Posted by 水仙 on May 01, 2023
abilities & skills can get you power, privilege, and capital {financial and social, etc.}, but it can't "get" you love.
AND THAT'S THE END OF TODAY'S MONDAY MOTIVATION!
* transparency / acknowledgment that today's Monday Motivation is literally the opposite of the purpose of a traditional "hustle culture" "Monday Motivation" post. i.e. today's Monday Motivation is: hustling more won't give you real love.
* eternal disclaimer that wikipedia . org is imperfect.
one of wikipedia . org's hugest flaws is that the type of human who has the time to volunteer to edit wikipedia is usually the type to have the privilege of having free time and energy to do unpaid labour.
having time to volunteer = having the free time and energy to do unpaid labour.
impoverished working-class and/or Disabled people rarely have this luxury, especially if they're multiply marginalized in other ways as well { race, gender, etc. } in western/white-majority countries. especially, oftentimes, women / MaGes {marginalized genders}, especially women/MaGe spouses / parents, have even less free time and energy.
doesn't that make sense?
as a result, the english-language version of wikipedia . org is usually biased towards a western / euro/usameriKKKa-centric / liberal{as a negative thing} / pro-capitalism / cis / het / white AND/OR male worldview, especially a white male worldview, and a white bias in general.
thanks for reading my endless additions and parentheticals, etc. my entire point is that i want to be thorough, and i want to teach people that everything is connected. every system of oppression is connected, and part of each other, and feeds into each other.
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