every single poor person works harder than the rich. no exceptions. being poor is a full time job that drains all of your emotional energy, any labor on top of that is extra.
you raped me. i did not want you to do it. i was so drunk i could barely walk and you raped me. you raped me when i trusted you. you were my organizer. you raped me and then you told me i cheated on my boyfriend when i told you i didn’t remember.
communism was not invented it was discovered. karl marx did not invent communism just as isaac newton did not invent the laws of motion. that’s not how this works.
i once went on a tinder date with a guy who told me he paid a thousand dollars for a two week social media boot camp where he was taught how to make IG captions that boost his presence so i went to his instagram and his first photo was like “comment a 🍍 if you like pizza 🤪”
you’re right. shrek stood with the oppressed fairytale creatures against the oppressive regime of lord farquaad and his imperialist army. he would NEVER support the US military.
MY DAD JUST CALLED US AND TOLD US HE’S BEING RELEASED THIS WEEK DUE TO THE DEATH TOLLS RISING IN PRISONS. AFTER ALMOST 7 YEARS. 7 YEARS OF MY BEST FRIEND BEING WRONGLY LOCKED UP. 7 YEARS OF HEARTBREAK. IT’S FINALLY OVER. I’M FINALLY GOING TO GET TO HUG MY DAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
the most radical thing u can tell a child is “it doesn’t have to be this way” from early on children notice how fucked up our world is & they ask why & as adults do mental gymnastics trying to justify an inherently immoral system they give up & say “bc that’s just the way it is”
a homeless man asked me to go in a liquor store & buy him a bottle bc he didn’t have an id, i told him i couldnt do that but i could give him the cash i had (about five bucks)
he took it and threw on the ground and said “this is why white women are only good for sucking my dick”
reminder that Dinosaurs is on hulu and it’s one of the best class conscious shows ever made. (spoiler alert) the series finale is that the dinosaurs go extinct because an evil corporation causes an environmental crisis
robert raped me over two years ago. he weaponized my relationship in order to silence me. i was not the first person who he did this to. i am not the only person he assaulted. he has chosen to name me publicly. he has released articles trying to shame me and paint me as crazy.
he has tortured me for over 2 years. he forced me to publicly out myself 2 months ago and i thought that was going to be the worst of it but he will not let this end. i ask everyone to please not read his most recent article. it is extremely painful for me knowing it’s out there
it was violent and scary
there’s a homeless man who stays in my neighbors and harasses me everytime i walk by him, even when i am with just my baby.
it’s ridiculous to posture as if the dichotomy is between “it is your duty to cater to” and “vigilantism is inevitable”
he has released all of our private conversations. texts from after the assault where i chose i played into his narrative after i told him i didn’t remember what happened btw us. i have been consistent that this is how i dealt with the aftermath of the assault from the beginning.
it’s extremely traumatic for me to reread the texts that i sent to robert. i know to some it will be enough to discredit me and that is fine. i am not here to prove my case i chose not to press charges from the beginning. i never wanted this.
it’s just so gross and disingenuous to claim the solution is “community care” here
what that means in reality is working families and the poor enduring harassment or witnessing violence against the most disenfranchised
fuck off, the government is responsible
i’m convinced one of the reasons for the “ghost cities” myths is because of how clean the dprk is, like americans can not imagine people populating a city without filth and pollution everywhere
i love my partner so much we said fuck it were getting married. no big wedding, just three friends on the beach. i’ll be in a red dress with flowers in my hair in three weeks. told my parents this morning so this is my official public announcement
@_mayaokbye
what do you suggest that would be more helpful? homeless women are assaulted and raped everyday by homeless men, do you care about taking measures to protect them, if so, what measures can be taken?
he immediately caused multiple homeless women in his area who had been clean, to relapse and then used them for sex
it was a huge wake up call for me about the misguidedness of “community care” solutions
government is failing if your solution doesn’t include mandated care stfu
old man just called my hotel: “are 16 year olds allowed to check into your hotel?
me: by themself?
old man: no she’ll be with me
me: your daughter?
old man: no just my friend
me: nope that’s definitely not allowed
honestly these people don’t give a fuck about the homeless if they really think the solution is community members proving them with cash and needles
homeless people are most at risk from violence from other homeless people !! there must be mandated mental health care.
this tweet is from 2017.
in 2015 i lived in Indiana and attended three protests against Mike Pence. He was always bad. He didn’t change. He was always and continues to be sincerely a total piece of shit.
i have gained nothing but constant mental anguish from coming forward about this. all i want is for this to be over. the only reason i allowed the whisper network to begin about him in the first place was to make sure he could never do this to another woman again.
the next three screenshots are in reference to the crying he heard coming from his bedroom when i got back. he slept in his living room but gave me his room to sleep in for the night and he heard me cry myself to sleep after the assault.
my anxiety: if you try to save some some money each paycheck you will feel more stable and less anxious all the time
my depression: any money you have saved could be going to someone who needs it more than you do
me, paying bills and eating: where did my paycheck go
when i was a part of a mutual aid group, a member who had this mentality gave a homeless man, who requested it, a cell phone
another homeless man came to our group a week later yelling at us bc the guy sold the phone for cash to buy enough heroin to push on women in recovery
robert shook this friend of mine’s hand and promised him he would take care of me and get me back to his place safely. i never told my friend what happened bc i knew how upset he would’ve been at himself for leaving me at the bar with him.
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@AbbyMartin
confronts Nancy Pelosi at
#COP26
for overseeing massive increases in the Pentagon budget—a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined—while touting "historic" leadership on climate change
there is no reason to ever claim the american flag. don’t wear it. don’t put it on display. don’t have one in your possession unless you’re burning it. in 100 years the memory of the US will be as scorned as that of nazi germany.
this is really awful but the solution does not end at tipping. tipping is the bare minimum and should be calculated into your spending cost if you are ordering from these services but the root of the problem is still the system itself and the contradictions are heightening
god this story is so heartbreaking
she was sexually abused by her father for 9 years, starting when she was just 8 years old.
and now he is being released from prison, as a woman
i wish these women would understand the way premature botox AGES your face!! i thought this woman was a late millennial trying to look younger but she’s a ZOOMER 😩 pls embrace the traditional values of no make up and fillers cause you just look so silly girl
my boss looked at me crying and said “i know you were feeling the bern weren’t you” and i just said “you could say that..i’m just really worried about the future now” and he goes “well this country is not socialist it’s imperialist they would never let him win” ....i’m...what...
@_mayaokbye
this is not an answer. don’t project where my offer of care is coming from, it’s not based in fear, it comes from love. if i did not love, i would not care to propose real solutions, i would just stay silent or say the things that make people feel good!
went to a slam poetry event for the first time last night and this local guy got on stage and said
“you think,
a cock ring...is kinky?
try,
a wedding ring.
eternal bondage”
no one “deserves” their wealth no matter how hard or not they worked for it. everyone has wealth through luck, weather it be family, privilege, or hard work. anyone who has wealth is only more lucky, not more deserving, than the rest.
In a lengthy Sunday afternoon statement, Joe Biden calls "the deadly violence" in Portland "unacceptable" and says he condemns "violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right."
the earliest memory i have of learning about the holocaust in school was in fourth grade and our teacher explained it to us that hitler just wanted to make a world where everyone had blonde hair and blue eyes did anyone else have this experience
this thread is wild he’s really got emails from the school administration that flat out say the students are walking around giving sieg heils around school and his daughter is in trouble for repeatedly being upset by it and asking them to stop
Please comment with support for my 11-year-old daughter. She was removed from class and sent to the principal’s office for the rest of the day last Thursday for shouting, “Stop it, put your hands down now,” to a group of students giving the Nazi salute.