Notices by Andrea is Qualifiedt (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io), page 3

I love Dr. Staceypants fr 😭
"Yawn…Another Election, Another Lecture From Obama To Black Men"

https://www.blackenterprise.com/obama-lecture-black-men-to-vote-kamala/

Same w language like "trauma dumping" (I have rarely if ever heard/seen this word used when a white man does it. Interesting) and "boundaries."

All of these terms hold value for sure; but, they are often used to suppress the healthy expression of those who might benefit from them because of the power dynamics of our society.

Westerners' tendencies toward pathologizing and institutionalizing non-normalized behavior then become iterated in language originally meant to empower.

I feel like the language of "unhealed" is becoming a weapon against the most vulnerable/marginalized people. Showing up "unhealed" in a space shouldn't be grounds to be rebuked from it. No one is completely "healed" anyway.

So what ends up happening a lot is that certain (neuro)types' ways of coping are socially acceptable and others are not. So the "unhealed" become more and more isolated, thus making it even harder to heal because it's p much impossible to heal in isolation.

America runs on oppressin'

I think vote shamers do that bc otherwise they are not politically active except for the occasional rally/protest (if that); and in order to feel some sense of control/empowerment they hyperfocus on blaming someone (a non voter, a 3rd party voter) for everything that's wrong with the US to avoid the reality that the US is what's wrong with the US and voting in national elections won't change the fundamental harms this nation is predicated upon and runs on

Personally I find it very funny whenever boomers refer to millenials as the "participation trophy generation" or whatev as if they themselves did not manufacture, determine the criteria for, and hand out the trophies.

Y'all

The state of Missouri is set to execute an innocent man next week. DNA evidence proves Marcellus Williams' innocence but he is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24, for a crime he did not commit.

Call Gov. Parson and urge him to stop the execution before it’s too late: 417-373-3400

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man/

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Okay Worcestershirenosauce is such a good object lesson on how whites are all too keen to weaponize the language of violence against Black people (always already perceived as violent bc of white supremacist delusion) whenever they get the faintest hint of de-centering. We've seen this before, and recently. (cough eris cough)

Some whites are so narcissistic that a stranger saying she doesn't prioritize white men's opinion is "hate" to them. Then when they get critiqued they play victim.

What would Jesus do? Argue, probably 🙃

Tell me to be more christlike? Okay-- I will flip all of these motherfucking tables over. In Jesus name

(don't mind me, just working through autistic church girl trauma)

The *first democratically elected president* Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who calculated and announced the total sum owed in 2003, was deposed the next year in a coup that was enabled by you know who (the US and France).

More facts about Haiti (and no shade but this was really easy to look up and I won't be answering any more follow-up questions from this thread)

Prior to the revolution Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative colony on the planet, outperforming the entire Spanish empire in the Americas in terms of profit. 1 in 8 French people made their living through the trade system that flourished on the backs of enslaved Haitians.

https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/remember_haiti/economy.php

Periodic reminder that France owes Haiti something like 20 billion francs for the unpaid labor which not only enriched France but the entire fledgling economy of the West.

There is no West without Haiti.

Let's be clear: if u misgender someone repeatedly, are cool with (and probably encourage) multiple of *your* cronies calling ppl n- in their mentions, and refuse any meaningful dialogue about your racist actions, and then ppl collectively start talking shit about you?

That's not harrassment. You fucked around and are in the process of finding out. Talk shit get hit is one of the earliest social lessons we recieve. You're using the language of harraasment bc u can't handle your own vileness.

If you're one of those one here who call twitter a nazi bar, but you're still federated with eris or similar bitches then you may want to watch where you throwin stones cause your house is glass

#MassaDon

All imma say today is this: "leftists" sorely need to address their anti-Blackness and fuck yes that includes here.

And no, it's not not important because it's "identity politics". Half of you fucks don't even know what that phrase means or its black feminist origins, you just use it so that you don't have to do the work of reckoning within yourself and can guiltlessly continue your mostly-white circlejerk of self-congratulatory delusions of moral superiority.

See also: misogyny, sexual assault, transphobia, ableism, whorephobia, classism (which is ironic), and xenophobia. These alongside white supremacist delusion are all issues leftists must address within self as well as with community.

I will say that the anti-racist response in the UK is encouraging so there's that. But so many aspects of engaging with leftist spaces require you to check certain aspects of your humanity at the door--while telling you you don't have to do that. Needs improvement!

Recentering on anti-Blackness: I never see non-black people's solidarity scrutinized, measured, judged the way ours is.

Leftists will address whether they think a Black person is doing "enough" for the movement before they'll address their own actions in the same way, or allegations of harmful behavior toward Black ppl.

You cannot marginalize and harm a group and then expect perfect solidarity, condemning individuals who don't make the arbitrary cut you designated. That is abusive behavior.

I wish folks would do more useful things with their time than coming up with weird metaphors about voting.

No one is going to change their mind because you told them voting isn't like marriage. they're probably just going to want to curse you out. It's so condescending

Dems are always, ALWAYS talking about how we can "push" candidates left but never bother with the candidates who are already getting there. Seems like it's always about the *potential* for change, not actual change.

Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman have been so short changed it's not even funny. Wild that the same pac that funded their opponents also funds Harris, and ppl on here raised money for the one who...already had it. Strategically, it doesn't make sense if you care about Gaza... 1/2