We see you and love you, trans people living in West Virginia and beyond. You are amazing and deserve lives free from hate and erasure. #TransDayOfVisibility
it is pretty wild how this is exactly what they used to say about cis gay people, word-for-word. like the talking points have not moved an inch since the 1970s
If you need the reminder today: You are more than what you produce. You can fail and still be valuable and worthy. When you make mistakes, you are loved.
You are fundamentally wondrous and beloved. It's not something you need to earn.
As a tenured professor who has had to do deliberate work to keep my mental health in check, I can attest to how abusive workplaces can be for scholars of color. There are people abusing people from marginalized communities with no consequences.
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The politicians oppressing trans kids and their families don't believe that trans people are real. They see gender-expansiveness as a modern social contagion. But Jewish history testifies: being trans is just another way of being human; another perfect image of the Divine.
The fact that this bear took 400 selfies — she just KNEW she was serving in this one! The lashes, the smize!!!! I know that’s right. She said I’m giving you MARILYN!
I really don't care if anyone saw Louis CK at MSG, I just want for us as a society to admit that no one actually cares about women or when men hurt them. One of the most painful realities of being a woman is seeing how deep misogyny runs - once you see it, you cannot unsee it.