This week's Rage & Softness

here’s what made me rage and what kept me soft this past week

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Without further ado, here’s what made me rage and what kept me soft this week:

Rage:

Reading:

I am of course reading and hearing about the devastating fires in LA. It’s all heartbreaking. Land back is the only way forward.

I continue to be appalled by the inability for wealthy people to “read the room.” Mandy Moore posting a GoFundMe for her in-laws (when she could pay it herself), Jamie Lee Curtis, who pledged $1 million to fire relief, which is great, but said: “the entire Pacific Palisades looks like, unfortunately, Gaza, or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened.” Then there were the Kardashian’s asking for people to donate to GoFundMe’s that they themselves could completely fund. Part of this coverage is the media’s fault—the fact that we’re seeing news about celebrities more often than working class people who lost everything. You know we live in hell when a rich asshole posts about a “winter sale” for their mediocre clothing brand. I also saw a video of Ramona Singer, Real Housewives of New York City alum brag about living in Florida, which… yikes on so many levels. All of this is enraging me—the way white people have treated the earth, the way rich people exist, all of it.

I am also still angry with grief over Gaza. According to Truthout, “Gaza’s Population Has Plunged at Least 6 Percent in 15 Months of Genocide,” which is just so catastrophic.

This is sick: Louisiana’s Governor-Elect Wants To Withhold Funds For New Orleans’ Decaying Water Infrastructure Until Women Who Seek Abortions Are Prosecuted.