#mostly along the axis of mattering / belonging or unmattering / unbelonging). but when buildings are put up they aren’t guaranteed to stay a

[pepprs]

like ok. not to double post but i am going to try very very hard to be hopeful. the future is not fixed. this was a fucking horrible outcome and the consequences are and will be continue to be absolutely dire. but it is not permanent. things can change. this will radicalize people who will then use that energy to try to make things better. this will make people realize that we need each other and we are nothing without community and mutual aid and it will create networks of care and deepen the networks that already exist. the justices will die or retire and new justices will take their place and they may be just as bad or even worse but they also might be better. maybe we won’t even have justices. maybe this will be the breaking point where we decide (or really reach critical mass of people deciding) we aren’t going to live like this anymore and we look at what other countries are doing and how they fought to get there and we fight even harder in that same direction. these other cases are in even more jeopardy now but maybe they wont be overturned. abortions will still happen and maybe people will pursue careers and volunteer opportjnities to make sure that even in light of this they will happen safely. the future is not fixed. this is the middle of the story, not the end of it and not the beginning of it. idk

#im saying all this in splutters and only half believing it. but people made this country. buildings exist as they do because people decided #what they would look like and where they would be. organizations and laws exist because people saw needs and advocated for them and shaped t #them to their liking. every aspect of our lives and cultures exists because people made decisions based on their lived experiences (and most #mostly along the axis of mattering / belonging or unmattering / unbelonging). but when buildings are put up they aren’t guaranteed to stay a #and aspects of them can change and aspects of them can be replaced. same with laws and organizations and institutions and governments. like #idk. im agitated and distracted but what im trying to say is that the world is fluid and not permanent. we are inundated with messages in al #all forms about how we are powerless and small etc etc but that’s only how the world appears to be and not really how it is. and when we #realize that we can come together and help liberate each other and nurture each other so we realize how very much we matter (and belong). an #and then we can work towards the world as it could be. it’s a long game and a hard game but we have to play it and we already are. brace #yourself the world is broken time is not a straight line we are braving the storm etc etc ***** said it better LMFAOOOOO but it’s really #true. there is still hope and it is not all lost. all of the issues are interconnected and we can fight them by creating something brand new #together. by imagining a new future together and holding each other’s hands as we climb into it. yeah #purrs #also another thing. they WANT us to feel hopeless and afraid. they WANT us to concede power to them. so i am going to try to say fuck you. i #am going to try to look them in the eye and say i will not budge an inch. you can take away protections and resources for vulnerable #communities because you’re afraid of them and you hate them but you will NEVER be able to destroy those communities. we will always be here.