I showed up to get my second vaccine today dressed in clothing from the women’s section and the volunteer still asked which gender restroom I was looking for 😍🌈
I have had the same trans flag pin on my jacket for a few years now, and this week two people told me they loved it with a little side eye...I cannot handle the euphoria wow
May we honor these young ones by dedicating our energies to defunding, dismantling, & abolishing these oppressive, murderous systems of policing that rob too many dear ones of the chance to grow old & their communities of the opportunity to witness that.
#AbolishThePolice
Funding body cameras.
Funding more trainings.
Funding updated use of force guidelines.
All that funding and reform hasn’t stopped the police from killing people or made our communities safer.
The problem is systemic and it requires systemic solutions.
A Non-Asian PSA:
In light of some of y'all being determined to show your ass in the wake of #AntiAsianHate here is are some tips to help you not do that:
- an appropriate response to someone mourning is "I see you". Center them, not yourself
This week is “Lighter Load Week” - the University’s response to cancelling Spring Break. Not only have my professors assigned more reading this week, one of my classes ran 45 minutes over time...
All these articles I keep seeing about how quarantine at home deeply affects the health of the brain should be a reminder that prisons existed before and will exist after this time and no one seemed to care about their health at all
I don't understand twitter...why do I go to look at my notifications and the whole thing is "recent tweet from..." like that's what my feed is for - show me which tweets my two friends and my mom liked please!