By far the most bizarre, and incredibly frequent response I've seen to people pointing out that Matt Gaetz almost certainly trafficked children is "lol you mad?"
About... child rape?
Yes?
More to the point... why aren't you?!
Hey guys. I know a lot of us are in pain over what happened. And I'm here to say, you should grieve this. It's a deeply painful loss. So mourn. Give yourself the space to do that.
But don't give in to the despair or ruminate on catastrophy. Instead, chop wood, carry water. +
@Writer_Caroline I know one person who has serious plans to leave the country for his own safety. I know others who are refusing to get pregnant. I'm so glad I don't have a uterus anymore.
all i can say is live. you have to live. if you’re trans, queer, a woman, bipoc, disabled, an immigrant: you must live. we have to support each other. we have to be visible and loud if and when we can. and above all else we have to live
If Trump didn't rise to power in 2016 & empower the far right w/ him, I wouldn't be speaking out so directly about my growing up in a far right cult as a warning.
This is all familiar territory I have been unlearning for decades in my adulthood:
https://t.co/0BRPluwXS6