the fact that i’m no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once related to is so heartbreaking. i age, they don’t. the immortality of fiction is beautiful but cruel
If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.