Tariq K ✅ @tariqk@octodon.social

@dianafranchesca thank you. you too!

@FlaviaRini your statement falls apart at closer examination.

I don't get threatened with rape. I can state, unequivocally, that I am at man, and no one will assume I am mentally ill, or find it necessary to subject me to surgery.

Most interestingly, no one can make people do these things to me, without extraordinary effort.

Some forms of power are more effective, require less effort, are subject to less accountability, and are less accessible than others.

@bea Thank you. I'm hard-curating my space now.

I was expecting this day to be honest.

Lots of teachable moments, illustrative exercises. Stay tuned.

@Hallucinogen cute. fuck off.

@FlaviaRini no. men, as in cis men, are subject to PREJUDICE.

i use the definition of racism and sexism and homophobia that uses the “prejudice against group + power to make these prejudices have impact”, because it's far more useful, and you can measure the effects.

otherwise you get into pointless definition fights that get nowhere.

like your 44th President was dogged by rumours of how because of the religion his FATHER was born into, which his father had RENOUNCED— rather conclusively, I thought! of how he's unfit to be President because of the religion he isn't even an adherent to!

THE FUCKING PRESIDENT!

you can't dismiss this

BECAUSE YOU ELECTED THE FUCKER WHO WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST PROPONENT OF THIS INTO THE OFFICE OF THE 45TH PRESIDENT!

don't come to me and whine about how prejudice against a class of people empowered by the state is the same as discrimination against a class of people that have been othered.

are you kidding me??? what next, white people are subject to racism? men are subject to sexism? cisphobia is real???

are you kidding me????

I've blocked him. Fuck this.

@Elizafox @Nire @csilverman @awilfox “could have been worded better”. hah.

@awilfox @Elizafox @Nire @csilverman no. absolutely not.

a cop can take off his uniform and disappear into the crowd and be seen as “just a guy”. as a matter of fact that's how undercover works, yes?

i cannot take off my religion. i cannot take off my skin. i cannot take off my history. my LIFE.

this isn't a point of contention.

i was concerned that this post was bad. it is terrible.

@kellerfuchs power naps are always nice. naps should be a thing anyways. more naps, less capitalism.

on the plus side, today both kids decided it would be fun to use Daddy as a springboard to jump off to bed.

that was nice. they're getting so big.

my back is so sore.

right now it feels like I'm swimming in a sea of toxicity and I'm so damn tired. it doesn't help that today was just draining.

you'll excuse me if i don't want to engage.

case in point:

girl discovers secret chat group of boys in college who talk about raping freshies, reports to college, gets rape threats...

... and then drops out because the college won't do shit and she's getting direct rape threats now.

http://says.com/my/news/girl-who-tweeted-about-rape-joke-had-to-give-up-scholarship-for-her-own-safety

now, to be clear, this isn't a just a religious school problem.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/04/09/activist-sexual-abuse-common-in-boarding-schools-shelters/

I don't even know if it's a boarding schools problem. Reports are hard to come by, and Malaysian rape culture is alive and kicking like no one's business.

a child died today.

http://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/234119/tahfiz-school-beating-boys-death-classified-murder

he went to a religious boarding school, was beaten so bad that doctors had to amputate his legs.

then he slipped into a coma, and died.

decision fatigue. oh. it's a thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue

This morning's commute was so filled with curveballs and challenges that I'm finding that I really don't want to make any decisions, or expend any will. my volitional systems are tapped out.

I've had moments where I've felt difficulty managing emotions. I've had physical symptoms manifest because of exhaustion. and I've had moments of difficulty focusing.

so getting this… cannot / will not decide, cannot / will not *will to do* is… interesting?

Learning new things.

okay, too angry. i have to hurry for work and i just got up but I'm too angry.

gonna eat my breakfast.