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1992 | SRQ | she/they ask.

[huariqueje]

 Young Dog  -   Shiro Kasamatsu, 1959.

Japanese,  1898-1992

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[lucys]

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the Mountain Goats - “No Children” Live at City Winery 12/04/2015

And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can’t find one good thing to say And I’d hope that if I found the strength to walk out You’d stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand

[californiannostalgia]

[windwrinkle]

Seagull slide, Tawas City, MI

[silenthill2bornfromawish4k]

how it started

how it's going

[baryunn]

[lionfloss]

TJ Tambellini

[rosyish]

Speaking aave when you’re not black is a problem that must be addressed

[valtsv]

i am drowning

there is no sight of land

you are coming down with me

hand in man door hand hook car door hand

[anarchapella]

Please fucking lie to your employer. Like they don’t need to know your mental health issues or what drugs you do. Ffs

[thecolorsfucked]

its not lying if its to employers or cops

and look up ur rights on what they can and cannot ask u many places ban asking about ur record and transportation status and things like that resources will also tell u how they reword sketchy questions so ur prepared

[mixingpumpkins]

Hey. Take it from a former HR person… this goes double right now. I just spent some time putting in some job applications myself (not for HR, lol) and got about 15 interviews. And idk if it’s because of COVID uncertainty or if places just don’t fucking care anymore because they know people are desperate for work, but the amount of straight up illegal shit my interviewers asked me was appalling. (That’s not even counting the questions that were technically legal but clearly fishing for information they’re not legally allowed to ask.)

A tame example? Two questions into a phone interview, the guy on the other end of the line asked: “How old are you?” I said “Excuse me?” - giving him a chance to rethink that. He didn’t. “How old are you?” “Sir, you are not allowed to ask me that question.” “Well, I want to know. I’m asking.” “And you’re legally not allowed to ask me that. I’m not required to tell you my age.” At that point, I guess he managed to remember an old HR bulletin or something (I hope to god he wasn’t actually HR himself), and he said, “Well, I need to know if you’re over the age of 18.” (Which is what he should have asked in the first place… or not, since that was in the application that he could have read.) “Yes. I’m over the age of 18.”  And we moved on. Two questions later, he tried another illegal question. I called him on it again and ended the interview, citing that a workplace with such a clear disregard for the law, especially upon first contact with a potential employee, was not going to be a good fit. (They offered me the job anyway, lol. I didn’t send a thank-you or a response.)

At a different interview, the majority of questions were “fishing” questions - just looking for that info they’re not actually allowed to ask. (This person was also either not really HR or an HR person who was exceptionally bad at their job.)

I could tell they were getting frustrated when I dodged answering the personal stuff, and they actually got extremely upset when I mentioned later in the interview (re: less relevant work experience) I had worked in HR. They were super flustered for the remainder of our time, and I watched them skip over questions on their sheet they had clearly planned on asking. They KNEW they were being sketchy and were counting on me not knowing anything about HR - or my rights - and so they got upset when I did. These were super tame examples. I’m begging you, if you’re job searching right now, PLEASE know your rights. Please know what interviewers are allowed to ask. Please don’t volunteer information or elaborate more than you’re required to about personal things. Save your words (and everyone’s time) by elaborating why you’re good for the position/what you can do. I may create a resource list on this shit later but PLEASE PLEASE KNOW THIS STUFF BEFORE YOU TALK TO AN EMPLOYER. This goes for anywhere you’re interviewing as well as your current employer. This also goes for HR. HR may be the person you go to when shitty stuff happens, but that doesn’t mean they’re your friend (or competent). They don’t need to know your age (beyond 16+, 18+, or 21+, depending on the job). They don’t need to know your medical history. (For the love of god, do NOT answer the “have you been diagnosed with depression?” question.) They don’t need to know if you have kids or whatever. They don’t need to know a LOT of those things that may appear on an application, including your veteran status, whether you’re on/have been on unemployment, etc. They’re not entitled to know specifics about your transportation (unless you’re using that transportation for the job, like Uber/delivery drivers). Look this up for your state/the job’s state. Beware questions like “What year did you graduate?” if you’re like me and don’t put dates on your resume (I just put amount of time spent at employers, not dates of employment). They’re fishing for your age. It’s “Oh, you know, 100 years ago,” if you feel comfortable making a joke, or “About [generic number, like 5 or 10] years ago” if not. Also beware things like the “What do you do in your free time?” question, even if you already work there. This is not a friendly getting-to-know-you question. This is a basis for judgement. Not up to an invisible standard? They’re going to be biased against you for pay raises, promotions, etc. Mention kids/lots of family/social engagements? That’s a tick against you for not being the kind of person who lives to work (yes, it’s gross and stupid). Mention lots of solitary things? Cool, that’s their mental note to ask more from you because you’re “not doing anything anyway.” By all means, be friendly with your coworkers/talk about shared interests if you want, but it is none of your boss’s business, and be aware what could get back to them.  Don’t. Tell. Employers. Shit.

[tramampoline]

this applies to housing too. look up housing activists who know the laws for your area. do not volunteer any information that they are not allowed to ask you for. you’ll be surprised at how many jurisdictions it is literally illegal to put “no pets” on listings

[tinyghosthands]

[weaver-z]

Why do right-wing memes make us look so cool. I support these gay anarchists and their dog backpack

[mischievousquokka]

Do you always get smooches and a dachshund from joining antifa? If the answer is yes, how do I?

[weaver-z]

I love your enthusiasm but have you ever seen a dachsund in your earthly life

[solarpunkwitchcraft]

The point of getting rid of the death penalty isn’t that there are some innocent people on it. The point of prison abolition isn’t that there are some innocent people in prison.

The point is that the state shouldn’t have the power to kill people. The point is that the prison system commits systemic abuses of human rights, doesn’t reduce crime, is deeply racist, and doesn’t take the desires of the victims into account. To argue about whether one individual on death row or with a life sentence is innocent or guilty is just a distraction from the central issues, which is that these institutions are unjust and should not exist

[svuincorrect]

munch: if i die, i give you all permission to use my death for your own benefit. tell your boss a close family member died. get a day off. its on me.

[svuincorrect]

olivia: this is my wall of inspirational women!

fin: thats just a photo of you

olivia: i am not afraid to admit that i often inspire myself

[we-spies]

lol @ the time i was at a party w/ someone who works on the show & found out that the rbg pic HAS to always be in the frame

[svuincorrect]

sonny: wait, so how many kids do you have?

olivia: biologically, emotionally, or legally?

[knowyournewmeme]

[bogleech]

“If it was a blm protest you would defend it”

No shit sherlock, I don’t care that a building got broken into or politicians were threatened. For a just cause that would’ve been awesome. The capitol protest was wrong because their cause was wrong. Because they were idiot nationalist trolls who fell for a conspiracy theory and intended to fuck over fellow citizens by upending a legitimate election. Civilian uprising otherwise gave us many of the rights we enjoy and is therefore pretty cool when the motivation behind it is altruistic.

[thouartadeadthing]

Night encounter in Yellowstone National Park-Michael Block