Basically every Millennial owes it to every underage Gen Z to get out there and vote. In the absence of voting power, we are seeing these incredible Gen Z activists advocating for their own safety. They shouldn’t have to. These are children being forced to fight for their lives, and we owe them so much better.
Millennials have a huge amount of legislative power. Millennials make up more than 30% of those eligible for vote.
Millennials own 30+% of national voting power.
We outnumber the boomers.
Millennials outnumber boomers.
But traditionally we vote at lower rates. That statistic is changing, and it needs to change faster.
At this point I think we can all agree, millennials are morally obligated to use their voting power to protect a younger generation that has, like us, been failed and abused by the boomers. Get out there, register, vote, speak. Do not fail Gen Z the way our elders failed us.
we need to vote because we need to stall Trump at every corner. In 2016 I did early voting for the first time, and it was fucking easy as hell, I just went to my county’s voting location and it took less than five minutes with barely any line, and that was a presidential election not a mid-term. I straddle between Generation X and Millennial, and trust me those who are 30+ don’t vote either and need to get out there
Get that IUD. Snag some morning after pills. Get a passport/make sure yours is updated.
What’s next at the Supreme Court will set us back generations.
Roe will be overturned as soon as they get that seat filled and if you think I’m exaggerating I’d urge you to look at the opinions this term and then consider what happens when all we have are Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan filing gorgeous, fiery dissents that will make absolutely no difference in what will come to pass.
op is not wrong that you should take care of the things we may have been taking for granted as many of us we grew up with the battle already fought for us BUT
i want to say that what roe vs. wade did was make it illegal for states/localities to ban abortions. that’s it. so if it gets overturned, it will go back to the states. it doesn’t mean the right to abortion will disappear from the USA forever. like, yeah this is really fucking serious but let’s not jump straight to fear mongering.
if you live in a red state, yeah, you should be worried. even us in blue states should be on alert.
BUT THIS IS WHY YOUR VOTE WILL STILL MATTER. FLIP YOUR STATE TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. 20 REPUBLICAN SENATE SEATS ARE UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. THE WHOLE HOUSE.
Ok so it actually worked cause we got served with an eviction and owe $1739 and we have like 1300 and my moms friend said hes gonna pau the rest that we owe and take us out to dinner
Princess Bride themed restaurant. Waiters say “as you wish” after taking your order.
Finish the Fezzik in an hour, your meal is free.
Come in a wheelbarrow, your meal is 10% off.
Every so often the hostess will say “bye bye boys, have fun storming the castle!” as people are leaving.
Miracle Max’s Cure for the Mostly Dead is on the menu and its a giant chocolate cakeball.
The servers will sometimes switch your wines after distracting you.
They sell Anybody Want a Peanut Brittle at the door.
“There are a shortage of perfect chicken breasts in the world. Twould be a pity not to order these.”
“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. I’ll be your server.
Prepare to dine.”
Instead of “large,” you get an item of unusual size.
People on their anniversary get to listen to a recitation of the mawidge speech.
The kitchen door says “Brute Squad.”
When servers bring drinks to your table, they casually mention one of them might have iocane powder in it.
On certain nights, you can engage the bartender in a battle of wits. If you win, you get a free drink. Beware – the bartender is a Sicilian.
If you can recite Westley’s “To The Pain” speech or Vizzini’s part from “Battle of Wits” from memory, you get 10% off.
The dessert menu is called The Gate Key. The servers all say there is no gate key. If you respond with “Fezzik, tear their arms off,” they’ll produce it with a reply of “Oh you means THIS gate key.”
Chicken wings come with a choice of four sauces: Mild, Medium, Hot, and INCONCEIVABLE!
Their signature cocktail is called “The Fire Swamp” a heady concoction involving Bailey’s, Stoli Vanilla, Kahlua, a sugared rim, served flaming with a tiny ROUS hanging off the side.
The “Count Reuben” comes with a side of six chicken fingers.
Whenever anyone’s going to propose to their sweetie, the manager goes from table to table warning, “This is a kissing part.”
i remember the night trump was elected i drove 30 miles straight to my parents house and cried for like four hours because it really felt like the beginning of the end. and my parents, who made it through plenty of shithole republican presidencies, tried to assure me this is why we have checks and balances.
but like. bitch, we don’t anymore. the senate and the house are supposed to be a check. the president is supposed to be a check. the justices are supposed to be a check. but now rather than keeping each other in equal balance, the republican senate has changed the rules to allow this shit.
it feels dramatic but our democracy is honestly in danger. we’ve got a president openly admitting that he wishes his people would stand up and listen to everything he says in the same way north koreans are forced to. like. the GOP will TRY TO TAKE YOUR VOTE. they already actively strive to make it difficult for marginalized voters and are often very successful.
please please please please please. we all like to gripe about big dumb america but you don’t want to live in a world where you don’t get to gripe without fear of persecution. VOTE. WE NEED TO FLIP THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OR WE RISK EVERYTHING. WE COULD LOSE ANOTHER JUSTICE. WE COULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO BLOCK TRUMP’S RACIST, FACIST POLICIES.
“Unappropriated Beauty“ is a poster ad campaign tackling the issue of cultural appropriation in a non-accusatory, educational way. These adverts are size-compatible to fit in different settings, including bus shelters, billboards, mobile devices, and magazines. The goal of this project is to educate the consumers of appropriative media so that they are better equipped to decide for themselves what is and what is not cultural appropriation, and therefore lowering the tolerance for appropriation being applauded in the media.
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive. Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf,
Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
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