I was today years old when i found out that i was allowed time off to vote. Something no boss has ever told me.

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happy gay valentines and Ari met Dante day, the only holiday that matters

i’m extremely late on the draw here because frankly i didn’t think to post about it here till now but carmen says:

• black lives matter
• black women’s lives matter - say breonna’s name
  
• black trans lives matter - say tony’s name
  
• please consider donating to the actblue bail fund or another worthy cause, like the splc
• defund and abolish the police
  
• if you, like me, are a white person (or nonblack person of color) who wants to know what next steps to take, consider this guide and this other guide
• two other books i’ve not seen on the reading lists going around the twitters are how we fight for our lives by saeed jones (a gay black man) and reclaiming our space by feminista jones (a bi black woman)
• similarly, rev. dr. jacqui lewis is offering a two-night class in anti-racism next week
• support black-owned businesses when you can (google your city + black owned + business type)
  
• black lives fucking matter
  

Little girl teaching her cats how to draw a flower 

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good morning world

since international romani day is coming to a close i’d like to remind non-romani of a few things:

gypsy/gipsy is a slur, if you’re not romani it’s probably best u dont use it. while we’re at it, don’t call us gippos either

gadje/gorger/gorja and any other variant word from any romanes dialect that means “non-romani” is NOT a slur, and it’s most definitely not a slur towards white people specifically

you’re not a gypsy because you have a “free spirit” and wanderlust and wear flowy skirts. you’re not gypsy because you want to be one. if you are a gadje, you have no right to call yourself gypsy, full stop.

romani is not a fashion statement and we’re not here for your fetishization/romanticization/aesthetic (appreciating romani fashion and culture is fine. what’s not fine is appropriation or pretending to be romani when you’re not.)

do not invalidate the racism romani people face. people don’t even consider us human. i can’t even tell you how many times i’ve read comments and messages from people literally calling romani “subhuman” and meaning it. don’t silence romani voices when they speak of the racism they’ve experienced

romani people are varied and diverse. some of us are white-passing, a lot aren’t. lots of us are mixed, and when we are we can be any number of bi or even multi racial identities. we can be almost any religion or even atheistic, we’re all over the world, and we speak many languages (there are many, many dialects of romanes alone)

and lastly: we deserve to be respected as your fellow human beings

hat boy

• Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
• Justice for Joāo Pedro
• Police Accountability Act of 2020
• I Want Sandra Bland’s Case Reopened
• The Trayvon Martin Law - Stop This From Happening Again
• Willie Simmons Has Served 38 Years For a $9 Robbery
• Fire Racist Criminal Michael J Reynolds From the NYPD
• Hands Up Act 

please feel free to add more!!!