extremely hot takes

bimbodean:

would you look at that, time for my birth control! (turns on supernatural)

deliriumcrow:

nashira:

sangfielle:

help

out of curiosity because i am obsessed with this billboard, i went to their website and

THEY HAVE AN OFFICE PETS PAGE LMAO

henry-fox-biggest-stan:

I think about this every hour of every day of every month by the way

cozycoffeereads:

Today’s disability topic is how America forces disabled people into poverty.

Today’s particular topic is how SSI keeps disabled people poor.

Let’s first go over what SSI is. Supplemental Security Income is a program that provides monthly payments to disabled people and elderly people who meet the financial qualifications.

SSDI stands for Social Security Disability and eligibility is based on work credits. This is for people who used to work before becoming disabled. We will not be discussing this today.

Here are the facts:

The average SSI payment in January of 2023 is $553 per month.

Disabled people on SSI also cannot have more than $2000 in savings and assets. This is severely limiting.

This is not enough to even cover basic needs. How can someone live based off those payments? Disabled people who live with someone such as a caregiver, family member, or partner receive reduced payments and risk losing their benefits.

Disabled people cannot marry without losing their SSI or losing financial assets.

Here is an eye opening article about forced poverty:

https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2022/01/government-mandated-poverty/

Also check this article by The Hill called “Lifeline for people with disabilities forces them to live in poverty”

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3702528-lifeline-for-people-with-disabilities-forces-them-to-live-in-poverty/

anisaanisa:

Hellsite citizens! Tumblr is in the lurch, so to celebrate that, we’re going to do what we do best – make a holiday out of it! Blast off in ten days! 🦀🦀🦀

When: June 29th. Or after – Crab Day is a state of mind.
How: Buy your buddies or drive-by besties a crab invasion from the Tumblr shop!
Why: to let @staff know we’re still kicking it!
Follow @crab-day-counter to mark your days!

ⓘ Tumblr Blue Hex: #35465C | Pose very much inspired Crab Champions, the game ever!

ryoki-ph:

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howieabel:

“In many ways you can say that the prison serves as an institution that consolidates the state’s inability and refusal to address the most pressing social problems of this era.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

crippled-pvp:

po-pulari-tics:

Anyway, found a metaphor.

“You are so lucky you get to stay home and not work.”

Change to:

“You are so lucky you get to eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You are so lucky you are not allowed to eat anything else.”

Many people like ice cream. Many people know that they will get sick if they only eat ice cream. Maybe this gets through?

I like this comparison because it captures the torturous monotony and the bleakness of being physically disabled and unemployable/unable to return to school/etc. it does fucking suck actually