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I hate when I leave my country to go to college, stumble into a job at a human rights NGO then accidentally become a prominent regime change operative.
Wow, how embarrassing. Just found out I — someone no one knew existed until a few months ago — have a Wikipedia entry built and updated by a PR firm run by former Bush-Cheney officials.
Oh man! How crazy is this? What an incredible coincidence! The BBC and CNN want to talk to me about what's happening in Bolivia.
They want to give me neutral titles like "Environmental Activist" and "Bolivian Protester." I don't even have to disclose my affiliations!
They want to give me neutral titles like "Environmental Activist" and "Bolivian Protester." I don't even have to disclose my affiliations!
I know it's weird that I, a complete nobody, am suddenly popping up on international news. But things start small. Just last year, I tripped and fell down some stairs and ended up on a podcast run by an apocalyptic cult hell-bent on overthrowing the Chinese government.
So mortifying that I'd keep associating with rabid right-wingers. After all, my good friend Sucker Academic swears I'm a leftist. https://twitter.com/clairefrwordley/status/1165334588488585220?s=20
She helped me blame an indigenous socialist government for wildfires started by fascists and get that government thrown out in a violent coup. Eternally grateful. But that's what friend$ are for.
