Shoutout to my 90 year old grandma with dementia (she thinks she’s back when she was 20) and she misunderstood us when we said her nursing home cook didn’t make food for OTHER people and she thought we said “colored people” and she got so mad she was ready to steal food so she could feed everyone. Keep in mind she thinks she’s in like 1940s and she is READY to defend poc. Shout out to you grandma.
I also appreciate that she’s sure she can steal food from the cook
90 year old thief. She doesn’t play when it comes to equality
Can parents stop acting like providing a child’s basic needs is something to be earned? So many kids grow up traumatised because they were made to feel guilty about the existence they never asked for
you know when you’re born in a non-english speaking country bilingualism is kind of a default. we are taught english from a young age so when someone asks me what languages do i speak, i respond with “well croatian and english obv, but im studying french and russian too”. and that bothers me. because english is fucking hard. in my country bilingualism is default, trilingualism is expected, and people get impressed when you speak five fucking languages where as native english speakers are praised for learning one (1) foreign language. i get that english is a major global language and why it is taught, but it bothers me that even if i spoke 5 languages fluently it would be useless if i didnt speak perfect english. and along with that, all of my hard work that i put into my english is dismissed because english is expected of me.
rant over.
so i have a lesbian friend who 1). didnt know about Sappho until i told her who she was yesterday (shes a literature student,,,,) and 2). is extremely against militantism & believes heterophobia exists and that its exactly the same thing as homophobia lmao whats going on
when i told her about Sappho she said “oh but im not like LGBT or any of those things” & i felt my soul leaving my body as i replied “sweetie you’re literally a lesbian. thats like, the first letter of the acronym”
so i have a lesbian friend who 1). didnt know about Sappho until i told her who she was yesterday (shes a literature student,,,,) and 2). is extremely against militantism & believes heterophobia exists and that its exactly the same thing as homophobia lmao whats going on
I HAD TO ARGUE IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS THAT HETEROPHOBIA DOESNT FUCKING EXIST AND THATS ITS ACTUALLY SUPER DISRESPECTFUL TO TALK ABOUT “HETEROPHOBIA” TO DESCRIBE PERFECTLY HEALTHY REACTIONS TO HARDCORE HOMOPHOBIA THEN THEY TOLD ME I WAS “TOO ASSERTIVE” LIKE BITCH???? HAVE YOU EVER HAD A THOUSAND STUDENTS ACTIVELY WANT YOU DEAD?????? SHUT THE FUCK UP
AFTER CLASS WE TALKED ABOUT RACISM AND I HAD TO FIGHT WITH LIKE 6 OTHER WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW REVERSE RACISM DOESN’T FUCKING E X I S T
I didnt even try to tell them we, as white ppl, all benefit from racism & have to unlearn our racist views cuz it would have been “too extreme” for them like… guys this is basic knowledge okay
I HAD TO ARGUE IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS THAT HETEROPHOBIA DOESNT FUCKING EXIST AND THATS ITS ACTUALLY SUPER DISRESPECTFUL TO TALK ABOUT “HETEROPHOBIA” TO DESCRIBE PERFECTLY HEALTHY REACTIONS TO HARDCORE HOMOPHOBIA THEN THEY TOLD ME I WAS “TOO ASSERTIVE” LIKE BITCH???? HAVE YOU EVER HAD A THOUSAND STUDENTS ACTIVELY WANT YOU DEAD?????? SHUT THE FUCK UP
ancient writers and historians: cleopatra wasn’t especially beautiful, caesar and antony were attracted to her because she was so charismatic and intelligent
all subsequent artists, filmmakers, game developers, etc:
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