I’m gonna speak frankly: your blithe acceptance of unmasking and mass death from COVID has made you more likely to accept mass death from genocide and climate catastrophe.
No one is disposable. No one. Stop acting like some deaths are fine if it means you stay comfortable
I’m so fucking serious when I say this is the crux of our social ills: too many ppl think it’s fine if some ppl die or become disabled as long as they can continue to live their life undisturbed. We are so fucked as a society if we continue to let this mindset stand
And if you come into my replies with opinions backed by vibes with zero evidence, or put words in my mouth that I didn’t say, which is what usually happens with a tweet like this, I will hide your reply and block you 🫶🏻
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I literally tweeted about this this morning. They’re coming for no-fault divorce. Ladies, you need to read up on what life was like before no-fault divorce. This will be terrifying for women who don’t have the money or connections to make it through the justice system
Yes, we use our phones/ social media too much. But social media is what burst my white bubble. Social media is where I listened to voices outside my background and experience.
You can be a luddite and find community if you're a Brooklyn teen.
It's harder if you're a teen in rural Kentucky.
Or a disabled person in Montana.
Or an organizer in Iran.
We need tech literacy. And respect for how ableism, classism etc. inflitrates these discussions.
I care a lot less about likes than I do about getting access to breaking news.
I care a lot less about likes than I do about stumbling across a perspective from a scholar, abolitionist, or organizer that I've never met and never heard of and who teaches me something new.
So last week, my family was out of town on what was supposed to be my first real vacation since March 2020, and we all contracted COVID. We were exposed by an unmasked family member prior to our trip. It was an absolute nightmare, but I hope this thread might help someone:
First: we mask everywhere. We quarantined before. We drove over the course of two days and never spent more than 5 minutes (masked) inside any public space. We stayed in a hotel with portable air purifiers with HEPA filters we brought from home. We were as careful as possible.
The second night we were in our condo in Florida, my eldest spiked a fever, and I just knew. Testing confirmed the next morning, and we were informed about the family member. I knew the rest of us weren't far behind.
Please, for the love of God, stop telling people to leave states like Texas and Florida. The privilege is breathtaking.
If you truly think it's that easy, then it's just as easy for you to move in and help out.
Imagine if people from heavily blue white utopias moved into areas where Black people, queer people, immigrants and trans ppl have been fighting for years - oh, like the South - and helped transform local government.
What a thought
From the mom of a trans child in Texas. This is how we start to help.
I wish we talked more about the profound loneliness that comes with being partnered with the wrong person.
Whenever I feel lonely, I remind myself of that past, of how every part of me felt misunderstood or invisible or wrong.
The right people don’t make you feel that way.
There is an ease and comfort with the right people. It may take time, but you can open yourself to them without judgement.
The right people accept you for who you are and help support you as you work to become a better version of yourself.
Things are not perfect with the right people because nothing in this world is perfect. But the right people make the imperfect things, the hard things easier because you know they’re on your side.
The right people are not perfect. But they are perfect for YOU.