Aliems

@aliems.bsky.social

You don’t get to be a passive participant in your life. If you want something, you fight for it with your entire being.

The thing that bothers me is that everyone who insists that trans people should be ok with compromising our rights absolutely would not feel that way if their rights were on the line. If James Talarico said "we have to compromise on the rights of cis men" he would get kicked out of politics.

Wanting to be happy is worthwhile. So is working at it. And just because moment to moment feelings are temporary, it doesn't mean that the person you are when you feel happy isn't real. Nor does an overwhelm of sadness or anger etc. make that part of you any more real.

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.