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Why do we need Pride?

TW- Reference to homophobia and mild assault

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My mother often asks me why we need pride when we have equal access to marriage rights in my county.

It wasn't until Friday past that she finally realised why.

On Friday I got verbally and physically assaulted on the tram by a group of teenaged boys.

I was not injured as the worst was being hit by spitballs, but I wont lie when I say that I was afraid it could have escalated further.

It was driving by homophibia. I wont repeat what was said at me, but they discussed queer people, gingers and diseases as being connected.

Not one person on that tram asked me if I was ok.

I've experienced the verbal remarks multiple times before, but never have I been hit with spitballs.

Even on a busy tram while it is still bright out we arent safe.

That is why we need pride.

We shouldn't be afraid and on high alert when we are in public spaces.

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Happy Pride Month!

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Update

Exams are done but whayhey i think Im sick again yay.... :/

Getting excited to study in germany for a bit this summer though!!

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Work Stories

Think I got mistaken for a man again this weekend.

Its like the 10th time this has happened in a few months.

Im honestly lowkey thriving

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Big Oof

Final assignment of second year has been submitted!!

Now all thats left is the two exams :0

Society and Stae: Pretty sure I'll be ok so long as tax state or welfare state comes up.

Social Movements and Collective Action: Ehhh I need to answer two questions... I'm only mildly confident on the developing of a social movement question... I still couldn't tell you what hegemony is for the life of me....

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A queer show renewed on netflix?? Its more likely than you'd think!

HEARTSTOPPER has been renewed for Season 2 AND Season 3!

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Prisons being an institute for rehabilitation is the most messed up bs I've ever read, the prison system is so fucked, the judicial system as a whole has more flaws than positives.

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Facebook post from Matt Norris.

Post reads like a conversation between 2 people:

Prison labor is a problem we need to address soon.

Convicts in prison should have to work like the rest of us.

You mean like slavery?

No, we’re giving them 3 meals and a bed, at our expense, while they just sit around and watch TV. They should have to work!

Right. Like slavery.

It’s not like slavery!

Can they leave?

No.

Can they refuse work?

No.

So how exactly isn’t this slavery?

We DO pay them!

Do we pay in accordance with labor laws?

No. We pay them between 33 cents and $1.41/hour with a maximum daily wage below $5, then take up to half of that as room&board fees and victim compensation.

Right. So like slavery.

BUT.

No.

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Below URL image reads “fun bonus fact: enough of our labor market currently relies on labor at these depressed rates, that it has a substantial downward pressure on both wages and job availability in low-skilled sectors. Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs. Slavery is.

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I’d also like to add it’s not just private prisons. It’s also private detention centers where ICE keeps the immigrants.

-fae

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Literally-

couldn't breathe when i laid down last night, had to sleep sitting up like a heathen.

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I’ve come up with the theme for the 2020’s

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Literally did this like 6 times yesterday

I'm all for academic integrity and accurate citing until I change the access date in the footnote to make my professors think I didn't procrastinate

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“...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?” - 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘨𝘩

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It´s better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don’t even know your phone number.

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IT IS DONE

Only took me two days, but its 9:15 pm now and I finally finished and submitted it!! Time to get cracking on the next one!!

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Im so tired already and its only 5pm

But thats what I get for procrastinating again.

But I'm almost finished my essay!

What was intending to be an essay about the symbolism of roads in Thoreau's 'Walden', has now turned into a piece on the dualities of roads, routes and mobility. I've managed to bring in not only Native American literature (as mentioned previously), but also somehow I've looped in some of Rukeyser's work too. I probably won't get a great grade because I've gone off topic, but seeing as my lecturer is a big fan of Ginsberg and Thoreau's works- specifically the transcendentalist pieces- I'd say I'll at least pass reasonably well.

So now it's onto my political placement report... and then to actually start studying for the exams that I have starting on Monday that I haven't looked at yet.... I'm a tired idiot :)

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Can't waste good food like

Is he supposed to let it go to waste?? Ridiculous.

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Why...

Did I leave this essay last minute, it's due at midnight and I,m only halfway done

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It's nesting season for the little neighbors