Stephanie Nielsen

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips Maine GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner | Common Dreams "I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."

"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

DO NOT MISTAKE EARNESTNESS FOR A THING TO BE AFRAID OF. “Cringe” or s too often simply just the word used to mask the discomfort that comes with being vulnerable! It’s okay to feel vulnerable about being earnest about important issues in the world!

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See quote above.

Here is what this person said when the first flights to El Salvador took place.

'Mulan' Couldn't Make a Fan Out of Mike Pence Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence ran an op-ed in 1999 denouncing the “liberal hope” of gender integration in the plot of “Mulan.”

Don’t think you could characterize it as broad backlash but there was one notable gender warrior against Mulan back in 1999: Mike Pence! www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day

When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift

A reminder of what was actually in his emails, which will no doubt be characterized in vague terms in the coming days

I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down-I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look. And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you-or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you -you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."

This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...

In all likelihood, if you use public bathrooms, you have shared them with trans people plenty of times, and nothing has happened, and you haven’t even known, because you don’t interrogate people who are just trying to use the restroom in peace, which is as it should be.

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.

Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

Just a reminder about how fair Wisconsin’s elections have been. Outer circle is vote share; inner circle is subsequent legislative majority.