In "Moving Through Trauma," @jessicasunlee recounts her experiences with complex trauma, c-PTSD, and shares hard-won wisdom on letting go of blame and shame to work through it, day by day.
https://t.co/m3iZSZf5Ld
Don't call them "heroes" if you're just going to let them die. @emilietumale's stellar examination of how COVID-19 and labor exploitation are disproportionately killing Pinay migrant workers and immigrants is a must-read today.
https://t.co/2pSek7VPbW
On the topic of representation & white people, Thread.
1. In Australia the refugee sector is predominantly run by white people/ people who have never been in detention or sought protection in Australia.
This Chinese women was attacked by a White Australian woman at Queen Victoria Market on Wednesday.
The White Australian Woman yelled "you fucking immigrant'' multiple times at the Chinese woman as she dragged her to the floor before hitting her.
#coronavirusaus#COVID19Aus related racism happening in my home city of #Sydney. Despite the fact the epicenter of the pandemic is the US and majority of #COVID19 cases in Oz come from the US, we are still seeing this disgusting #racist behaviour. https://t.co/xgIGstqv5U
Brown people who are completely harmless, on a boat:
"STOP THAT BOAT! TURN BACK THAT BOAT! WE'LL DECIDE WHO COMES TO THIS COUNTRY & THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THEY COME!"
White people who are carrying a deadly virus, on a huge ship:
"Meh. Hi ya. Off ya go." #auspol#COVID19
@steelmuslim Was only a matter of time before Karen's bogan cousin Brenda decided to attack some Asians on the train. Aussies pretend to act appalled yet most racist attacks on transit barely have others condemning these actions.
CORONA RANT: My brother is an emergency doctor in Brisbane. Thanks to binfire that is #coronavirusau he says patients have been stealing precious personal protective equipment, including one flog who just walked in and pinched a whole box of masks.
Watching people realize in real time how their prestige office job is effectively nonessential but that society basically can't function without "unskilled" labor is a rare plus of all this.
It's actually moronic to see people crying rivers for Peter Dutton when he has said many times that he dgaf about the well being of refugees. Denying them accessible healthcare is tolerable morally but not caring about Dutton contracting #COVID19? MONSTROUS 🙃 #covid19australia
it's rude to make jokes about peter dutton having coronavirus because he is a person with friends and family who love him, a consideration he has never given to the people he has locked up for years at a time in offshore suicide camps as a PR exercise
Asian activists who push the “proximity to whiteness” idea are doing a disservice to our communities which suffer from state violence every day.
From the Grape Strikes to NY’s Chinatown housing struggles, there’s a long history of Asian resistance we should respect and carry on.
Australia coronavirus update:
- 100 cases now recorded
- Three people have died
- Over half of infected patients recovered
- Majority are mild cases
"All, other than three who have died, have had pretty mild disease," says chief medical officer Dr Brendan Murphy.
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This #IWD2020 and every day - we ask that you resist tokenism and fight for meaningful change.
Start with justice against a system so successful at eradicating our rights, dignity and personhood.
Find ways to resist - small and large in your every day life.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We're grateful to all the Southeast Asian women who often play many roles and are the backbone in our communities. Thank you for crossing and moving mountains and paving the way for us all to continue breaking barriers never imagined.