@nlyonne it may not feel like it’s moving the needle now but i know for sure that you and everyone with a platform who is speaking up on issues like this will be one of the things that gets us through the next 4 years. it’s going to be so freaking hard but we need hope and community.
Not my eloquent best, I grant you. To clarify: I meant to say, that in many states now, if a young girl is raped, even by a family member, she would be forced to have that child against her will, or risk going to prison longer than her perpetrator. And yeah, I think that’s about the darkest way to destroy a young woman’s life & autonomy & I say that coming from a place of first hand experience. There is too much unnecessary & violent shrapnel happening to our most marginalized groups & total fear of reprisal in speaking up. Heck, I’m scared too. But more than fear of personal ridicule, I fear the unmitigated glee of mob mentality, the kind that leads too easily to dehumanization & the disintegration of our collective moral compass. As an empath, I struggle to find the words to articulate my heartbreak for the rising toll of individual human beings presently tangled in this risky, political power play. Perhaps naively, I always envisioned progress as an empowering endeavor, working towards healing and understanding, with the goal of becoming a unified nation. Our great strength & defining characteristic ought to be in priding ourselves on protecting our most vulnerable, rather than high-fiving as we dismantle basic ethics & equality. See you next time on “showbiz libtards with hot, woke takes!” But speaking as an abused kid, who’s lived a lot of life, both on the skids & at the top, I guess I just don’t know how to stay silent despite the awareness that these days, it’s increasingly risky to be honest & can lead to muddled answers when caught off guard. Probably not a great sign that free speech is really free if even a rambling, loquacious riffer like yours truly, clams up in the face of a real deal question at some frothy, workplace event.
That’s all, folks! 🤍🤍🤍
@cj_uzomah just saw u at mothers! i was wearing the kelce tee! i knew u were a player but wasn’t sure who, please forgive me! finally figured it out after we left. u were so nice and polite - i’ll be rooting for u thru ur career! wish i got a pic! #87 saw u look at my number! 😂
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— Pedro Pascal talks with Steven Yeun about Bella
The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for orchestrating a “campaign of government retaliation” for the company’s opposition to the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.
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