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If you need to unfollow me, feel free to do so, but I truly *cannot* handle all the "why does nobldy care about this?!?!" guilt trip tweets.
There are 10,000 earth-shattering bad things happening a day. I do my best to balance awareness & support for different causes, but listen
There are 10,000 earth-shattering bad things happening a day. I do my best to balance awareness & support for different causes, but listen
Every single day I encounter multiple guilt trips for not raising awareness for causes I haven& #39;t heard of. Even then, my TL is painfully triggering bc people are *always* talking about one bad thing or another.
Meanwhile, not everyone uses Twitter for activism. Seriously.
Meanwhile, not everyone uses Twitter for activism. Seriously.
While it can be a tool to raise awareness, many of us do our activism and support for marginalized people *elsewhere* and this is where we come for community, a break, or just to market our books.
The idea that everyone can put 100% behind every cause or they& #39;re bigots is wild!
The idea that everyone can put 100% behind every cause or they& #39;re bigots is wild!
And frankly, it& #39;s impossible! Even if I wasn& #39;t disabled, even if I wasn& #39;t dealing with personal problems or needing to work, I still wouldn& #39;t have the hours in a day!
Nor would I have the bandwidth. It& #39;s a global pandemic! Everything is hell! What do y& #39;all expect???
Nor would I have the bandwidth. It& #39;s a global pandemic! Everything is hell! What do y& #39;all expect???
I know it& #39;s hard. I know it feels like you& #39;re drowning and you& #39;re only chance to stay afloat is to make people listen who aren& #39;t hearing you.
I also don& #39;t think y& #39;all realize how horribly unhealthy all of this is all around. Stop boosting abuse as if it& #39;s activism & please keep
I also don& #39;t think y& #39;all realize how horribly unhealthy all of this is all around. Stop boosting abuse as if it& #39;s activism & please keep
