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✨ we are messy, but we are equals ✨ trying to live wholeheartedly. writer. eco-nerd. beginner chaplain. anarchist. Sorrel, they/them sorrelvirginiahester.substack.com

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 28d

VIRTUAL CHECKPOINT 🤠 PLEASE HALT. ✋

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 28d

If you are reading this, here's a virtual checkpoint. After you do a few rounds of breathing with this image, close your laptop and pick up a book or open a playlist and take a break from the internet.
I will suggest this one for now bc I'm a nerd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-EA...

a black and white drawing of an octagon with the words breathe out below it

ALT: a black and white drawing of an octagon with the words breathe out below it

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 23h

Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 1d

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 1d

very big yikes

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson as in Mr. "What is what, where is who? what is touching grass?"

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 1d

We lost a lot of big culture makers this year. Please not Dolly, too.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

HELLUR!!!!!!

Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 1d

Argue with the government the way you argue with Black ppl in their mentions.

Maybe we’ll get some shit done✨

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 1d

Is it me or does Taylor Swift discourse always come up when something really intense in the world that more of us ought to be paying attention to is happening?

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.

Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be with @interruptcrim.bsky.social for a conversation about how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity. Join me, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and Lewis Wallen on October 15th, 3pm est! ❤️ ❤️

Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization

A discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring Interrupting Criminalization's Andrea Ritchie, Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wall...

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes, I think I'm dramatic, especially when I see past me, and then I think about Drake and Taylor Swift and realize I'm doing fine. I'm doing great lmao

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 2d

I refuse to listen to the album, so I have no context for this... I'm guessing she came for these folks/diss track? 💀⚱️☠️

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 2d

"In this essay, I will..."

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 2d

I'd argue a bit further and say that "Taylor Swift is the Drake of white women" or "Taylor Swift is white woman Drake"

certified boogeyman @jagheadroom.bsky.social · 2d

Taylor Swift is Drake for white women and I will be finishing my Takes on this matter here.

give it 3 years and Travis Kelce will be back with a Black baddie

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 2d

"Taylor Swift is Drake for white women"

omg
you're not wrong 😭

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

In short, there's no use trying to make sense to and express grievances to people who aren't prioritizing healthy interdependence. How can I expect white folks to have meaningful, lasting solidarity if they have no models of integrity or won't practice it what they weren't taught by their parents?

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

I think one thing I learned from navigating white folks that is sobering is that a lot of them have overt racist parents (including MAGA), so, they are the offspring of shitty boundaries and lack of integrity. I try to remember that when I start to spin out after being DARVO-d.

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

yoo, the person who DARVO-d me used therapy speak. 😭 and another person used therapy speak with me, too, but didn't DARVO me, just analyzed me while complaining she doesn't have "agency" over her life. I'm like, girl, my request was two sentences and I got an essay when you could have said "no"?

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

Lots of emotional unavailability, unwillingness to sit with hard feelings, which is required in order to be accountable.

(Sorry not sorry to those folks, I'm a chaplain, so I'm always gonna talk about feelings. I don't know what the fuck some of my peers were expecting).

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

oh, okay. thank you for sharing an example. I went through this week with a white they/them. I got DARVO-d when naming the impact. There's a lot of trying to save face, focus on intentions. No accountability.

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

kind of like passive-aggression?

local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

plausible deniability is a concept I really struggle to understand. is it just a form of denial + omission?

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

This whole thread. I feel less crazy and alone. AHHHH.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

racism in the trans community is extremely real and extremely dangerous.

unfortunately, a lot of white trans people haven't done the work to be anti-racist and don't notice how they mistreat and dehumanize Black and brown trans women.

you gotta put the work in. bring POC into your social circles.

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local friendly they/them @thegenerouspine.bsky.social · 3d

I understand it is a protective mechanism, and there's plenty of BIPOC who do it as well (and I get why we have these defense mechanisms in our community, bc survival) but white folks are experts at intellectualizing to avoid risk-taking in community. It's A LOT.

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