might delete idk but
it's the "everyone wants to save the world but no one wants to help mom do the dishes" thing to me. they want to be hero of the day saving women in dark streets but never tackle the everyday things/ppl (incl themselves) contributing to rape culture
lmao actually one of the best relatable examples of walter rodney's theory of how the west siphons resources from periphery states to maintain their systemic positioning as 'better' than
Shout out to the man who asked if I needed help getting my suitcase off the train yesterday and when I told him no thank you he started singing independent woman by destinys child
Whenever I catch myself not reading things completely, I remember anti-intellectualism is on the rise, literacy is in decline, and I don’t want to be a VICTIM!
Therapy helps but let’s be clear. You can’t CBT your way out of capitalism. You can’t mindfulness your way out of racism. You can’t self care your way out of oppression. You can’t journal your way out of ableism. This isn’t about coping, it’s about deconstructing the systems.
Here to remind you again that Juneteenth isn't the celebration of the slaves being freed. It's the celebration of enslaved Texans finding out they were free TWO years after slavery was abolished....so.....UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE, NO ONE IS FREE.
i get so sad going back to my empty place after a night with my friends, i'm very certain we're meant to fall asleep in a pile together like a litter of puppies
And another thing:
I don't give a single flying fuck if someone did or didn't pay for diapers. COPS SHOULD NOT BE SHOOTING AT PEOPLE OVER PETTY THEFT. EVER!
"OFFICER" HUNTER FOREST BELONGS IN PRISON.
Being accused of shoplifting is not a death sentence. Being the child of someone accused of shoplifting is not a death sentence. A one-year-old is dead because police decided to open fire into a vehicle knowing a Black child was inside.
She did NOT steal the diapers but even if she did IT’S NOT A CAPITAL LEVEL OFFENSE or even a FELONY in most states, the threshold is too low. Trigger happy cops playing judge jury and executioner over $50 diapers?!
We say Black Lives Matter because y’all need to be reminded
the diapers were paid for. walmart called the cops on a pack of diapers that were paid for. a mother lost her precious baby. kohen wiley lost his entire life over a pack of paid diapers. acab. defund the police. fund necessities for children. create an actual safety team that is trained in deescalation , can provide resources for necessities and for mental health. these cops need to be charged for murder when they murder.