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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

Feels like a good time to remind certain people that this is coming from Judith Butler, who is not just a leading feminist philosopher, but also THE COFOUNDER OF QUEER THEORY

The literal cofounder of queer theory as an academic field says that abandoning trans people is fascist logic.

The voices in our community trying to exclude us may be loud, but they are not right, and they do not speak for the community as a whole or our history or anything at all.

Trans people belong here. We always have, and we always will.

goingtiny

These are lessons from San Gabriel Valley neighbors and activists who outsmarted developers and lobbyists.

When the people of Monterey Park found that their local government was going to approve a 250,000-square-foot data center just 500 feet from their homes, they organized.

And within a few months, the developer withdrew their application.

Andrew Yip, an organizer with SGV Progressive Action, tells L.A. TACO that the organization’s success started with their “existing network of volunteers,” noting that “the community was able to jump in at a moment's notice.”

octavinelleresident

Average Pomefiore day

jenny-holzer

longseasons

all these excellent books come from some random penguins house?

lanfan

Hey yall I just wanted to come on here and bring some attention to what’s happening at the detention center (really a concentration camp) Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. There is a hunger strike going on right now to protest the abhorrent conditions within the camp (allegations of torture, maggots and other bugs in the food, etc) and protests happening outside the camp. ICE is not allowing any politicians to come in (as is their right) to see the conditions of the camp. I would urge yall to do your own research, but if you want videos of some people who are actually there, here are some tik tok accounts you can go follow: @ bethanyquilter/ @ whoiskingtrivv/ @ Status Coup News/ @ L.A. TACO

And here is a video explaining what’s going on in more detail than I provided.

With everything else going on in the world, it can be hard to keep up with stuff going on at home, but ICE is still out here terrorizing innocent people. We must keep our eyes on them, and keep fighting.

Feel free to add more sources or info to this post, should you have any.

tsscat

I found this linktree here that has a master list of ways to help the detainees inside Delaney Hall: https://linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies

Please support immigrant families by donating to the GoFundMe's below and purchasing supplies via Amazon Wishlist to support detainee visito

I have heard that protestors outside need medical supplies, but I can’t find the best way to provide that if you are not nearby.

thebleeding-heart

their needs are changing rapidly, they mostly need Sudecon wipes and gas masks, last I heard, but the only way is to bring them directly there. for the most part they are asking people to join them there and hold the line, if possible. next best thing is to donate and call NJ reps to demand an end to the detention and torture!

gregtom

k-simplex-deactivated20241001

Happy Pride

depsidase

aroace-ryland-grace

the sewing machine is like if a horse and an inkjet printer had a child

thememedaddy

sweetfirebird

So Patagonia, a company named after a place is going after environmental activist and drag queen "Pattie Gonia" over the name. And I don't think they even plan to win it since... Patagonia is a location name already. I think the plan is just to intimidate Wyn Wiley (aka Pattie Gonia) into changing her drag name. (Using she/her pronouns for the drag persona as is custom).

Patagonia--the company, not the region in South America--is claiming that Pattie Gonia is infringing on their trademark and will damage their reputation as activists.

Which really shows a lack of vision imo, because doing a deal with famous environmental activist Pattie Gonia would have enhanced their rep. Again, imo.

I don't know how they don't see this as hurting their reputation. I mean, I get that you have to defend your trademark or risk losing it or whatever. But I don't see infringement here. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't personally see it. No one buying Pattie merch was thinking it was Patagonia-brand merch. Please.

Patagonia I think assumes that they will look okay with this if they don't ask for damages, just legal fees. But corporate lawyer legal fees can equal millions, so this feels, to me, like them lowkey out to destroy the drag queen but still wanting to be considered "good people" by their customers.

Anyway, Wyn Wiley is asking people to tag Patagonia on social media and ask them to drop the lawsuit.

#also they probably don’t have any relation to the region of patagonia so they don’t fucking own the name??

stjohnstarling

You used to log onto the internet and find out it was peanut butter jelly time. Not any more.

sappharic

I think the use of gen ai prevents students from learning the crucial skills of bluffing and winging it. When I was in high school and forgot to do a book report, I'd just yap through the oral examination and get a 7+. This is an important life skill, don't pass up the chance to improve your yapping by using ai.

pawberri

If youre a closeted person somewhere out there thinking "I want to transition but it would be less progressive/unique/countercultural for me to be that gender instead of this one" please know that you are a real person not a character in a narrative and cant live your life based on what is good media representation. You are real you can only be yourself and theres no moral weight to any identity over another

#don’t listen to the gender essentialists men are not fundamentally lesser or evil #you can be a man or be masc and it’s okay. in fact you can be a shining light