The Black Panthers didn't mock people for their lack of education. They taught people how to read

A lot of people need to hear this

I guess it's because radical kindness and acceptance is "woke"... That's apparently the message the right took away from Gunn's #Superman

Conservativism in general destroys people's empathy brick by brick

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A good 7 yrs ago Bree, your joyful and silly content started my egg all a-cracking... So believe me when I say this.. we the audience beans love the shit out of you too 🖤🩷

Yeah, it's not hard. Programmed bots tend to talk in a very specific unnatural way- it's just another instance of society wanting to believe billionaires when they suggest it's easier or more common for poor people to try and rip you off than their own kind... Propaganda rlly

This is literally how people getting out of cults sound tbh... I left one I know. It's amazing how large a load of cognitive dissonance the brain can take when the brain washing and peer pressure to just *believe* is there

Exactly! And that extra time and effort and spoons we have to go through to jump through said hoops can be difficult and damaging... People always consistently don't consider the stress trauma that being disabled and unable to support yourself takes even *without* all this extra red tape they create

I tried to post my gofundme on some Reddit places specifically for mutual aid and they wanted me to jump through weird hoops like be like not have two weeks of not being active on reddit.. like heaven forbid I touch any grass.. it's so toxic

"You are playing the victim" is often said to actual victims by actual perpetrators. Do you know what it means when a perpetrator is claiming to be hurt by the truth their victims share? The perpetrator is playing the victim. Hypocrisy thrives in abusive people.

It's the ultimate catch 22- we're expected to make it our full time job proving how painful and hard it is for us to have a full time job...

Mutual aid saves lives.

We must think in terms of community care. Saving one another since no one else is coming to save us.

Instead of wondering if the person is genuine or if they will spend money the “right way”, ask yourself if you can spare it.

Can you help? Donate. Can’t donate? Boost.

Also- it's rather ableist of people to expect those of us who have too much pain to keep a full time job make seeking mutual aid our new full time job.

Every disabled person is always expected to somehow be both super horribly obviously disabled and also somehow superman

I do not meet Medicaid requirements, but my healthcare premiums became affordable when Missouri expanded Medicaid.

Medicaid cuts will impact my insurance. It will impact my rural hospital. It will impact my life.

It’s all connected.

Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.

This is fascism.

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

So here’s the thing.

Rest is good. It’s vital, whether you’re chronically ill or not.

But when you’re chronically ill, it’s really goddamned annoying. Like oh, thank you, body, guess I’ll just lie here and think about all the shit I was supposed to do but can’t because you threw a shit fit.

Lil vampire girl gonna try and go live on www.twitch.tv/nielsentaylor at 5 pm! With the game #littlegoodytwoshoes My messed up hands might not be able to do much tho- so if the pain gets too bad we will play some horror visual novels instead! (only one click every so often needed hehehe)

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

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And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.

A view of an ornate ceiling and two pigeons looking a the photographer. Caption reads: The photographer was lying on the ground, trying to shoot this ceiling. The pigeons were concerned.

Poverty and health are directly linked

It is very hard to cope with chronic illness when you can’t afford to have your basic needs met

It’s not a personal failing. It’s the result of a hyper capitalistic & ableist society

We need to stop blaming the individuals and start demanding social reform

Reposting for visibility

Just because it's not trans day of visibility rn doesn't mean I can't be visible ;-)

It's worth reflecting today on what it took to end legal chattel slavery in the US.

And it's worth remembering that the work stoppages of enslaved workers in the south crippled the Confederacy and were the largest and most effective labor action in US history.