One of my favorite German expressions is “konsequent Durchziehen” which literally translates as “to follow through with all implicit consequences” but which idiomatically translates as “Oh bitch, now it’s on.”

Wild thinking about when the gyno who did my sterilization procedure acted like it was unrealistic of me to say I never wanted to be at risk of being forced to carry a child, and now the Conservative Party is being blatantly anti-abortion

Seriously

There’s precedent for it as both Indigenous and feminist writing praxis 🤷🏽

What does it tell you when the DC police, who manage more protest events than any police department in the country, took a look at a few tents and decided it was wiser to let them be? What does it say when they have a better read on the situation than university administrators?

Everything that doesn't make sense about how much city budget goes to police and how even liberal mayors end up backing them clicks into place when you understand that the police are a literal protection racket

www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Opinion | The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom Must Go

Examples of institutional discrimination against Palestine advocacy abound.

College students speak out not just because they're young and idealistic, but because they aren't yet totally subsumed into submission to capitalism. They don't fear losing income by naming the world's clear and obvious evils. The conclusion here is that capitalism incentivizes obedience to evil.

And how >90% of that number are into gender queer folks cuz they were closeted bisexuals the whole time?

I think the erasure of Jewish Americans from the anti-genocide movement is one of the things that disturbs me most about the press coverage. Every protest I've seen, Jews have been visibly and vocally involved; but that doesn't fit the preferred narrative.