Not gonna lie. It gets harder to get over trusting white folks who say they have your back until it's too hard, and they don't.
New: Nex Benedict’s family has put out a statement via their lawyer regarding the medical examiner’s summary, which ruled he died by suicide. The statement reveals the summary left out key details about the severity of Nex’s injuries from the assault, including multiple head contusions.
Tw: Suicide, Nex. Folks are sharing hot takes about Nex’s death without truly understanding why people die by suicide. Dr. Joiner’s interpersonal theory of suicide explains how these anti-trans policies and the relentless bullying have resulted in Nex’s death.
Trans people in the US: Whatever you think about staying and fighting versus living to fight another day, please get an up to date passport with your correct information on it before November if you’re able to. https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/passports
Find out how to obtain a passport with the correct gender.
Conservative group "Pembroke Rising" is indignant that their attempt to ban "social ideologies" in Pembroke Schools is being billed as an attempt to ban pride flags. In fairness, they don't just want to ban those, they also want to ban anything remotely sexual, including contraception.
One thing I've been thinking about is how a head full of critical theory can often numb you to the actual actions behind the concepts your reading about, so much so that an understanding of "materialism" removed from all context might lead you to, say, endorse 9/11