Up late doing some pretty depressing research.
Human beings can do such wonderful things.
We have created so much that improves life for all.
And yet... we also have *such* a history of doing harm, then rationalizing the harm we do with claims to upholding "sacred" traditions.
The history of things done to feminized bodies is truly the stuff of nightmares.
We've come a long way out of superstition in a *very* brief period of time.
And we're always closer to backsliding than we might think.
I'm elder Gen Y. My generation invented the gender reveal party and the genocide-facilitating Facebook, among other modern nightmares. I'm ashamed of what we've created, too.
There was a moment when we were considered the "fluid" generation - before the Great Recession made small-c conservatives of us, and we leaned into neoliberal forms of activism instead of deeper transformations.
So - solidarity across the decades. 💛 I wish my nephews were growing into a better world, too.