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:

Sometimes I feel like I might hate Elon Musk more than anyone else (though, I know that’s not true). This shit makes me see red: The 10 Richest People’s Wealth Increased by $64 Billion the Day After Trump Win.

This is horrifying, but not unexpected: “All LGBTQ+ content will be regarded as pornography. This is already the pernicious lie being used to ban books all over the nation. First Amendment rights will not apply, meaning we will no longer have freedom of speech to protect us.”

This story about Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Abu Seif, a 91-year-old Palestinian who survived the 1948 Nakba and is now surviving the genocide is incredibly sad and infuriating. How much trauma can one person live through?

Fuck this: UN Removes Pro-Palestine Art From Public Quilt Exhibition.