Not one to use “UGH”s, “freaking” and 3 underlines in my diary entries, but rage and frustration has gotten the better of me. Nothing deep here, not sophisticated or academic writing. I just had to rant and my diary is always a good listener.
“I am trying to make moves on my thesis, but I am so freaking annoyed at:
1) Betsy DeVos being confirmed as Secretary of Education, basically because she bought her way in. Marco Rubio was paid almost $100,000 to vote for her, and he did it! Despite the thousands of calls from people using him - “our representative” - not to! UGH
2) Seeing a GoFundMe page from a girl asking for ~$3000 so that she can come to South Africa over the summer to help “restore hope and dignity to children affected by the HIV epidemic”. This makes me sick to my stomach. These kids have dignity, until missionaries come in trying to force their religion on them and pity their lives because they don’t live in houses with pools or throw food down a garbage disposal. $3000 should be used for ARVs, helping set up a local clinic, water filters...not a flight ticket for some white girl to go on a safari and place with black babies for a few weeks. :(”
