I really don’t mean to guilt trip anyone, but the word needs to be spread about Palestine and no major news outlets are covering it. Hundreds of Palestinians are being injured by the Israeli Occupation forces trying to defend their homes from settler violence and ethnic cleansing.
For the past month lynch mobs and anti-Palestinian pogroms have filled the streets of Jerusalem, this is an extension of over 70 years of ethnic cleansing, dispossession, occupation, settler colonialism, and murder that has effected Palestinians, and Israeli courts have ordered the eviction of 12 Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and to hand over their land to Israeli settlers. If you are American, this is what your tax dollars are going to, the least you can do is spread the word and voice your support for us.
If you are able to donate, here are some donation links for Palestinians in need:
Palestinian activists and news networks are being censored across social media right now for recording and live-tweeting what’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah. Read through the #SaveSheikhJarrah tag and posts, so no one can lie to you and tell you this didn’t happen.
Since we last posted about Texas’ abortion ban (SB8), there have been a number of abortion restriction related bills passed. Just this week both Florida and Kentucky passing bills with the latter banning abortions after 15 weeks effective July 1, 2022. Now more than ever, it’s important to local abortion funds in states imposing restrictions on reproductive rights, particularly given that these bans often cause the most harm for those who are low income and/or POC.
If you have the means, we’ve put together a list of some funds for you to support:
being privileged on one axis or many axes doesn’t magically make systemic oppression disappear lol. i feel like so many of you are SO eager to dismiss women talking about misogyny and their experiences and to make it more palatable to other people running in the same circles you dogpile on white cishet rich women and pretend they dont face oppression too or that they’re somehow cushioned from it, just so you can construct an image of a woman you’re *allowed* to tear to shreds without being rightfully labeled a misogynist :))))) different social circumstances of course affect how the oppression of women manifests but its still always There thats sorta the whole entire point of analyzing this shit in the first place. its almost the 2020s why are we still on this, where have we lost you lmfao
While I do think it’s important to understand that misogyny is an institutional force that affects all women and that white women do still suffer under its effects, often brutally; white women of all classes, but especially rich cishet white women, are quite literally cushioned from the brunt and totality of misogyny as a socioeconomic force by merit of their race and class status. So if we are going to acknowledge that different socioeconomic circumstances affect how misogyny manifests itself in the lives of women, we have to also acknowledge that that manifestation is not ambiguous in nature. There is a direct correlation between ones race, class status, sexuality, and the ways in which one experiences the totality of misogyny. And the majority of white women of all classes continue to choose their race and class status over the dissolution of misogynistic institutions in order to perpetuate misogynior and uphold the disenfranchisement of women of non white race classes.
White women remain not only the weakest links in the fight for equality but significant contributors to the institutions that systemically oppress women in order to maintain their status as oppressor.
So while I’m not saying that a white women has never been torn down unfairly by someone who used her status as oppressor to excuse misogyny, what I am saying is that 9/10 when we see white women complaining about their status as white women being used in conversation of misogyny, it’s to shield themselves from accountability.
a lot of children - especially mentally ill children - end up traumatized not because someone was specifically hurting them but because their needs weren’t being met, or because their problems weren’t being seen, or because they were rendered particularly vulnerable by other aspects of their identity, like queerness or race.
and it can be hard to look at your childhood and go “I was hurt” and also know that the hurt wasn’t deliberate. it’s uniquely painful to not have someone to blame.
you do not have to excuse the people who hurt you, even if it was unintentional. & acknowledging your own pain does not necessarily entail blaming them for it.
you are allowed to do what you need to do in order to recover.
Also:
“they did the best they could/with what they had” and “it wasn’t (good) enough” are two things that can and must be true at the same time
Time to feed unprofessional managers what they’ve been dishing out for far too long.
Couple things here, for when you do this to people:
1. if you get the “answer my call” text, NEVER ANSWER THE CALL.
They are calling you because they want to have the conversation verbally, and be able to lie later about what they said or didn’t say. Force them to continue via text or email- force them to continue the conversation in writing or not at all.
2. “Lack of 2 weeks notice is unprofessional!” or the other version, “Not providing notice is illegal!”
No it isn’t. Neither is true.
And in the US, all states except Montana are “at will” employment (though you may hear an employer refer to it as “right to work” to make it sound better, it’s the same thing). Sure, at-will employment means they can fire you without cause, BUT! It also means that you are not legally required to give a reason for quitting, or to give notice of any kind.
Is it polite to give notice when you can? Sure. Do bosses expect it? Absolutely. But that does not make you legally required to provide it.
3. The only thing I would change in the worker’s interaction here was their response when initially asked to come in.
Employee: “Hey Mark. Sorry I’m unable to cover the shift tonight because I’m studying for my exam tomorrow.”
Don’t give a reason for your lack of availability. It may be tempting to. You may feel rude if you don’t.
DON’T DO IT.
You do not owe your boss any information about what you do off the clock, and any reason you give will only ever be used against you.
Boss: “Hey I need you to cover Jasper’s shift tonight.”
Employee: “Sorry, I’m not available.”
And leave it at that.
Do not elaborate.
Do not offer additional information.
When you boss asks you to elaborate, because they will, be polite but firm. “With respect, that’s personal. I’m sorry, but I’m unavailable to cover this shift/work late/come in early/etc.”
Be a broken record- you’re unavailable. That’s the only information they need to know, and it’s the only information they have a LEGAL RIGHT to know.
Please stop giving your bosses information they don’t need to know and don’t get to have, because they’re only going to try and use it to fuck you over later.
