The United States is so anti-worker that in the middle of a pandemic the New York Times is referring to workers gaining minimal class consciousness as a “disease”.
every time I hear that grinch song I think damn they couldn't have even done my guy the service of breaking this up with a little chorus, just on his ass for six straight verses with no hook
there is no solace in being unsurprised, no peace in expecting injustice, and no comfort in bracing for the worst. even if this acquittal was predicted, even though it’s just proof of a barbaric, consistent system, the pain is just as profound. let people grief as they please.
last night Ursula K. Le Guin visited my dreams and I said to her "Queerness is a long thread of hurt" and she answered "Now what will you mend with that thread?" and it rocked me so hard I woke up crying