at winter's end, a world of black and white
envelops the living dead
hands that do not feel
ears that do not hear
eyes that do not see
a tired corpse
worn out by a winter
that has lasted too long
y’all think it’s a coincidence that we went from the variation of a young working class companion and her poc working class boyfriend, a very visibly Not Straight companion, a woc companion and an older, lower middle class companion, to two young, thin, white, well-off middle class companions and also a white middle class boyfriend
I’m so sick of seeing people say “feminism is about *~*equality*~*!!!”
The end goal of feminism IS equality, but feminism itself is about liberation: from white supremacy, from homophobia, from sexism, from ableism and all other forms of oppressive thought and behavior.
Without first dismantling the systems that keep us oppressed, equality is impossible.
Every time my father gives me crap about being an adult who watches cartoons, I have to remind him that he didn't know the Challenger exploded because they didn't broadcast it on the channel Looney Toons was playing on.