These categories are reductive and leave gender non-conforming people completely out of the mix. Let's stop enforcing rigid stereotypes for "gifts" that erase broad swaths of people and induce shame for those who like a gift gendered as not for their gender. (4/4)
Hobbies and interests are so incredibly varied and while there is a gendered upbringing around some of them, so many people push past these either as they raise kids or as they become adults. (3/4)
OK, Twitter, look - it's time to have a talk. I've been seeing a lot of climate despair on here lately, and I understand it's cathartic to voice your deepest fears, but at this point in time, that despair is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. I work for an environmental charity- 1/
In other news, andy ngo is still a trash "reporter" and people who believe christianity is under attack are really only experiencing other religions demanding the same level of respect christians have had for years. christians are not persecuted in the US.
If you're the type of person who says, "oh, just listen to the officer, even if they're wrong, it just makes it easier" or any other similar statement in a similar situation, then you are the type of person who will 100% let fascism happen on your watch.
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Some people won't get vaccinated because of a conspiracy theory that vaccines are tracking devices, while carrying actual tracking devices in their pockets and using them to post about vaccines.
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Just spent over $300 at the @bioware store because after all these years I'm still 100% Mass Effect trash and need to shove my head into a goddamned life size N7 Breather helmet
I want Trump to be removed so that every 5th grader who asks “why was Mike Pence President for 2 days” hears a story about why white supremacy & fascism are threats to democracy. Millions of students in the next decades will ask this question and will know to reject fascism.
In all seriousness, it's so important for people in the trans community to see celebrities coming out, and coming out boldly, beautifully, and vulnerably. This is how we start to break down barriers.