lol the article frames it as “an opportunity for trouble youth”
It also frames it as job training which implies that a criminal record doesn’t get in the way of becoming a firefighter
california like “is your child unruly? have you thought about throwing them in coal mines? it’s hip! it makes $1.34 an hour!
with this job your child can: die letting other miners know theres no oxygen around.
great job experience!”
i want you all to know this comes directly from budget cuts in firefighter payments at the federal and state levels
california is increasingly relying on prison labor to accomplish necessary things, meaning they have made prison a necessary component of their economic system
which is to say california cannot cut down on its prison population even if they wanted to for prisoners are needed for californias very survival.
theyre ruining peoples lives because it’s cheaper to do that than to pay people what theyre fucking worth.
the original source link isn’t great so here’s some more reliable ones:
There’s a theme that keeps popping up in conservative Christian accounts of human sexuality whereby it’s supposedly natural for everyone to feel attraction for the same gender due to some sort of mystical, like-attracts-like affinity, and that attraction to the “opposite sex” is something that must be deliberately cultivated and vigilantly guarded against any sign of backsliding.
A lot of folks outside the conservative Christian community look at this stuff and conclude: “Wow, this was obviously written by a gay person in denial. Clearly these apparent virulent homophobes are really just self-hating gay people.”
This is not what’s going on.
I mean, yes, obviously a lot of folks in those circles are gay and in denial, but that’s not where this account of human sexuality comes from. We’re getting cause mixed up with effect there.
What you’re actually looking at is a calculated effort to make gay folks doubt their own sexuality by taking common gay experiences and reframing them as developmental speed bumps on the road to heterosexual maturity. They’ve basically weaponised their culture’s entire notion of human sexuality in order to trick gay folks into thinking they’re really just weak-willed heterosexuals.
I know that sounds pretty fucking extreme, but I’ve seen it from the inside – one whole side of my family tree is Jehovah’s Witnesses – and it ain’t just a handful of gay-and-in-denial Christians spinning confused theology; this type of pervasive deception is conscious and deliberate.
So, you know, maybe keep that in mind before doing the whole “wow, this homophobic asshat is obviously secretly gay” thing, eh?
I’ve never done this before, but I’m really struggling right now. I basically live paycheck to paycheck since moving out of my dads house, and one big setback has now cleared me of all my money.
I found my cat Berlioz (the one I just posted a video of) urinating a ton of blood in the tub this morning. Pictures for proof if anyone needs it:
Here is my good sweet boy:
I took him to an emergency vet and they quoted me $700 for his X-rays, blood work, and a gamut of other tests. This doesn’t include money for medications he may need to leave with. Please, if you can spare anything, you can send donations to my paypal at marisalorea@gmail.com
I can pay about half this balance on my own, but over the next month I won’t be able to pay off the other half off of my credit card, which will put me further into debt. I hate to ask for stuff like this, but when it comes to animals I really just want him to be safe and taken care of… thanks, share if you can
Hi guys, this is a reblog from my personal tumblr. My cat is very sick and I’m having a hard time paying for care. Please reblog and share to other animal lovers, or consider donating a dollar or two! Every bit would help me and Berlioz.
This will probably be my last signal boost but please consider taking the time to reblog! It’s simple and it helps me and Berlioz out a lot 🙏🏻
This is my family’s Amazon wish list. If you’re able, please help us by getting something off it.
It’s comprised of things that would make our lives a lot easier but that we can’t justify spending money on ourselves because: 1) our income is tiny and we have a three year old to support, and 2) every bit of “extra” money we get goes into savings to cover immigration fees/expenses to insure our family remains together in this hellscape of violent borders.
I am a Black, chronically ill genderweird lesbian and my partner is a Jewish, disabled trans woman. We’re pretty used to existing in the margins, and it can be an uncomfortable place. These little bits and bobs are as much a part of our getting on and survival as food and shelter.
I also have a separate book wish list just for myself. Books are too expensive to buy at the rate I read them, and our local library is ridiculously underfunded and rarely has what I need. I’m a writer, and the items on this list are mostly for research.
Hey. My feet are kind of in a state of emergency due to persistent athlete’s foot, and as a diabetic this is extremely dangerous. If you have the means, I hope you’ll consider getting a few things to help me combat this (soft wool socks, anti-fungals, urea cream). My family also has only one cereal bowl at the moment and one large drinking glass. Your contributions help us scrape by. Please share/reblog if you can. Infinite thanks.
DO NOT LOGIN. They are after your email and password so they can hijack your account and use it to spam more comments. They use a ‘redirect’ to direct you to a fake login page. Some bots also message you saying something along the lines ‘is this you’, or ‘you should really check this out’. Same thing. The link leads to a fake login page. Change your password immediately, or for the love of Blog, turn on two-factor authentication. Please reblog this so nobody falls for this shitty clever trick.
Inspiration porn like the oft used quote, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude” only contributes to the stigma both internalized and external that disabled people deal with on a daily basis.
I’ll elaborate; by saying that the only disability is a bad attitude, you are essentially saying that disabled people who don’t “overcome” their disability to society’s standards are not trying hard enough or worse, that they’re lazy.
We can internalize this toxic message and feel bad when our symptoms or limitations prevent us from achieving goals in the same manner as the abled person. It can lead us to work ourselves to the point of exhaustion in a non assessable way.
In short: if you give a damn about disabled people, stop spreading this highly toxic message and instead, acknowledge that the disabled person faces unique challenges that require accommodations and support to “overcome” and that there are some things that are not possible for a disabled person to do and that’s ok. We all have limitations and we have to learn to work within them.
That phrase also denies disabled people space to actually feel a range of socially-considered “negative” emotions in response to our disabilities and the ableism disability tends to provoke from other people and broader society.
In this ableist world, we’re going to have what looks like a “bad attitude” because society treats us as less than human for the crime of daring to show our disabled faces to the world and we can’t smile in the face of ableism. We’re going to have what looks like a “bad attitude” because we’re tired and in pain and are overwhelmed from trying to function in a world that doesn’t support us. We’re going to have what looks like a “bad attitude” because being disabled, even in the best of situations, can be a difficult thing to experience.
This pressure to be constantly smiling, to be cheerful, to “put a good face on it”, to be the “good” disabled person who doesn’t succumb to a “bad attitude” and never shows our anger/bitterness/frustration/pain gives us no space to express our own experiences; it requires us to bottle up our struggles and never seek sympathy or support.
Don’t get me wrong: I agree with every single word above. I just think that this particular phrase is even more toxic than is usually discussed. I think it harms disabled people on multiple levels that go well past ignoring our limitations into denying us space to express real emotions because we are told, over and over, that we are supposed to be disabled people without a “bad attitude”. Even though this is something I cannot possibly live up to.
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