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Wolf woman. Chaos monster. Eternally tired art-maker. Kentuckian. Bookslinger. GO, VC, and all theatre. I love my country; I do not love my government. She/her/hers, 80s baby.
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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

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This shit doesn’t happen in France and I’ll tell you why: the rich went too far once and they cut all their heads off and now, when those in power fuck workers over, the French stop working. Don’t forget your real power Americans. They don’t let you have unions for a reason.

My feed is a horrifying mixture of BAFTAs joy and the crumbling terror of the Republic of my nation. I am so excited and so panicked. #BAFTA #GoodOmens #AmericaIsDead

If we stop paying attention we let them win. If we give up hope we let them win. If we become paralyzed by fear or anger we let them win. If we stop caring we let them win. We WILL NOT let them win!

No fights are the wrong fight to pick. Pick every fight. Fight these fascist fuckers every time about everything. Fight them even when they aren't fighting. If they run away, chase them and keep fighting them until they beg to stop and then fight even harder.

You ever meet an old hippie who is way, way too focused on hating Nixon? Like, you get where they're coming from, but what about Reagan and Bush and all the other terrible politicians and policies? But I get it now. 100%. I am going to be big mad about these motherfuckers until the day I die.

Me: BATMAN BEGINS is great, but I was amused by the writers’-fiat plot device that a place can be SO corrupt that some reasonably-organized foreign actor can just puppeteer it on a whim. Me, 20 years later: fuck

no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.