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[bobbyjean]

[storyweavingspider]

YOU. GET MORE ANTI-SLAVERY NOW.

[storyweavingspider]

Californians voted not to abolish slavery in 2024 because it’s “not economically feasible”

But also beyond that and prison abolition, unofficial (and in some cases official) slavery still exists both in the US and globally. I’ve met multiple Black people, myself included, who have been “functionally” enslaved to specific individual whites even if there wasn’t a legal contract making us their property. In my case, she not only raped me, beat me in public and private, otherwise abused me, controlled my finances so I couldn’t escape fiscally, but also literally hunted me down when I tried to escape her on foot with nothing but my clothes and would use threats of police violence to coerce me into sex and other shit with her.

It’s not just prisons. It’s not just human trafficking. It’s not just capitalism. It’s not *just* colonialism/imperialism/white supremacy. It’s all interconnected and built off the backs of systems that enable slavery and genocide NOW and people simply won’t care unless it makes them sad or affects someone they know personally.

[moebutcher]

people who are shocked that slavery is still common and widely supported also seem to have a very narrow idea of what being pro-slavery means. it isn’t just “slavery is good we should bring it back!!!” although that sentiment is also WAY too common.

being pro-slavery is also when:

- people believe criminals do not “deserve” to be paid for their labor or do not “deserve” to be paid ENOUGH

- when multiple of my teachers throughout my education since i was very young taught that slavery was a “necessary evil” because it was integral to the southern economy (in a school in a reliably blue state in the late 2010s! i am twenty and they were still teaching that shit)

- when people say we shouldn’t criticize sweatshops because then the employees will lose their jobs

- “the civil war was about states’ rights”

- white people getting angry that some black people mistrust, fear, or hate them because “it was so long ago!!!” (no it wasn’t. my dad was born before black people could vote [they could vote on paper but voting restrictions practically banned black people from voting in many places]. once again i am twenty. even after slavery was abolished many people were not freed. people who experienced or remembered slavery in the united states did not die that long ago)

- glorifying historical figures that enslaved people

- elementary school (in a northern state circa like 2012-2016! !! my southern friends experienced much worse pro-slavery propaganda!) being taught that some people were nice to their slaves :) !!! (translation: “some people didn’t torture the people they kidnapped and trafficked as badly as other people did!”) i remember being told specifically that george washington enslaved people but it was okay because in his will he said to free them after he died

- calling the abuse of sally hemings (starting at FOURTEEN!) at the hands of third president of the united states, thomas jefferson, an “affair” or “forbidden romance”. in 8th grade (which i think was 2018) i went on a school trip to washington dc. on that trip we toured thomas jefferson’s house. somewhere along the tour we watched a short film glorifying the rape of a 14-year-old. literally the age of the 8th graders on the tour

- northerners refusing to take accountability for slavery and trying to pin it all on southerners as if most northerners were not willing to let slavery continue indefinitely because they didn’t want to cause trouble. the north abolished slavery faster because it was less useful to us. that’s the only reason. lincoln didn’t want to abolish slavery at the beginning of the civil war. when he did it, it was NOT because he loved black people

the same people who don’t understand how anyone justified it at the time would’ve been the people who did not care. people in my community don’t want to acknowledge slavery because they feel guilty. thinking about what happened makes them uncomfortable. it isn’t their problem

[omgerd]

I’m the kind of person that will restart a song because i got distracted and wasn’t appreciating it enough.

[catcrumb]

[bisexualhunterbiden]

Something that annoys me is the constant whining about "more queer spaces, more queer communities" but then they're immediately like "yeah! And we need ones that don't cost money or require a purchase!"

Girl that's exactly why they close down after a year. You NEED money to keep these places open. There's no magic Gay Money Pot with endless cash to keep these places open. It requires YOU to put your money where your values are!!

[bisexualhunterbiden]

Like there was a queer coffee shop in my city. Owned and operated by a bunch of LGBT people. Not a cishet on the schedule. Tons of young people raved about it.

And it made it about 2 years before shutting down completely. Because all those young people who begged for a place exactly like this would just show up, not buy a single thing, and leave. You cannot build a community without putting your money into it. This isn't about capitalism, this is just reality. You can't open a restaurant where no one buys your food. You can't have a gay bar that only serves 5% of the population and actively excludes everyone else. This is what I mean when I say people confuse "community" and "friend group." You're not obligated to spend money when hanging out with your friend group. But if you want a lasting community centered space, you need to open up that wallet.

[valtsv]

everyone's career advice is like "you should do what you love" and "there's no better feeling in the world than fulfilling employment" until you start digging graves for yourself instead of your boss and then suddenly you're doing it wrong and need to stop whistling merrily and wipe that smile off your face

[valtsv]

this isn't a hypothetical btw a bird hit my mom's window and died and she refused to let me bury it because i was "too enthusiastic"

[illumiiiz]

guy who is burnt out beyond recognition and can barely get through the workday just to collapse into bed when he gets home voice: I have got to make art again. it will heal me

[bogleech]

what will piss me off until the day I die is the fact that if trump can change this much of America entirely for the worse, then there was never anything stopping any other president from changing it that much for the better, they just never actually wanted to.

[tearsofrefugees]

Clerks smile and 'flip off' security camera while 'sneaking' immigrants out of courthouse: DOJ

Two Utah court clerks have been dubbed "anti-ICE vigilantes" after they were allegedly caught "sneaking" immigrants out the back door of the

[antifainternational]

That's how you show real solidarity!

"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."

Think about what you can do at your job or in your daily life to resist fascism when the opportunity presents itself!

[knxfesck]

Donate to Support Legal Fees for Logan City Ex-Court Clerks, organized by William Joma

A few months back, you might have read about two Logan City, UT court c… William Joma needs your support for Support Legal Fees for Logan Ci

Here is the link to contribute to their legal fund. They are facing multiple felony charges and I have no info on whether they have any community support at this time. If their actions are something you support, consider helping them out through the aftermath and investigation by the "justice" system

[sharting-meself]

Getting close! Currently raised $19,186 of $20,000 as of July 7, 2026.

[cutecipher]

like. people dont get it. this is from over a decade ago from the fbi itself.

Contacts:.The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Innocence Project, and the National

[cutecipher]

forensic science being fucked is not a conspiracy theory. forensic science isnt just basically regular science.

[jimmyhoffathecat]

He fell eep

[ecto-hazard]

Basic Anatomy of the Central Nervous System

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[starlingsongs-deactivated201608]

Knowing that trans women of color started the movement in the united states and were literally immediately erased and excluded from what they started is the most deeply jading knowledge.

It is the original sin of the so-called queer community and it damns it from the cradle.

[starlingsongs-deactivated201608]

no white gay boy will ever reblog this, watch:

[lesbian-mimikyu]

no white gay will reblog this

[queerfemme]

no white lgb person will reblog this

[lgbtqkidsrock]

Without Stonewall, without the efforts of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the LGBTQ Community wouldn’t be where it is today. Don’t forget the roots, don’t forget the catalyst.

[cyberlesbiab-deactivated2021052]

and then TERFs wanna be like, “hmm well the LGBT community existed before Stonewall!”

but like…Becky, of course LGBTQ+ people existed before Stonewall. We’ve all existed since the beginning of time. But the movement got a shock to its senses, a jump-start, a rocket-into-space when that glass shattered via Marsha P. Johnson, and when Sylvia Rivera was up on-stage protesting guess who was on the sidelines heckling her?

The same fuckers who won’t ever reblog or acknowledge this

[bitterbearsf]

My apologies to the original poster as I photo captured this post to add to the thread-I reposted this last year for pride and expect to repost it every year I have left-it’s our history people.

[internutter]

Marsha P. Johnson allegedly died of suicide in 1992, and her death was never investigated. Even I, a mere prole, could catch the “she was murdered” vibes from the circumstances surrounding the discovery of her body.

Without a trans black woman, LGBT+ rights would not exist. Never forget. Never “pay it no mind”.

R E M E M B E R

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[leebrontide]

I’ve never seen a kid struggle with the concepts of someone being gay, trans, or nonbinary.

I did once have to explain to an almost 3 year old why a chihuahua wasn’t a cat and let me tell you THAT was a struggle and the kid was very mad about it.

[fancyladssnacks]

@asynca I am deceased at your tag

[busket]

"im not saying feminism is for everyone but-" the fuck? well im saying that. feminism is for everyone. yes even cishet men will benefit from feminism and cishet men should be feminists because cishet men are indeed harmed by the patriarchy; nowhere near to the extent that women are, but having a culture that is fully equal and anti-misogynist benefits everyone. have we forgotten that lifting up the disenfranchised people in society helps all of us as a collective? "im not saying that universal and unalienable human rights are for everyone but-" YES THE FUCK THEY ARE LOL

[homunculus-argument]

I will never get tired of the big-ass fucking seagull head on the front of Helsinki art museum. I hope they never take it down.

[nightbringer24]

That is a big-ass fucking seagull head.

[homunculus-argument]

This is the sort of shit that all public artwork should be. The kind that you can use as a landmark to find your lost buddies. Going like "yeah I'm standing at the front of this building. Under the giant fucking seagull head. You'll know it when you see it."