There is something so deeply sinister about this completely manufactured fantasy of kids being given transition surgeries at school at a time when kids are quite literally being murdered at school.
Know what all the moms in your life really want?
Bodily autonomy
Parental leave
Affordable childcare
Equal pay
Paid sick time
Safe schools
And more sleep
UNC Chapel Hill was literally built by enslaved people and would not admit their descendants until forced to do so by the courts a century after the Civil War, and still does not enroll Black people proportionate to their state population. Republicans want to kill diversity programs, yet need Black athletes. When do folks start standing up and taking their talents elsewhere, like I did?
Great writing isn't clarity. It's not grammar, metaphors, varying the length of sentences or ditching adverbs. It's the interesting ideas that sprout from an interesting life, every time.
“But if we raise the minimum wage, prices will go up!”
Avg cost of a Big Mac in New Hampshire, which has $7.25 minimum wage: $4.83
Avg cost of a Big Mac in Washington, which has $14.49 minimum wage: $4.67
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