bee’s domain 🐝

[beelovespolitics]

hello! (my introduction)

Hello! I am bee 🐝

she/her

I have a blog: https://rubylovesreading.wixsite.com/abeesdiary -I am intellectual on their, I don’t plan on being intellectual here

I am many things I collect labels like I collect information about the current state of our crumbling world so here goes: I am lesbian, demi aro/ace, christian, disabled, depressed, medicated, liberal, too political for my own good, i will always be reading political science, poet (long beach youth poet laureate ambassador!), um I like AIDS too much, men should all be eradicated because bone marrow and they’re obnoxious

[beelovespolitics]

Pride month is over

Pride month is over but our communities still need to be lifted up. Just because the big box stores have fulfilled their agendas so they don’t get boycotted and the influencers and politicians have said “happy pride month” doesn’t mean we’re not still being oppressed. Especially trans people, we all need to keep being visible and speaking out even when it feels like the world has decided it’s time to be silent until next year. We have a long ways to go, and we need to keep fighting!

[beelovespolitics]

I went to the zoo

I went to the zoo and had the most epic special interest moment of my life!!!! I SAW A TIGER ROAR!! Afbksnslzjlaf now it wasn’t my favorite type of tiger (sumantran) but it was soo amazing!!!!! Now I just need to meet Rand Paul to fulfill my current special interest! or Robert Garcia!

[beezlebutch]

"Pride month is over"

WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition

[jehandant]

Reblogging this again bc people in the notes are asking a lot of "Am I included? Am I disabled if I have x?" and I just wanted to add the flag here to show people who the pride month is for.

This is the new flag, the old one was more vivid and in a z shape, but it's been made more neutral to be inclusive of people with seizures or sensory issues.

Each stripe represents a different aspect of disability:

Red: Physical disabilities

Yellow: Cognitive & intellectual disabilities

White: (And this is the key one I think) Invisible AND undiagnosed disabilities

Blue: Mental illnesses

Green: Sensory disabilities

If you're autistic or have ADHD? this is your pride month. If you have a mental illness, it's your pride month. If you're hard of hearing, this is your pride month. If you have an autoimmune disorder, this is your pride month. If you are not diagnosed with anything but you know something is up with you: THIS IS STILL YOUR PRIDE MONTH.

[beelovespolitics]

"Let me state from the start: I was naïve, foolish, and gullible to put any trust in Jeffrey Epstein. He was a con man. And while I was conned, I have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide. I completely and irrevocably cut ties with Epstein nearly twenty years ago when I learned that he was an abuser, a crook, and a liar," Leslie Wexner's statement read. 

My question is what about when you found out he was a pedophile and a rapist? Oh wait that’s not what made you cut ties it’s that he was a liar. Fabulous! (sarcasm obviously)

He also said his "heart goes out" to the young women and girls who fell victim to Epstein over the years.

You’re going to need more than heart, what about exposing him when you realized what he was and what he was doing? What about giving money to survivors or starting an organization? You have the power and yet you give us only empty words.

I hate to say it (not really) but powerful men are all the same, no morals, they sacrificed them a long time ago, willing to treat people whatever which way just because they can.

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Biblically accurate bisexual

[queer-globe]

This is the reality many LGBTQ+ refugees face. Violence, discrimination, and fear continue to threaten our lives every day. No one deserves to suffer because of who they are.

We are sharing this to raise awareness—not to shock people—but to show why support and protection are urgently needed. Please don't look away. Stand with LGBTQ+ refugees by sharing our story, speaking out against hatred, and supporting those in need if you are able.

Every act of kindness and solidarity can make a difference. Thank you for standing with us. 🏳️‍🌈❤️

[beelovespolitics]

pics from the getty

I just realized I have free will and tumblr soooo here are pictures from the Getty Center in LA (where I saw cool things and also learned that my father confronted an armed robber at 3 am when I was a little kid). Art and nature is cool! But also why do we have rich people? Like do you genuinely need than any gilded tables or serving platters!?

[beelovespolitics]

This is what I like to see

[my-midlife-crisis]

[beelovespolitics]

The title of this book reinforces polarization

I picked up this book at a thrift store and right off the bat without even opening the book I can tell that it will reinforce societal standards that permeate politics and create further polarization. By including the (If You Must) it encourages conservatives specifically (as that is the target audience of the book (and that is not to say liberals don’t do the same or similar things)) to not have dialogue with people of different political ideologies and the less you talk to them the more you can begin to see them as less than human. And the less the other party (in this case liberals) is taken seriously the more drastic measures will be taken with the end goal of being taken seriously. This is how democracies die (also a very good book by Steven Levitsky)

[tall]

[starlightsams4]

Can we stop with the “Lesbian is non men x non men!^^”

That’s NOT what it means. It has ALWAYS, HISTORICALLY, been women who love women. If you’re a non binary person who likes woman, you’re trixic/neptunic. Can we stop just changing the meaning of words when we feel like it?

[beelovespolitics]

Actually the origin of the word or HISTORICALLY as you put it simply meant someone from the greek island of Lesbos. The queer community was formed in response to oppression now you want to oppress people within the community!? Let people call themselves a lesbian if they want to, you can choose how you identify but not how others do!

-from a lesbian

[starlightsams4]

How am I oppressing them by telling them not to change the meaning of words? You either use the correct label or no label. There are already existing terms for non binary people who like woman and non men x non men (trixic, neptunic, sapphic, etc.) By this logic, a cis man who identifies COMPLETELY as a man can be gay and call himself lesbian. Think twice man. Theres a difference realism and oppression. Telling someone not to change the meaning of a recognized term is NOT oppressing them. For a lot of lesbians, including me, lesbian is almost a “safe term,” since the meaning is direct and recognized. People changing the meaning ruins that. Once again, there are OTHER terms that actually mean nm x nm.

-A lesbian.

[beelovespolitics]

Words change meaning over time, the word lesbian has evolved in meaning since it was first coined. Similarity, as you have identified gender non conforming folks have their own terms but these are not recognizable like lesbian meaning while they may personally identify as one label but use lesbian for people outside the community who may be unresceptive and/or confused by their label similar to how aro/ace is an umbrella term people use when talking to those outside of the community who don’t understand their labels. No-one has the authority to change someone else’s labels or dictate how people use them that is solely about them. So yes you can say “I use the term lesbian to mean women loving women” but you can’t say “lesbian only means this specific thing and you can’t use it any other way”

[starlightsams4]

Can we stop with the “Lesbian is non men x non men!^^”

That’s NOT what it means. It has ALWAYS, HISTORICALLY, been women who love women. If you’re a non binary person who likes woman, you’re trixic/neptunic. Can we stop just changing the meaning of words when we feel like it?

[beelovespolitics]

Actually the origin of the word or HISTORICALLY as you put it simply meant someone from the greek island of Lesbos. The queer community was formed in response to oppression now you want to oppress people within the community!? Let people call themselves a lesbian if they want to, you can choose how you identify but not how others do!

-from a lesbian

[beelovespolitics]

apparently this is a hot take

Hot take: I don’t like Mary Oliver’s poetry she’s one of the best selling poets of all time even people who say they “don’t like poetry” like her poems but reading a volume of poetry by her none of them really struck me. There were some where I was nodding my head and like enjoying it but not in a way where I’m recommending it to other people or seeking out her work again. It may be that my style of poetry is more speech less description I just found her poems boring and confusing. :/

[eptck]

you have to be kinder to people with memory issues.

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

you have to be kind. you have to be kind.

[depsidase]