@Anouk

I love it.

I need to gently explain a thing to you.
Everyone.
If a person tells you that no one is your enemy and Everyone should just be loving for Everyone?
And angry is evil?
And Everyone should just get along?
They're a white cis het male person who has never had to fear for their life due to their existence.
Have a great night.
#Uncool

@Anouk

I'm so uncool.

Over the past 11 days I realize that most of my smoking has been linked to my need to pace around.
Outside.
I take the phone with me to pace.
This really sucks, folks.
I very much care for you, but my brain wants me to hotbox 20 cigarettes when I visit here.

@arthurpendragon

There is absolutely nothing funnier.

@IronButterfly

It is glorious

Anyway.
I got my kid's teacher to PURCHASE Noises Off because he'd never seen it.
I win this day.

#Stage
#Film

Me to the teacher- "I'm not usually that parent but you weren't aware that continuous shots are now called One-Shots, and my child has me as a parent.
However if my kid doesn't turn in the completed work feel free to issue a 0."
Teacher- 🤣😍🤣

Currently having a discussion about the Cult of Bill Murray with my kid's new, 45yo, white male "introduction to film" teacher via email, and he's saying, "Oh crap I never realized that," so do the work wherever you can.

#Assbutts

@LiberalLibrarian

I took a break while dealing with the first week of quitting smoking so I will have y'all's back as often as possible while you both break.

@LiberalLibrarian

Every day.

@White_Rabbit

Yay!!

Yay is so uncool.

I regret to inform the rest of you that I'm uncool.

Carry on as you must.

@kel

Oh no.

I apologize for the rest of my thread taking so long but the phone rang earlier and a man on speaker asked, "Hello, may I speak to *silence* (Kid's dead name)," and I said, "This is (his) mother and who the fuck are you?"
"Oh I'm so sorry, this is the film and physical science teacher. I thought I asked for the parents but I might be mistaken."
Me- "Are you on speaker? I'm sorry I dropped the F word on you. Let's talk."
Conversation was over an hour.
#School

And no, white people. You're not going to be successful inviting your Black friends.
The few Black members of CoSo will spread the word when and if they feel safe enough.

So don't sit around discussing racism like it's a book club.
Just DO THE WORK.
Make it a safe place.
And accept that you can't force shit.

Racism is not simply the Klan or using slurs.
It's absolutely being an HOA adjacent individual who polices activity and decor.
If you claim to be an ally and then sit here calling life experience politics? That's inherent racism.
And bigotry.
It's from a place of comfort where you'd rather not have to see these things.
Other people live these things.
You're never going to get a larger number of members here who are not white people until the white people here become safe.

@mikeharmanos

Your glass of STFU is fine until white people act like dingdongs, and then you get to barf it at them.

Yesterday I watched white people here become more offended by the idea that they might be considered racist than they were by the daily racism that goes on here.
And then white people decided to make this a test for themselves.
That's unnecessary.
You don't have to discuss racism in depth every day.
You just have to NOT BE RACIST.