sam smith is a demi lovato variant. give me a white board and i can actually explain

🧵this is a fascinating defense of the Hays Code to me, a person who has thought extensively about how the Hays Code changed the texture of life in America across multiple decades (preface: I am not in favor of the Hays Code and these ppl are nuts) 1/

So yeah. I'm disgusted by anyone hankering for a return to the Hays Code. For a fantasy of "wholesome" life, you can watch Code movies, anytime. But don't hold that mirror up to me; I won't see myself in it. /end

The text of DeSantis' higher education bill has been released. It's as terrifying as the press release suggested it would be. Florida HB 999 would enact the most draconian and censorious restrictions on higher education in the history of this country. flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2…

If you want to know what abortion bans really do, listen to the anguish of this Tennessee woman who can’t get care despite her daughter having a fatal abnormality

Everyone in America should see this video and be very concerned about all of it

Boston shut this shit down

nobody ever wants to intertwine souls so deeply we’ll find each other in every alternate timeline anymore:-/

Thinking a lot today about Kitty Genovese, a lesbian from Brooklyn, whose brutal and senseless murder by a stranger was twisted and exploited to push a racist, anti-urbanist, and factually-incorrect narrative that has shaped the last 50+ years of American history. ❤️🧡🤍💜

satyajit rae jepsen ((the idea that queerness is inherently western kills nonwestern kids!))

Morning, Tymofiy. As a Black American reporter who has covered uprisings (“riots”) in the US and lives in Ukraine covering the war, I think I can help. We're supposed to meet in person (hope you can make time this week), but your tweet requires a thoughtful response, my friend🧵

I've seen folks tweet that if Jonah Hill wanted a gf who didn't post bathing suit pictures or have guy friends he shouldn't have dated a surfer. But here's the thing: Emotionally abusive & controlling men don't want 'submissive' women, they want to take strong women down a peg

Every word of this thread x.com/tressiemcphd/s…

When I am openly critical of marriage as an institution, it is this kind of depthless alienation that I mean. Women existing in families they started, but never supported, never acknowledged, never validated or appreciated, always lonely, drifting as invisibly as ghosts

@meimeimeixie He's a billionaire. He paid 44B to disrupt mass communication efforts to make it harder for working class ppl to organize, and make it easier for conservatives to spread their ideology and misinformation. if only there was someone who could've predicted this would happen 😐

if you’re feeling insane during the day, leave your house. if you’re feeling insane at night, go back to your house. hope this helps

Me and my lumpy mugs 😭