you’re not a failure just because you’re not where you thought you’d be by now
The Mayans had mastered water pressure and had fountains and toilets as early as 750 AD.
Aztecs had running water and sewage.The Victorians In the mid-1800s were dying of cholera because they just dumped their raw shit in the river Thames. They wouldn’t shower for months at a time because they were afraid of the polluted water.
Incans had created aquaducts in the slopes of the vast Andes mountains to reach the emperor, cities and farmers who used agricultural terraces.
Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans were far more advanced than the savage Europeans.
My history Professor snapped on a class of 200 - 300 students at once because they kept writing in their assignments that Natives to North and South America were less advanced and less civilized than Europeans. She didn’t even bother to say how racist it was past one comment, she then literally listed all the things they said in their assignments and debunked them. In sum, Europeans came to the Americas because their civilizations were dirty, underdeveloped, starved, plagued, impoverished, and war-torn. So, the whole foundation of the idea of the supremacy of Europeans/white ppl and their countries and culture was all fabricated to justify their greed and the reality THEY needed resources, refuge, and knowledge to support themselves and their willingness to commit genocide, instigate conflict, and enslave to do so.
Europe legit spent most of human history as a backwater of civilization, and the only way they got “ahead” at all was through genocide, slavery, and biological warfare
on one hand, i am an advocate for eating the rich. HOWEVER, if a hot, rich lesbian DOES want to be my sugar mama, I WILL let the rich eat me
So I told one of my managers yesterday that I would be needing time of work this Tuesday to go and vote because I didn’t realize I was scheduled for a long shift and won’t be off before the polls close.
She then proceeds to ask me why I couldn’t early vote.
I tell her that I guess I could have but I didn’t and the option was now closed and my next and last chance is Tuesday.
Cue her giving me a hard time for not early voting.
I politely tell her that I didn’t so I’ll be requiring time off on Tuesday.
Her response?
“I mean we’ll try to get you out.”
Umm no.
I say - “Legally the law requires that you allow me time off work to go vote.”
Her response?
“Yes, I mean legally it does.”
Yes bitch, legally! As in the law! As in it is my right!
So whatever, I leave her office with a bad taste in my mouth and run into a coworker (who’s worked there as long as I’ve been alive), and I tell her about what happened.
She goes OFF, tells me I better make sure they let me go vote Tuesday and that if they try to fight me on it to tell them to look in their files for the law that she printed off for them years ago stating my right to do so.
So she leaves and I feel a bit better but just for shits and giggles I decide to look up the law for Tennessee voting rights (I knew it was a law that they have to let you off but I didn’t know the exact parameters.)
You know what Tennessee law says?
Up to three hours PAID time to go vote, (and my dumb ass was planning on clocking out.)
You best believe that if someone tries to argue with me Tuesday I’ll be slapping down a copy of that law and my ACLU membership card, I’m pretty sure they don’t want to be hearing from those lawyers.
If anyone else needs information about voting rights in their state:
And just an FYI: most states require you to let your employer know that you’ll be taking time off to vote the day before you plan on doing it
Oh god, its happening soon
“6 months from now I will be in a different situation.”
Speak it into existence.
A better situation
A healthier, more peaceful, positive situation.
An inspiring, confident situation!
i wholeheartedly believe i deserve a sword. i am true. i am loyal. i despise treacherous men. what else do you need? knight me already
Gradually you became more and more important to me and I became more and more scared to lose you.
Reasons why I like tumblr
1. None of my family is on here
2. Barely anyone in my life knows the website even exists.
3. employers won’t ask for my tumblr handle
