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And it takes unreasonable expectations, the seeds of progress.

Thus, every time someone asks me, greets my bellicose display of unreasonable expectations with, the exceedingly un-progressive question, “What do you expect?” I will answer the same as I always do: I expect more.

Of course the Republican Party is racist. What do you expect?

I expect more.

Of course lots of male bloggers are misogynists. What do you expect?

I expect more.

Of course some television show is homophobic. What do you expect?

I expect more.

Of course some feminists are transphobic. What do you expect?

I expect more.

Of course there are ablest jokes in sitcoms. What do you expect?

I expect more.

Of course there are fat-hating jokes in advertisements. What do you expect?

I expect more.

You can’t expect people to mess with iconic cultural images just to give a nod to diversity. It will upset people.

The fuck I can’t. I expect more.

I’m not ironically detached, I’m not apathetic, I’m not resigned, and I’m not contemptuous of bleeding hearts. I am a greedy bitch with voracious expectations, and I dream long and lustfully of a better world that is both my muse and objective. I want it like the cracked earth of the desert wants rain, and I will neither apologize for nor amend my desire because of its remove from the here and now; its distance encourages my reach.

Don’t bother asking me what I expect.

You already know the answer.

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Shakesville: More (via clingtomymouth)

THANK YOU. because i am so fucking tired of being interrupted mid-rant (which is usually about how people of color/women of color get the fucking tiny-ass end of WHATEVER/WHICHEVER stick) with some variation of “well what do you expect, that’s the way things are.” no that’ NOT the way things FUCKING ARE, that’s the way they’ve BECOME and FUCK YOU for EVER suggesting that i should become USED TO being marginalized, murdered, made invisible, etc. WHY should i. for WHAT reason. and why are YOU so invested in making me used to it? 

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