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Jul 4, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
One thing I learned about existing online while being a [queer and fat] highly visible BW:

Some folx just wanna fight. That's really it. Some folx wanna fight and they see you as the perfect punching bag.
Case in point: I tweeted about having friends check you when you're showing your ass online.

SEVERAL people were committed to missing my point and acting like I was advocating for violence 🤣
Next case in point:

@ReignOfApril tweeted about how Trans rep is part of the #OscarsSoWhite conversation & should be taken just as seriously & certain Trans folx (guess that color) spun it as her centering herself & got mad when she said she would step back...like they asked.
Listen. Some mofos are miserable and will fight you no matter what you say. And the ironic part is that they would fight you more if you said nothing lmfao
The quicker you grasp that concept, the quicker you can protect your energy and sanity as a BW.

You're not a renewable resource. Don't let folx abuse you like you are 🤷🏾‍♀️

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In my latest, I snarkily talk about all the reasons why #ColumbusDay is wack, ahistorical, and why it totally shouldn’t be a thing anymore.

essence.com/culture/christ…
Besides the “holiday” being an affront to our Indigenous siblings, it is also in line with America’s ever-present tradition of simultaneously celebrating White mediocrity and depravity and tbh, return to sender please 😐
In addition to this, if you *HAVE* to celebrate a “Christopher” today, there are others available, who aren’t directionally-challenged nincompoops.
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Hi. It’s true that America’s White supremacist “education” (re: propoganda) system purposely obscures & omits all kinds of Black stories. AND it’s true that the technology/social media boom at the turn of this millenia has given us access to an unprecedented amount of information
~Both things~ can be true. Because nuance lol
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YETIDE IS BACK ON MY TV 😍

#ThisIsUs
(Looking good boo

@YetideBadaki 😁!!!)

#ThisIsUs
...When does Kate get to chew on some scenery that doesn’t include any mention of her being fat? 🤔

#ThisIsUs
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Oct 1, 2018
.@Bossip these mofos at it again. Biting you shit 😤
.@Buzzfeed I demand to know what White intern tweeted this 😖
“Dragged to smithereens”. The caucaci—
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Sep 30, 2018
I hate how this question is a thing too (i.e misogynoir & colorism) but the older I get, the more I realize that it’s not because the asker is seeking validation (eff y’all, BW are dope), but more so because bigotry in dating is an immense time waster & who got time to waste?
Listening to Dawson yesterday remembering some things that Toni Morrison has explained about racial trauma/race-specific gaslighting, I am reminded that the most violent thing about racism is not just the actual violence but the joy & the *time* that it steals away from us.
And BW in these asking scenarios (even when it comes to BM) find ourselves asking this question because we already have 502052950204 things trying to tug at our very precious & not-infinite source of energy & we definitely do not want to & wasted time & affection to that list lol
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*snorts*

As you are saying this, Debra, media outlets are still having a field day with male survivor Jimmy Bennett for even *daring* to come forward about being allegedly assaulted by Asia Argento.
What is with y’all and lying about the believability of male/non-women survivors? Like patriarchy doesn’t also chew them up and spit them out for being ~weak enough~ to be assaulted???? Hmm? What gives?
This ~superior victim~ thing that White women have going on is not the wave and it is precisely the thing that keeps undermining the efforts of #MeToo/#TimesUp and tbh, y’all need to let that shit go because if it that isn’t base narcissism, IDK what is.
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