifying monsters.
Tell THAT fucking story.
Stop glorifying monsters.
And tou know what sucks? Nuclear weapons are such a huge industry here that I am actually worried that tweeting angrily about my government giving my mother cancer and a brain tumor will get me in trouble with prospective employers. This is the world I inhabit here.
Like, I should just allow my mom to take one for the team, as a baby who had a nuclear bomb literally dropped on her by her own government. The labs are among the biggest employers in my state. Everyone is beholden to them in some way. I'm tired yall
"Yes, we understand and we are sorry you're so upset. You do realize using the F word will offend people, right?"
But not radiating toddlers. That's not offensive at all.
But not radiating toddlers. That's not offensive at all.
New Mexico had only been a US state for 30 years at that point.
We were not even human to men like Oppeheimer.
My great grandfather was a sheep rancher. Up before dawn that morning. He though the sun rose twice that day.
We were not even human to men like Oppeheimer.
My great grandfather was a sheep rancher. Up before dawn that morning. He though the sun rose twice that day.
No one warned them.
Didn't expect to go viral. Thank you all, for caring about the downwinders like my mom.
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If New Mexico's real history interests you, check out my new novel, HOLLOW BEASTS.
Recently signed a deal with actress Gina Torres to develop for TV! xoxo
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I shut comments down. There's only so much "There was no other way to stop Hitler than nuking your mom on American soil when she was a toddler, and you are just another woke bitch for being sad about your mom's lifelong cancers and tumors" a girl can take.
As for the guy who thought it was cool to shrug in my comments and say "Oh well, it was worth it" to me about my own mother's pain and suffering? Somebody check his backyard for bodies. Pretty sure there are lots of pets missing in his neighborhood, too.
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