Evelyn Garcia

“A stripper is only as good as the song.” -Meredith Palmer

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

THIS IS GOING VIRAL SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE TOO:

A bit from my past:

My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly medicated— some to a point that still sticks with me years later.

As I got to know their background and lives 3 things were very clear:

1. A vast majority had been emotionally neglected, emotionally abused, or physically abused as children.

2. A vast majority had experienced domestic violence or were currently living in it.

3. Basic needs were never met. Life was an hour by hour struggle. Treatment was an attempt to allow them to get to work in most cases. To just continue to surviving.

It was the start of me questioning the field I had been trained in. One that diagnoses people with disorders without taking a look at the whole picture. It began my path of holistic understanding.

A person cannot be well when one unexpected bill will have them fall behind on rent. When they lay their head on a pillow and all they can think about is expenses piling up. When a bill at the grocery store is almost double what they paid last year when their income has stayed the same.

An entire family unit deeply struggles within survival mode. When a job is lost. When daycare needs to be paid, but so does the light bill— what do you choose? When parents can’t even think about the emotional needs of their children because they have to figure out where their next meal is going to come from.

In 1942, 10 years before the diagnostic manual of mental illness was released Maslow knew what was once just common sense: we have a hierarchy of needs.

At the bottom are basic needs food and shelter. Then safety (resources, security). Then belonging (connection, friendship, intimacy.) Without three things we *will* be sick, period.

I get pushback for questioning the status quo. And I’ll continue to do it. The status quo is keeping people sick. It denies their experience. And it says we should bandage people’s symptoms so they can return to the environment that made them sick.

May we wake up, heal ourselves, and build conscious communities to help each other.

Retweet if you feel this is true in your body 🙏

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Charlie Kirk getting schooled by someone who actually understands history. 👏

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

BOOM: Eminem just destroyed MAGA supporters stating what in the hell would middle-class white people have in common with a billionaire who has never seen struggle in his life. Who else agrees with Eminem I sure do?✋🏽
#DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE

[euphoria @euphoriaHBO]

We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud. He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

PSA:

Your period should not
🩸last longer than 7 days
🩸interfere with your life
🩸happen more than monthly
🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours
🩸have clots larger than a quarter
🩸cause debilitating pain
🩸require double product coverage
🩸make you anemic

[Freddy George ꕤ @giawfreddy]

Drew didn’t let that slide, I love her sm for that

[Mexico Solidarity Media @MexSolidarity]

Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC strikes a "conciliatory" tone with AMLO to address fentanyl crisis, saying both countries must stop drug cartels from killing Ks of US citizens per year.

But he FAILS to acknowledge that the US is arming the cartels, which also kill Ks of Mexicans per year.

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

Easter in Italy is not what I expected

[Chris Harihar @ChrisHarihar]

This interview is a prime example of what not to do & will be studied in public speaking classes for years. Jon Stewart often lets interviewees self-sabotage, but here, the Deputy Secretary of Defense unravels before even making her argument.

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

We can't even keep the slow trains from spilling chemicals into our water supply

[Jack Cocchiarella 🌹 @JDCocchiarella]

This video is a perfect representation of how Donald Trump’s day went:

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

This is how it’s done folks.

[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

@JoJoFromJerz They're all bananas.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

This literally has me SCREAMING 😭https://t.co/XZ40JcDmkk

[KTYGraphics cartoonist✍🏻 @CathyGraphics3]

@JoJoFromJerz Well… Fox. Lol.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Dear Ma & Pa MAGA,

donald trump didn’t lower your taxes. He didn’t get your roads fixed or your bridges built. He didn’t get you healthcare coverage, lower the price of your prescriptions, decrease the deficit, end the opioid crisis, revive the coal industry, he didn’t make “covid disappear”, didn’t make Mexico “pay for the wall”, he didn’t “put America First” and he sure as hell didn’t “drain the swamp”.
So when you say he “fought for you”, you mean he validated your hate.
Because he didn’t do a goddamn thing for you other than that.

He hates who you hate.
And sadly, that’s all you think you need.

[DMH @D2theM2theH]

Great day #TrumpIndictment

[Anonymous Meme @4DaM3m3z]

@JoJoFromJerz

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Republicans will force a 10 year old to carry her rapist’s baby to term, let a 6 year old carry a gun, permit a 12 year old to work an 8 hour shift in a meat packing plant and allow a grown man to marry a 14 year old with a Judge’s consent, all while telling us that the reason they’re banning drag queens, gender affirming care and books about Rosa Parks is because they want to ‘protect our kids.’

Bullshit.