tw: suicide

20 years ago, in March, I fell in love with a boy. He would become my best friend and the great love of my life.

19 years ago, today, he died by suicide.

Not one day has passed that I haven’t said “I miss you. I love you,” even if I may just be talking to air.



I miss you. I love you.

I wish the world had the chance to know you, be impacted by you. I wish you had a chance to know the world. 16 is too young. Any age is too young. Do you see how horrible we are to one another? It’s worse than when you died, in 2005.

A thread on how I escaped a racist law firm and saved my life

(Let me try this again, because I'm inspired by ReesaTeesa to tell the truth and maybe help others in pain) If your brand of feminist leadership involves ignoring women are rising stars and happen to be of a different ethnic background, you’re not a feminist and you’re not a leader. You are making yourself a real obstacle for minoritized women created by white supremacy.

My parents spent everything to send me to a boarding high school because the options in our hometown in rural Illinois were limited and lacked options for advancement, which is how I ended up at a conservative boarding school in Indiana as a freshman in August 2001.

🧵 Classes were to begin late that Tuesday morning due to testing for older students. Freshmen, like me, had extra free time that morning.

Thoughts on Vivek and Nikki.
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Instead of living out a true authentic identity, some find themselves living in an artificial, self-created image that actively preserving white supremacy to the detriment of all.

(1/?) For those current South Asian Americans aligning themselves with the violent forces of white nationalism and the lying rhetoric of immigrant invasions, conspiracy theories, and replacement theories, the cornerstone of their false identity centers on anti-Blackness.

(2/?)

I am deeply disturbed by this candidate’s exploitation of his own ethnic background to erase the struggle for liberation that Black Americans have had to fight for 400+ years and are still fighting.

I’m Indian American, and what VR said is anti-Black.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1650563196795641871

My family derives whatever rights we have in this country from the centuries of struggle and violence endured by Black Americans. We would not be on this soil but for the struggle for true Black liberation.

“AM” Weekend Check-in - 4.23.23

Mood rating (1-100): 45
Emotions: Sad, anxious. Tired.
Struggle: I wish I had community in real life. I could really use a hug.
Goals: smother myself with self-care + mindfulness practice today instead of getting anxious about the week ahead Please check in using whatever format works for you. Substitute, delete, add, and/or ditch the template below. The goal is to take a few minutes to observe your feelings, in whatever form feels right to you.

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I woke up anxious about going to my first big event since before taking leave from work to care for my mental health in February.

Step by step, I made it to the @ObamaFoundation’s Earth Day volunteer event, and there, I found community. Joy. Compassion. Shared values. Today will be one of my most favorite days.