Ellen Barkin

“Without love there can be no justice.” “Without justice there can be no love.”...bell hooks

Librarian jobs are *notoriously* difficult to get and almost always require extensive graduate work (like, masters degree barely minimum) to even be considered. Paying them $55k is straight up poverty wages considering the amount of debt they take on to just get in the door.

Deserves all rts please

Child of the Damned

Hail Mama

I’m a high school teacher. We have policies. Late work gets points deducted. Turn it in on time or take the hit. That’s how students learn responsibility. Senior year. Final paper worth thirty percent of the grade. Due Friday. Monday came. Still no paper from this one kid. Smart kid. Never missed assignments before. Called him to my desk after class. “Where’s your paper?” He looked down. “I don’t have it” Waited. He didn’t elaborate. “You know this tanks your grade right? Might not graduate” He nodded. Still wouldn’t look at me. “Do you not care?” His voice cracked. “My dad died Thursday night. Heart attack. Paper was done. On my laptop. But I’ve been at the hospital. At the funeral home. I forgot. I just forgot.” My chest tightened. “I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you tell me?” “Because it sounds like an excuse. Everyone has excuses.” He finally looked up. Eyes red. “Just fail me. I deserve it.” Closed my gradebook. “Email me the paper tonight. Full credit. And take this week off. Come back when you’re ready.” He shook his head. “The policy—” “I’m the teacher. I make exceptions when life happens. Your dad died. That’s not an excuse. That’s a tragedy. Go home.” He graduated. Top ten percent. Spoke at graduation. Mentioned a teacher who showed him that rules and compassion can coexist. I was in the audience. Crying. Sometimes grace matters more than policy. —Mr. Hayes, English teacher

A system that makes you pay to exist, compete to eat and obey to survive is not a free civilization. It’s a prison with privileges.

@eddsmitty Always Eddie

@EllenBarkin Thank you, Ellen. 🙏🏽😊💙

In case you aren't seeing my tweets and comments, this is why. Fuck you, Elon! 🖕🏾

That’s one

@EllenBarkin @cooltxchick It's always a passive voice as well - "she was raped; she was assaulted"; as if it were just happenstance - reframe the statement to "Trump raped her"; "Hegseth assaulted her" and put the emphasis on who bears the responsibility.

Oh Amy

@PoetsAnonn Absolutely 49 yrs. Own it

@EllenBarkin Like Elvis probably looks today? After having been dead for 49 years? Sure. Not the own you think it is.

If Elvis Presley had leprosy he would not look this bad

@LynchLainey Reincarnated as a worm

@EllenBarkin Ellen, the reincarnated de#d wouldn't look that way either! 🫣

@TheReginaHaley1 Definitely yes!

@EllenBarkin I don't think even now Elvis looks as bad as Trump does. 🫤

This is the only one Trump I recognize. The woman who is my hero I love Mary Trump to the moon and back @MaryLTrump

Here we go

Pete Hegseth wasn’t removed from the DC National Guard by accident. A Major General is now warning that his rhetoric and actions are putting him on a path toward war crimes—and he lays out exactly why.

Unlike her father, this girl is not bending over for anyone.

@miiagarro @dnbrgr I would love to rt this but i try to keep my posts Nazi-free

all quiet on the frontal lobe

@MABrownStuff Sorry my mistake 😜

@EllenBarkin Maybe he means Elvis the dinosaur from the Jurassic Park sequel. That would make sense.