The thing I think about everyday is, like, three years ago we were looking at anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists talking about the WEF and "the elite" and being like "y'all are crazy" and now I'm like, "IT'S THE ELITE CLASS LYING TO US"
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The gardener Sam and no healthcare did it...
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How do you confuse justice with compliance? #disney #nostalgia #90s #WhatRadicalizedYou
If more people had real empathy, imagine how radical things could truly be! Yes, there is such thing as "toxic empathy," but it's not the BS people are saying it is and co-opting the phrase just so they don't need to care about anyone but themselves. 👻
#ghost #ggku #empathy #whatradicalizedyou
It’s a long list but this was pretty formative #whatradicalizedyou
I was 13 in 1997.
I read an article about the Taliban and the rights of women being stripped away under the guise of religion and modesty.
I’m still mad.
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Today's morning earworm from Susan's MixTapeMind.
#Music #MusicSky #Earworms #BlueskyMusic #MyDailyEarworm #MaryPoppins #MovieMusic #Sixties
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Hmm...women voting, respect for workers, listening to children....
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Honestly yeah... This is where my line was drawn
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I grew up Middle Class in the 1970’s. Parents’ divorce plunged everyone but my dad into poverty. Then I went to a very expensive private university full of privileged East Coast Republican kids. I have feelings about those experiences. #whatradicalizedyou #demsforever #votebluenomatterwho
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What I have not yet learned is why any of this is radical.
Photo of Jim Henson with Kermit puppet on his arm
Photo of Mr Rogers
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I learned empathy here.
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This woman taught me the importance of things beyond the human world.
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This man taught me the beauty in quiet and small things, and that making mistakes is okay.
Cutie Mark Crusaders from My Little Pony
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We all have the right to discover who we are, and the words we use to define ourselves, in our own way, and our own time.
The characters from Winnie the Pooh (specifically The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh cartoon)
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Depression (Eeyore) or anxiety (Piglet) don't make anyone less worthy of friendship.
Still from The Secret Of NIMH (1982)
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This mouse taught me that we don't abandon those who are sick or in need of care.
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And to seek answers instead of placing blind trust.
Photo of LeVar Burton smiling and surrounded by books.
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This man taught me to be curious about books, not to fear them.
Still of the dark princess from Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1982)
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And that sometimes the cruelest villains are motivated by simple, petty greed.
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This little girl (voiced by a Black woman) taught me that rainbows are healing, not harmful.
I find it interesting how so many of us have common themes running through our lives that lead us to activism and kindness. Maybe some of us are just born with a natural drive to push toward a kinder, more equitable world.
#WhatRadicalizedYou #kindness #activism #ChangeMakes
What radicalized you? Seeing a friend’s name on the National AIDS Quilt.
www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt #whatradicalizedyou
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I am tired of being asked what radicalized me. When I was 8, I saw through religion, the concern of others that was only for themselves. I saw through the nightmares of Elie Weisel and George Orwell what the world was. #whatradicalizedyou #fuckthegovernment #writemorepoetry #poet #poems
Not that I think it's a one to one experience or anything, but I quickly went from "sympathetic" to horrified by the idea of anyone being forced to de-transition in any way.
... I guess it was another #whatRadicalizedYou kind of moment?