& unfortunately not everything is recoverable. some environmental impacts will be permanent. any endangered species we lose? permanent. cutting down the ancient trees? permanent. the chemical pollution? permanent. the climate impacts? permanent. clean water loss? you guessed it
It’s great how society used to burn women at the stake at the mildest accusation of being a witch but a group of men were exposed for the most heinous acts known to human kind and are still walking around free.
AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."
So let me get this straight:
Storm the Capitol. Beat cops. Chant “Hang Mike Pence.”
That’s a “peaceful protest.”
Film ICE/CBP with a cell phone?
That’s a “riot” and you get a bullet?
Just a reminder…
Kyle Rittenhouse went across state lines with an assault rifle.
He then shot 3 people.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was in his own town, with a legal concealed weapon.
He never drew his gun, even as he was being violently assaulted by 8 ICE/Border Patrol agents.
This is really one of the more galling parts of this discourse every time it pops up; random American civilians are supposed to be calm, disciplined, ice-water in their veins, but armed agents of the state are entitled to take life on the basis of “feelings”
🎙 | Taylor Swift sobre a faixa 5, “Eldest Daughter”. ❤️🔥
— “Sometimes I'll use specific vernacular to be satirical, like the entire first verse of “Eldest Daughter” is somebody trying to figure out how to say things that they have read on the internet, whether it be "apathy is hot" or memes and trolling, and how do I keep up with how we're supposed to talk in order to describe how much we don't care, when really we all care about something. Then we go into the pre-chorus, and I go more into my own voice of “I've been afflicted by terminal uniqueness, I've been dying just from trying to seem cool”, so that's the kind of flip of every way in which I was speaking in this entire first verse, was me trying to assimilate to the way culture tells us to be (...) and going back to the idea of a showgirl, they are though in a way that's actually kind of “old school though,” where they're gonna smile on the outside and might have a storm going on in their lives.”
📹 | Taylor Swift talking about “Wood”
“It really started out in a very innocent place… I don’t know what happened… I don’t know how we got here, but I love the song so much.” #TaylorOnFallon
https://t.co/Fs9g4VUXDF
From a man named Jordan Levick. Incredible must read:
I am not a Swiftie, but I am a human being, a Dad AND, a Monstrous Football fan.
I am extremely disappointed in so many of you who think that "not being a fan" of someone means you're entitled to shit all over them.
I want to remind you of something.
Your children are watching you complain about Taylor Swift sitting at a football game, being happy, and cheering for a man she loves in what appears to be a very loving, respectful relationship.
Your children are watching you judge a woman for literally just EXISTING and taking up space happily.
And you know what? Ms. Swift has won 324 awards. How many do you have?
She brought $5 BILLION dollars in consumer spending and boosted the U. S. economy so significantly, that leaders from other countries actually beg for her to play there?
Did you know that there are over 20 college courses about her skills as an artist, lyricist, and musician - including at places like Harvard, Stanford & UC Berkeley?
Did you know that Taylor Swift quietly donates mass amounts of money to local food banks in every city she performs in?
AND DID YOU KNOW …
That Taylor Swift was sexually assaulted by a radio DJ, and she got him fired? When he sued HER for over $3 million for defamation, she counter sued for a symbolic $1 in a court case that took 2 YEARS for her to win. And, she did that just to show women that fighting for what's right has no price tag and to never be silent in the face of oppression.
WELL IF YOU DON’T CARE BY NOW, YOU SHOULD.
Because your daughters, nieces, and your nephews are watching you run your mouth. And they are seeing the world hate a woman who does so much good, simply because she exists in their line of sight.
DO BETTER PEOPLE.
Teach your boys to respect women. Teach your girls that as women, they are ALLOWED to take up space.
Fix it.
Become aware of your words. Because we all have the ability and the obligation to fight for the future of our children with simple moments. And we need to consciously choose to be better for them.