Owner of a lot of imposter syndrome + a feminist wine bar @rebelrebelsomerville
Boston, MA
Joined March 2013
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With New Years right around the corner, you might feel intimidated picking the perfect bubbles to celebrate with. But Gastropod’s favorite sommelier @vin_drop has some tips on how to enjoy the diversity of fizz out there in our latest episode: gastropod.com/champagne-wish…
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Write? Today? Isn’t it selfish to do art in a moment like this? I want to affirm in you that making art--any art--is one of the most radical things you can be doing right now. When the world wants to burn, as people try to tear things down, you create, and create, and create.
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A brutal story about the ways in which we deny federal assistance to those who most need it. We make people fight and beg in the name of preventing fraud.
Often we just prevent those with the fewest resources from getting much needed help. @hannahdreier washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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WELCOME TAURUS SEASON! SLOW THE F DOWN! BE AN UNWAVERING SOURCE OF SUPPORT TO YOUR FRIENDS EVEN WHEN THEY DON’T NEED IT! SNACK AS AN EXTREME SPORT! MAKE NAPS A NECESSITY! PRIORITIZE PLEASURE! PROTECT THE EARTH AT ALL COSTS FFS WE DON’T HAVE A PLANET B! LIFE IS SHORT HAVE FUN!
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We don’t need to “reimagine policing.”
We need to examine the meaning of “public safety.”
Billions upon billions are spent on policing & we are not safe.
Housing is safety. Healthcare is safety. Funding things that actually prevent social instability & conflict is safety.
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I mean fine dining has been putting popped sorghum on fancy salads for years but yea let’s go off on popcorn salad
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Once people get vaccinated and we start mingling again, don't ask me "how are you?" or "what's new?"
We're only doing deep and weird conversation starters from now on.
"Hi! You look great! Drinks are on the patio. What's holding you back from being the person you want to be?"
Lauren Friel retweeted
I would rather have a congress of sex workers, bartenders, and plumbers than a congress of millionaires.
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Stop calling people resilient
without calling out the systems
that force them to be resilient
or die.
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I like when people change their minds on stuff (sometimes, mostly; because growth) but sometimes I wish you had to say it explicitly instead of condescendingly tweeting from the opposite position they recently held. Show your work! Help us out!
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at some point we have to recognise that the financial anxiety young people are living through is not normal. monetising all your hobbies is not normal. hustle culture is not normal. glorifying precarious work is not normal. self-optimisation is not normal.
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we’re in such toxic relationships with our bodies, they work so hard to keep us alive and we’re constantly like ugh you’re disgusting
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activism has really become an aesthetic for some people. It’s....getting weird.
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I don’t have any of the answers, but I know the answer never will be “more cops.”
