i hate applying for jobs because the employers are always like: do you enjoy working in a stressful environment???? do you strive for unobtainable standards of perfection???? are you good at dealing with people that make you feel extremely uncomfortable??? do you mind losing real hours of your life in order to make minimum wage?? are you a fan of capitalism??? do you love selling your soul just so you can afford to live???
corporations at pride see us as a commodity to profit off and not a community organising for survival. pink capitalist entities appeasing lgbt people with some cheap rainbow emblazoned tat are not your friend nor ally.
You look at yourself in the mirror and touch the reflection, under your breath you whisper, “so this is what it feels like to be obsolete, to know that you’ve already been replaced and are now only left to wait to be ground to dust and scattered in the wind”
this pride month if you feel like arguing with strangers on the internet for ten hours, consider instead seeking out lgbt organizations in your area that need volunteers
Every active NYPD cop used to get 30 Patrolmen’s Benevolent
Association “courtesy cards” from their union per year; now they’ll only
get 20 (retired cops used to get 20 and now they’ll get 10).
These cards are known as “get out of jail free” cards, a kind of challenge coin
that establishes the bearer’s bona fides as a friend of the force;
flash the card and cops will give you the benefit of the doubt, tear up
your ticket, or otherwise give you the kid-glove treatment.
The cards were selling on eBay for $200 each when the union announced
the cut, allegedly in a bid to curb the practice (and seemingly in
defiance of the principle of supply and demand).
If I didn’t go out and verify this myself I wouldn’t have been able to believe it. This is like… police corruption that is so stereotypical and slimy that I’d have expected to see it in a Saturday morning cartoon or something. This is the kind of corruption that I thought the police union pointed to as a straw man.
I mean… it’s not that I’m surprised that the police are corrupt pieces of shit and that the corruption is literally institutionalized it’s just… the expectation that maybe the corruption would be a bit more sophisticated, you know?
Seriously, though… this is literally organized crime. This is racketeering. Just having one of these cards in your possession ought to be a felony. Fucking ACAB.
there’s a hubris in thinking that lifestyle changes by individuals who’ll live no more than 80 years can meaningfully counter ecological devastation that’s run in tandem with capitalism for almost 400 years now
just a quick note- no trans person has ever said “did you just assume my gender.” trans people are very aware of how their gender and physical appearance differ and that visually one might assume that they are a man/woman when they are actually not. that’s kind of the whole idea of gender dysphoria.
and also you’ve beaten your “attack helicopter” joke into the fucking ground. cut that shit out.
i wanted to add one more thing to this post that other people have pointed out: i know its an awkward question, but a lot of trans people are going to be 100% fine with you asking what their gender is, or with calmly correcting you if you get it wrong. and if they’re not, then they’re way more likely to keep it to themselves than get visibly angry with someone. this idea that trans people just go apeshit when people misgender them accidentally/when first meeting them is a complete fabrication for a stupid joke and that’s why i despise it so much.
I can’t afford to get visibly angry about people misgendering me because that puts me in danger of getting harmed. once a cis person finds out my gender, one of two things will happen: they either accept me to various degrees, or they reject me and potentially escalate the situation. politeness is the only way I can decrease the risk of the latter.
the “DID YOU ASSUME MY GENDER?!” trope only serves to make trans people look ridiculous/unreasonable in the eyes of cis people, and places in their minds preconceptions about us that makes it harder, ultimately, for us to come out safely. if all they know about trans people are shitty jokes, then we as a people become those jokes to them.
yeah cis people, seeing as you’re literally the only people that make these jokes I’m gonna need you to reblog this
you think oscar wilde’s gucci floral suit wearing angel ass spent his last gay breath making a witty remark about the wallpaper so that we could all live like a bunch of repressed 16th century puritans? are those glisteningly fresh rose petals going to throw themselves all over your scarlet chaise lounge and fake fur duvet? is that first edition of albert camus you bought at a thrift shop in paris going to lovingly read itself? y'all are really out there saying god gave us the ability to order cinnamon cappuccinos and buy herringbone tweed blazers and recite ovid to our friends only so we could not do those things? as it is with all paths in life, so long as you’re self-aware and not bothering or hurting anyone, you go ahead and be as pretentious as you want! it’s so much fun!!
