Mx. AJW

she & they : Hippo Hating • Philosophizing • Politicizing • Story Telling • Yoga Teaching : Blerd, US Army Vet, Definitely a Human, Possibly in a Simulation

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

Rewatching @WestworldHBO with an eye on the parks being a massive personal data mining project that finally achieved total data capture

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

My Folks* being my loved ones #ButAlso other marginalized ppl living in jeopardy & proximity to harm

I don’t have anything for ppl threatening our communities & devaluing our lives when they experience hardship or loss not even thought & prayers

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

after thinking “what is wrong w/ people” I follow it with “what is right w/ people” to disrupt misanthropic narratives & sangry feelz

bc #CompassionFatigue is a thing, I actively withhold sympathetic/empathetic responses to harmful people to maintain space & spoons for My Folks*

[Adam Shannon @AdamRShannon]

I often remind myself that “people are horrible/I hate everyone” is a fundamentally right-wing narrative. It feeds the retributive impulses that dismantle social support systems and replace democratic representation with demagoguery. Compassion is hard, but it is resistance.

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

I think folks outside of academia don’t recognize this as a #PowerMove
Bc it’s more of an epic Eff Ewe to their school’s admin C19 policies
than about That One Student in That One Class

[young hot ebony. @yonnitsunami]

y’all

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@jost_george @ParissAthena and yet I was able to grab these Cantonese/English cookbooks in Hong Kong on my way home from studying in mainland China
I’ve never visited another country where bookstores lacked a cookbook section

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@ParissAthena I’ll see your bet and raise you spots with an all fusion menu - not a mix of A + B cuisine just a list of trendy foods

I don’t trust any kitchen putting out bulgogi tacos, chicken & waffles, Japanese curry, Nashville hot chicken pizza, & poutine in the same dinner service

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@ClaudiaStellar Cuteness^2

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@ClaudiaStellar Judo in the first hour we brought him home
Shelter staff said he was really good & didn’t destroy toys … turns out he only wreaks his own stuff lol

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@ZOZOxKING @siriyonce_ Thank you!

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@ZOZOxKING @siriyonce_ Please tell me who this is. I need to watch all the videos & buy all the books!

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@kailovesjjong @NussbaumAbigail And I’m completely okay with anyone who can’t relate cos #NothingIsUniversal

Dis/liking Cather is an intergenerational bond, Salinger got mixed reviews at the time & convo has always been contentious - I’m jealous of ppl who never had to read it … or herd of it

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@_jessycarenee They’re a future family heirloom!

Like 21st c Tiffany or bone china, but more elegant (and durable)

I’m excited for every other BW carrying on Ms. Estelle’s legacy of being classy while boozing

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

All that makes Holden’s “bad behavior” + sadness empathetic & relatable

Cos who among us have experienced loss or trauma w/o
becoming an edge-lord
while failing out of prep school
then going on a weekend bender in NYC
before our parents recognize we’re struggling & intervene ?

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

Catcher discourse is exhausting bc its its about in/validating a boring yt kid w a sad as a relatable (yt teen) archetype that doesn’t even consider Holden’s points of privilege as reasons *most of us* did not & will never experience

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

Holden’s physical, social, emotional abuse is attributed to grief
w/o challenging
His response to being vulnerable is using his own points privilege to be violent with other vulnerable, designated victims

which is a feature of yt supremacy
Making Salinger’s writing “realistic”

[Mx. AJW @BigPersnick]

@NussbaumAbigail I also read it in the ‘90s in HS english as a 2nd gen Black girl attending an all girl Catholic HS run by Irish nuns I saw that Holden was suffering & acting out

I couldn’t relate bc if I acted out my Black ass would have been criminalized not medicalized like mediocre yt guy