I think artists and sex workers should have a natural allyship.
Both of us are often told we should not be allowed to charge for our work if it is at all pleasurable.
Both of us are wanted for what we can do, but our work is considered not worth paying for.
We should stick together
Today, young people are BLOCKADING Apollo Global Management, a reported billionaire donor to Governor Hochul, over its financing of the massive STAMP AI data center threatening the land and livelihoods of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.
Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights:
“I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”
Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"
Again, maga are royalists. It's the name for what they are. Their entire philosophy revolves around creating a class based system where rules do not apply to the oligarchy, and also it'd be swell if we could bring back slavery, but still be an ethnostate somehow.
They want laws for *other* people.
Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.
Dragon Age has become a huge part of my life right now and seeing the news that Bioware is shutting down sure stings.
But remember that a lot of the devs are off starting their own projects and opening new studios - there are still stories to be told. Go out and find them, support them.
I feel like being famous warps your interactions with the world and being hot warps your interactions with the world and having money warps your interactions with the world and all three at once might as well make you a different species
The only peaceful solution to Russia’s war against Ukraine is for Russia to end its invasion, withdraw its forces from Ukrainian territory, and return home. Anything less is not peace; it is capitulation that abandons countless citizens to the regime; encourages more invasions.
King: i mean, they're SO fat that how could you not think about it?
King: i can't think about anything else!
Poe:
Barker:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:
King: i mean uhhh
King: thinking about how bad it would be!
King: phew that was a close one, good save there, steve
Barker: we can hear you
So what this means is that any Dem who responds to the fusillade of transphobic attacks by saying something like "uhh I don't support men in women's sports!" is not just being immoral but engaging in bad politics. It just reiterates their opponent's attack, accepts the framing, and spreads it.
I am old enough to remember Biden getting hammered over Gaza
Yet
Trump has been President for almost two years and he barely gets questioned about it
Trump even put out a video redeveloping it as a Casino resort
Where is the same outrage for the current President and his stance over Gaza?
Dems have to answer for everything a twitch streamer has ever said, but a legitimate push to take away women’s right to vote happening directly within the staffs of dozens of GOP electeds doesn’t even make a ripple
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.