Asexuals were always part of pride and it really fucking shows when people think it’s a recent term.
Although not going by the term “asexual” yet, asexuality was spoken about alongside homosexuality as far back as the 1890s. Asexual history is just as vital to queer history as any other term and I’m so tired of watching us being treated like a new thing
They’re more deserving of the uniform than most generals.
Heroes
Society couldn’t function without them.
Society really couldn’t function without them. Anthropologist Robin Nagel did this fabulous ethnography of NYC sanitation workers called Picking Up where she actually became a sanitation worker herself. In NYC alone, there’s fewer than 10,000 sanitation workers dealing with a daily load of about 11,000 tons of garbage and 2,000 tons of recycling. It’s a more dangerous profession than firefighting or police work (cops and fire aren’t even in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the US), and if the sanitation workers aren’t able to do their jobs, cities become unlivable overnight.
(Also you should read that Robin Nagel book, it’s really fascinating. Even if you don’t live in a city, it’s a great read.)
me teaching my students about the number six in latin: okay guys. so here’s the thing. yes, the word for six in latin is sex and that’s funny, and we’re gonna laugh about it for 30 seconds, but then we’re gonna move on, okay? we’re not gonna keep laughing about it. we can be mature about this.
also me every day of my life: haha six pine trees is sex pinus
