CN: brief mention of difficult life circumstances including abuse & trauma, general discussion of mental illness. About a month ago, I was dinking around twitter when I saw the hashtag #DearMeTenYearsAgo. Woah. Where was I 10 years ago? When I first saw this hashtag, I was about to turn 30, which is a big deal on its own, but 10 years before, the lead up to my 20th birthday had also been a big turning …Read More
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22 Ways to Make Retail Workers Love You
If you have any friends who work retail, you’ve probably heard a lot of their horror stories. I spent 5 and a half years working as a cashier/grocery worker at a health food store and got pretty lucky with the types of customer I dealt with on a daily basis. Most of my interactions were friendly and pleasant and it was rare that I encountered someone who was abusive or dangerous. Even so, there are …Read More
Explaining Privilege Part 3: The Consequences of Scrutiny
Content Note: This article covers specific upsetting examples of oppression in action and includes many links to external websites, including news coverage and videos of police brutality, and first-hand accounts of sexual assault and other trauma. This content note will only cover the topics contained within this article. Be warned many of the external links also contain disturbing material, not all of which come with a content note of their own, so click with caution. …Read More