I'm not a car person, so I never really paid attention to car makes or models before.

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@alice @DJGummikuh

racism is the water we swim in every single day. when I was 5/6, my liberal gay mother, would take us to eat at a restaurant called Sambo's (1975/6) in Seattle. I saw a post about the chain (2010's) and realized what the deal was. I have had white people casually say the n word, and all the words for black and brown people, to my face my whole life. the only pancake syrup we had in the house was the black slave/servant woman shaped bottle. it's everywhere.

[webhat@infosec.exchange]

@lispi314 @alice I do see it outside of DMs and I report it every time, if they are a mutual I'll generally also call it out in a reply before I block and report

It's horrific the kind of things people say to eachother on here. I don't see all of it, obviously, and I see enough of it that I worry about the stuff that's said out of sight

[toasterson@chaos.social]

@alice There was some research some time ago that Human pattern matching actually works like that. Humans never observe the actual distribution of things. They observe Red Ford Focus. And when they want to see it they see it everywhere.

[kyresti@plush.city]

@alice Yep. It's even worse when you realize that because of how federation works, you *only* get some of the subtle/microaggressive stuff unless you're on an instance with HELLA relays.

At full blast, that shit's the equivalent of the sound of walking by a gigantic wasp nest.

[hearth@plush.city]

@alice This in conjunction with the car-related analogy has made me realize... we actually do experience something along similar lines, though not nearly as severe as harassment

we used to drive a saturn vue, which is not a huge car (by american standards) but also not a small one. but then several years ago we got a toyota prius, and ever since then driving at night has been unbearable
-F

[hearth@plush.city]

@alice this is because many, *many* cars have headlights that shine directly into the rearview mirror of the car in front of them, but only if that car is small enough, a problem we had never encountered before and now can't escape

it makes me wonder, just how much did we contribute to that problem before knowing about it
-F

[jayflo@social.trom.tf]

@alice I have never seen it, BUT, I'm a CISHET old man and I am so sorry that you, or anyone, has to put up with such hate!

[thegreatllama@kolektiva.social]

@coolcalmcollected @alice @DJGummikuh
This was independent from the main chain of Sambo's restaurants, but the date it closed is unreal. I remember this place being there and shaking my head in disbelief.

https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2022/11/02/lincoln-city-restaurant-lil-sambos-is-closing/

[yza@plush.city]

@alice i tell a similar story about coming to terms with being trans. as a white lady it was revelatory. i knew plenty about transphobia already, but it was a whole other thing when you start reflecting how it will directly affect you. every transphobic or cisnormative thing people say sticks out at you. you start making mental notes of how unsafe people around you are. all of this was years before the media started paying attention to us - the constant demonization kind of attention

[yza@plush.city]

@alice something very valuable i took from the experience was this: this is how bigotry works; not in every way of course. all forms have their unique dynamics

it made me aware how invisible bigotry is to those it doesn't affect. it taught me how harmful apathy from 'well meaning' people is. it taught me how important it is to proactively make spaces safe for marginalized people

and i trusted all my trans siblings would learn this too

[yza@plush.city]

@alice it so deeply disapponted me when i came to realize so many of my fellow white trans people instead responded to becoming aware they were marginalize with "oh dear. there must be some sort of mistake. i was promised he benefits of white privilege. this needs to be corrected", going on to advocate only for their own liberation

it's not enough to be exposed to the hidden dynamics of oppression. we all must make the work to learn it, to live for the liberation of all. solidarity forever

[echtenachtraaf@mastodon.social]

@alice damn this post took a turn, I was ready with the "hocus pocus there's pizza on yer Focus" but now I'm just outraged instead

Edit for those who would still like a little laugh after this very important post - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=L1WAOByxzYA

[libramoon@mastodon.social]

@alice @DJGummikuh

https://om2317.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/destinations/

[amenonsen@flipping.rocks]

@alice

«It's the guy who was "just joking" about your skirt length»

I keep thinking that I can't be surprised any more by the kinds of things people here might say "You wouldn't believe how often… " about, and I still manage to be surprised nearly every day. (Other recent examples: "You remind me of this one Asian woman I had an affair with", a VP or HR saying "I hired an oriental once", etc.)

[Guest]

@alice That moment when a whole world suddenly opens up to you that you have never perceived before, only to realise that it has always been there and has always affected other people's lives profoundly on a daily basis. It's an eery feeling. It's disturbing–albeit eye-opening– to find out how narrow-minded and ignorant I was about something very real and very important. I wish that experience upon everyone.

[missgayle@urbanists.social]

@lispi314 @alice

Screenshots are a thing. No one who DMs any "advice" to kill myself or other shit to me is going to stay invisible, that's a promise. I am big into name and shame.