Kendrick wrote this song to confront prejudice in the LGBTQ+ community. He openly admits he used to say that word without understanding the harm it caused a close transgender relative, showing his own growth from ignorance to empathy.
The song is a nuanced story about how language shapes us and the courage it takes to unlearn it. Meanwhile, braindead idiots online post isolated lyrics out of context to stir fake outrage and miss the entire point.
hello everyone, I am okay and thank you for all of the kind messages, sorry I cannot respond to them all ๐ฉท
Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn't able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!
I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.
Like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it's true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon)
However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don't even appear in the frame LOL
The woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager, and behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforting me were her and my friend. None of the Twitchcon staff came to ask what happened or if I was okay.
My friend who was present told me Twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else.
So if no one was checking if I was okay or if I needed anything and they let the guy run away initially, I have no idea what anyone hired to keep the event safe was doing LOL
In Twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I'm sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.
I have a lot more I want to say but I will say it on stream later today instead of writing a book on here.
Thank you guys again, sorry you all had to see that. This is definitely my last Twitchcon, and it saddens me to say as a 10 year off and on attendee of Twitchcon, I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future. I did not feel cared for or protected, even bringing my own security and staff. I can't imagine how creators without those options would feel.
Stay safe y'all, everything is going to be okay
I.C.E. IS SHAVING OFF DETAINEES HAIR!
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE BEING DETAINED!
I.C.E. IS SHAVING OFF DETAINEES HAIR!
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE BEING DETAINED!
I.C.E. IS SHAVING OFF DETAINEES HAIR!
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE BEING DETAINED!
I.C.E. IS SHAVING OFF DETAINEES HAIR!
This is Gaza tonight.
Israel is raining bombs on 2 million people, half of them children, with nowhere to run.
More than 40 Palestinian civilians have already been killed, mostly women and children.
This is genocide, live on our screens.
This morning, one day after i came back from the Oscarโs a masked group of Israeli settlers stormed my neighbours home, assaulted the family members, sprayed pepper spray in their eyes, and smashed activistsโ phones.another group of settlers attacked another family in the area.
Hunter Schafer reveals that her new passport now lists her sex as male instead of female, following Trumpโs instatement:
โIโm not making this post to fear-monger, or to create drama, or receive consolation, I donโt need it. But I do think itโs worth posting to sort of note the reality of the situation and that itโs happening. I was shocked. I just didnโt think it was actually going to happen. I want to acknowledge my privilege, not only as a celebrity transwoman who is white [โฆ] I pass, and it still happened. [โฆ] No one, no matter how wealthy or white or pretty or whatever is excluded. [โฆ] I donโt give a f**k that they put an โMโ on my passport. It doesnโt change really anything about me or my transness, however, it does make life a little harder. Iโm pretty sure itโs gonna come along with having to out myself to border patrol agents [โฆ] much more often than I would like to or is really necessary. And thinking about other trans women or other trans people who this might be happening to.โ