"Either it's all of us or it's none of us!"
We will never be "normal" enough for the cishets. This is why we need 100% queer solidarity, and why respectability politics is BULLSHIT!
Please read the whole tumblr post by @/vaspider.
@e_urq
A school board in Florida just passed a policy to out all LGBTQ kids to their classmates' parents.
Somehow being LGBTQ is a safety issue FOR CISHET KIDS, and the parents HAVE A RIGHT to know!?!?!?
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@EvaRebeca5
I bumped into my jerk ex-husband, a couple years after the divorce.
Him: "I found a great woman who makes me happy."
Me: "Hey, me too!"
It was worth it for the priceless look on his face.
#TrueStory
#TurnsOutImBi
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@VictoriaTV_LC
@Chad_G101
It's utter trash:
1) The author admits he did ZERO research.
2) It's completely inaccurate and unrealistic.
3) It ignores the participation/awareness of civilians including very young children.
4) The point of the story is to make you feel sympathy . . . for the NAZIs!
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@re_learning
@bobbyteriyaki
My response is "What if there's a teen on their way to college who could discover the cure for cancer, but her whole future is derailed because she got pregnant and was forced to carry the baby, lost her scholarship, and now she's a waitress?"
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@MsPackyetti
@LouisatheLast
They "let people die"??? NO! That's too passive -- aren't they the ones who jacked up the price by hundreds of $ per dose in the first place? They've been outright killing people intentionally!!
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@Nithin0dha
@zerodhaonline
BMI is not a measure of health, and this is ableist, fatphobic, and racist. It's stigmatizing and shaming those with higher BMI's. Asking people to develop eating disorders in a "competition" isn't fun, it's twisted. You're harming people's mental health. Don't do this.
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@Stardate325858
@AubryAndrews
A FAKE opportunity. I've heard similar stories from women who are private chefs/caterers. One even came to someone's house, cooked a "romantic meal for two," and then was told "You're the date!" She left in a hurry. I hope she got paid for her time & ingredients!
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@ask_aubry
I don't care what the friendship dynamics are; if OP's wife was not invited, it's because one or more of these is true:
a) OP is lying
b) ex gf wants him back
c) sister wants OP to get back together with ex gf.
OP should've brought his wife or skipped the trip.
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@YourNeighbor57
@NYMag
@lizweil
Teaching consent at all ages is essential. But it would also help if we stopped framing rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment by teens or adults as mishandled "attraction." ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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@shaindelr
That is a silly comparison. How many men actually change their own oil themselves?
The whole "men do outdoor chores; women do indoor chores" is ridiculously uneven in terms of total hours per year and should've been rejected by wives everywhere at least 50 years ago.
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@siyell0w
No.
This is the same flavor of bullspit gay people say to bi people who are in a het-appearing relationship.
You don't get to gatekeep queerness based on someone's gender presentation (or choice of partners).
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@Nithin0dha
@zerodhaonline
Companies need to MYOB. If I can do my job effectively, my weight is none of your business. This is rude, violates people's boundaries, and encourages bullying and body shaming among the staff. WHY???
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@mixbecca
2/2 I meant "The Land Is Your Land" so he kept insisting I was wrong. The more furious he got, the more I blanked on "My Country Tis of Thee". I finally remembered it several hours later. To this day, I have no idea why this was one of the worst, dumbest fights we ever had.
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@catgraffam
Same, but the opposite - I thought cranberries were the size of apples because I'd only seen sliced canned cranberry sauce in a serving dish, When I finally saw a bag of cranberries, I was very surprised they were so small.
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@mixbecca
1/2 I had a fight like this with my ex (pre-smartphone). I said "God Save the Queen" was the same tune as an American song, but I couldn't remember it. (It's "My Country Tis of Thee".) He said it was "America the Beautiful". I kept saying, "No, it's the OTHER song!" He thought
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@yrfatfriend
Those kids are NEVER going to recover from the physical damage, or the psychological damage. I don't care what weight a child is, it's never a good idea to do that to someone who is still growing and may not have the maturity to consent.
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@JessupShannon
@dilemmalord
It's hard to riot when you're underfed, malnourished, and hypoglycemic. Why do you think the skinny look is coming back around?
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@joewellscomic
The snakes who don't bite anyone do nothing to stop the others from biting as many contestants as they can. "We're snakes," said one snake. "What can I do? If I say something, they'll ignore me, stop being friends with me, or even bite ME!" he said, somehow shrugging helplessly.
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@_mikiyuki355
@re_learning
@bobbyteriyaki
YW. If someone responds by slut-shaming the hypothetical teen, ask, "What if her boyfriend is the one who was destined to cure cancer, but he dropped out of college to get a job to support his girlfriend and their baby, so "doing the right thing" derailed his future?"
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@mikea
@bitterkarella
@genehack
I was 25, 25 years ago. Companies were pulling the "fire many people and make each survivor do the jobs of 2-3 other people with no promotions or raises" crap then. It has compounded with each recession. So now we're all expected to do the 6-8X the work our parents did.
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@hatchikerz
@spalinabean
This is why telling someone to go on a diet = telling them to gain weight, but everyone thinks it should be easy to be among the 5% who don't gain it all back.
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@AITA_online
I had a fight like this with my (now ex) husband. None of his complaints even made sense. That was the day I knew he didn't love me, or even like me, but it took 2 more miserable years to admit to myself that it wasn't temporary. He's been my ex for 10 happy years.
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@emrazz
I've said this before, but if you (general you, not emrazz) think 99% of us don't have these stories, it's because you haven't been a safe person for women to talk to, even if you're a woman yourself. Meanwhile, we need men to stop being in denial & start calling each other out!
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Time to repeat this thread about how "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" is utter garbage, and the author admits he did no historical research. It is NOT appropriate for use in school curricula and is not an alternative to MAUS.
We understand such concerns, and we have already addressed inaccuracies in some '...of Auschwitz' books published.
However, "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches factual history of the
#Holocaust
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@HikingHippie1
@HolzmanTweed
@the_wildwoman
"Compensated in love?" This is childish, magical thinking. "Love" doesn't pay the bills & keep a roof over your head when your spouse dies, loses their job, or leaves you, or when your family has a disaster that your spouse's income alone can't cover. SAH parents should be paid.
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@kaylamarino7
@cottoncandaddy
Men who perform basic household tasks with such incompetency do it on purpose so women will sigh, say "Never mind, Chad. I'll do it myself!" and take over. Then Chad never has to lift a finger again. Sneaky, but it works!
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@ask_aubry
She "needs therapy"
but HE'S going to "do d e a t h"???
I hope she gets a restraining order. People who threaten to un-alive themselves if you leave them will not take "no" for an answer and will never leave you alone.
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@RollingStone
No, she was asked to examine how her PORTRAYAL of her eating disorder causes harm to fat people, many of whom also suffer from eating disorders.
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@yrfatfriend
Several people I know who've had WLS have issues with malnutrition, chronic pain, bone loss, hair loss, chronic digestive issues, often alcohol or other addictions, disordered eating, and many have gained some or all of the weight back (or more). YMMV, but many regret it.
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@MittenDAmour
@coffeespoonie
I (easily) convinced my (gentile) girlfriend of 5 years to celebrate Xmas as many Jewish people do (at least in the U.S.) by going out for Chinese & a movie. This year, it will be Chinese delivery (a rare treat for us) & Netflix, but we will still be doing what makes us happy.
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@JuddApatow
I don't disagree with the facts of your tweet, but using Hitler as a punchline is in poor taste and minimizes the horrors of who he was and what he did. Too many people already think the Holocaust was no big deal or never happened.
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@kvanaren
If we're all supposed to be adopting the unwanted babies when abortion is outlawed, who is nursing the babies? Or do ACB and Alito and the rest of the forced-birthers want us to hire the birth parents as wet-nurses?
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@Vanza_Raps
@actuallyitsrene
@NairaKitty
Are you Lizzo's personal physician? Weight stigma and weight cycling (yo-yo dieting) are more harmful and more likely to predict heart attacks and diabetes than simply being in a larger body. The occasional cookie does not endanger your health.
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@wendywyant
@AubryAndrews
I will tell a cashier, "I like your earrings" or "I like your manicure" or something like that, but it's not creepy when I do it.
I would never say "You know you're gorgeous, don't you?" Somehow that's too personal and invasive, but I'm not able to articulate why atm.
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@sfisothedon
@mariannedh
This is a weird take. She's "buy her parents a house" rich, not "own a private jet and a yacht and 20 luxury cars" rich. And being an "ally" to people is not part of being an olympian. She's an athlete, not a Senator.
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@cottoncandaddy
My ex-husband learned to cook very well eventually (and took pride in it), but when we met he could barely boil water. He tried to make Ore-Ida fries once by simmering them in an inch of oil in a saucepan. He didn't know you're supposed to bake them on a cookie sheet.
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@Cryptic9899
@JessPected
Telling women over 50 that we don't look 20 anymore is not an insult. A decrease in estrogen & the effects that has on our bodies is science/nature - nothing to be ashamed of, whether we use HRT or not. Many of us are glad to have a reason to stop seeking youth-in-a-$100 bottle.
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@AMJalsevac
@janebrewster
Ectopic pregnancy is the primary one. Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant is another. But there are others, and I'm sure you're not this ignorant.
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@MElizabethReed
@MissTanya
Poison Ivy (1992) - If you're lucky enough to have brows like these, don't ruin them. Just pluck the strays and the unibrow zone, and leave the rest alone!
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@AndreasOdendahl
@Stardate325858
@AubryAndrews
2/2 I do think boys and young men are spending less time socializing in mixed groups of peers, and more time being sucked down YouTube rabbit holes of misogyny, white supremacy, Q, etc., than even 5-10 years ago.
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TW: rape
The GOP unanimously voted against a bill to make it illegal for law enforcement officers to rape people in custody.
Unanimously voted against it.
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@jonahloeb
@lexrocque
@LuxAlptraum
The movie made a lot more sense when I realized that they were not in fact calling Keanu Reeves' character "Neil". I saw it a few days ago for the first time in years, and I swear it still sounds like that to me. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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@AndreasOdendahl
@Stardate325858
@AubryAndrews
1/2 It breaks your brain to realize that some people are this twisted, doesn't it! People like this have always existed, but I wonder if it's on the rise, or if we're just seeing more examples being shared on social media, reddit, etc.
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@sweet_coloosh
@ChanelleGallant
@MaraWilson
Another issue is that they think most ordinary women are "low value" and therefore unacceptable partners. Then they wonder why they're all alone.
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@ShadeballJ
@rgay
This incident is revealing how many (mostly cis men) feel they have an absolute right to feel safe at work -- safe to masturbate, that is. No one is "accidentally caught" if they're doing it outside their own homes. His defenders are telling on themselves, too.
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@bluedillygal
@ilyseh
@ThatShockratees
That would help. Also, sometimes people get unintentionally pregnant from consensual sex, despite using contraception. Destigmatizing vasectomies and removing restrictions from a tubal ligations would also help a lot. Sometimes a wanted pregnancy isn't viable or safe to continue.
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@beth_ochsner
@mixbecca
He could NEVER bring himself to admit he was wrong, even over trivial things. I should've seen that as a red flag. He didn't like when someone disagreed with him, unless HE started the debate for debate's sake.
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@proreviewer1
@AdamWeinstein
"The people around him will keep him in check."
I heard this one a lot in 2016 from people who didn't really care which person won, or who were moderate republicans who voted R despite Trump, or who were centrist democrats.
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@davereaboi
Fascism is fascism. Racism is racism. Traitors are traitors. What does it matter whether your ancestors participated or not? The statues are harmful TODAY. People w/Confederate ancestors can despise what their ancestors did and choose to fight racism without wallowing in shame.
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@emrazz
And if you didn't already have a take-out menu, you had to go to the restaurant, read the menu, order your food to-go, wait for it to be cooked, then take it home. Then curse at yourself because you forgot to bring home a take-out menu for next time.
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@NyanCoder
@_cinnamonro11_
Men can start by (1) teaching your sons about consent and bodily autonomy, from the time they are toddlers (of course all your children, but sons especially), and (2) calling out your bros whenever you hear them talk or joke about assaulting girls/women.
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@wordofgreen
@DrJenGunter
Trolls gonna troll (and he's a particularly nasty troll who needs to go back under his bridge), but there are also cis people like me reading these threads who are trying to educate ourselves and be better allies. I appreciate these links to articles, even if MW doesn't.
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@SlickuseTweets
@cottoncandaddy
Men who perform basic household tasks with such incompetency do it on purpose so women will sigh, say "Never mind, Chad. I'll do it myself!" and take over. Then Chad never has to lift a finger again.
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@dan_munz
Pickles no longer come with burgers and sandwiches automatically. You must ask for them. You can have pickles upon request, but the default is "no pickle".
(I really dislike pickles and the way pickle juice on a plate ruins the fries!)
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@PortraitsTiny
@BriannaWu
@brianoloughlin9
And yet people with little-to-no disposable income have been dating and marrying since Adam and Eve shared an apple in the Garden of Eden.
Does the poll indicate the income level of the men who aren't having sex vs. the men who are?
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@ask_aubry
Totally TA!!!! He has 50/50 custody, yet he and Wife
#2
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@LouisatheLast
I wish I had understood this when my ex-husband would say "We're not stopping!" on long car trips. He had a thing about trying to break his door-to-door record, so I blamed his competitive streak, but it was 100% abuse. I had to threaten to pee in his car at least once.
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@JemarTisby
As a non-Christian, I assume the lack of questions must be very comforting for white evangelicals.
As a Jewish person, I think I'd find the lack of questioning and debating really boring.
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@Vanza_Raps
@actuallyitsrene
@NairaKitty
Sugar is a simple carbohydrate, which is what your muscles and brain need to function properly. Complex carbohydrates are better for sustained energy. Anyone who tells you sugar is toxic or addictive is trying to sell you a diet.