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not tweeting anymore. not generating content for El*n M*sk+his right wing agenda. just checking my mentions+DMs. I’m running my mouth on IG. @ ayadeleonwrites
Feb 9, 2020 • 17 tweets • 24 min read
THREAD:
The way to win an argument by cheating is to willfully misrepresent an opponent's view to something objectionable. #DignidadLiteraria challenges systemic racism in the publishing industry but racism apologists insist we are mad at a white woman writing Mexican characters. First of all, you are late. POC settled THAT argument years ago. Anyone can write anyone, but you need to:
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE
CHECK YOUR WORK W/ THE PEOPLE YOU WROTE ABOUT
which Jeanine Cummins didn't do+this is why we are in this mess.
buzzfeed.com/danieljoseolde…
Dec 28, 2019 • 21 tweets • 17 min read
#HowICameToClimate: I grew up in an activist fam. Mom was an elected official+attorney fighting police violence. As a teen I was active in the peace movement+witnessed much eco-activism connected to that (mostly white). In my 20s I did black community organizing.
#ClimateTwitter In the early '00s, I co-faciltated a bunch of activist spaces w/ Van Jones+Julia Butterfly that connected racial+economic justice w/ eco activism. Back then, I was primarily an artist+occasional facilitator. Most of my energy went into making art that has strong social commentary
Nov 29, 2019 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Dems trying to make Buttigieg the new Obama, that is, someone whose identity makes them appear to represent change--to get support from progressives, but who actually represents business as usual. With Obama's recent "too far left" comment, I can tell *I was blind but now I see.* It WAS historic to elect a Black president. But racism he faced from the GOP who clobbered him at every step made him look more progressive. We (Black people like me) could believe that without all that opposition, he would've been the socialist they insisted he was. He was not.
Mar 25, 2018 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
A random pro-choice thread for today:
Our society has no respect for women, mothers, the labor of parenting, children or young people. Their focus on fetuses is about the IDEA of humans but not actual humans. This will eventually circle back to connect with the #MarchForOurLives Parenting is highly skilled labor. In traditional societies, people lived in multi-generational families+learned parenting skills from early on. But the nuclear family robs everyone of that training and we read books+listen to podcasts to learn what we could've known all along