#Politics #LGBTQ+
Dear Andy Cohen,
It is not "gay marriage". It is marriage. It's not hard, you idiot.
Love,
M.

#NativeAmerican #IndigenousPeoples #Politics
I grew up in Hungary under the weakening end of state socialism. What passed for popular culture had a message that Western societies were evil. Movies about the American West always featured "Indians" as the good guys. I was working on a grad degree in American Studies when I found out there were movies w "Indians" as evil.

#Politics #2022Elections
As the last weekend before the election draws to a close, I am finding myself tired, anxious, and agitated. This is not only because I am genuinely exhausted from my mail firm gig, or because I am a political scientist by training. It is because I remember election night in 2016. What happened to the presidency then, could happen to Congress on Tuesday.

#Politics
Stacey Abrams is on #MSNBC and I am doing a double and triple take because she has lost so damn much weight. I hope she is okay 😱 Also, dearly hope she is not losing curves due to pressures from #DominantCulture

#Politics #2022Elections
I expect that Dems lose the House on Tuesday. I am a bit uncertain about what to expect for the Senate. Grim outlook.

#Politics
Hold on a fucking second: they just said on #MSNBC that Dems may lose Miami-Dade. If that happens, all of FL will be totally red. And all of this mess of a country may be doomed.

#Politics #Racism
Started a discussion w @sfleetucker the other day and I wanted to re-up this part: Black ppl in the US cannot be racists. They can be bigots, they can have prejudice and hate. But racism is supported by history, institutions, and a large-scale societal context of white supremacy. Because of the context and institutions they can rely on, it is only whites who can be racists.

#Politics but silly.
As #ElectionDay approaches, shall I stock up on:

#Politics
Been reading a good convo between @kel and @sfleetucker and it inspired me to post mantras:
*There is no war on Christmas because there cannot be
*Black ppl cannot be racist
*The US is not a liberal country
Happy to discuss any or all of the three.

#Politics

I am a fan of his cartoons when they make me laugh, and also when they make me recoil

#Politics #Elections
Watching Tim Ryan on #MSNBC and I am beginning to like him. Throwing shade at the DSCC, down to Earth, and although still not charismatic, he can hack this.

#Politics #Gender #Intersectionality
We are all oppressed by the dominant order of cis-heteropatriarchy. Every. Last. Damn. One. Of. US. I mean have you ever had a deep conversation with a cis-het white man in which you caught a glimpse of their emotional landscape? If they are also able-bodied, middle-class and educated, they are the dominant elite. But they all have the emotional scars to prove the crippling oppression of dominant norms. Not an excuse, ofc. But true.

#Politics
Saw @TheNewsOwl post this article and wanted to share it with the sad reminder that it is not only patriarchy, but heteropatriarchy, and not only heteropatriarchy but cis-heteropatriarchy that screws with all of us as the dominant order cripples us. I have fury and sadness, but I am also very worried for the trans* folk who are dear to me.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/200000-trans-people-face-voting-restrictions-state-id-laws-rcna52853

#Politics #PoliticalViolence
Paul Pelosi attack, #January6th attack, fascism, MAGA. The through-line is #ToxicMasculinity I am kinda itching to give mini talks on gender...

#Politics #PoliticalViolence
The attack on Paul Pelosi is not an aberration or an exception. It is a pattern that is coming into view.

#Politics #Immigration
2/2
The whole process was hostile, and humiliating. What right to privacy? I had an Alien Registration Number, for fuck's sake. I have been tracked and followed so much, it extirpated any sense of privacy.

#Politics #Immigration
Been thinking about why I am not jumpy about privacy concerns. Being an immigrant in the US took away my sense of privacy. I was issued an ID number, entered into a registry, photographed and fingerprinted every time I traveled, had to prove I had no HIV and was not psychotic to get a green card, and then at one point put under oath for a citizenship interview in which in addition to the scripted questions, I was asked if I was turning college students into liberals. 1/2

#Politics
Caught a glimpse of President Obama talking in Atlanta on TV and I got a lump in my throat. Every time I see him I wonder if missing a president is a fatal condition.

#Politics
Using TFG or DFG was not satisfying to denote the missing link portrayed as the 45th President of the US, so I named him Cheetofuck. You are welcome.

#Politics #2022Elections #2022midterms
The problem is the same one as always: Dems whine, can't unite around any issue, don't have the guts for ugliness. Reps are a masterclass in ruthlessness and will to power. So we hold our noses and vote like hell for unfocused whiners. Splendid.