hey old friend, i've been thinking about this a lot - what it look like when knowledge is forced underground. i'm glad you're writing, i'll keep reading! " this is our worst nightmares come true and there's not a way round it, and yes we can do everything we can and everything we've said we believe in and more, and the shock and awe of it is still beyond. it's watching twenty years of friends' data on trans health, trans BIPOC and HIV, trans sexual wellness, get deleted. yes that data is mostly backed up, that's not the point, the point is this is the digital moment of "you don't get to be in the cdc." Knowledge doesn't die just because someone kicks it out of a room, knowledge is eternal, but it sure sends one hell of a message."
Thank you, Leah. I've come back to this post because the part about your grandma and running and passports has stayed with me. I just published a Substack piece with the first line 'when do you know the time has come to pack your bags and flee?'
The piece is about one of the core pillars of this global fascist turn that we're in: hatred and dehumanisation of immigrants. As an immigrant coming from five generations of immigrants, this is all feeling very real right now, even though I have (two) 'good' passports.
Thank you for keeping thinking it and feeling it and saying it -- it helps.
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hey old friend, i've been thinking about this a lot - what it look like when knowledge is forced underground. i'm glad you're writing, i'll keep reading! " this is our worst nightmares come true and there's not a way round it, and yes we can do everything we can and everything we've said we believe in and more, and the shock and awe of it is still beyond. it's watching twenty years of friends' data on trans health, trans BIPOC and HIV, trans sexual wellness, get deleted. yes that data is mostly backed up, that's not the point, the point is this is the digital moment of "you don't get to be in the cdc." Knowledge doesn't die just because someone kicks it out of a room, knowledge is eternal, but it sure sends one hell of a message."
Thank you, Leah. I've come back to this post because the part about your grandma and running and passports has stayed with me. I just published a Substack piece with the first line 'when do you know the time has come to pack your bags and flee?'
https://laurabasu.substack.com/p/can-we-talk-about-immigration-in
The piece is about one of the core pillars of this global fascist turn that we're in: hatred and dehumanisation of immigrants. As an immigrant coming from five generations of immigrants, this is all feeling very real right now, even though I have (two) 'good' passports.
Thank you for keeping thinking it and feeling it and saying it -- it helps.