When dad called the other day, he was upset that I don't reach out more often and asked why. I told him it was because he voted for Trump. He tried to say that wasn't fair, but I reminded him that if an 8 year old child who doesn't even understand is guilty, then a fully grown adult has no excuse.
I complained about being punished for something I didn't do, and my dad explained that I was guilty by association. Apparently, I was supposed to stop someone else's child when I was only a child myself, I guess? I don't know.
When I was 8, I was visiting my grandparents with my dad. I was playing with the little girl next door when she started throwing rocks at cars and hit one. The driver returned and spoke with the adults about what happened. Despite the driver saying it was only the other girl, I got grounded.
I have gotten an influx of followers over the past few days. Hope you're not bots or bigots.
To all new users coming in from FB:
1) Be a decent human being.
2) Trans women are women, trans men are men, nonbinary people are valid.
3) Block immediately and whenever you need to.
4) For real, just be a decent human being. It's not that hard.
I have a pair who know my work schedule who come to hang nearby. They discovered that when I'm in the road, it's usually safe to snack on any roadkill nearby. I occasionally leave them healthy snacks.
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Try looking at the meme with a more decolonized mindset. Look at indigenous history and see the differences in how colonizers used violence vs. how those they colonized did. Each side used violence, but only colonizers did so without conscience.
True. However, you failed to consider how each side used those weapons. Fascists use them liberally against anyone they feel are less deserving, with little to no warning. We had to fight to even access them, try to get only the powerful, and they had plenty of warning.
I feel as if you saw the meme and are assuming that killing our oppressors is the goal. But we don't insist on the death of our oppressors, we insist on the death of their hate, otherwise, we are not above removing them from the gene pool and allowing them to nourish the earth. Huge difference.
It isn't fascist to fight back. You sound like a "violence isn't the answer" kind of person, and that in and of itself is a form of fascist violence because it's only said to marginalized folks trying to defend themselves. Marginalized folks using violence to fight for their rights is not the same.
You are conflating one single battle with the entire war. Do you think marriage was a non-violent win for us? It took decades of fighting just to get to the vote for marriage. Our trans siblings are still fighting for their lives, and it's going to take more violence to help them.
Did you forget Pride started as a riot? That we have been fighting and are still fighting, to be seen as equal?
Just a public message.
#TheAlliedForces
Huzzah!
My 50th birthday is right around the corner. This is a monumental one, as I never expected to live this long. Wanna help a girl celebrate? Venmo and CashApp are both MiMamaLlama if financial support is your thing. Drop some happy in the comments and do something kind for another.
If our systems weren't so tied to privilege and wealth as sources of power, perhaps we wouldn't be so "business as usual" after a major healthcare CEO is killed. People aren't heartless—they lacked the care and access these CEOs had, watching loved ones suffer and die from preventable conditions.
Not everything is horrible.
Art by Beatrix Potter
#MenWithCats
Things I've said to my dog today on my way to work:
"Absolutely not! We do not pee on civilian cars. Wait until we get to the police station!"
"Consent matters in all things, sir. Do not tackle the children, wait for them to come to you."
"No tongue! NO TONGUE!"
So far, the question "Can I give them a quality life?" has kept me from trying to bring wild animals home, but the spouse's greatest fear still involves waking up while camping to hear me outside excitedly whispering "Kitty!"
Woke up with Big Auntie energy today. Stoodis.
I don't think they should, but I often wish they could be.
We MUST keep vaccines.
have you written your Senator to let them know?
I need more indigenous queer folks in my life. Where's my family at?
Our cats, Paco sitting on Larry
🎵 C'mon people now, sit on your brother, everybody get together... 🎶
Every year, I've stepped between a white hand that is reaching for a Black child's hair is between 4-7. That might not seem like a lot until you realize this is a small town with very few families of color, and even fewer still who live in town.
It doesn't look or feel violent on the surface, and I'm certain a fair amount of it is unintentional because they just don't realize that the things they say and do are just so ... gross. These things have been normalized, so trying to educate them is a battle 99% of the time.
Am I allowed to say white women are exhausting here? Because they are. I only pass as one, so they initially talk to me as if I am one. I live in a predominantly right-leaning town, and it's creepy how casually and subtly violent they can be. I'm so glad the town's children pay attention to me.
I think a large part of it for me is a lot of it is stuff I remembered hearing about as a kid, but I couldn't easily follow up on at the time. Now I can binge watch it.