#antiracist

Study Hall: ‘Don’t I Have a Say in What My Child Reads?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/29/study-hall-dont-i-have-a-say-in-what-my-child-reads/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Study Hall: ‘Don’t I Have a Say in What My Child Reads?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/29/study-hall-dont-i-have-a-say-in-what-my-child-reads/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The History and Future of Book Bans  https://the-ard.com/2023/09/28/the-history-and-future-of-book-bans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The History and Future of Book Bans  https://the-ard.com/2023/09/28/the-history-and-future-of-book-bans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Meaning Behind “Judeo-Christian Values” https://the-ard.com/2023/09/27/the-meaning-behind-judeo-christian-values/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Meaning Behind “Judeo-Christian Values” https://the-ard.com/2023/09/27/the-meaning-behind-judeo-christian-values/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Revolutionary Community Organizing with the Young Lords https://the-ard.com/2023/09/26/revolutionary-community-organizing-with-the-young-lords/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Revolutionary Community Organizing with the Young Lords https://the-ard.com/2023/09/26/revolutionary-community-organizing-with-the-young-lords/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Graduated Reentry and the Need for Real Prison Reform https://the-ard.com/2023/09/25/graduated-reentry-and-the-need-for-real-prison-reform/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Graduated Reentry and the Need for Real Prison Reform https://the-ard.com/2023/09/25/graduated-reentry-and-the-need-for-real-prison-reform/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

My heart swelled with joy to see a sign like this at the end of a driveway near us. #RuralAmericansAgainstRacism #AntiRacist

"Despite studies showing #Black #immigrants are, on average, the most educated group of immigrants in the #UnitedStates, they earn lower wages than similarly trained non-Black immigrants and have the highest #unemployment rate of any #immigrant group.

An ethnic #racist asks, 'Why are Black immigrants doing better than African Americans?'

An ethnic #antiracist asks, 'Why are Black immigrants not doing as well as other immigrant groups?'"

How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

"...there is another way of looking, through the lens of #biological #antiracism. To be #antiracist is to recognize the reality of biological #equality, that skin color is as meaningless to our underlying humanity as the clothes we wear over that skin. [...] To be antiracist is to also recognize the living, breathing reality of this racial mirage, which makes our skin colors more meaningful than our individuality. To be antiracist is to focus on ending the #racism that shapes the mirages, not to ignore the mirages that shape peoples’ lives."

How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

"But there is no such thing as #racial #ancestry. #Ethnic #ancestry does exist.

Camara Jones [...] explain[s]: “People are born with ancestry that comes from their parents but are assigned a #race.” When geneticists compare these ethnic populations, they find there is more genetic diversity between populations within Africa than between Africa and the rest of the world. Ethnic groups in Western Africa are more genetically similar to ethnic groups in Western Europe than to ethnic groups in Eastern Africa.

Race is a genetic mirage."

How to Be an #Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

"I do not use “#microaggression” anymore. [...] A persistent daily low hum of #racist #abuse is not minor. I use the term “abuse” because aggression is not as exacting a term. Abuse accurately describes the action and its effects on people: distress, anger, worry, depression, anxiety, pain, fatigue, and suicide.

What other people call racial #microaggressions I call racist abuse. And I call the zero-tolerance policies preventing and punishing these abusers what they are: #antiracist. Only racists shy away from the R-word — #racism is steeped in denial."

How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

"...generalizing the behavior of #racist White individuals to all White people is as perilous as generalizing the individual faults of people of color to entire races. "He acted that way because he is Black. She acted that way because she is Asian." We often see and remember the race and not the individual.

This is racist categorizing, this stuffing of our experiences with individuals into color-marked racial closets. An #antiracist treats and remembers individuals as individuals. "She acted that way," we should say, "because she is racist."

How to Be AntiRacist, Ibram X. Kendi

#Racism #AntiRacism

Study Hall: ‘How Can I Best Support People on Strike?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/22/study-hall-how-can-i-best-support-people-on-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Study Hall: ‘How Can I Best Support People on Strike?’ (Cont’d) https://the-ard.com/2023/09/22/study-hall-how-can-i-best-support-people-on-strike-contd/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Study Hall: ‘How Can I Best Support People on Strike?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/22/study-hall-how-can-i-best-support-people-on-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Study Hall: ‘How Can I Best Support People on Strike?’ (Cont’d) https://the-ard.com/2023/09/22/study-hall-how-can-i-best-support-people-on-strike-contd/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Fred Moten and Stefano Harvey did not miss when they said universities are just another neoliberal mechanism of control/governance, one that mirrors the nation-state.

at best they can be looted for their resources on the way out to radically reorganizing social life

(word to the undercommons)

#antiracism #IbramKendi #antiracist

let ibram kendi's gradual downfall be a reminder that liberation can't be bought and sold

and institutions do not solve problems they create them, no matter how much we claim to "love" and/or rely on

#antiracism #IbramKendi #antiracist

wow, so you mean to tell me the person who took the Anti-Racism Industry to the next level of Grifterdom is a horrible boss, created a toxic work environment, and fired people at random?!

you don't say?!

it's not like black radicals haven't been saying it the entire time Kendi's petit empire took off post-George Flloyd

no!

nobody could have seen this coming

not at all

🙃

#antiracism #ibramkendi #antiracist

"Boston University announced Wednesday it would conduct an “inquiry” into Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research after complaints emerged about the center’s culture and financial management.

The assessment comes the week after Kendi, a celebrity author, scholar of race, and antiracism advocate laid off more than half the center’s staff."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/20/metro/following-layoffs-boston-university-announces-inquiry-into-ibram-kendis-antiracist-center/

#antiracism #ibramkendi #antiracist

The Lasting Impact of the Jena Six https://the-ard.com/2023/09/21/the-lasting-impact-of-the-jena-six/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Lasting Impact of the Jena Six https://the-ard.com/2023/09/21/the-lasting-impact-of-the-jena-six/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

#introduction: Collector of #books + fat cells + #truecrime podcasts + curse words. Feisty #feminist liberal, #GenX, #LGBTQ+ ally, #antiracist, #ASL student, stationery + sticker #creator, former web dev, old school #penpal, Constant Reader of #StephenKing), #ambivert, #fibromyalgia sufferer, #bibliophile, and lucky wife and mom of three incredible boys, 2 dogs, & 1 cat. I love #walking outdoors, taking crappy #nature, #wildlife and pet photos with my phone, #bloomscrolling, and #birdwatching.

Aliens, FOIA, and the Fight for Transparency https://the-ard.com/2023/09/19/aliens-government-secrecy-foia-and-the-fight-for-transparency/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Aliens, FOIA, and the Fight for Transparency https://the-ard.com/2023/09/19/aliens-government-secrecy-foia-and-the-fight-for-transparency/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Reducing the Barriers to Citizenship https://the-ard.com/2023/09/18/reconciling-with-the-citizenship-test-on-constitution-and-citizenship-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Reducing the Barriers to Citizenship https://the-ard.com/2023/09/18/reconciling-with-the-citizenship-test-on-constitution-and-citizenship-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Today is the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, Addie Mae Collins and Denise McNair were murdered in the Klan bombing. #WeRemember #Antiracist

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/us/16th-street-church-bombing-four-little-girls/index.html

Study Hall: ‘Should I Support Causes that Break the Law?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/15/study-hall-should-i-support-causes-that-break-the-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Study Hall: ‘Should I Support Causes that Break the Law?’ https://the-ard.com/2023/09/15/study-hall-should-i-support-causes-that-break-the-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Violence Leading to the Birmingham Church Bombing https://the-ard.com/2023/09/14/the-violence-leading-to-the-birmingham-church-bombing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Violence Leading to the Birmingham Church Bombing https://the-ard.com/2023/09/14/the-violence-leading-to-the-birmingham-church-bombing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Why the Attica Prison Uprising Still Matters Today https://the-ard.com/2023/09/13/why-the-attica-prison-uprising-still-matters-today/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

How the U.S. Threatens Democracy in Latin America https://the-ard.com/2023/09/12/united-states-a-threat-to-democracy-in-latin-america/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

The Racial Disparities in Counterterrorism https://the-ard.com/2023/09/11/the-racial-disparities-in-counterterrorism/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

My dear friend, Farmer Yon, is a lead person at an amazing urban farm in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn (NYC food desert). Look for photos of this wonderful, #antiracist justice-focused cornerstone of community that is a model of #regenerative practice. Totally aligned with #solarpunk .

She was interviewed for a segment of (public radio) Morning Edition last week: https://www.wnyc.org/story/everything-garden-teaches-us-about-life-farmer-yonette-flemming-hattie-carthan-community-garden/

#sustainability #organic #herbs #farm #agriculture

Study Hall: Should We Separate the Art from the Artist? https://the-ard.com/2023/09/08/study-hall-should-we-separate-the-art-from-the-artist/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Burning Man and the Colonial Idea of “Middle of Nowhere” https://the-ard.com/2023/09/07/burning-man-and-the-colonial-idea-of-middle-of-nowhere/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

"In a year that has seen just about every facet of the “culture war” flame its way across the commercial country music world while industry insiders drop their jaws in dismay, All Bad transforms those questions into conversation.

In short, this shit needs to burn down."

Read my review of Nick Shoulders' new joint on No Depression!

https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/album-review-nick-shoulders-calls-for-a-country-conversation-on-all-bad

#Americana #AltCountry #CountryMusic #ProtestMusic #antiracist #antiracism

How Power and Privilege Shape Society and Ourselves https://the-ard.com/2023/09/06/how-power-and-privilege-shape-society-and-ourselves/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

What the Affirmative Action Ruling Means for DEI  https://the-ard.com/2023/09/05/what-the-affirmative-action-ruling-means-for-dei/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

#anarchist block at the #antiracist #MeEmmeVaikene protest event against the racism of the current finnish government

Study Hall: Book Club Recommendations https://the-ard.com/2023/09/01/study-hall-book-club-recommendations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

🎧 NEW in A Radical Audiobook Series: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley." Journey through Malcolm X's life marked by empowerment, justice, & global solidarity. Join us in exploring the fight for an anti-racist society. Find it on our platform! #MalcolmX #Justice #Empowerment #AntiRacist https://www.radical-guide.com/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-a-radical-audiobook/

Black August and the Revolutionaries Who Inspired It https://the-ard.com/2023/08/21/black-august-and-the-revolutionaries-who-inspired-it/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

We can't quote-tweet so I'm sharing the link to a post "This is not a drill, antiracists—it's time!" by @Blackgirlinmaine especially for my fellow white people and adding hashtags.

**Please share her original post.**

https://mas.to/@Blackgirlinmaine/110895048299447246

#BlackLivesMatter #WhitenessRecovery #Racism #Antiracism #Antiracist #Decolonise #whiteness #liberals #leftists #WhiteSupremacy #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #Antifa #BLM #StopFacism
#StopRacism #USPol #NoJusticeNoPeace #solidarity

New Instance / New #Introduction

I’m a Mid-west wife and #mom, former #teacher, and former massage therapist. I’m now designing life daily and enjoying a “normal” job.🌳

I’m interested in all things #education, #wellness, #parenting, #photography, #coffee, #cats, and #humor. I am #antiracist, supportive of the #LGBTQ+ community, and a big fan of kind humans.♥️

💖post from @joelle reminded me of #library #book:
#Information #Activism: A #Queer #History of #Lesbian #Media Technologies by Cait McKinney.

From the publisher: “…how these #women developed communication #networks, #databases & digital #archives… #activists brought people and their visions of #justice together… media technologies animate the collective and unspectacular #labor that sustains social movements, including their #antiracist and #trans-inclusive endeavors.”

https://www.dukeupress.edu/information-activism

Anyone in #Seattle want to meet up this evening for drinks or bubble tea or something? I’d love to meet new people!

Pertinent tags:
#progressive #progressives
#UX #UXDesign
#Japanese #日本語 #日本語の勉強
#Pittsburgh
#IndianAmerican #Tamil
#BLM #antiracist #feminist #TransRights
I feel kind of desperate/awkward, haha - just trying to avoid a repeat of a recent local meetup that made me feel incredibly uncomfortable as a #NBPOC/#NBWOC.

@Piratito
Some favorite hyperfocuses:
#HistoricalFashion
#upcycling
#repurposing
#refashion
#victorian everything
#cemeteries
#bats
#mushrooms
#snails
#BeachCombing
#MudLarking
#ZeroWaste
#SecondHand
#oddities
#curiosities
#foraging
#Handmade

My personality traits:
#ADHD explains a lot
#GenX
#AntiRacist
#environmentalist
#VintageStyleNotVintageValues
#DeathPositive

Please read Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book “Stamped From The Beginning” as well as this must-read. #books #bookstodon #antiracist #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

https://youtu.be/LDd82xCQ6tY #MusicIsLife #antifascist #antiracist #ProHumanity Have a listen and SHARE if you like it 🎶

Here is why I don't like when someone says, “I don’t see color.” What are your thoughts?
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

#Therapy in Colour: #AntiRacist & #Intersectional Approaches online event really good so far.

Other POCs might feel the same way!
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

How Domestic Terrorism Laws Suppress Activism https://the-ard.com/2023/07/13/how-domestic-terrorism-laws-suppress-activism/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #antiracist #antiracism

Good morning. #TopicOfConversation well here we are again. Thoughts? #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #nativemastodon

@ufwupdates

My table grace:

Lord, bless all who work so we can eat
Give us grace to ensure they have
Safe, decent working conditions
Fair, livable wages &
The respect & dignity due their important place in our common life
All for Jesus' sake. Amen

I am #Episcopalian, #Antiracist & #AntiFascist
I buy #FairTrade wherever I can & hope my #Union siblings will do the same

#Solidarity from Tacoma WA
:solidarity: :af: :iww: :better_pride:

Has anyone read any of these #books? If so which ones and what’s your feedback?
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

What’s your thoughts on this? Maybe he should ask Viola Ford Fletcher. I’ve ordered her book.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

She tried warning everyone. Now look, smh.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

Feedback. Working on an inclusive training workshop. Which title catches your attention more?

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #nativemastodon

“The Nadir,” as the historian Rayford Logan coined it: the period following Reconstruction in which America witnessed the resurgence and bloody normalization of White Power politics.” (Boston Review) #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon

#TopicOfConversation This all happened on the same day, a day after the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling. Coincidence? Are we in the midst of another nadir period in American history? See post about nadir.

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #native #NativeMastodon

I’m back, until I’m tired again. Posting DEI questions for conversation and change. #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history #asian #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #mena #native #Hispanic #NativeMastodon #TopicOfConversation

First ever #introduction: I’m Jan (“Yon”). Married, with one daughter who’s starting college next month.

Too many hobbies and interests, but these days #ttrpg & #boardGames, #scifi & #fantasy, and #piano take top spots. Particular fascinations include #consciousness, #linguistics, #psychology, #religiousStudies, and the #naturalWorld.

#Feminist, #antiRacist, #lgbtq ally, #environmentalist, #vegetarian (nearly #vegan), #antiImperialist, #antiCapitalist. Basically #leftist.

Glad to meet you!

hi. hello. :) i'm an #illustrator from #scotland who likes to draw good-hearted humans, but i'm also obsessed with #suprematism, #proun, the cologne progressives, #bauhaus, surrealism, abstract expressionism & 1920s/1930s (mostly french) graphic design. merging left-wing #politics with #sustainability (i mostly work digitally) is my bag. would love to meet people with similar interests. :) #art #illustration #filmNoir #existentialism #antifascist #antiracist #feminist #transRights #vegan #france

Sorry for the massive thread. This has been on my mind a lot lately and I needed to get it out.

#AntiRacist #AntiRacism #LearningAsIGo #equality

New instance, new #introduction!

Hey y’all, I’m Kat. I’m a #bisexual #StayAtHomeMom of two, ages 13 and 16. I’m a #creative type and love all forms of art. Currently, I’m standing my ground in Florida (fuck you Desantis).

I’m proudly #AntiRacist and #AntiFascist and can’t stand capitalism. I tend to be an optimist, but my internal doomer pops up sometimes. I’m *very* sarcastic and have a twisted sense of humor.

I’m involved in #activism, especially for #CivilRights and #equality.

There is finally a GoFundMe page to support the wrongly accused teen’s family hiring a lawyer. #CitiBikeKaren has already raised $120,000 through hers. It’s time for #antiracist #allies to step up & help. I can’t think of a better use of my funds. #BLM #BlackMastodon

Here’s the link:
https://bit.ly/3osjsLg

#introduction

| He/Him/His | O/Ele/Dele | #Proud #gay cis man | 2% Neanderthal | Physics Teacher 👨‍🏫
 — PhD Science Education | Born (1967) and raised in beautiful #Lisbon, Portugal | #Queer #activist 🏳️‍🌈✊🏽 | #feminist #antifascist #antiracist #lefty #atheist | 
#dogdad 🐕‍🦺🦮| Likes 📖📷🎥🎭🎼🧶🫖🚴🏾🥾✈️🏙
 | Languages 🇵🇹🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸 | #keto and #fasting for my #health | Be kind to others |

@gregj @ruby@toot.cat Great question. I also had a list of accounts like this in Twitter. We should start one here.

Who wants to suggest good #NC #antifa #antiracist #BLM #queer #directAction fediverse accounts to follow?

If you are in #SomervilleMA or #MedfordMA or #GLX adjacent, this talk tonight might be of interest.

"Teaching White Supremacy: A Conversation with Donald Yacovone"

This dynamic conversation will explore how white supremacy has infiltrated American culture.

#WhiteSupremacy #AntiRacist #SystemicRacism

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-white-supremacy-a-conversation-with-donald-yacovone-tickets-594762700247

You go to your public park where a dozen brand new benches have been installed. You notice fairly quickly that the decorative “pinwheel” designs in the back of each bench end up forming a swastika at the center of each. What’s your reaction? #Mazeldon #Antiracist #Antiracism #DogWhistles #HateSymbols

@BlackAzizAnansi

Ripping the mask right off their 💩 bc they don't think they need it anymore.

I realized a few years back that #fascism is what I'd been trained to call #capitalism when it starts doing to wytpipo what it's been doing to black & brown folks the whole time

I thank Dr IX Kendi for his teaching that capitalism & racism are "conjoined twins"

#antiracism IS #antifascism, & any actual antifascism is #antiracist

New instance, new #introduction!

I'm Sally! I've been on the internet since 1998, when I joined the Heartless-Bitches.com forum. That set the tone. I'm from upstate New York and that's where I am now. In between I've traveled a bit. My general life philosophy is as follows: there is no meaning inherent to life. Therefore the creation of meaning by humans, whether thru art or politics or religion or whatever, is the most important thing we can do. I believe this is called positive nihilism. It's also in line with my anarchist politics, something I arrived at later in my life.

I finally have a job that lets me combine my construction background with my environmental science degree, and I love it. My spouse (a transmasc nonbinary Jamaican-American from Brooklyn) is doing well in their career as well. We have one fat old tortoiseshell cat named Pixie. Nice to meet you!

#queer #ChronicIllness #AntiRacist #Anarchism #ClimateChange

TikTok have given me a warning for calling out anti abortion protesters and the churches who recruit them 🤦🏼‍♀️ Think I need to make more of an effort on Mastadon! If you are pro the rights of women and #LGBT people, I want to follow you. And anti racist and anti fascist people too of course! #prochoice #antiracist #antifascist

@VPS_Reports

I'm about to #Boost this.

Before I do, I want to say that choosing not to look at this specific image does not equate in any way to complacency.

I now have an inkling of why #BLM and other #Antiracist folks tell us not to watch the videos of #PoliceViolence

It also aligns with the #Feminist folks who advocate against #porn

No, we really do NOT need to see the image to understand and relate, and, as a #transMasc person, I feel totally gross boosting this, though I thank you for marking it as sensitive.

Read the post, don't look at the picture behind the SensitiveContent label.

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Thought it was a good time to update my #introduction post.

I'm Cait, mid-50s, GenX, hard left, and a trans elder. I do YouTube, where I play #FootballManager23 and board #wargames.

I was raised #atheist. I prefer Marx to Jesus (much better class analysis, and a gnarly beard).

I am #trans. I transitioned in late 1992, and began HRT about 2 years later. I believe in informed consent as the sole model for trans self-ID. The Harry Benjamin standards were cis-centred bullshit. Today, I live as the public trans person in my community - voluntarily conceding my passing privilege to instead be visible to trans kids as a role model.

I'm physically and mentally #disabled, with severe depression and a spine made of cracked billiard balls. I live with #ChronicPain from a car accident when I was 21. I use a cane for mobility.

I have #ADHD. I am wordy af. I support myself by teaching cishet people about the queer community.

I strive to be #antiRacist every day. #BLM #HireBlackWomen

I live according to the Marxist principle, "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need." If you need something, ask: if I have it to spare, it's yours.

I use many parentheses, unusual words, and generally the Oxford comma.

Lastly, I'm a polyglot. As noted in my profile, I retired from a career as a translator of 🇫🇷 🇷🇺 🇩🇪 -> 🇬🇧, and I also speak 🇪🇸 and 🇯🇵. I can understand a fair bit of 🇳🇱, 🇳🇴, 🇸🇪, and 🇵🇹.

Oh, yeah, and I can be a little fucking sweary sometimes.