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Smith '10, Beyonce enthusiast, on my Black girl shit.

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@extracompelling ...and constructing the future." Audre Lorde.

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@extracompelling ...which might be better used in redefining ourselves & devising realistic scenarios for altering the present...

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@extracompelling #eduqueer "The oppressors maintain their position & evade respon for their actions. There is a constant drain of energy...

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As per our conversation #eduqueer I just found this on social media

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#eduqueer ...lives of LGBTQ that are just trying to live life

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#eduqueer I want marriage equality for myself & others, but marriage equality supporters stop there & need to think more of the everyday...

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@extracompelling #eduqueer it doesn't hurt, but what does it really help? A nice gesture is just that, at the end of the day.

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@extracompelling #eduqueer it is a supportive gesture, but not the only gesture/action to be made for LGBTQ equality & rights as allies

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#eduqueer focusing on one aspect of a movement and feeling self-satisfied by that form of #slactivism is where allyship continues to fail me

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#eduqueer for example, on facebook today I saw someone today offended when HRC's transphobia was called out

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#eduqueer Allyship always fails when allies are "offended" by critiques of their passion or themselves by those they are "allies" for, ugh.

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#eduqueer reactions of those w/ the red equal sign as their profile pic to those that critiqued the focus on marriage equality was poignant

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#eduqueer geraldine, queer social worker. Lets go..

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#eduqueer @circleh31 I agree. It's so important to recognize when allyship is not wanted.

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Going back, I know I need to adjust my ideas of an ally. Too often centered onthose with privileged identities. #eduqueer

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It's easy to claim #allyship when you can take the identity on & off like a coat. How to be an ally w/o appropriating oppression? #eduqueer

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I think we need to think about "ally" as a verb, not a noun. #eduqueer

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I am geraldine, queer social worker located in #Philly. #eduqueer

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#uhoh #rebel #vh1 #changeup #jared #myrtlemanor

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