The thing about a political strategy that focuses on winning affluent voters is that under capitalism there are simply more working class people than there are capitalists or professional managers
Right now we’re in it but if you were to look back at this era w the benefit of a century it would be CLEAR that the pandemic, just like in 1918, accelerated fascism as it brought eugenicist ideas into the mainstream
I want to call attention to this wonderful TikToker! She teaches people about nutritious foods that are either super cheap or are in our backyards as a way to stay healthy in a world where healthy food is becoming more expensive! She’s amazing!
it is interesting that a lot of white trans people are mad about this / mad about the implication that a “trans bourgeoise” exists when it is simply true that monied white trans people will always be able to have greater access to transition-related care regardless of legality
“I refuse to play the condemnation game. Let me make myself clear. I do not tell oppressed people how to resist their oppression or who their allies should be.”
A big part of the problem with a lot of people’s self image is that they’ve seen very few people naked. The more bodies you see the more you realize the staggering diversity of how people look, and a sharply delineated sex binary becomes real blurry real quickly.