“why arent clothes made as well anymore” “why am i scared to ask my boss for PTO” “how is rent so high” “why wont Biden do the right thing” “why doesnt my degree matter” what if I told you these all have the same very depressing very real answer
A true girls girl is not really really liked by many fr.
It’s not that fluffy pink women’s empowerment performance most girls think it is. It’s all the painful truths you hate hearing, support and love in ACTION beyond what makes you simply feel good.
As a pediatric immunologist, I get this question all the time “what did kids do before vaccines?”
They died … by the millions. Parents in remote areas of the World walk days to vaccinate kids. Anti-VAxers display ignorance + fear + immense privilege and put us all at risk.
1. Forgiving everybody who hurt you.
2. Doordash and UberEats increasing the cost of food on the apps.
3. Uber increasing prices when your battery is low.
4. Taxes. Taxes. Taxes.
5. Health insurance not including vision and dental.
6. “Passive income”.
7. Working during the hours that dr’s offices are open.
8. HOAs.
9. Getting a mortgage with a company and they immediately sell it to another one.
10. Student loans just being sold over and over.
11. Those prepaid checks they send in the mail with the high interest rates.
12. Internet data caps.
13. College tuition increases.
14. Unpaid internships.
15. Claw toy machines at arcades.
16. Big companies asking customers for donations.
17. Expecting everybody to treat you like you would treat them.
18. The lottery.
19. The justice system.
incredible win for all retail workers who’ve had to spend their holidays fake laughing as every other customer says “omg i cant believe theyre making you work today ☹️” while actively being the reason they’re making you work today
i feel like people need to prepare for the eventual reality of boycotting apple & these other big tech companies if we wanna actually help congo, cause as long as there’s enough demand to release a new iphone or laptop every year, the atrocities happening there will not end
imagine instead of being wasteful consumers everyone didn’t upgrade their phones until they were broken or truly obsolete. until we really internalize that our conveniences are made of the back of someone’s suffering, these corporations will never slow down meeting the demand