Mastodawn

Nearing a year since I lost my job and subsequently dropped out of college. A sad little anniversary of mine.

Nothing coming to surface on job prospects. The few interviews I had have all been rejection. Mom has been pushing me to volunteer at a church with my aunt, but I have been spending most days babysitting my niece for what Dollar store scratch my brother can chip in.

My phone has been off and on since I left college, right now I have it on Wi-Fi and unpaid since summer jobs aren't likely to pick me over college kids anyway.

I don't have any answers or idea what to do. (Not looking for advice, either, just wanted to break the silence and vent a little.) I just feel so lost lately. 😓

Miriam2k22 Apr 24

Kim Possible Apr 23

The reason you should speak up for Trans people is simple: because you should. Not just because they'll come for you, too, eventually, but because we should care about Trans folks, full stop.

Miriam2k22 Apr 24

"Instead of telling folks you're queer, maybe tell them you are taking a vow of celibacy."

-- My Aunt, who is ashamed I have a Pride sticker on my broken-down car. 🤬

Miriam2k22 Apr 18

Doc Impossible Apr 17

If you're in a safe country for trans people, I'd like to ask you to do one of two things:

1. Get your country to accept trans refugees from the US & UK
2. At least, remember us in the "first they came" poem equivalent that someone will write after what's coming is done.

Yall left us off the poem after the Nazis genocided us *first*, and it fucking shows.

And also, every nation automatically rejects USian and UKian trans people applying for refugee status right now.

I don't want to fucking die. I transitioned to *live*.

Miriam2k22 Apr 18

Jay Justice🏳‍🌈🇯🇲♿Apr 17

Day One of Star Wars Celebration Japan. See you at all the High Republic events today friends! For Light and Life! #swcj #TheHighRepublic #cosplay #KeeveTrennis #StarWars

Miriam2k22 Apr 18

Trivial Einstein Apr 17

Y'all are falling for the trap. They want you to argue that some of their victims don't deserve their punishment, so they can turn around and say, "Ah, but some of them do," and then change who fits into the latter category until everyone deserves it.

To put this in plainer terms, if you cede the ground that anyone deserves cruel and unusual punishment, you're ceding the ground that everyone does, eventually. Plus, if you cede punishment, you're allowing them to define what is and isn't cruel and unusual.

In the plainest terms, if you say, "Oh, but Garcia isn't a terrorist so he shouldn't be punished like one," then you're saying that terrorists deserve to be disappeared without due process and sent to worse than Gitmo, at which point you and the fascists agree, you're just quibbling about price.

Say it with me now: NO ONE deserves to be disappeared without due process and sent to worse than Gitmo. There is nothing you can do, literally nothing, which deserves that. Start there. Work backward. No one deserves to be disappeared with due process and sent to Gitmo. No one deserves to be disappeared without due process and sent to Club Med. No one deserves to be disappeared without due process period.

Because if we start ceding ground to fascism, you can bet your ass they'll work forward from there.

No pasarán. Not one step back.

Miriam2k22 Apr 15