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 Lyssa // Magical Black Girl // Jewish African American & Proud // Anti-Black Racists Will Be Punished

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

btw anyone who says "this shouldn't be happening in the US, we're turning into a third world country" can choke. anything can happen anywhere and the US government has quite literally installed or backed fascist dictatorships in countries it exploits.

[sevaria]

[albertserra]

Pick up a book read a Wikipedia article watch a documentary anything please please please

[auronlu]

I actually find this reply strangely heartening

All the marching and protesting and fighting and being jailed and fired and disowned and brutalized by cops and attacked and we did apparently achieved something, if anyone can be this innocent and grow up this sheltered from what it was like just 20 years ago

[albertserra]

Knowing history is crucial for survival… gay people are still being disowned and brutalized etc. in the US and across the world. Trans rights in this country are still very precarious at best and any kind of legal protections don’t matter much anyways if a trans woman is homeless, abused, etc. Plus the US isn’t the only country and gay rights/liberation movements in other countries are still fighting this fight today. And this was in response to Clarence Thomas wanting the Supreme Court to “reevaluate” the court’s previous ruling on anti-sodomy laws, meaning this could very well become reality again. How is being this “innocent” or “sheltered” beneficial to anyone?

[yamelcakes]

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I need to let people know how dangerous the healthcare privacy climate is now. As someone that works with PHI (protected health information) I want to stress that HIPAA (the law that prevents your health data from being shared) does not apply to healthcare apps. These are incredibly dangerous to use, not only because law enforcement can procure a subpoena to access this information, but because these apps can sell your health data to any third party—potentially anti-abortion activists. Anyone with a uterus should delete not only period trackers, but mental health apps, because if you have a miscarriage or seek an abortion in a state that outlaws it, your mental health history can be used against you.

I would also discourage people from using online therapy apps like BetterHelp and Talkspace. Though BetterHelp says they are HIPAA compliant, that is a lie. They have shared data with Facebook. Their most recent privacy policy update says “We may share your information in connection with an asset sale, merger, bankruptcy, or other business transaction.” Any data breach could put your information at risk. Any health app could suddenly decide to change their privacy policies without notice.

Most responsible clinicians put your health data under (many times literally) lock and key. PHI software like Epic or Cerner have numerous failsafes to prevent data leaks. This is not the case for apps. BetterHelp and healthcare apps in general do not care about this. They only care about money. Do not trust any healthcare provider or app that operates strictly online. And for your own sake, use a VPN if you’re searching for abortion providers or advice.

[strawberrydragon]

Americans with uteruses: Roe v Wade has been struck down and Republicans are going to go after birth control next. Some states have already banned Plan B and others are working to outlaw birth control entirely. Talk to your doctor ASAP about long term birth control options such as an IUD (lasts 3-12 years depending on the type), contraceptive implant (lasts 3 years), or tubal ligation (having your tubes tied - permanent birth control). You deserve to control your body and the direction of your life.

[prinnay]

seasonal muse~

[cithaerons]

via https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html

With Roe Overturned, How State Abortion Laws Are Changing

The New York Times is tracking abortion laws in each state following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

[odinsblog]

Yeah same. In less than 6 weeks I’ve seen Roe v Wade overturned, the paper thin separation between Church & State destroyed, Miranda rights eviscerated, legal rights for people facing capital punishment destroyed, voting rights curb stomped, open carry forced down people’s throats after multiple mass shootings, and I know I’m forgetting a lot of stuff, but it feels like I’ve lived years in the past few weeks. The great American experiment feels like a fail.

[lightspeedsound]

Before I essentially deleted my TikTok, I made this video about my personal pregnancy story and why “abortion saves lives” is a very literal truth. Not just metaphorically. Literally, pregnancy can kill you. I almost died several times.

I am so so tired of ppl who know nothing about pregnancy making decisions about pregnant bodies.

I will try to post the transcript later too because the captions didn’t show.

[ladiablesse]

bell hooks said that children are the most unprotected group of people, a condition that only gets compounded when intersected with marginalized race, class, and disability status. y’all are forcing children to be born into a society that is not equipped to protect them and frankly shows no interest in doing so as they’d rather treat kids like property rather than actual human beings. children born under these circumstances are going to suffer and die. children giving birth under these circumstances are going to suffer and die.

[liberaljane]

Digital illustration of a brown fem with a purple bob. They are looking back, with the collar of their pink denim jacket lifted up. The jacket has two pins that depict a rainbow flag and trans flag and there’s stars and text that reads, ‘support abortion access.’

Art by Liberal Jane

[floating-goblin-deactivated2021]

the unholy trinity of piss-poor caretakers, tag yourself:

tomboy, meaning “this child is clearly queer but let’s hope it goes away”

sensitive, meaning “clearly neurodivergent and often distressed but let’s keep going until they grow numb”

mature, meaning “traumatized but let’s ignore that”

[sepiascissors]

quiet, meaning “has been yelled at or ignored a few too many times and now considers all attempts at communicating with others to be pointless”

self-sufficient, meaning “next to zero trust in parental figures’ ability in various aspects of parenting”

lazy, meaning “depressed, but expected to preform tasks or actions without positive support or knowledge of how to do things”

[pixie-unger]

six for six on this one

[dreamyblackchild]

It’s no coincidence that conservatives are now seeking to lower the age of consent after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Conservatives want girls below 18 to marry and have babies. They think girls who have their periods are ready to be impregnated and make sure they are groomed into motherhood. 

[dreamyblackchild]

Dear non-Black leftists and liberals,

There is nothing “tactical” about you, a non-black person, using the n word. You are literally making leftist spaces very unsafe and hostile for black folks by saying a word that has a oppressive history behind it. I don’t care if how many times you call out or mock conservatives, alt-righters and neo-nazis on a daily basis, spewing anti-black slurs publicly or privately or both, even if it’s used ironically, that makes you a anti-black racist. I don’t care if you voted for Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders, if that word comes straight outta your non-black mouth, for whatever reason, you’re still a anti-black racist. My Black Jewish ass doesn’t care how progressive you think you are, your use of the n word is anti-black racism. Your favorite white twitch/gamer/discord leftists like Destiny and Vaush that uses it are fucking anti-black racist too. Being a hardcore leftist or liberal does not magically cancel out your own racism, and by allowing toxicity to continue, you are creating more violence towards the folks you’ve sworn to protect. 

[risingphoenix87]

If anyone wants to use a “tactical n-word,” I’d be glad to give you a “tactical” bonk on the head with my cane.

[sweatermuppet]

i hate those posts that are like "what if your mother aborted you?" because it's LIKE. i value my mother as having her own agency above my existence simply because she came first. if she aborted me, id be fine with it because in the fucking hypothetical of un-existence & knowing, id rather her have access to safe abortion than having to carry & birth when she didn't want to like wtf kind of egotistical question is that. do u not value yr mother in the least. whatever joys you've gotten out of life aren't greater than yr mother's choice

[dreamyblackchild]

I recently saw a post made by pro-lifer bragging about her own mother being r*ped at 11 and was forced to give birth, as if a child being raped and forced to give birth and raise a baby by herself is something we should see as a blessing, not a horrific crime that took away an innocent child’s happiness and physical and mental well-being. Pro-lifers are scary because they believe the evil befell upon their mothers is god’s plan. 

[tikkety-tok]

...What in the audacity?

[socklops]

i mean this genuinely and dont nobody bother anoning me about it cause i dont care

i hope Christians suffer

[free-range-tiddies]

I really think these niggas just need a Daddy. Because what the fuck is this?