You also are those moments, of course. “That’s not really me,” “that’s not who I am,” or “deep down, I’m actually…” this nonsense. There is no, “But I’ve changed.” There is no “born again.” You are what you do repeatedly, and you are everything you’ve ever done; you always will be. All of the harm […]
Tumblr @literallyaflamenot to hop in on the Hottest Discourse but: age gaps aren’t inherently bad between adults, but they are incredibly suspect in instances where one party has significantly more agency and experience due to their age. a thirty year old dating a forty year old, for instance, isn’t all that big a deal. but […]
“I’m non-violent. I can’t support that form of protest.” Then how are you squaring your support for the violence of the status quo? Not just the actual violence we choose not to count in our statistics, like robbery, theft, simple and aggravated assault, sexual assault, and murder (so long as it’s being committed by agents […]
Tumblr @lilacbreastedrollerwild how like PCOS, endometriosis, vaginismus & hell, even frequent yeast infections are “mysterious” with no well known cause and little to no decent treatment, but we have tons of supposedly well researched body fat removal methods, about 20 different kinds of breast implants, laser hair removal, and 100 different dermatologist recommended anti aging […]
One of the things that’s immediately apparent about white supremacy is that it badly hurts non-white people. Perhaps less obvious is that an effective secondary purpose is to hurt almost all white people, as well. The bribe of white supremacy is not that it will improve your lot any, just that it will worsen someone […]
There is no way to become rich except by robbing workers of their full value, renting out land and property made private by violence, and/or inheriting that wealth from someone who did, protecting it with violence. Tech billionaires did not invent something new by crushing unions, exploiting (even creating) classes of workers with fewer labor […]
Tumblr @hater-of-terfsStuff like guerilla gardening, stickering, wheatpasting, lifting, graffiti, pothole-filling and other minor illegal acts aren’t only important for their primary effects, but because disobeying your capitalist programming helps break down the internalized worldview that comes with it You start seeing society as it is: a collection of flawed, limited, man-made institutions that can be […]
Quick takeaway: Resist the urge to make casual “lizard people” jokes even though it seems like it’s just a harmless, out-there conspiracy to reference for funzies. Most people aren’t aware that concept is related to a specific set of beliefs developed by a specific person: David Icke. As these conspiracies tend to do, his veer […]
“That’s all in the past; I’m different now,” is really only relevant to your subjective self. It may be good that you have found your essence has changed. It can be helpful to think yourself moved out of one category and into another. To the rest of us, though, all we have access to are […]
When we say “crime is a social construction” we don’t mean that the harm done when someone is killed, robbed, or assaulted (including sexually assaulted) is subjective or all in your head. We mean U.S. cops execute an unknown exactly but thousand-plus people per year, and it’s never murder; it’s a “good kill” or, with […]