if anyone is willing to connect about grief from loss pls DM. going through a difficult time and would appreciate anyone who is willing and able to support 💕
you realize that grief is perhaps the last and final translation of love. and i think this is the last act of loving someone. and you realize that it will never end. you get to do this, to translate this last act of love for the rest of your life.
I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
When politicians keep kids from learning about slavery out of a fear of making White students feel "guilty," they prevent kids from being inspired by White abolitionists like Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, the most radical of the “Radical Republicans,” born #OTD in 1792. A 🧵1/
Sports illustrated fired him for challenging their pay cuts during the pandemic.
He ran to unseat FIFA’s president.
He challenged human rights abuses in Qatar.
RIP Grant Wahl, who’s career was as much about great reporting as it was about speaking truth to abusive power.
@Kaya_ena I know we haven’t spoken in years…but in HS, I always thought you were so smart & poised. And I’d patiently await your super eloquent ass answers in AP Lit 😂🥹 I just know you’re still as marvelous! Here’s a pic of our 10mo kitty. 🥰