-from ideal, but it's better than nothing

also, i swear she had the same reaction to affirmative action. back then she railed against it, saying how black students were stealing positions owed to asian students. i think this one might be a lost cause, to be honest

i'm not sure how to change my mom's mind on this either. i've been trying the "they're coming for you too eventually" approach, and she does respond more to news that involves asian people (again, self preservation)

at least this way, i can direct their distaste more at deserving parties. it's far-

-sympathy for groups she supposedly recognizes are other human beings

having asian immigrant parents that throw other groups (and eventually themselves) under the bus in the name of self preservation is a certain kind of experience. Apologies for rambling, but this made me think of them

-with you all." any attempt at explaining history or systemic issues bounce off her head

i try to explain how damaging ice is, and she talks, saying how immigrants are often dangerous or just plain leeches. She talks about how it's acceptable to do inhumane things to them, and seems to have no-

i feel this especially with my mom. My parents immigrated to the us, and while it was very difficult, she uses it as a cudgel against others, esp black ppl

"we survived hard times, so it’s your failure if you don’t. and if so many of your race don't, there must be something inherently wrong-

*prospective vendors

it really is terrible sometimes. spending hours hunting for deals, loyalty programs, splitting hotels, cutting down on everything you can still eats up so much

i love vending and want to do art full time one day, but i'd never lie to prospective artists that it's easy

saw this after wincing at my flight prices to a con. i might not be full time but your cost-to-revenue ratio looks similar to mine, it's genuinely depressing how much gets burned on necessary costs

wishing you more sales

aw, thank you! and yea, they're on my etsy if you wanna look

(just ignore the prev deleted comment, my link was slightly off)

www.etsy.com/listing/4432...

also here's a little clip. hoping that it won't be compressed too bad