#Privilege

If you are a journalist standing next to a Murdoch hack who clear as day has agenda to attack a Labor Premier and you can’t objectively identify this for yourself
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However well-meaning & tempting, avoid making comparisons b/n the anti-CAA protests & the anti-farm bills or for that matter, the suffering of the two minority communities involved. It doesn't help
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Over the past 5 years my kids saw:• Che Guevara poster on teachers wall• Book celebrating Karl Marx and Castro recommended at school book fair• White privilege speaker tells white
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1/9In most cases, we all have a part in the situations in which we find ourselves. Sometimes we must dig deep to find what our part is, but it’s there.
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Look at how much NYT reporters hate and resent Substack, because it provides the ability of writers and journalists to be heard and to reach an audience without having to
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In honour of Bisexuality Awareness week, heres some statistics about Bi week, why they matter and why we need to start funding/open more organisations for bisexuals. Open this thread or
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People like to regale me with stories about how they now know actual people who have COVID-19. As if the virus wasn’t serious until one of the 28,000 victims was
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It has been quite a week; starting with supporting the launch of @Tribe__Arts 2nd edition of #Offstage https://mailchi.mp/52f8af802882/tribe-arts-launches-offstage-zine What struck me was who was in the room alongside my fellow
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Thank you @thismorning for giving me a chance to tall about weight stigma. Well, I would have had a chance had steve miller not felt entitled to talk over me
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So. You want to be a better ally to Black people? OK, here you go. A whole Black History Month thread. (1/10) Being an ally isn't about you. First, second,
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so I've been thinking about this since I wrote it and I think the reason I'm so uncomfortable with LGBT gatekeeping in creative spaces is that we don't all have
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All right up and coming writers, I’ve got an advice thread for you. (And a warning for my more established fellows). Do not ever, under any circumstances, team up with
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HISTORY THREAD:Despite the popular fantasy of America as a flourishing democracy, a handful of scholars have long held that the South – particularly the Deep South – was an aberration.Bernard
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Nobody questioned the validity of Covid back in March/April. We all remember being haunted by the images from Italy. Today we hand the “airwaves” over to the likes of Facebook
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After yesterday's dumpster fire pressers by both @jkenney and @TracyAllardUCP, I have a few things to say on a more personal note. Maybe that will penetrate thick layer of privilege
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love messages | sun, moon, rising, venus | aries, leo, sag: you deserve to be loved the right way and for all the right reasons. it is necessary to
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