Tresa Edmunds

SingerWriterActor. Creative Visionary of Body Loyalty. Feminist former Mormon. Rabblerouser. Disabled radical.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@twitchyspoonie I think Marx is just not robust enough to address disability, specifically because he was talking about work as defined by the state, which leaves out all carework.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@123itsmeMary Hating the taste of water is also a sign of inaccessible dental care. When I was too broke to fix my rotten teeth, the water tasted like rotten teeth.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

The discourse just proves to me that starting at class is actually too far. We need to start with human dignity. 1) You are a human. 2) So is everyone else. 3) Your body will decay because it is nature. 4) Your contribution is not in work you perform, but relationships you build.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Marx is great for what he is, but socialist feminists have been pointing out for a long time that he did not address carework. Trying to cram Disability Justice into Marxism is a non-starter.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@twitchyspoonie The discussion I've seen around your post seems to be conflating privileges with rights. I think reading is a human right, but disabled people know that in this world a lot of human rights are a privilege to meet.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@FallenLuxi Systems are just ways groups of people organize themselves. People can be racist, and then when they organize, they build racist policies that then make the system racist. Then the system perpetuates it independent of people.

[National Pain Advocacy Center @national_pain]

We are heartbroken to share the passing of one of our most beloved and valued advocates @Tinu. Tinu co-lead our #RealPainStories campaign for #PainAwarenessMonth. Tragically, she did not live to see the end of September.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@nberlat anti-meritocracy is all throughout any public facing job. They only give the microphone to the people they know will share their message. Even if you're not a hack, they have to know you at least won't blow a whistle. You have to be OK with how the sausage gets made.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Thank you @stevesilberman for all you've given this world. I found him when I was a desperate mother and all I knew was that experts said my son was broken, and he was one of the first voices that said he wasn't. Blessings to him and everyone who loved him.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@anylaurie16 goddamn you're funny Laurie.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@religiongal Perfectionism, and we have to talk about the inheritance of polygamy and how that impacts us today. Fear of scarcity over men, competition among women, how these dynamics weave their way through the generations. How many of our grandmothers watched a younger wife take her place?

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@blackgirlinmain I also like Resmaa Menakem's philosophy that black bodies and white bodies need separate healing spaces. Our learning can't keep coming at y'all's expense.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@11of13Law Thank you ❤️

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread.

It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.

[Megan Agnew @MeganAgnew]

Eight children, one husband, hundreds of acres beneath the enormous skies of the American west – and millions of social media followers. I spent the day with "trad wife" Hannah Neeleman, or Ballerina Farm, to figure out what all the fuss was about https://t.co/FapSYfq8id

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@Karnythia I wrote this thread to contextualize it further within Mormonism. I agree - this stuff is everywhere there are patriarchs. Our flavr capitalizes on our history in ways that are really chilling to me.
I wrote this to put this further into a Mormon context: https://t.co/5s2aCZ6C9r

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread.

It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@ejdickson I wrote this to put this further into a Mormon context:
https://t.co/5s2aCZ6C9r

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread.

It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

@ejdickson I think this piece did a BEAUTIFUL job at drawing attention to what DV can look like in certain settings, particularly fertility abuse. She's a woman with options, but she's also a woman who has been made physically vulnerable by pregnancy and childbirth since she was 21.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

BTW: if you feel the need to well, actually any history here, I'm probably going to feel the need to hit you with the Ron Swanson "I know more than you" meme. Don't trouble yourself.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

Her husband took in a 16 yo orphan girl to tend to her and the children. And then married the orphan girl. My Gmother was devastated, but she had no options. She was sick, alone, and had 13 children. She died at 48 and her children were raised by the 2nd wife.

[Tresa Edmunds @reesedixon]

If you want to celebrate their pioneer spirit, take a big leap to get yourself free. Let that be what you take from their legacy. Brave the unknown and build a life they couldn't have even dreamed of.