I think people should stop going OMG, THEY ARE DRINKING SODA ON MY TAX DOLLARS! especially since in Memphis, half of our kids are being fed from food stamps. Our system is so inefficent because we're overly worried about 'morality'- measured in how many jobs you can have before you can collapse, in how little pleasure you have in your life, and god forbid you have children! Man, I'm a child freer, but if you like children, you should be allowed to have them!

Let's stop judging folks on things like that for the holidays,ok?

Do you live in Hernando? They are looking for two stupid white males who didn't have the sense not to shoot at people on the road.

The reason people react so negatively to scorn on single parents, etc, is that it's not very useful. If scorning women for having kids worked, then we wouldn't be talking about this. It's all talking about the morals of other people's children- unless you're down in the trenches working to make things better, you just seem like some random classist.

In other news, doing girly stuff continues to baffle me.

While I'm waiting for the world to change, I'd like to bitch about those damn kids. Those damn kids may or may not congregate around the building where my class is held. They perpetrate crimes against fashion, Memphis style. I can't remember exactly what they are, but they are there. They use bad language. I dropped a water bottle near them and one swore, saying bitch please! Due to the stimulus money, there's a lot more of them than usual, swelling the coveted ranks of the jobs program. They talk to women who are much older than them, even calling my prof a drink of water, she reports. Some boys in semi preppy vests tried to talk to me. I think they used ma'am. When their paychecks are late, they are antsy. Some may be trying to pay rent or funnel money to little brothers or sisters, and some may want the latest shirt to deal with the all consuming rites of adolescence.

I can't help but thinking there would be a big difference in reaction if the crimes against fashion committed were hunting camo, confederate flags or redneck tattoos. I say this, but the sea of class is between us. Something else divides us, but I can't name it. A former honor student; all my effort has gone to dust. I half want the kids to blaze their own paths, but the other half of me says THOSE DAMN KIDS!

hey, look! this tribute to MLK doesn't suck!

This reminds me of once I was super pissed because zuzu called me a reverse classist. wah, everyone is so mean! I'm upper class! upper class! You can be thrifty and upper class. Not everyone has to flash cash around and drop 100s on expensive ass clothing, you know! Cheap people are fucking awesome!

I hate this guy.

In good news, the offensive manga in the post before was cancelled.

Dang, apparently some lady freebleeds, which is OMG BIOHAZARD!! I don't think anyone would die from one lady's blood. I bet the same people who are like omg, biohazard, probably hover in public restrooms!

Some crazy mess may be going down on livejournal. Please destory mpreg and horse marriage by mockery, not banning!

Seventeen magazine is one of the most evil things ever.

A poverty wank.

Foodstamp wank. I must pick up this week's Memphis Flyer- some folks are going to try to live on foodstamps! It's really tough- my family has to terrorize the store folks, hit us(my nuclear family) up for money, end up with school lunches of suspicious providence in their homes,etc. I wish I lived in the land of Tra La La by the sea. *will spend $25 this week on trying to have an OK level of mental health* *although, it's more like $50 when you add in the ticket I got for parking where I always park and most people have always parked without incident*

Did you know that hundreds of thousands of women are trafficked across border lines for forced labor?

People of color: apply to work at etsy.
Also, rich people can pay people to do their work for them!

But if you're a poor child, try to apply for a parent who isn't a cockwaffle so your WIC won't be cut off. Because your nutrition isn't really that important anyway...

Poor skills makes stupidfree, giving me an opportunity to note that reverse classism doesn't exist. Some idiot is like my cleaning lady told me that you can polish silver with a toothbrush! I can see why poor people might resent folks with cleaning ladies(we don't even have a cleaning lady!) waltzing in and trying to tell them about the super special tip she learned(and seriously, who didn't know this superspecial tip?). Not to mention, some poor people use the internet at the library.

But back to my main point: Reverse classism doesn't exist. I know it's sad that people online don't think that your tips from your cleaning lady are wonderful and amazing, bu t the truth is that that is more an issue for you to discuss with your friends or a mental health professional than it is a systematic way that the poor are keeping us down.

There is room for good old whinging and moaning, but not everything rises to the level of oppression. Also, there's a difference between poor and broke. Poor is when anything goes wrong, whether it's a speeding ticket or anything, you're in danger of having your lights cut off, being homeless, your kid going hungry. Broke is when you have a bit of a cushion. You get a speeding ticket? Beg your parents for cash. Higher utility bills than usual? Cut down on the netflix. Holidays coming up? Sell on ebay.

Broke is having options. Poor is not having options. It's in that I think the oppression lies.

I blame the patriarchy for folks 5'4' and 90 pounds thinking they need to lose weight. Either that or serious mental illness. 4' 11' 110- need to gain muscle=me who has an unhealthy compulsion to post my height and weight on the internet. Also, only rich people should have sex. I don't support women's choices to be total classist douchebags.

Etsy designers debate politeness on forums. I was going to participate, but I noticed that someone on etsy has a brand name of youstinksoap so I decided to go and cry about how this person thinks I stink instead.

While I'm on the topic, can you guys buy on my etsy so I can buy new beads? I'm internet poor.