Allllll the side eye for the Tagalog hunter who brought a head to U.S. officials, saying it was Fagan's.

History does not record whether the bounty was paid (shocking, I know 🙄), BUT! The head was never identified as his, either.

The New York Times called him a "cunning and highly skilled guerilla officer who harassed and evaded large conventional American Units."

A bounty was placed by the U.S. government: $600, ☠️ or alive.

That's roughly $20k in today's dollars.

...and did the late 1800s version of saying, "F*ck this sh*t," then defected. He spent two years being a menace, an absolute nightmare, to the American soldiers on the wrong side of history.

Fagan was a 24-year-old Black American soldier. He was sent as part of a regime to suppress Filipinos and make us fall in line.

Instead, he saw the parallels of our treatment and the way Black Americans are treated in the U.S...

We have never met, and yet we both know Eden. It's crazy how the world can, at once, be so big and so small.

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3. It's okay to leave. If the people who profess to love you are making "jokes" that are really just passive aggressive (if not outright!) barbs, get up and leave. It's not your fault. It's theirs. If they want you to stick around, they should behave accordingly.

2. (continued) a fool starts stuff, it's okay to finish it.

Don't let anyone tell you to "be the bigger person," "take the high road," or "keep the peace." They should tell that to the instigator. You're just defending yourself, and that's okay.

2. (continued) Call them out. Laugh in their faces. Boldly and loudly declare that they are the pot to your kettle.

You're not rocking the boat. You're refusing to steady a capsizing ship since some fool is shaking and stomping for all they're worth.

Also, screw being the bigger person. If

2. Related: a lot of folks are trying to use you as a scape goat. I know someone who has made similar...

Her: "mistakes"

Me: "interesting, perhaps questionable, life choices. #YOLO, baby! YOLO!" (Shout out to Wolfie in San Francisco!)

1. Some people are intent at holding you to the version of yourself over which they exerted the most control. F*ck that, and f*ck them. Don't play that game.

You're doing a great job. I'm proud of you.

This one time, I heard a wrapper in the stall next to me. Whoever it was finished eating and threw the fast food wrapper on the floor 🤢

I may or may not be writing something smutty tonight 😹

🎶"Hey, Ma: What's for dinner?"

"Go up your nose and pick a winner!"🎶