Willow, Venus Pirate 🏳️‍⚧️ (@Willow@chaosfem.tw)

Lift your eye from the palantir - you will not defeat Sauron. Do not speak to me of how you can do nothing to turn the ship of state. I care nothing for your impotency. You abdicate your responsibility by widening your gaze. Who are you to speak to me of the horrors of national policy? A legislator? No? Then do not clothe yourself in the false agency of your inability to change that which is entirely beyond your reach. But you can make sure bigots at the grocery store stay quiet in the dairy aisle. You can rebuke the old men who insult young fathers for caring for their children. You can ask trans women in the women’s bathroom where they got their nail polish. You can invite trans men on your guys-only fishing trip. You can watch a mother’s kids for her while she goes back into the school to find a lost jacket instead of criticizing her parenting. You can accept that everyone whose pronoun is the singular “they” already knows all your petty objections to it and just… use “they” for them. You can assume everyone you meet has a right to live where they live. You can make it weird when people try to use “gay” as an insult. You can listen to kids when they want to tell you about their niche special interest. You can tell men you think it’s gross when they touch waitresses. You can make the experience of being in your presence more friendly and less hostile to the kinds of people being oppressed by the state. THAT is what is within your reach. THAT is your responsibility. And I expect you to see to it that it gets done, and that you remind others of THEIR responsibilities.

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