hey so I'm literally starting to hate the word "radical" in its political usage.
it is not radical to think that people deserve food and clean water.
it is not radical to think that people deserve safe housing, full stop.
it is not radical to think that bodily autonomy is a human right.
it is not radical to think that queer and trans folks should be allowed to exist comfortably and happily, be allowed to marry each other, and have access to medical care, gender-affirming or otherwise.
it is not radical to think that children shouldn't be going into debt over school lunches.
it is not radical to think that education should be free.
it is not radical to think that nobody should have to die of preventable/treatable illnesses.
it is not radical to think that poverty shouldn't fucking exist.
belief in basic human rights and dignities for everyone that exists is not a radical stance, we're a cooperative species, we are LITERALLY built to care for and help each other.
attaching the term "radical" to any stance that approaches compassionate and decent is a tool of the oppressor class, and we are literally 200 years behind the curve. we HAVE to re-frame the way we talk about these things and throw the fucking shackles off.
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i hate that this website has location based ads now like it's one thing to promote the local grocery store chain to me but i am seeing ads for my workplace now :/
heads up i finally scrambled together enough brain power and caught up with cultivate and i am not going to be normal about it and im going to make it everyone elses problem <33