Yellow haired female, likes waffles and news | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine | Aspiring 3 legged cat activist | a little latke who won’t stop screaming
Yesterday Michael Knowles, best known for recently calling for the "eradication of trans people from public life" at the largest conservative convention in the US allowed by Purdue's administration to advocate trans genocide on campus.
The student body responded in many ways 🧵
Anti-semitism doesn’t just exist in large actions. It occurs in small individual interactions too. I get it’s cool to “have a Jewish friend.” But it’s not usually fun to be the Jewish friend. Thanks for letting me share - I’m just trying to enjoy my lox and bagel in peace.
As an American Jew, I have created such a problematic “whatever” response to antisemitism. It’s become like a weird collection of stories I get to tell at dinner parties or in response to someone saying “you’re the only Jew I know - what’s that like?”
So yesterday I heard Kanye West decided to hate on Jewish people. Another person of power hating on American Judaism? Sounds like a normal Sunday to me. If you think we are on the path to normalizing antisemitism you’re wrong. We are already there.
Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it’s not even trending. Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud
I think I’m pretty cool until I go to B&N and direct a customer to where they can find Great Gatsby, feel deep judgment when a girl says her favorite Austen is Mansfield Park, and then find out that the book I went to buy is “too niche” for the store. So yeah.
If you’re ever asked to describe me, just share that after watching only the last 10 seconds of the US Open, I cried watching a 19 year old win and climb the bleachers to hug his family. That’s about all anyone needs to know.
No because Pride and Prejudice isn't "I changed myself for you so you would love me back." It's "your blatant rejection and disdain for me made me realize things about myself no one had ever been bold enough to tell me so I sat down and evaluated my behavior patterns and why +
I have been stuck in the charlotte airport for a cumulative 20 hours of my four day trip (thx @AmericanAir) and have an official rating of every Priority Pass lounge in the airport. I am accepting sponsorship opportunities @prioritypasscom