establishment democrats and republicans weren’t fearful he’d fail and ruin nyc. they were worried he’d succeed and represent the threat of a good alternative
Straight people: what amount of therapy would it take to turn you gay? If the answer is ‘no amount’ stop supporting conversion therapy. It doesn’t work and it’s torture.
Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire.
In a country where people skip medical care bcz they can't afford it, work multiple jobs to pay rent, and drown in student debt, one person now controls more wealth than entire nations.
This isn't a sign that the system is working.
It's a sign that wealth has become so concentrated that democracy itself starts competing with billionaire influence.
A trillionaire should not exist.
Shoutout to the Republicans who voted to cut a federal program that feeds pregnant women and young children on Thursday then go to church on Sunday.
You're the real hypocrites.
Pregnancy deaths in Texas jumped 56% after the abortion ban.
Women are dying of sepsis because doctors are too afraid to treat miscarriages.
Texas won’t even review the death data.
Every single Republican who voted for this ban has blood on their hands.
I just heard a guy on a podcast ask if tampons break the hymen and “doesn’t that take the virginity away”. And ladies and gentlemen, this is again why men shouldn’t be able to dictate women’s bodies.
It’s easier to say ‘I’m not a feminist’ when you’ve already benefited from what feminism fought for.
The ability to reject feminism is, in itself, a product of it.
Transphobia isn’t based in science. It’s not based in reality. It’s not based in common sense.
It’s hatred.
Transphobia is about being cruel towards a vulnerable group that cannot fight back without any consequences, while using fear as a justification for it.
Just a reminder: Your enemy isn’t the guy making $60k a year. It’s the billionaire making $60k a minute, hoarding record wealth while cutting jobs and lecturing workers about fiscal responsibility.
Someone said “Baby Boomers did that thing where you leave a single square of toilet paper on the roll and pretend it’s not your turn to change it, but with a whole society” and now I can’t stop thinking about it.
That bill in that says you can use deadly force to stop an abortion gives abusers a way to kill their pregnant wives and walk completely away. They wouldn’t even need to dispose of the body. All they need to say is, “she was going to get an abortion.” This is hate against women codified.