Today I saw a bumper sticker that read TOLERATING RACISM IS RACISM. So much truth in so few words. I like it. I need one of those. #ToleratingRacismIsRacism#Period
Everyone needs to know that NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF CITIZENSHIP QUESTION ON INTAKE FORMS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE HEALTHCARE--not in TX or anywhere else in this country.
This is my problem w/ #BuyNothing day. I’ve been poor—so poor that I’d save up for weeks, sometimes months, waiting for big sales so that I could buy what I needed. If you need to buy on a sale day like today, do it—& don’t let anyone guilt you for it. #BlackFriday#NoShame
Yesterday was what the #adoption industry calls my “gotcha day” (thank gawd my adoptive parents never used that term—it’s so offensive, & I despise it). I was taken into their home after 3 mos of foster care/evaluation on 11/10/1961.
Most ppl would respond to that paragrph w/ something along the lines of OH HOW BEAUTIFUL! but there was actually nothing beautiful about it. It was tragic. My adopters were horrible, broken ppl—they kept up appearances (at any & all cost), but my +
a-father was an angry little goblin who regularly beat us half to death & molested me from ages 4-12. My a-mother was severely traumatized, utterly neglectful, & anorexic & obsessed with EVERYONE’S size (which translated into refusing to feed us).
Because adoption is about money & privilege, there’s zero oversight after an adoption is finalized. Due to that (& a number of other reasons having to do w/ entitlement, corruption, & a massive lack of ethics & transparency) my +
(also adopted/not related) brother & I—& so many other adoptees—suffered unspeakable trauma in our adoptive homes. We weren’t lucky. We weren’t chosen (we were simply the next in line).
We managed to survive. All while listening to all of society laud our adoptive parents as selfless saviors.
My adoptive brother is filled w/ & fueled by hate & rage. (He’s a LEO in TX. Perfect, no?) My adopters’ bio son (a decade younger than I) is a convicted child molester & white supremacist who abuses +
@mekkaokereke One of my life mottos has always (even in an analog world) been, “You don’t actually need to hear from the trash; just put it out by the curb & forget about it.”
“… the excerpt tape is a mere fraction of some ‘100 hours of Epstein talking about the inner workings of the Trump White House & about his longstanding, deep relationship w/ Donald Trump.’”
Don’t you wish any of it made a difference to his supporters? It should, but it doesn’t—because Trump voters are as depraved, as degenerate, as immoral as he is. #VoteBlue2024
I’m going to start this #OurAbortionStories 🧵 by sharing that despite always using contraception, I’ve been pregnant 3 times. I have a son (the Pill); I’ve had an #abortion (the Sponge+spermicide jelly); & I’ve had a miscarriage (tubal ligation). If the miscarriage hadn’t ended my 3rd pregnancy, I’d have had a 2nd abortion. If I hadn’t had access to a legal abortion, I’d have had an illegal one. & if I hadn’t had access to that, I’d have committed svicid3. W/O even the slightest hesitation. +
Pregnancy makes me super sick (hyperemesis gravidarum, hypotension, & more); bearing my son was a waking nightmare—I labored 36 hrs & his birth almost killed my bony butt; & while I adore my son & have always loved being his mom, I did NOT want more children. EVER. Furthermore, at the time of my #abortion, I was battling my toddler son’s father for a divorce; in my 1st yr of college; & working a couple of jobs. I’d been trying to find an OB/GYN willing to “tie” my tubes for 2 yrs. +
Well, that didn’t take long! I’ve already had a THERE’S ALWAYS ADOPTION response to my#OurAbortionStories thread (which is ridiculous on its face since adoption isn’t an alternative to pregnancy/childbirth, but I digress). Let me be very clear about my position. I am adopted. I’ve been living #adoption for 63 yrs. & I’d eat a bvll3t before I did to another human being what was done to me. #AdopteeVoices
Mom to 1 adult human & 4 dogs, wife, desert rat, EV driver, reunited prochoice adoptee. Retired ad creative. Generation Jones. Lifelong feminist. Searchable #PsoriaticSpondylitis