@twitchyspoonie I think Marx is just not robust enough to address disability, specifically because he was talking about work as defined by the state, which leaves out all carework.
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Tresa Edmunds
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Tresa Edmunds
@reesedixon
SingerWriterActor. Creative Visionary of Body Loyalty. Feminist former Mormon. Rabblerouser. Disabled radical.
Katılım Mart 2009
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I don't feel like I'm lumpenproletariat bc that includes largely people who can work. Even most criminal ways of making money are inaccessible to me, sometimes even moreso. The positionality of disabled people who can't work is its own class imo.
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@123itsmeMary Hating the taste of water is also a sign of inaccessible dental care. When I was too broke to fix my rotten teeth, the water tasted like rotten teeth.
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The discourse just proves to me that starting at class is actually too far. We need to start with human dignity. 1) You are a human. 2) So is everyone else. 3) Your body will decay because it is nature. 4) Your contribution is not in work you perform, but relationships you build.
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Marx is great for what he is, but socialist feminists have been pointing out for a long time that he did not address carework. Trying to cram Disability Justice into Marxism is a non-starter.
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@twitchyspoonie The discussion I've seen around your post seems to be conflating privileges with rights. I think reading is a human right, but disabled people know that in this world a lot of human rights are a privilege to meet.
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Y'all always want to make the systemic issues I talk about about me personally. I said privilege bc I meant privilege, meaning people have resources and abilities that shouldn't be taken for granted bc not everyone has them.
kaity@kaitybella
are there certain scenarios where one may find themselves unable to get a ton of reading done? sure. but you’re tweeting from your phone rn. you know what else you can get on your phone? books
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@FallenLuxi Systems are just ways groups of people organize themselves. People can be racist, and then when they organize, they build racist policies that then make the system racist. Then the system perpetuates it independent of people.
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I cannot comprehend the phrase "the system is racist" when it is actually the people in the system that are racists
Ola Ojewumi@Olas_Truth
Having my white 6th-grade teacher yell at me for not doing my homework in front of the whole class. When I said I had surgery, she said that it was 2 months ago and no excuse. I was on the heart transplant waiting.
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Tresa Edmunds retweetledi
We are heartbroken to share the passing of one of our most beloved and valued advocates @Tinu. Tinu co-lead our #RealPainStories campaign for #PainAwarenessMonth. Tragically, she did not live to see the end of September.
Tinu Abayomi-Paul aka Empress of Twerk. NO DMs@Tinu
For #PainAwarenessMonth my plan is to share #RealPainStories from the community as well as my own, led by @national_pain. A story I forget to tell is how grateful I am for #ChronicPain communities. Helps to have folks to vent to who understand, & drop the mask for a few.
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@nberlat anti-meritocracy is all throughout any public facing job. They only give the microphone to the people they know will share their message. Even if you're not a hack, they have to know you at least won't blow a whistle. You have to be OK with how the sausage gets made.
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Thank you @stevesilberman for all you've given this world. I found him when I was a desperate mother and all I knew was that experts said my son was broken, and he was one of the first voices that said he wasn't. Blessings to him and everyone who loved him.
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His cabinet position should be that short one above the fridge.
Kaiser@Celebitchy@KaiseratCB
Robert Kennedy Jr. wants Kamala Harris to give him a cabinet position if he drops out celebitchy.com/885151/
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@religiongal Perfectionism, and we have to talk about the inheritance of polygamy and how that impacts us today. Fear of scarcity over men, competition among women, how these dynamics weave their way through the generations. How many of our grandmothers watched a younger wife take her place?
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Researchers find that some LDS women choose cosmetic surgery as part of their impulse toward "perfectionism." Have you seen that?
sltrib.com/religion/2024/…
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@blackgirlinmain I also like Resmaa Menakem's philosophy that black bodies and white bodies need separate healing spaces. Our learning can't keep coming at y'all's expense.
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Real talk. You have to meet people where they are and build from there.
If you've been in movement spaces for a while, it might seem like weak sauce, but it's not.
Honestly, racial caucusing in this moment isn't a bad thing. It's a tool for truth, IMO.
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@reesedixon I hope this goes viral… wishing you continued resilience on your journey.
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Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread.
It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.
Megan Agnew@MeganAgnew
Eight children, one husband, hundreds of acres beneath the enormous skies of the American west – and millions of social media followers. I spent the day with "trad wife" Hannah Neeleman, or Ballerina Farm, to figure out what all the fuss was about thetimes.com/magazines/the-…
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@Karnythia I wrote this thread to contextualize it further within Mormonism. I agree - this stuff is everywhere there are patriarchs. Our flavr capitalizes on our history in ways that are really chilling to me.
I wrote this to put this further into a Mormon context: x.com/reesedixon/sta…
Tresa Edmunds@reesedixon
Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread. It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.
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People are having some big feelings about this & I feel like the "raised in a cult" aspect is being lost. Because people are litigating whether or not the cage is one she chose & buddy the giant red flags flying here say that she didn't feel like she actually had a choice
Tulika Bose@TulikaBose_
Wrenching, devastating piece on “trad wife” Hannah Neeleman — also known as Ballerina Farm. A must-read
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@ejdickson I wrote this to put this further into a Mormon context:
x.com/reesedixon/sta…
Tresa Edmunds@reesedixon
Pioneer day, tradwives, and generational trauma: a thread. It's pioneer day today. That's the day we celebrate the arrival of white settlers in Utah.
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@ejdickson I think this piece did a BEAUTIFUL job at drawing attention to what DV can look like in certain settings, particularly fertility abuse. She's a woman with options, but she's also a woman who has been made physically vulnerable by pregnancy and childbirth since she was 21.
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BTW: if you feel the need to well, actually any history here, I'm probably going to feel the need to hit you with the Ron Swanson "I know more than you" meme. Don't trouble yourself.
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If you want to celebrate their pioneer spirit, take a big leap to get yourself free. Let that be what you take from their legacy. Brave the unknown and build a life they couldn't have even dreamed of.
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Her husband took in a 16 yo orphan girl to tend to her and the children. And then married the orphan girl. My Gmother was devastated, but she had no options. She was sick, alone, and had 13 children. She died at 48 and her children were raised by the 2nd wife.
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