Some helpful phrases (will be understood even if not said perfectly):
- “la migra” = ICE, slang that everyone knows
- “no contesta nada” = don’t say anything
- “no respondas las preguntas” = don’t answer questions
Some helpful phrases (will be understood even if not said perfectly):
- “la migra” = ICE, slang that everyone knows
- “no contesta nada” = don’t say anything
- “no respondas las preguntas” = don’t answer questions
👉Look up your MP and write to them: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
👉Encourage others to do the same.
💯This is a key part of keeping governments accountable.
#cdnpoli
👉Look up your MP and write to them: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
👉Encourage others to do the same.
💯This is a key part of keeping governments accountable.
#cdnpoli
If you're in leadership, it's encumbent to learn how to be ethical and humane - systemically.
#leadership #leadershipmindset
If you're in leadership, it's encumbent to learn how to be ethical and humane - systemically.
#leadership #leadershipmindset
On the contrary, it's depressing to be on the receiving end of that.
#spoonies
On the contrary, it's depressing to be on the receiving end of that.
#spoonies
Tax them.
Tax them.
Yes, we can have different opinions
Yes, I expect you to inform yourself before trying to engage in conversation, just like I do
Yes, I may be racialized yet have boundaries of self-respect, which it seems you're not used to
Yes, trans rights are human rights
Yes, we can have different opinions
Yes, I expect you to inform yourself before trying to engage in conversation, just like I do
Yes, I may be racialized yet have boundaries of self-respect, which it seems you're not used to
Yes, trans rights are human rights
Yikes.⚠️ 1/
🔗👇
#academicsky
Yikes.⚠️ 1/
🔗👇
#academicsky
It's shocking how fast one can go from athletic+healthy to unable to function. DON'T count on being able to push through. Make sure your disability insurance is good. #chronicillness
It's shocking how fast one can go from athletic+healthy to unable to function. DON'T count on being able to push through. Make sure your disability insurance is good. #chronicillness
This has happened regularly throughout my career + volunteering experience.
Being an "only."
Only woman, let alone only intersectional woman.
Excited to teach a new cohort. And so very tired.
This has happened regularly throughout my career + volunteering experience.
Being an "only."
Only woman, let alone only intersectional woman.
Excited to teach a new cohort. And so very tired.
Please read that again + think about it.
And then remember those of us who are othered when you consider the importance of voting strategically to avoid the most dangerous outcomes for us.
#cdnpoli
Please read that again + think about it.
And then remember those of us who are othered when you consider the importance of voting strategically to avoid the most dangerous outcomes for us.
#cdnpoli
Maybe some of us aren't writing for ourselves.
Maybe some of us are just doing the hard, thoughtful & intentional writing work because we want to help others feel seen.
#writersky #writing
Maybe some of us aren't writing for ourselves.
Maybe some of us are just doing the hard, thoughtful & intentional writing work because we want to help others feel seen.
#writersky #writing
If it doesn't, it wasn't friendship.
We're allowed to grieve.
And then let them go.
#disability #spoonies
If it doesn't, it wasn't friendship.
We're allowed to grieve.
And then let them go.
#disability #spoonies
I just discovered that three of them weren't.
Friends, that is.
#disabled #spoonielife
I just discovered that three of them weren't.
Friends, that is.
#disabled #spoonielife
You don't need to agree with everything a political leader does, you need to zoom out and think as a whole.
You can hold them accountable once in office. *You can't hold anyone accountable if the far right gets in.*
You don't need to agree with everything a political leader does, you need to zoom out and think as a whole.
You can hold them accountable once in office. *You can't hold anyone accountable if the far right gets in.*
If you're going to do "justice," make it actually just.
Trans rights are human rights.
If you're going to do "justice," make it actually just.
Trans rights are human rights.
Maybe.
Or is it perhaps because thoughtful people looked ahead after early November and recognized the importance of understanding systems of governance?
Maybe.
Or is it perhaps because thoughtful people looked ahead after early November and recognized the importance of understanding systems of governance?
You'll still need to vote when the time comes.
Remember that wins and losses can happen with thin margins and your vote is needed.
#cdnpoli
You'll still need to vote when the time comes.
Remember that wins and losses can happen with thin margins and your vote is needed.
#cdnpoli
No wonder those of us who are autistic are patholigized for this apparently troublesome tendency. How dare we want to live in a just world (sarcasm).
Keep resisting. Keep being good to others.
No wonder those of us who are autistic are patholigized for this apparently troublesome tendency. How dare we want to live in a just world (sarcasm).
Keep resisting. Keep being good to others.
Apparently, they could have.
Less learned helplessness, more everyday resistance.
Apparently, they could have.
Less learned helplessness, more everyday resistance.
PS I'm going to print out this letter & frame it.
PPS any other intersectional leaders tearing up also?🥺
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
PS I'm going to print out this letter & frame it.
PPS any other intersectional leaders tearing up also?🥺