Fuckinglovegoomy

『𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 . . . . 』

A lot of environmental damage is reversible if we act. We’ve got a lot of success stories like this actually. A lot of formerly endangered species have come back, fish have returned to American rivers, the ozone layer is being restored.

If you feel cold and are shaking, this could be a sign of mild shock. Drink something warm, wrap yourself up in a (pile of) blankets, and do something to distract yourself.

The work does not stop, but we cannot help others and improve the world if we are burned out and despairing.

Check in on your vulnerable friends. Your LGBTQ+ friends. Your black friends. Your Muslim friends. Your Jewish Friends. Your friends of all walks that I do not have the words for.

Remember that hope is not delicate. Hope is like a woman with scratches on her face, a broken nose, and grazed knuckles. A woman who always picks herself back up for another go.

Join your community and mutual aid groups. Don't expect them to be ready and waiting for you; sometimes the hard work that needs doing is getting it started. Now is the time to get involved. Apathy is what got us here. Donate to organizations that can continue to fight the good fight.

Remember that it is okay to be angry. Many in the voting populace have fundamentally failed all of the most vulnerable as well as themselves. Be angry, and then drive that anger into something better; fundamentally, you just have to care about people.

Even with a stranglehold on the senate, presidency, house, and supreme court, Trump is going to fight an uphill battle when it comes to changing the constitution.

Get your documentation in order and take steps to protect yourself and your family. Think, prepare, and be ready.

If you have the means and willingness to flee the country, then flee. It can put you in a better position to advocate for positive change.

Remember that this is not a zero-sum game. Gaining rights on one front does not mean losing them on another. Lift everybody up together and we will all benefit.

Finally, keep your fucking mouth shut. If you know your friends are LGBT, no you to not. If you know about an abortion or pregnancy, no you do not. If your neighbor is undocumented, no they fucking are not. If the cops come knocking, you shut the fuck up. Stand together and give the fascists no quarter.

Remember, above all else, that you will still wake up. You will still have a life. You will eat good food. You will laugh with those you love. You will see the beauty of nature that will outlast us. Things will get harder, but there will undoubtedly be many moments of joy within it.

you were meant to carpool with friends, clip coupons together and have mending circles on Friday nights. you were meant to keep a small plot in a group garden that everyone tends to, and you rotate turns every week. you were meant to design the flyer that your friend hands out or say the speech that your boygirlfriend edited. you were meant to be friends with the public bus drivers and talk to the farmers who drop off that crazy new kombucha flavor at the co-op and be kind to Walmart cashiers. you were meant to meal plan together and crowdfund for families in need and read each other old poetry and contemplate manifestos together hungover at the local coffee shop on special treat sunday and then go to the beach and have awesome gay sex that night. not alone. not kidding.

What are your skills? What are you good at? Can you sew, draw, write, make music, do computer stuff? Are you a cook, do you know how to grow things or find wild food, do you have caregiving experience? Are you organised, do you find cleaning relaxing, do you like to plan events, can you fix things, do you have spare income you can donate to support grassroots organising efforts? What are you able to do?

What needs to be done? Getting involved doesn't just mean marching in the street. There are countless things that need doing: someone needs to do the care work, wash the dishes, tend the garden, do the admin work. Find out what needs to be done.

What makes you want to get out of bed in the morning? If you only focus on the first two, you'll burn out and that doesn't help anyone. You need to feed your soul as well.

fascist countries ban apps. fascist countries monitor their citizens. fascist countries lie in bed with billionaires.

we can’t all be che guevara or malcolm x, but we don’t have to be. if you’re fed up with american censorship, corporations stealing cents from you until you have nothing left, and the freedoms you were promised feel snatched away from you, you’re right.