talk to the hand

If you rightly have a violent opposition to the genocide of Palestinians and the settler-colonial project of the Zionist Entity, I expect you to keep that same energy for one of the largest ongoing genocidal settler projects* in human history. There is no "redemption" of the US, no amount of "progressive domestic politics" will ever erase the blood that bore this "nation." United States Delenda Est! 美国去死!!!

there is a reason why monuments of colonists such as Captain Cook (many who massacred first nations folk) are having their statues beheaded and destroyed. its not even the bare minimum. Australia may be smaller than the US, but Australia is equally irredeemable.

On this day in queer history: 1 December 1952

The New York Daily News runs one of the most famous front pages in American queer history: “Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty.”

The headline introduces the world to Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989), a former U.S. Army private whose transition became front-page news. Jorgensen had traveled to Denmark for what was then called “sex reassignment surgery,” becoming the first widely known American to undergo such procedures.

The sensationalized coverage was invasive and often dehumanizing, yet it inadvertently turned Jorgensen into a groundbreaking public figure. Instead of retreating, she claimed her story with dignity and poise—becoming a trailblazing transgender advocate, nightclub performer, and lecturer who spoke openly about identity, autonomy, and respect at a time when almost no one dared.

not letting these stay in the tags, too important

#I don't think people who say this understand that if they don't want coffee shops and fast food to disappear they need to pay better asap

#a lot of the big expensive cities are too expensive to live in on minimum wage

#also!

#the idea that these are just unskilled jobs for less desirables and members of the lower class to work is dumb

#if you don't want your fast food order to take a solid twenty-plus minutes to reach you because they had a pile up you need professionals

#not inexperienced kids who were hired two months ago barely know the job and do NOT gaf

#(nothing personal some of the kids I worked with were solid. others... weren't)

#if you want your starbucks order made right every time you want people who are Good At Their Job

#these people rarely stick around if they don't get paid enough