The Curbside Prophet
My name is Alyssa Mae.
I am a mid-twenties avid intersectional feminist, advocate, fighter, counselor, and friend. I will be graduating from Bucknell University in May with degrees in Psychology and Women’s & Gender Studies. I work with survivors of sexual assault and other trauma, and I fix computers for a living.
I often blog about what it is like to live at the intersections of a few different mental illnesses, queerness, and sexuality, along with posts about sexism, racism, rape culture, and LGBT rights. There is a trigger warning for these on my entire blog. You will see posts about depression, eating disorders, PTSD, panic disorder, and fat activism. This has been my safe space for four years now, and I reserve the right to ask you to leave it if necessary.
Welcome to my life.
I am a mid-twenties avid intersectional feminist, advocate, fighter, counselor, and friend. I will be graduating from Bucknell University in May with degrees in Psychology and Women’s & Gender Studies. I work with survivors of sexual assault and other trauma, and I fix computers for a living.
I often blog about what it is like to live at the intersections of a few different mental illnesses, queerness, and sexuality, along with posts about sexism, racism, rape culture, and LGBT rights. There is a trigger warning for these on my entire blog. You will see posts about depression, eating disorders, PTSD, panic disorder, and fat activism. This has been my safe space for four years now, and I reserve the right to ask you to leave it if necessary.
Welcome to my life.
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I have issues with the shirt. I appreciate it, but I feel as if Bucknell uses it as more a mark of “proving” that they’re okay with LGBT things. I feel like it’s a social thing, not a support thing. It’s just another thing that we do because everyone else does it, regardless of how we actually feel. “Acceptance, not tolerance”?
It’s how I feel about the Day of Silence, too. Isn’t it enough that we’re silenced every single day already? Shouldn’t the Day of Silence be about making non-LGBT&c. shut the fuck up for a day and actually hear the voices of LGBT&c people?
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kurookami said:
my suggestion was zombie when the shirts came out
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intellectualcredit said:
This is only derived from personal experience, but I feel being “supportive” enough to buy and wear the shirt in public is what is indicative of the “more than tolerance” aspect. I can understand how you can see the slogan as promoting tolerance.
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stillofthesilence said:
Not straight and I don’t care what you think
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