@ people deploring the lack of “civility” and “politeness” from the left after the election
I think I remember reading in an ask.fm response by @hbomberguy something along the lines of, “your goal in life shouldn’t be not to be a dick, but to be a dick to the right people”, and I feel like that’s generally a good mentality. Like, if you really want to stand up for what’s right in the world, you’ve got to abandon any commitments you might have to being a “nice” person universally, given how useless of a response that is to displays of abject evil.
I always forget to update Tumblr but here’s a recent pic of me that I love! I cut my locs and after struggling with depression for over two weeks I finally felt better. I got up, got dressed in my favorite outfit, put on some makeup, and wore my own jewelry as the cherry on top. Here I am serving looks circa 3/2017
Every corporation that takes a “progressive” stance, or runs a “progressive” ad, is playing you. Nike makes their products in sweatshops. Coca-Cola employs death squads against union organizers in the Third World. Dove is owned by the same company as AXE, whose advertising objectifies and demeans women in the most crude and horrific ways. Any “progressive” stance taken by a corporation is only taken for the sake of its profit margins, and only applies where such a stance is profitable, and provides no material benefit to the oppressed. There is absolutely no reason to praise a corporation, under any circumstances. They do not care about you. Only profit.
