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papcrback · 6 years

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awake; nonfiction/ memoir

Here is a piece that I wrote in my nonfiction class this past semester. It is centered around my experience with religion. From a young girl in awe of her Catholic church to a young woman who was forced into a new cult-like church by her mother.

My family went to church twice a year every year without fail. Every Christmas and Easter we would carpool my entire extended family to the church and attend Mass. There were no questions, no arguments, not a complaint to be heard. This was law.

My two older sisters and I were always gifted new dresses for the festivities, and we wore our matching gowns with pride as we swayed and sashayed down the aisle and into our pew. Our church was grandiose and beautiful. The marble-like floor sparkled as the kaleidoscope of color rained in through the glass-stained windows near the top of the church, like a vibrant halo sitting perfectly atop the picturesque structure.

My church was a beautiful castle where priests would rise and tell stories of the Bible with such passion and grace that I always found myself sitting on the edge of the pew, transfixed by the stories of Mary and Joesph and their miracle baby. My favorite part of these services was when he would tell a story of his own choosing—one that always made you think, made you wonder what you would do, how you would choose if you were in their shoes. They always ended with a peaceful resolution because the main character made the righteous choice, always keeping God’s words as their guide through their stories. These church visits brought me peace and shared the wisdom that I hold dear to me, even to this day.

When I was fifteen this tradition was shattered.

As my parents sought out religious marriage counselors my mother stumbled upon an online add for Cornerstone Church. She quickly called and explained her uncertainty in her marriage, her suspicion of infidelity, and her desperate need for help. After their first session, my mother made the decision to convert us to the Baptist church.

She quickly found out that biannual church-goers like ourselves were snubbed as “chreasters” (people who attended only on Christmas and Easter) by the members of our new church, and my mother decided from that moment on that we were going to leave our old traditions behind, along with the Catholic church, as we converted to this new Baptist faith.

On our first visit, my sister and I were pulled to the side and spoken to by the head ladies of the church. We were warned that we were going to hell and that unless we repented, asked God for forgiveness, and turned away from our life of sin, we would be eternally damned to live in the lake of fire and brimstone forever.

“I don’t understand,” I said to my sister, interlocking our arms as we hid behind a large tree outside of the church. We were waiting for our parents who were speaking to the assistant pastor by the entrance doors.

“Why is everyone so mean here?” I asked. My sister, Courtney, shook her head as she tightened her grip on me, and after seeing my parents turning toward us, immediately pulled me toward the car.

That was the last time Courtney went, however, it wasn’t without a fight from my mother, who now passionately believed that Sunday was the Sabbath and it was a sin to not attend church, and an additional sin to work on it. Courtney, who was never particularly religious in the first place, told my mother that she could add it to her now growing “list of sins,” and worked every Sunday from then on. My other sister Brittany, who was away at school, tried to ease tensions but was also noticing the new sinister streak that my mother had inherited since joining this new church. She drank the Kool-Aid and was now Hell bent on erasing the sin from the rest of her family.

My father had conflicting feelings about the new church. He was trying to repair the marriage that was quickly deteriorating, but after a particularly explosive counseling session at the church, he moved his clothes and books upstairs into the guest bedroom and refused to go back again. My mom kicked him out of the house a month later and blocked him from my cell phone. She claimed that his sin needed to be atoned for and losing his children was just the beginning of it. I was unable to speak to him for four years until I finally moved out of her house.

After my mother had declared her sentencing of my father, a bold line was drawn. My sisters, although not much older than myself, were old enough to choose their own sides. And after my mother’s blatant mental breakdown consisting of a screaming fit at a graduation, a fist fight in the front yard, and multiple stalking allegations, my mother had officially shattered.

Somehow the family of five had been reduced to two.

Our twice a year celebration turned into a twice a week responsibility, which now included a three and half hour service every Sunday morning alongside our Wednesday Bible study groups. I was signed up for every group, meeting, and festival that the church held, as my mother was attempting to solidify her position in the church.

My mother’s sinister streak did not end with the banishment of my father and sister. Instead, it was simply redirected. With every passing month, I could feel myself harden inside. I began to truly listen to the pastor preach every Sunday. I would see how my peers would talk about others. How they would view them as if they were nothing more than dirt and grime.

They would speak of women who dressed immodestly. Her shirt not to her neck or her dress above her knees. “This is a whore,” they would say, “how could someone treat their bodies so carelessly? How could you tempt men like that? Don’t you care about how men will lust after you? Men cannot control themselves. As a wife you are to serve your husband however and whenever he wants, but not until you are married, or else you are a whore.” I began to pull my sweaters close and hide my body, ashamed of how men looked at me, knowing that it was my fault that their eyes lingered around my covered chest. Knowing that my body was more theirs than my own.

They would speak of two men kissing. “Sin, sin, sin. They are possessed by demons.” My Pastor would say, “God destroyed an entire city because of them. They are destined for hell. They have chosen evil.” I began to fear those different than me, afraid that I would too become possessed.

I would think of my father and think adulterer-sinner-evil. My mother would preach daily that he was hell-bound, possessed by demons and unworthy of Heaven. He was of the world. And I was cut of the same cloth.

One Sunday, as we were welcomed into the church and seated alongside our new family, the pastor stood up and called for our attention. “One of our own needs our help today. She needs all of us. Mary would you please stand.”

A woman who I recognized as a member of my mother’s bible group stood, the man seated next to her rose as well.

“Mary’s son has fallen to homosexuality. He has been possessed because of the sinful and worldly nature of his lifestyle. He has watched pornography and through this sin, he has opened himself up to the demon of homosexuality.”

Murmurs of disgust echoed through the room and Mary’s face reddened into a deep purple as her eyes welled.

“Mary, you have come to me and asked that we all pray for you son.” Mary nodded her head.

“What is his name?” Mary looked at the man standing next to her. He bent down as she whispered the name into his ear. Women were not permitted to speak during the service.

“His name is Toby.” The man, Scott, who was a junior Pastor and often came into my youth group meetings, announced.

The Pastor nodded his head solemnly. “We will be praying for Toby to be awoken to his sin. We will pray for harm to fall unto him. For the devil to attack. For the demons inside of him to swallow him whole. It is only then that he will truly see the light of God and come forward to be saved. He must first see the severity of the sin that he has chosen.”

I starred at the Pastor for a long moment and was elbowed in the rib by my mother when he began the prayer as I was still staring off idly. This was my moment of clarity. As I listened to a chorus of people pray to God that this young boy would be harmed (for his own good, you see!) I could feel the hypnotic-like haze evaporate from my body. Suddenly, I felt very sick, as the gravity of the situation hit me.

I wasn’t allowed to stop going to services and bible study, but my awakening led me to see the world differently than I previously had. I no longer saw women as objects to be presented to men. I no longer saw those in other religions as less than or unworthy. I no longer saw myself as better than girls who didn’t attend church on Sundays or read their bibles before bed at night. I was awoken to the color of the world, seeing truly that life was not black or white. Good or evil. Heaven or Hell. I was not just a sinner. I was a human being in a world with more to it than the hate and resentment that this church so vehemently fed off.

I graduated high school not long after the predatory prayer was introduced into the church. Years later I am ashamed of how twisted and toxic I allowed my thoughts to become. Knowing that I condemned love as hate and freedom as sinful is shameful. I have struggled with the idea of religion ever since and feel most comfortable with the idea of living peacefully with a loving and open heart rather than following any specific ideology. It took me a long time to realize that the church that my mother had brought us to was not really a church, but rather a cult.

A few months after I moved out of my mother’s house a news article caught my attention. Church Pastor arrested for sexual and physical abuse of children. The mugshot on the front page caught my eye, the familiar deep domineering black holes staring right back at me. His jeer made my stomach churn as I read the article.

A close friend of the Pastor’s family reports that he made his wife and daughters bleach the garage every Sunday night. From floor to ceiling. Apparently, this is where he would sexually assault his daughters. He believed this bleach ritual has cleansed him of his sins.

I emailed the article to my mother. She simply replied the World doesn’t understand God’s work.

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uldren-sov · 7 years

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A spiritual successor to my Post 5.4/Post Breakup/Pseudo-Relapse fic Explanation about the Jedi will be at the end

She knew when this started; her affection for Nar Shaddaa when most Sith hated it on principle. It was a wild, lawless place, rife with passion and violence, all tied up with garish neon bows.

Anymore, to her, it personified what it would be like should Sith who followed the Code would run a planet. The Code called for passion, to break one’s chains through one’s own courage and strength. It called for freedom.

She didn’t know where all of Dromund Kaas’ rules came from.

Wait, she did.

Boring Imperials, obviously.

She hated it too, at first. The chaos, the pollution, the grime, the aurorium, and the smell, before she felt the people, before she tapped into the heartbeat of this planet. Before that Jedi helped to make her see.

Hours or so after her … mistake in the alley, she found a quiet spot on the edge of a low roof. She sat atop her legs and expensive boots - she can work out the scuffs later. She rested the backs of her hands over her thighs, palms up. Her eyes closed.

To wear the telltale brown worn robes anywhere was akin to wearing these ugly neon signs that might as well have said “I’M A JEDI!” As a new apprentice, well, she was going to do what she’s already done before; what every Sith should do.

Kill Jedi.

She could not, however, kill this one.

Not that she didn’t try, full of vim and vigor as she was. She had called out to him, approached him from the front, and called him out in the middle of the street. He accepted, she rushed in to strike-!

It was parried, with a side step and a hand to her wrist.

He took off, then. She didn’t know at the time that he was leading her away from bystanders when he turned to face her in some abandoned, warehouse with a loading dock on the second floor for ships.

They fought until her arms burned, they fought until her voice was nearly gone from all her screaming, they fought until she exhausted her skill of hand-to-hand and moved onto their sabers, they fought until she physically could not fight anymore. Sweat streaked over her skin, she felt droplets make paths down her arms and face, her hair had nearly completely fallen out of her bun.

She didn’t think she landed more than three blows.

At 21 years old she didn’t think she’d die so young.

“So … what now?” she panted, unable to catch her breath as both of her lightsabers still hummed in her hands. “You kill me?”

“Why would I do that?” said the man. Despite the somewhat long white hair he had a fairly young face, somewhere in his older twenties early thirties perhaps. Human, gray eyes, tall, solid frame under a set of well-used armor and that telltale tattered brown robe. He extinguished his own blue saber and clipped it back onto his waist, hiding it behind his robe.

“You won, and you Jedi kill Sith, don’t you? I’m ready,” she managed. She wasn’t but at the moment it was all she could do to keep standing, let alone fight back.

“I was simply defending myself and now it seems I don’t need to,” he said calmly. By the Emperor she wanted to cut that calm smile off his fucking face, she hated him so much. But he nodded over to some stairs before turning from her and walking towards them. After a few steps he looked over his shoulder at her more purposefully and beckoned her to follow with a little flick of his wrist.

He won their duel - if it could even be called that - honor dictated that she should at least follow him. He led her up the stairs to the partially covered dock and sat down near the end of the dock itself, out from underneath the decrepit roof, too worn down by acid rain and whatever other pollution to stop it’s eventual decomposition. She pulled her long hair back up as she watched him carefully, side-stepping a shingle that fell nearly on top of her, as suddenly he extended a hand to his side … and pat the ground next to him.

“You can’t be serious,” she deadpanned.

“I’m not serious, I’m-” he seemed to stop himself with an amused “hmm.” He shook his head and pat the worn permacrete next to him again. “What’s the harm? All I ask after my win is some of your time. You don’t seem to be quite like your fellows - “ she bristled as she approached “- in that they lack some common decency. Someone of your caliber, no doubt, can see.”

He was playing to her ego and despite recognizing the ploy … she had to admit it worked, a little. She did hold herself to a higher degree and standard than other, lower, Sith. But she had to, given her bloodline. She reasoned, perhaps, the least she can do was listen to whatever this was going to be, and be on her way. Maybe next time they met, she’d show him what a mistake he made in sparing her.

She sat down next to him on her knees as opposed to his cross-legged pose.

“All I’d like for you to do is close your eyes, let your consciousness spread, and quiet your own thoughts,” he explained as, from his profile she could see, he had his eyes closed.

“Meditating. You are taking advantage of your win and ordaining I meditate,” she declared on the edge of anger once again, “you must be joking.”

“I’m actually Sevus,” he smiled to himself, some teeth peeking through and she scoffed aloud. “But I am also serious, just … try. It’s not an order, just a request.”

It was a strange request and she pursed her lips frustratingly. She clenched her eyes shut and did as she was asked. Nothing. She felt herself, her ever rising impatience and frustration with this whole situation. She gave it all of twenty seconds before she was about to just stand up and leave. This was insulting and an affront to what she represented.

“I sense a family, I think, who’s sitting down for dinner a building over and a group of – people about your age seem to be pulling a helluva party,” he said and she stared openly at him, glaring even. He peeked a gray eye open and smirked a little “What? Don’t tell me you can’t.”

She huffed, but her ego was already the most damaged part of her from their duel, she couldn’t just sacrifice all of it. So she got settled in, she closed her eyes, and she tried to listen. She reached out which was harder than she thought it’d be. She was taught to harness her own emotions, instill fear and anger in others to latch on but it was all so immediate, so self-centered. She reached and she strained and then - it happened.

It clicked.

A wave of emotions threatened to drown her for all of a crushing moment before she felt all of it around her. Beings tightly knit together with love and compassion in their hearts like a warm glow of embers, exuberant joy and fierce camaraderie from a group was like a firework exploding. Her heart hammered in her chest, people everywhere thrummed with life, the whole feel of this area was chaotic and awhirl with goodness, violence, malice, and pleasantness alike.

She felt the hum of calm, serenity, and … something warm and inviting right next to her like a beacon.

She had to open her eyes, she had to break off from this. It was an exhilaration she felt in her core and she realized she had been clutching, white knuckled, onto his hand that had somehow made its way beside her in that blinding rush. She tore her hand away and stood accusingly, yet he didn’t react much. He opened his eyes. He looked up toward her. He set his hands in his own lap.

“What was- “ if this came so naturally to him, she wasn’t about to admit she didn’t know what just happened “- what’s the point of that?!” she demanded. He got to his feet, facing her.

“You seem different, as I said, than your fellows. I think you are and I wanted to see if … I could just show you something new,” he offered gently. Her lip twitched in outrage, at his gall.

“So. What? You’re looking for - for an apprentice to show all this to?” she spat “A Padawan?” Her anger was fluttering and anxious, she felt her hands shake. What could she do? He seemed to have greater mastery of the Force than her, better martial skill, age. She felt backed into a corner or rather, after that, she felt vulnerable.

“Never. I’d settle for a friend.”

She left.

Over the years she would find him again, and again. They would fight, he would win, and win some moments of her time. He wasn’t preaching, not really, but she got to know the galaxy from a new set of eyes. Any questions she had, and there were a lot of questions, were answered. They debated, they fought, they had tea, and more often than not it’d be here on Nar Shaddaa. Neutral territory.

She learned he was a Jedi Master and despite his look he wasn’t terribly older than her, only eight years. She learned he didn’t understand and actively flew in the face of some of the Jedi tenants because he could not help but help people, that beacon she felt so long ago was his compassion. He loved life, and he loved people, and a woman in particular as well.

She sought him out in the usual way before this whole mess started and after nearly five years of knowing each other she finally, decisively, bested him in their salutatory spar. They had gone back and forth for about a year now, this, though, put an end to it. He bowed his head in defeat and they both extinguished their lightsabers, three between the two of them.

“What now, Elora?” he asked, the dynamic of their circumstances shifting. She thought about it a moment and gave a nod to the door outside the training room they were in, his training room, in his house, on Nar Shaddaa. She turned from him and started walking before pausing, looking over her shoulder and beckoning him with a flick of her hand.

He laughed, he followed.

He didn’t gain a padawan, no, but she didn’t deny she valued their friendship immensely by this point. A Lord and a Master.

What a pair they made.

She opened her eyes.

He was lost to her when Zakuul came, she’d like to think he died heroically. He never feared death, he would become one with the Force. The thought comforted him. She looked down to her hand and called forth her power as a small, bright, blue flame of energy sprung forth in her palm.

“I miss you, my friend, yet even now you help me,” she spoke to herself with something of a smile, speaking into the flame of Light. It sprung forth, suddenly, rushing up the sleeve of her jacket to spread over her shoulder, widen, and then wink out. It was like a hand had just clasped her there.

She jumped to her feet and whirled about. But no, her friend was nowhere to be seen. She still didn’t quite believe in the Jedi philosophy, especially with death, but if it gave him peace at the end… maybe that was good enough for her.

A calm returned. She hurt, still, from the events of the day but she knew there was more to this than she knew. It was all right to feel the hurt, but she wouldn’t let it consume her. Not again.

She had come a long way and there was still much more to go.

The Jedi Knight was my dear friend’s who first introduced me to SWTOR! And indeed his (level capped) JK did drop in on my SW unannounced and it was a much needed breather than the holier-than-thou types she had experienced.

I owe him and this game a lot and just wanted to translate that to a fic

Thanks!

#swtor oc #oc: elora #swtor #sith warrior #jedi knight #other people's ocs #my writing

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lauraramargosian · 6 years

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Perez Hilton and Demi Lovato drama heats up! Why he doesn’t deserve the drama!

Perez Hilton and Demi Lovato party is over, true colors are shining!

Last night Perez Hilton got smothered with hate on Twitter to the point that a quite offensive hashtag started to trend (#PerezHIltonIsOverParty ) and it’s all due to bullying. And while you may think “he deserves it,” let me tell you why he doesn’t deserve it and why it peeved me. First, this bullying is coming from Demi Lovato who runs her own campaign meant to help people with mental illness battles, she also preaches about being a supportive woman who wants to help those who are bullied due to the fact that she was also bullied in high school.

You would think that bullying anyone from that point on would come to an end, no? I mean, Demi Lovato was bullied in high school, battled weight issues and mental health issues. Common sense would assume that any kind of bullying from her end would not exist because that’s what a good person does to make the world a better place.

(During my time in high school I was bullied for being a ‘tomboy,’ and I always told myself “I will never bully someone because it didn’t feel good when I wanted to end my life based off other students opinions of me).

Many others can make the choice to grow from their past and do something positive with the trauma. but those who hold on tend to hurt themseleves and become a negative influence on the people in their life. Honestly, bringing them down as well. Here is what is wrong with the picture (in my mind, disagree with me if you want, idc).

Perez attended her performance because he doesn’t mind Demi and he got the tickets for free (why not go), in fact he even stated in his own comments that he likes both Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato (even though she hates him). Hating is not mature, not in my eyes, if someone has tried to make peace with you the mature and right thing to do is make peace. It’s always better to end any RELATIONSHIP or FRIENDSHIP with the same respect you started to begin with, even if you don’t want to be friends in real life.

Demi tweeted out to her millions of followers the following tweet.

“The other night I got to sing SNS directly to one of USA’s most notorious bullies. It felt so fucking great. That’s what the song is all about!!! Sorry not sorry that you were in the audience watching me kill it.

” And continued in a second tweet “And btw – he’s remaining nameless because he doesn’t deserve the relevance that he doesn’t have anymore”

You do not tweet to your young fans who are still in school how it feels to “figuratively,” spit in someone’s face just because you didn’t like the way he runs his Twitter account. Demi gloated and attempted to take a strike at Perez, the good news is, it didn’t phase him.

This all started in July 2016 when Perez innocently liked a tweet on Mariah Carey’s Twitter account. And Demi Lovato got super upset.

Sensitive much?

Perez (likes EVERYONES tweets, even the ones who throw jabs at him) Why should he change the way he uses Twitter just to make her or anyone happy for that matter? He shouldn’t because this is his profile, his personality and his niche. And let’s not pretend that NEGATIVE ATTENTION and POSITIVE ATTENTION are almost of equal value when it comes to the entertainment industry.

Here’s my next issue with this tweet of Demi’s, she’s bullying. Just because she says “nameless,” that’s just as descriptive as saying “hey remember the kid that sat in the back of the class with the big glasses and ugly hair?” It’s quite obvious she knew what she was doing and attempted to start a feud for no reason, or wait, maybe it’s because Perez Hilton is relevant and does have value in the entertainment industry and she wanted some more feedback about her performance in Las Vegas since there weren’t that many stories on it.

This whole thing she’s trying to achieve is meaningless and it’s honestly making him look better, Perez and I have completely different niche’s but I will not ignore bullying. This is positive celebrity gossip and it’s time to address those “celebrities,” who think they own it and can bully just because they have “fans,” or are “power hungry.” Those “celebrities,” who are willing to attack and allow their fans to do the dirty work for them in order to keep their stage name in the entertainment industry safe.

She’s using ya’ll to spread hate and that pisses me off, I even had one girl come at me and call me ugly, lol. My response was “thank you, you’re a sweetheart (kisses).” Do you see where she is being passive aggressive and allowing the bullying to be done by her fans on her behalf? But wait, that’s not the whole truth, there are some of Demi Lovato’s fans that have taken it upon themselves to actually APOLOGIZE for the behavior that she has been showing on Twitterverse because she is acting insanely passive aggressive.

What is being passive aggressive?

“’Passive-aggressive” is a term that’s often used to describe someone who retaliates in a subtle way rather than speaking their mind. But this term was also once used to describe a personality disorder.”

I feel as though in this case it shouts “I need more attention, Perez can give that to me.” Basically, he is relevant, still, isn’t he? Don’t get mad if the shoe fits.

There is nothing wrong with the way Perez Hilton does his work. TMZ, HollywoodLife and even MTV (the ones who sign their own artists) slam their talent all the time, all day, everyday. Perez Hilton doesn’t just pick celebrities from hate, he works like every other outlet and he is honest and he’s not afraid to talk about what he likes and what he doesn’t like, that’s the beauty of our first amendment (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances), in case you forgot. Perez is not biased, he has written about every celebrity good and bad. He doesn’t just target your one “celebrity,” and he only talks about the things that are tipped off to him or that he feels strongly about for his niche. Whether you agree with that or not doesn’t matter, it truly doesn’t matter because you cannot and will never change it.

At least he isn’t like HollywoodLife pulling clickbait titles and fake “sources,” to talk shit about your favorite talent.

You all want to attack him and call him all these names because he talks about the things going on in celebrities lives? Then you better get started on the MSM, the shootings, the fake news websites all over Facebook, etc. And one more thing, Perez Hilton is one man, he cannot possibly produce 100’s of stories in one day, which means, guess what girls and boys, he’s not the only writer and you can tell when it’s Perez writing because he is sassy and he doesn’t mind showing it.

I respect that in his personality and you should as well. I would rather be friends with someone who can say it like it is, then be a fake bitch and say “heyyyyy girl,” to your face and smack talk you behind your back, he’s just straight up and proud to be himself. Those who want to say he body shamed her and talked about her eating disorder and mental disorders tend to forget that Perez was shamed and jumped at one point for the being himself. So, let’s not pretend he doesn’t know what it feels like to be shit talked and I’m certain many people have tried to “ruin,” him just as Demi Lovato attempted in her “unnamed tweet.”

Lovatos, love your Demi but don’t you dare stoop to that level and do the dirty work for her by attacking someone who has been in entertainment industry for longer than you were born. Or others just because they try to show you the other side of the table. There are always two sides to every pancake.

What Charities has Perez Hilton focused on during his time in the Entertainment world?

Perez Hilton has done so much for it including GLAAD, GLSEN, PETA, Save The Music Foundation, Soles4Souls, St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters and Straight But Not Narrow. These are all causes that help Animals, At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths, Children, Civil Rights, Creative Arts, Disaster Relief, Education, Hunger, LGBT Support, Poverty and Refugees. Perez Hilton has Hit The Runway For Autism Speaks with high profile talent including Jeannie Mai (The Real), Aubrey O’Day (Celebrity Big Brother), Shenae Grimes (90210), Kristian Alfonso (Days of Our Lives), Joanna Krupa (Real Housewives of Miami), Kym Whitley (Young & Hungry), model/musician Josh Beech, Ashlan Gorse Costeau, and Antonio Jaramillo (Shades of Blue), David Tupaz Couture, Dalia Macphee, Ron Tomson, Carl Andrada, Erick Bendana, Julie Danforth, Jhiovani Fasons, Usama Ishtay and Sivalia Couture.

Perez Hilton has worked with “Young Friends Benefit,” along side other high-profile artists including Georgina Bloomberg, Katrina Bowden, Kelly Framel, Wes Gordon, Patina Miller, Jackie Miranne, Alicia Quarles, Allie Rizzo and Scott Sartiano, Jessie Schuster, Christian Siriano and Brad Walsh, Jessica Springsteen and Domingo Zapata. This event helped raise essential funds to aid in the ASPCA’s work to protect the lives of vulnerable and victimized animals across the country. And The Young Friends Benefit is a cornerstone of the ASPCA’s fundraising efforts to directly impact the lives of homeless, abused and neglected animals across the country. This highly publicized event attracts more than 500 passionate and upwardly mobile young professionals including philanthropists, industry leaders, newsmakers and animal lovers.

So, maybe next time you try to burn Perez, you should stop and think about the good he also brings into the world because no one damn person in this world is perfect. Not one, not even you or myself. It’s not okay to bully, if you feel he did something wrong then you should stand by the quote “two wrongs don’t make a right.” And all Demi did there was make a wrong to help herself feel better about… well… herself?

She’s done a lot of good for the mental health community, she has done a lot of good during this CAST tour but the “shade,” she through at Perez was absolutely random and uncalled for and that’s why I’ve taken it upon myself to write this story.

You can say I’m whatever you want, I stand by my words and I don’t support bullying.   End of story. Love you Perez and kinda care about you Demi but you let me down girl, you let me down.   But you are quite notorious for bullying more than just Perez Hilton. What are you teaching your fans? Check out the video below! What do you guys think about Perez Hilton and Demi Lovato now? Who bullied who? Sound off!

Demi Lovato Attacks Me! Is She A Bully?

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jimdsmith34 · 7 years

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27 progressive Twitter users worth following for a deeper look at a few familiar topics.

Twitter can be a huge waste of time unless you’re following the right people.

To mix things up, I try to follow new people at every available chance. Finding new voices and views to follow, however, can be challenging. After all, Twitter’s “Who to Follow” section can feel a little stale at times. So if, like me, you’re on the lookout for some fresh perspectives, here’s a short list of some of the people who make my own Twitter feed fun and informative.

1. Sara Benincasa @SaraJBenincasa

Author and comedian Sara Benincasa is your go-to Twitter account for lighthearted takes on current events, measured opinions on serious matters, and more than a few laughs. Her latest book, “DC Trip,” came out late last year, and her next, “Real Artists Have Day Jobs,” is due this April.

I just published Dear America: Heres Your Gun Solution https://t.co/AM77CHGql1 Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) December 3, 2015

2. Jane Doe, MD @DrJaneChi

Jane is a physician (who happens to also provide abortions), an intersectional feminist, and lover of small, furry animals. There’s almost certainly something important happening in the world you don’t know about that Jane is tweeting about right now.

When a cis white liberal uses the phrase “overly politically correct,” it

3. Robin @caulkthewagon

Robin is a Bostonian who spent much of last year organizing around the #NoBoston2024 cause, fighting the city’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. She tweets about labor, organizing, and a variety of progressive causes.

The majority of Bostonians are being shut down by the city and #Boston2024. They ignore dissent. We will be heard. #NoBoston2024 Robin (@caulkthewagon) June 13, 2015

4. Melissa Gira Grant @melissagira

Journalist Melissa Gira Grant is the author of “Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.” She writes on sexual politics, technology, and workers’ rights.

An excerpt from PLAYING THE WHORE up now at @thenation: http://t.co/mSiWKVnSYY (+ get the whole book: http://t.co/0wf0e7QYM3) Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) March 5, 2014

5. Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady

Imani is the senior legal analyst over at RH Reality Check. Her tweets on race, gender, and pop culture are supplemented by some really great, insightful articles.

My latest. | I Don

6. Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes

Andrea is a digital editor at the Texas Observer. She’s passionate about reproductive health, and she’s absolutely hilarious on Twitter. In response to the “ice bucket challenge,” Andrea launched the “taco or beer challenge,” in which you eat a taco and/or drink a beer, and donate to help fund abortion. Because hey, why not, right?

Abortion is a social good necessary to the empowerment and freedom of anyone capable of becoming pregnant. #Roe43 #7in10forRoe Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 22, 2016

7. Michelle Kinsey Bruns @ClinicEscort

As her handle indicates, she’s an escort for patients in and out of abortion clinics, helping to shield them from anti-choice protesters. Michelle’s series of tweets about clinic violence using the #is100enough hashtag went viral late last year after the shooting at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood.

I talked to @Upworthy about #is100enough and changing the conversation on abortion. https://t.co/Il7BfwdllT thx @Legallyphoenix! ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) December 2, 2015

8. Katie Klabusich @katie_speak

Katie is a writer and host of “The Katie Speak Show” on Netroots Radio. She’s a fierce advocate for abortion rights and bodily autonomy and is just an all-around solid choice to follow on Twitter. Last year, she was featured in an Upworthy story about abortion stigma.

The hardest thing I

9. Chris Mosier @TheChrisMosier

Chris is an athlete and the first transgender member of Team USA. He’s the executive director of GO! Athletes, a nonprofit for current and former LGBTQ high school and college athletes.

Did it! Made Team USA! pic.twitter.com/rnOEZ2VQDZ The Chris Mosier (@TheChrisMosier) June 7, 2015

10. Molly Knefel @mollyknefel

Molly is a journalist, writer, and co-host of the “Radio Dispatch” podcast. She’s also an after-school teacher for grades K-8. She’s a great follow for anyone interested in hearing a fresh take on current events.

I wrote about Brendan Dassey, false youth confessions, & the cop tactics that make them happen, for @RollingStone https://t.co/nXRwqHymTj Molly Knefel (@mollyknefel) January 8, 2016

11. Jessica Luther @scATX

Jessica is an Austin, Texas-based independent journalist and sportswriter. She’s done some truly impressive work on the topic of sexual assault within college athletic programs.

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece called “The Wrestler and the Rape Victim” https://t.co/qlw9QFPCk8 Jessica Luther (@scATX) December 11, 2015

12. Carlos Maza @gaywonk

Carlos is a research fellow at Media Matters for America. Until recently, his work focused primarily on LGBT rights, but it has since expanded to include a wide range of progressive causes.

Thanks to @grouchybagels and @erintothemax for dropping knowledge about abortion stigma: https://t.co/VerzdxKIfI https://t.co/s3yRpgCsqc Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 21, 2016

13. Jamie Kilstein @jamiekilstein

Jamie is a musician and comedian. He’s the co-author of “#Newsfail” and co-host of the “Citizen Radio” podcast. Last year, Jamie was featured in an Upworthy article about catcalls not being compliments.

If people were as scared of mass poverty or climate change as they were if the pretend IRAN threat we would be golden. Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) January 17, 2016

14. Ijeoma Oluo @IjeomaOluo

Ijeoma is a Seattle-based writer and editor-at-large at The Establishment, a multimedia company founded, funded, and run by women. She’s a great follow for smart takes on the intersection of feminism, race, pop culture, and parenting.

Abuse is not dialogue. Abuse is not speech. Abuse is abuse. Why We Don

15. Pasta @pastachips

Pasta is an Edinburgh, Scotland-based sex worker who writes and blogs about politics, labor, police violence, stigma, and other issues.

even accounting for the exploitation that criminalisation brings, suspect sex work is biggest transfer of wealth from men to women in the . [pasta emoji] (@pastachips) December 27, 2015

16. Monica Roberts @TransGriot

Monica is a Houston-based blogger and civil rights activist. She’s won multiple awards for her blog TransGriot, and in 2013, she was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list.

In the spirit of #MLKDay2016 we

17. Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner

Chris is the legal editor over at BuzzFeed News. In the past, he’s done some truly phenomenal writing on LGBTQ issues, but lately he’s been churning out some truly informative posts about the death penalty and the Supreme Court’s role in its future.

More fallout (now in Alabama) from this week

18. Cameron Russell @CameronCRussell

Cameron is a model, writer, editor, and climate activist. In 2012, she gave a TED Talk about appearance and the privilege that comes along with winning a genetic lottery. In 2013, she founded Space Made, an artist collective based in Brooklyn. Her tweets tackle issues of gender, race, and climate.

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19. Linda Sarsour @lsarsour

Linda is a racial justice and civil rights activist and media commentator. She’s a Palestinian-American and Muslim. Her informative tweets give a fresh look at what sadly remains a very relevant issue: Islamophobia around the world.

“If ur not careful, the newspapers will have u hating the people who r being oppressed, & loving the people who r doing the oppressing.” Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 13, 2015

20. Zo S. @ztsamudzi

If you’re interested in issues surrounding race and gender, then Zo is a must-follow. She’s blunt, unapologetic, and so frequently just spot-on in her observations.

Protect black women while we

21. Chase Strangio @chasestrangio

Chase is a staff attorney at the ACLU, working with its LGBT & AIDS Project. He’s a great follow for anyone interested in learning a bit about some of the struggles facing trans and gender-nonconforming people when it comes to the police.

Last night we publicly filed our opposition brief in @xychelsea

22. Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler

Cyd is the co-founder of Outsports.com, a website dedicated to covering LGBT athletes. With some of the first athletes in major sports coming out as LGBT in recent years, Cyd’s work has been essential reading as we watch these early pioneers make history.

Gay #Orioles exec Greg Bader has seen nothing but support from the team @BaltSunSports https://t.co/Gzbby9Jwzo pic.twitter.com/mi0IIt1Ue6 Cyd Zeigler (@CydZeigler) November 17, 2015

23. Leah Torres, MD @LeahNTorres

Leah is an OB-GYN who, yes, provides abortions. She’s an advocate for her patients and is a proponent of comprehensive sex education.

I perform abortions. I am not evil. I keep my patients safe. I respect my patients. I am a person. I do not deserve to be murdered. Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) December 1, 2015

24. Tina Vasquez @TheTinaVasquez

Tina is an immigration reporting fellow at RH Reality Check. On Twitter, she shares her eye-opening opinions on race and gender and is most certainly worth a follow.

My latest for @rhrealitycheck about how the raids by ICE of Central American families may have been unlawful: https://t.co/S6XRdMpWJC Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) January 6, 2016

25. Ian Thompson @IantDC

Ian is a legislative representative at the ACLU. He works on issues ranging from LGBT rights to sex education. Prior to working at the ACLU, he was an intern in Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s D.C. office.

Major reforms are needed before the no-fly list should be used to stop gun purchases: https://t.co/YUkOetfasu. Ian Thompson (@iantDC) December 7, 2015

26. Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports

Dave is the sports editor at The Nation. He hosts the “Edge of Sports Radio” podcast, and his work rides the line between sports and politics, giving him a unique perspective. He’s the author of eight books.

My latest piece @thenation “Dear Cam Newton: Please Don

27. Upworthy @Upworthy

OK, OK, I work for Upworthy, so of course I’m going to recommend you follow us. But have you seen our live-tweets of award shows and debates? Or how about one of our UpChats? They’re super fun and informative. And as a bonus, you get all our fun articles delivered right to your Twitter feed.

3 countries are capturing wind to power all our futures. https://t.co/nGRLuhetnX pic.twitter.com/05nhEKxKP8 Upworthy (@Upworthy) January 21, 2016

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27 progressive Twitter users worth following for a deeper look at a few familiar topics.

Twitter can be a huge waste of time unless you’re following the right people.

1. Sara Benincasa @SaraJBenincasa

I just published Dear America: Heres Your Gun Solution https://t.co/AM77CHGql1 Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) December 3, 2015

2. Jane Doe, MD @DrJaneChi

When a cis white liberal uses the phrase “overly politically correct,” it

3. Robin @caulkthewagon

The majority of Bostonians are being shut down by the city and #Boston2024. They ignore dissent. We will be heard. #NoBoston2024 Robin (@caulkthewagon) June 13, 2015

4. Melissa Gira Grant @melissagira

Journalist Melissa Gira Grant is the author of “Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.” She writes on sexual politics, technology, and workers’ rights.

An excerpt from PLAYING THE WHORE up now at @thenation: http://t.co/mSiWKVnSYY (+ get the whole book: http://t.co/0wf0e7QYM3) Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) March 5, 2014

5. Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady

Imani is the senior legal analyst over at RH Reality Check. Her tweets on race, gender, and pop culture are supplemented by some really great, insightful articles.

My latest. | I Don

6. Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes

Abortion is a social good necessary to the empowerment and freedom of anyone capable of becoming pregnant. #Roe43 #7in10forRoe Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 22, 2016

7. Michelle Kinsey Bruns @ClinicEscort

I talked to @Upworthy about #is100enough and changing the conversation on abortion. https://t.co/Il7BfwdllT thx @Legallyphoenix! ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) December 2, 2015

8. Katie Klabusich @katie_speak

The hardest thing I

9. Chris Mosier @TheChrisMosier

Chris is an athlete and the first transgender member of Team USA. He’s the executive director of GO! Athletes, a nonprofit for current and former LGBTQ high school and college athletes.

Did it! Made Team USA! pic.twitter.com/rnOEZ2VQDZ The Chris Mosier (@TheChrisMosier) June 7, 2015

10. Molly Knefel @mollyknefel

I wrote about Brendan Dassey, false youth confessions, & the cop tactics that make them happen, for @RollingStone https://t.co/nXRwqHymTj Molly Knefel (@mollyknefel) January 8, 2016

11. Jessica Luther @scATX

Jessica is an Austin, Texas-based independent journalist and sportswriter. She’s done some truly impressive work on the topic of sexual assault within college athletic programs.

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece called “The Wrestler and the Rape Victim” https://t.co/qlw9QFPCk8 Jessica Luther (@scATX) December 11, 2015

12. Carlos Maza @gaywonk

Carlos is a research fellow at Media Matters for America. Until recently, his work focused primarily on LGBT rights, but it has since expanded to include a wide range of progressive causes.

Thanks to @grouchybagels and @erintothemax for dropping knowledge about abortion stigma: https://t.co/VerzdxKIfI https://t.co/s3yRpgCsqc Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 21, 2016

13. Jamie Kilstein @jamiekilstein

If people were as scared of mass poverty or climate change as they were if the pretend IRAN threat we would be golden. Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) January 17, 2016

14. Ijeoma Oluo @IjeomaOluo

Abuse is not dialogue. Abuse is not speech. Abuse is abuse. Why We Don

15. Pasta @pastachips

Pasta is an Edinburgh, Scotland-based sex worker who writes and blogs about politics, labor, police violence, stigma, and other issues.

even accounting for the exploitation that criminalisation brings, suspect sex work is biggest transfer of wealth from men to women in the . [pasta emoji] (@pastachips) December 27, 2015

16. Monica Roberts @TransGriot

Monica is a Houston-based blogger and civil rights activist. She’s won multiple awards for her blog TransGriot, and in 2013, she was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list.

In the spirit of #MLKDay2016 we

17. Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner

More fallout (now in Alabama) from this week

18. Cameron Russell @CameronCRussell

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19. Linda Sarsour @lsarsour

“If ur not careful, the newspapers will have u hating the people who r being oppressed, & loving the people who r doing the oppressing.” Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 13, 2015

20. Zo S. @ztsamudzi

If you’re interested in issues surrounding race and gender, then Zo is a must-follow. She’s blunt, unapologetic, and so frequently just spot-on in her observations.

Protect black women while we

21. Chase Strangio @chasestrangio

Last night we publicly filed our opposition brief in @xychelsea

22. Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler

Gay #Orioles exec Greg Bader has seen nothing but support from the team @BaltSunSports https://t.co/Gzbby9Jwzo pic.twitter.com/mi0IIt1Ue6 Cyd Zeigler (@CydZeigler) November 17, 2015

23. Leah Torres, MD @LeahNTorres

Leah is an OB-GYN who, yes, provides abortions. She’s an advocate for her patients and is a proponent of comprehensive sex education.

I perform abortions. I am not evil. I keep my patients safe. I respect my patients. I am a person. I do not deserve to be murdered. Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) December 1, 2015

24. Tina Vasquez @TheTinaVasquez

Tina is an immigration reporting fellow at RH Reality Check. On Twitter, she shares her eye-opening opinions on race and gender and is most certainly worth a follow.

My latest for @rhrealitycheck about how the raids by ICE of Central American families may have been unlawful: https://t.co/S6XRdMpWJC Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) January 6, 2016

25. Ian Thompson @IantDC

Ian is a legislative representative at the ACLU. He works on issues ranging from LGBT rights to sex education. Prior to working at the ACLU, he was an intern in Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s D.C. office.

Major reforms are needed before the no-fly list should be used to stop gun purchases: https://t.co/YUkOetfasu. Ian Thompson (@iantDC) December 7, 2015

26. Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports

My latest piece @thenation “Dear Cam Newton: Please Don

27. Upworthy @Upworthy

3 countries are capturing wind to power all our futures. https://t.co/nGRLuhetnX pic.twitter.com/05nhEKxKP8 Upworthy (@Upworthy) January 21, 2016

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/10/09/27-progressive-twitter-users-worth-following-for-a-deeper-look-at-a-few-familiar-topics/

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27 progressive Twitter users worth following for a deeper look at a few familiar topics.

Twitter can be a huge waste of time unless you’re following the right people.

1. Sara Benincasa @SaraJBenincasa

I just published Dear America: Heres Your Gun Solution https://t.co/AM77CHGql1 Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) December 3, 2015

2. Jane Doe, MD @DrJaneChi

When a cis white liberal uses the phrase “overly politically correct,” it

3. Robin @caulkthewagon

The majority of Bostonians are being shut down by the city and #Boston2024. They ignore dissent. We will be heard. #NoBoston2024 Robin (@caulkthewagon) June 13, 2015

4. Melissa Gira Grant @melissagira

Journalist Melissa Gira Grant is the author of “Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.” She writes on sexual politics, technology, and workers’ rights.

An excerpt from PLAYING THE WHORE up now at @thenation: http://t.co/mSiWKVnSYY (+ get the whole book: http://t.co/0wf0e7QYM3) Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) March 5, 2014

5. Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady

Imani is the senior legal analyst over at RH Reality Check. Her tweets on race, gender, and pop culture are supplemented by some really great, insightful articles.

My latest. | I Don

6. Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes

Abortion is a social good necessary to the empowerment and freedom of anyone capable of becoming pregnant. #Roe43 #7in10forRoe Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 22, 2016

7. Michelle Kinsey Bruns @ClinicEscort

I talked to @Upworthy about #is100enough and changing the conversation on abortion. https://t.co/Il7BfwdllT thx @Legallyphoenix! ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) December 2, 2015

8. Katie Klabusich @katie_speak

The hardest thing I

9. Chris Mosier @TheChrisMosier

Chris is an athlete and the first transgender member of Team USA. He’s the executive director of GO! Athletes, a nonprofit for current and former LGBTQ high school and college athletes.

Did it! Made Team USA! pic.twitter.com/rnOEZ2VQDZ The Chris Mosier (@TheChrisMosier) June 7, 2015

10. Molly Knefel @mollyknefel

I wrote about Brendan Dassey, false youth confessions, & the cop tactics that make them happen, for @RollingStone https://t.co/nXRwqHymTj Molly Knefel (@mollyknefel) January 8, 2016

11. Jessica Luther @scATX

Jessica is an Austin, Texas-based independent journalist and sportswriter. She’s done some truly impressive work on the topic of sexual assault within college athletic programs.

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece called “The Wrestler and the Rape Victim” https://t.co/qlw9QFPCk8 Jessica Luther (@scATX) December 11, 2015

12. Carlos Maza @gaywonk

Carlos is a research fellow at Media Matters for America. Until recently, his work focused primarily on LGBT rights, but it has since expanded to include a wide range of progressive causes.

Thanks to @grouchybagels and @erintothemax for dropping knowledge about abortion stigma: https://t.co/VerzdxKIfI https://t.co/s3yRpgCsqc Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 21, 2016

13. Jamie Kilstein @jamiekilstein

If people were as scared of mass poverty or climate change as they were if the pretend IRAN threat we would be golden. Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) January 17, 2016

14. Ijeoma Oluo @IjeomaOluo

Abuse is not dialogue. Abuse is not speech. Abuse is abuse. Why We Don

15. Pasta @pastachips

Pasta is an Edinburgh, Scotland-based sex worker who writes and blogs about politics, labor, police violence, stigma, and other issues.

even accounting for the exploitation that criminalisation brings, suspect sex work is biggest transfer of wealth from men to women in the . [pasta emoji] (@pastachips) December 27, 2015

16. Monica Roberts @TransGriot

Monica is a Houston-based blogger and civil rights activist. She’s won multiple awards for her blog TransGriot, and in 2013, she was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list.

In the spirit of #MLKDay2016 we

17. Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner

More fallout (now in Alabama) from this week

18. Cameron Russell @CameronCRussell

the most important work fashion has ever enabled me to do data-verified=”redactor” data-verified=”redactor” data-verified=

19. Linda Sarsour @lsarsour

“If ur not careful, the newspapers will have u hating the people who r being oppressed, & loving the people who r doing the oppressing.” Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 13, 2015

20. Zo S. @ztsamudzi

If you’re interested in issues surrounding race and gender, then Zo is a must-follow. She’s blunt, unapologetic, and so frequently just spot-on in her observations.

Protect black women while we

21. Chase Strangio @chasestrangio

Last night we publicly filed our opposition brief in @xychelsea

22. Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler

Gay #Orioles exec Greg Bader has seen nothing but support from the team @BaltSunSports https://t.co/Gzbby9Jwzo pic.twitter.com/mi0IIt1Ue6 Cyd Zeigler (@CydZeigler) November 17, 2015

23. Leah Torres, MD @LeahNTorres

Leah is an OB-GYN who, yes, provides abortions. She’s an advocate for her patients and is a proponent of comprehensive sex education.

I perform abortions. I am not evil. I keep my patients safe. I respect my patients. I am a person. I do not deserve to be murdered. Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) December 1, 2015

24. Tina Vasquez @TheTinaVasquez

Tina is an immigration reporting fellow at RH Reality Check. On Twitter, she shares her eye-opening opinions on race and gender and is most certainly worth a follow.

My latest for @rhrealitycheck about how the raids by ICE of Central American families may have been unlawful: https://t.co/S6XRdMpWJC Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) January 6, 2016

25. Ian Thompson @IantDC

Ian is a legislative representative at the ACLU. He works on issues ranging from LGBT rights to sex education. Prior to working at the ACLU, he was an intern in Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s D.C. office.

Major reforms are needed before the no-fly list should be used to stop gun purchases: https://t.co/YUkOetfasu. Ian Thompson (@iantDC) December 7, 2015

26. Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports

My latest piece @thenation “Dear Cam Newton: Please Don

27. Upworthy @Upworthy

3 countries are capturing wind to power all our futures. https://t.co/nGRLuhetnX pic.twitter.com/05nhEKxKP8 Upworthy (@Upworthy) January 21, 2016

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/10/09/27-progressive-twitter-users-worth-following-for-a-deeper-look-at-a-few-familiar-topics/ from All of Beer https://allofbeercom.tumblr.com/post/166203808337

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27 progressive Twitter users worth following for a deeper look at a few familiar topics.

Twitter can be a huge waste of time unless you’re following the right people.

1. Sara Benincasa @SaraJBenincasa

I just published Dear America: Heres Your Gun Solution https://t.co/AM77CHGql1 Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) December 3, 2015

2. Jane Doe, MD @DrJaneChi

When a cis white liberal uses the phrase “overly politically correct,” it

3. Robin @caulkthewagon

The majority of Bostonians are being shut down by the city and #Boston2024. They ignore dissent. We will be heard. #NoBoston2024 Robin (@caulkthewagon) June 13, 2015

4. Melissa Gira Grant @melissagira

Journalist Melissa Gira Grant is the author of “Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.” She writes on sexual politics, technology, and workers’ rights.

An excerpt from PLAYING THE WHORE up now at @thenation: http://t.co/mSiWKVnSYY (+ get the whole book: http://t.co/0wf0e7QYM3) Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) March 5, 2014

5. Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady

Imani is the senior legal analyst over at RH Reality Check. Her tweets on race, gender, and pop culture are supplemented by some really great, insightful articles.

My latest. | I Don

6. Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes

Abortion is a social good necessary to the empowerment and freedom of anyone capable of becoming pregnant. #Roe43 #7in10forRoe Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 22, 2016

7. Michelle Kinsey Bruns @ClinicEscort

I talked to @Upworthy about #is100enough and changing the conversation on abortion. https://t.co/Il7BfwdllT thx @Legallyphoenix! ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) December 2, 2015

8. Katie Klabusich @katie_speak

The hardest thing I

9. Chris Mosier @TheChrisMosier

Chris is an athlete and the first transgender member of Team USA. He’s the executive director of GO! Athletes, a nonprofit for current and former LGBTQ high school and college athletes.

Did it! Made Team USA! pic.twitter.com/rnOEZ2VQDZ The Chris Mosier (@TheChrisMosier) June 7, 2015

10. Molly Knefel @mollyknefel

I wrote about Brendan Dassey, false youth confessions, & the cop tactics that make them happen, for @RollingStone https://t.co/nXRwqHymTj Molly Knefel (@mollyknefel) January 8, 2016

11. Jessica Luther @scATX

Jessica is an Austin, Texas-based independent journalist and sportswriter. She’s done some truly impressive work on the topic of sexual assault within college athletic programs.

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece called “The Wrestler and the Rape Victim” https://t.co/qlw9QFPCk8 Jessica Luther (@scATX) December 11, 2015

12. Carlos Maza @gaywonk

Carlos is a research fellow at Media Matters for America. Until recently, his work focused primarily on LGBT rights, but it has since expanded to include a wide range of progressive causes.

Thanks to @grouchybagels and @erintothemax for dropping knowledge about abortion stigma: https://t.co/VerzdxKIfI https://t.co/s3yRpgCsqc Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 21, 2016

13. Jamie Kilstein @jamiekilstein

If people were as scared of mass poverty or climate change as they were if the pretend IRAN threat we would be golden. Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) January 17, 2016

14. Ijeoma Oluo @IjeomaOluo

Abuse is not dialogue. Abuse is not speech. Abuse is abuse. Why We Don

15. Pasta @pastachips

Pasta is an Edinburgh, Scotland-based sex worker who writes and blogs about politics, labor, police violence, stigma, and other issues.

even accounting for the exploitation that criminalisation brings, suspect sex work is biggest transfer of wealth from men to women in the . [pasta emoji] (@pastachips) December 27, 2015

16. Monica Roberts @TransGriot

Monica is a Houston-based blogger and civil rights activist. She’s won multiple awards for her blog TransGriot, and in 2013, she was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list.

In the spirit of #MLKDay2016 we

17. Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner

More fallout (now in Alabama) from this week

18. Cameron Russell @CameronCRussell

the most important work fashion has ever enabled me to do data-verified=”redactor” data-verified=”redactor” data-verified=

19. Linda Sarsour @lsarsour

“If ur not careful, the newspapers will have u hating the people who r being oppressed, & loving the people who r doing the oppressing.” Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 13, 2015

20. Zo S. @ztsamudzi

If you’re interested in issues surrounding race and gender, then Zo is a must-follow. She’s blunt, unapologetic, and so frequently just spot-on in her observations.

Protect black women while we

21. Chase Strangio @chasestrangio

Last night we publicly filed our opposition brief in @xychelsea

22. Cyd Zeigler @CydZeigler

Gay #Orioles exec Greg Bader has seen nothing but support from the team @BaltSunSports https://t.co/Gzbby9Jwzo pic.twitter.com/mi0IIt1Ue6 Cyd Zeigler (@CydZeigler) November 17, 2015

23. Leah Torres, MD @LeahNTorres

Leah is an OB-GYN who, yes, provides abortions. She’s an advocate for her patients and is a proponent of comprehensive sex education.

I perform abortions. I am not evil. I keep my patients safe. I respect my patients. I am a person. I do not deserve to be murdered. Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) December 1, 2015

24. Tina Vasquez @TheTinaVasquez

Tina is an immigration reporting fellow at RH Reality Check. On Twitter, she shares her eye-opening opinions on race and gender and is most certainly worth a follow.

My latest for @rhrealitycheck about how the raids by ICE of Central American families may have been unlawful: https://t.co/S6XRdMpWJC Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) January 6, 2016

25. Ian Thompson @IantDC

Ian is a legislative representative at the ACLU. He works on issues ranging from LGBT rights to sex education. Prior to working at the ACLU, he was an intern in Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s D.C. office.

Major reforms are needed before the no-fly list should be used to stop gun purchases: https://t.co/YUkOetfasu. Ian Thompson (@iantDC) December 7, 2015

26. Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports

My latest piece @thenation “Dear Cam Newton: Please Don

27. Upworthy @Upworthy

3 countries are capturing wind to power all our futures. https://t.co/nGRLuhetnX pic.twitter.com/05nhEKxKP8 Upworthy (@Upworthy) January 21, 2016

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/10/09/27-progressive-twitter-users-worth-following-for-a-deeper-look-at-a-few-familiar-topics/

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