I've apparently been gone from the platform previously known as Twitter for quite a while. As in my hair is now down my back & not, as my profile pic would depict, a tight short crop. Dare I ask? What'd I miss?
That Starbucks is offering reproductive healthcare for its employees but warning it will not do so for unionized employees shows employer-provided healthcare for what it is, which is a labor disciplining device.
If Every time Men Had Sex,
They Risked Death, Physical Disability,A Life Altering Interruption In Their Education,Or Career, & The Sudden Life Long
Responsibility For Another
Human Being,I Think
They’d Expect A Choice
In The Matter
A good thing would be for men to also start speaking up about how many abortions they have had and how their lives would’ve changed irrevocably if they hadn’t had that choice and free will as an option available to them and that partner. We are in this together. Stand with us.
When I was interviewing for a job, I asked for a certain salary. The editor, a Black woman, made sure to say “Nah” and offered me $20K more.
Even when I didn’t negotiate my salary well, she used her power to make sure I was paid well. Grateful for people like her.