It’s 250 years of freedom for white men only.
It’s 106 years of voting freedom for white women.
It’s 72 years of voting freedom for Asian immigrants.
It’s 61 years of voting freedom for Black people.
It’s 51 years of voting rights for Native Peoples, but we all know that’s a farce when their lands were stripped from them and their ways of life were classified illegal.
It’s 10 years of marriage freedom for queer couples.
It’s 0 years of voting freedom for Puerto Ricans.
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
My coworker finally quit today, and the way he did it was pure chess. For months, our manager was "quietly promoting" him stacking on extra responsibilities, making him lead client pitches, and dropping hints about a "massive adjustment" during review season.
When review season came, the manager gave him a 2% raise and a speech about "tough quarters for the company."
My coworker didn’t argue. He didn’t complain. He just smiled, thanked him, and went back to his desk.
The manager told everyone in leadership how mature he was, bragging that he had "the most compliant, loyal team in the building."
But over the next three weeks...
My husband is busting his ass today in a steel mill in 90+ degree heat 60 hours a week all summer long and I’ll be at my job on July 4 at the hospital while you enjoy your holiday you starchy shirted jackass. Tell me we don’t work as hard as you.
repeat after me:
dear universe, i'm not asking for small favors this time. i am asking for the unthinkable to finally line up. may this month rearrange what i thought was impossible, turn endings into new beginnings, and remind me that miracles exist for people like me.
Good people have high levels of empathy, but once that empathy is exhausted, they switch to a state of objective observation. They see you for exactly who you are, without the filter of their love. This is why their anger feels so cold, it is the absence of the warmth you took for granted
Yesterday the Hardrock casino in Fort Lauderdale Florida draped itself in the Juneteenth flag. For those who aren’t aware the hardrock is owned by Seminole Indians.
Menopause is such a fun little season of life
You're exhausted by 2 PM, wide awake at 3 AM, overstimulated by group texts, mysteriously puffier than yesterday, your brain clocks out mid-sentence, and you are one chewing sound away from a felony.
I love that for us