I am not at a store right now. I have not been at a store at any time today, and I do not intend to visit any store today—except maybe for a liquor store. But good grief, people, you need to SHUT THE HELL UP with your snooty comments/tweets/posts about how stupid Black Friday is. Here’s why:
WAIT A SECOND. It’s classist to think Black Friday is stupid? Hold on a damn minute. Black Friday itself is classist. Who the hell do you think is WORKING on Black Friday? Take a second and think about the working people today who get treated like subhumans by largely middle and upper class shoppers who want the opportunity to buy more? Or how about the people who, despite all these “deals” can’t afford a damn thing on Black Friday?
Sure, there are people out there taking advantage of prices that make certain things attainable that otherwise wouldn’t be, but how does that excuse the excess, greed, and overall exploitation of working people?
Also, calling a political position “boring” is the weakest argument I’ve ever heard. Done.
new york city:
i have a bone to pick with you now that i’ve committed myself to this place. why you gotta be so hard when it comes to finding a place to live? i pay my rent on time, i work, my partner too. so why do we get shut out because someone has arbitrarily decided that i have to make an insane amount of money to live there?
screw you capitalism, landlords, apartment brokers, and the system that does nothing but perpetuate homelessness.
marriage in new york.
hooray. the state i live in now allows same sex marriage.
but i (and many other people, both queer and not) still struggle to pay bills, find a living wage job, afford an education, have equal access to healthcare, food, and shelter. we still get harassed. beaten up. killed. and all we get is access to an institution filled with racism, violence, and sexism.
so, yes, celebrate the tiny sort of but not really victory. but don’t forget that most of us queer people aren’t exactly feeling it.
