tom petty's little freak with the lunch pail purse

Then, as they'd drag me away, probably in a straitjacket, *definitely* with about seven pending restraining orders, I'd scream, "How do you feel, knowing that the mental load you made your wife carry was so overwhelming that she didn't realize she had a brain tumor until *a pediatrician pointed out her hearing loss at her child's appointment*?"

Zohran Mamdani balanced NYC's budget, laid out plans for municipal grocery stores, and implemented a pied-a-tierre tax; but ooh so handsome and haha he always wears a suit.

Jon Ossoff is one of the only people in Congress who is cutting through fascist bullshitting, yet the discourse is "ooh slutty little glasses", "Senator My Boo", and comparisons to Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. No. Let's hear more about his close relationship with the late John "Good Trouble" Lewis and how that informs his politics. Let's talk about how he's actually damn showing up for the constituents of Georgia, especially Black voters, who undergo consistent voter disenfranchisement to this day.

AND THEN finally he gets the letter that his patient is better and he's all smiles and happy and anne-girl and says "I didn't think you needed words to know [that I love you]". And then he's like "ew lol Christine's face is hard now and she looks ten years older than you and she got fat. I'm so glad you haven't gotten fat ". I'm quoting almost verbatim. what a fucking loser lmao.

People excuse Elvis when he "dated" 16-year-old Priscilla Presley. "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis was in a recent movie when he married his 13-year-old cousin. A shit ton of 70s rockers have sexual assault allegations, often from people who were minors at the time. Steven Tyler. Mick Jagger. David Bowie. Someone on the Golden Bachelor was raped by Frankie Valli at sixteen, and he'd known her when she was six. Kid "If There's Grass On The Field, Play Ball" Rock. Kid "You Say It's Statutory, I Say It's Mandatory" Rock.

The culture of sexualizing very, very young girls in media. Brooke Shields at 12. Alicia Silverstone at 17. Phoebe Cates, when she was 17 and 19. Have you ever seen that photo of the day they filmed the scene where she flashes one of the characters in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and the set is CHOKED with men trying to ogle a 19-year-old girl's breasts?

We saw people villainizing Courtney Stoddard for being the victim of a predator at 17. We saw the "countdowns to 18" for Emma Watson and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Grown men our fathers' ages slavering over girls who could be our sisters.

I'm glad they had the option to make the decision that was right for them, and to quote atheist activist Promise Backlund, "I don't care if it's a full-term baby or a grown ass man. No one has the right to my body without my consent". I'm also glad they shared it because it helps destigmatize this and opens a dialogue.

I'm a disabled person. My disabilities are invisible, and more saliently, largely unfetishizable and unexploitable for masturbatory virtue-signalling Facebook posts. No one is calling me "such a joy" or "the light of my life". I am unable to access support outside of my communities and I experience job discrimination because my disabilities are heavily stigmatized. They call my people evil; they use my disability as an insult; they imply that my people shouldn't exist.

I think people view persons with disabilities like they view puppies or kittens. Everyone wants the perfectly "cute" person with Downs Syndrome who Always Smiles And Is So Happy. Well, guess what? People are legally allowed to pay your perfect little prop sub-minimum wage because of their disability. Disabled people don't have marriage equality, as they lose their government benefits due to the change in income.

You don't want to be there for the ugly stuff. God forbid you're there for the day-to-day. You brag about your goodness on Facebook while their caregivers drown in 24/7 care, burnout, endless doctor visits, medical emergencies, worries about what will happen to them if their caregivers pass, and a long, long list of other issues that pop up. You don't fight for their right to exist in society. You don't fight for universal healthcare and the bolstering of professional caregivers and facilities and easy, no-cost access to them. You don't fight for marriage equality. You don't give a damn beyond seeing their Cute Lil Smiles.