Thank you for your words. I live in San Diego and watched the live stream of my friends getting assaulted & intimidated by the police yesterday. I’m not a student, so I wasn’t there when the camp was raided at 5:30am. The police completely locked down the UCSD campus so even if community members wanted to go to support, they made it almo…
Thank you for your words. I live in San Diego and watched the live stream of my friends getting assaulted & intimidated by the police yesterday. I’m not a student, so I wasn’t there when the camp was raided at 5:30am. The police completely locked down the UCSD campus so even if community members wanted to go to support, they made it almost impossible to get there.
Then Rafah…then the pointless Met Gala. It was a heavy, heavy day.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when many of the people in my life (not my organizer friends, obviously) are just totally silent when I feel like I’ve been screaming for 7 months. But reading essays like this remind me that I’m not alone. So thank you.
Yup I know it’s not a contest, but I’ve been trying to get people to pay attention for years.
It’s cost me friends and been terrible for my mental health. It wouldn’t be so bad if I just knew someone in real life who saw what was going on because I’ve been spelling it out the whole time. I know people like throwing the word gaslit around a lot nowadays but that’s how it feels. I keep pointing out the elephant in the room and everyone pretends they’ve never heard of elephants before.
I know exactly how you feel. That’s honestly how I came up with my handle, cause I’m always the one trying to bring attention to things that matter. Killing everyone’s joy & harshing their mellow.
I started meeting local organizers in my area and it was like breathing oxygen for the first time. Finding community with other people that care about the same things I do?! If you can & haven’t yet, try finding orgs to get involved with. It’s been amazing for my mental health. ❤️ Good luck to you. We’re fighting the good fight ✊🏽🇵🇸🍉
Ah cool. Mine is a reference to Socrates and Sun Tzu. I like tricking people into thinking I don't know something so if they're smart they share all their precious knowledge with me by showing off, and if they're stupid and judge books by covers then they underestimate me.
Unfortunately I'm from a small town which is mostly a retirement community and suffers from 'brain drain' so there aren't really any effective local organizations I can join, or at least none I've been able to find yet. Thanks for the recommendation still. I'll have to check out Here 4 The Kids though. ✌️
Thank you for your words. I live in San Diego and watched the live stream of my friends getting assaulted & intimidated by the police yesterday. I’m not a student, so I wasn’t there when the camp was raided at 5:30am. The police completely locked down the UCSD campus so even if community members wanted to go to support, they made it almost impossible to get there.
Then Rafah…then the pointless Met Gala. It was a heavy, heavy day.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when many of the people in my life (not my organizer friends, obviously) are just totally silent when I feel like I’ve been screaming for 7 months. But reading essays like this remind me that I’m not alone. So thank you.
One thing I forgot to mention, there were not one but TWO snipers at UCSD and they were both perched on the Student Health building! smh.
Thanks 😊
Yup I know it’s not a contest, but I’ve been trying to get people to pay attention for years.
It’s cost me friends and been terrible for my mental health. It wouldn’t be so bad if I just knew someone in real life who saw what was going on because I’ve been spelling it out the whole time. I know people like throwing the word gaslit around a lot nowadays but that’s how it feels. I keep pointing out the elephant in the room and everyone pretends they’ve never heard of elephants before.
I know exactly how you feel. That’s honestly how I came up with my handle, cause I’m always the one trying to bring attention to things that matter. Killing everyone’s joy & harshing their mellow.
I started meeting local organizers in my area and it was like breathing oxygen for the first time. Finding community with other people that care about the same things I do?! If you can & haven’t yet, try finding orgs to get involved with. It’s been amazing for my mental health. ❤️ Good luck to you. We’re fighting the good fight ✊🏽🇵🇸🍉
Ah cool. Mine is a reference to Socrates and Sun Tzu. I like tricking people into thinking I don't know something so if they're smart they share all their precious knowledge with me by showing off, and if they're stupid and judge books by covers then they underestimate me.
Unfortunately I'm from a small town which is mostly a retirement community and suffers from 'brain drain' so there aren't really any effective local organizations I can join, or at least none I've been able to find yet. Thanks for the recommendation still. I'll have to check out Here 4 The Kids though. ✌️
One I’m involved with is called Here 4 The Kids