Heather Kelley retweeted
Status should mean this:
You're responsible with it.
You think of how you can better support people on their own grounds, with no strings attached.
You reflect upon your own actions now that you have the experience to back it up.
You don't do harm with your wider reach.
Heather Kelley retweeted
I feel like this might be a good time to talk about the steps I take because I’m *AFRAID* any time I have to travel to an industry event like GDC, PAX, E3, gamescom, etc etc etc.
I have to travel solo a lot and there’s a reason I’m an anxious mess when I get on my flights.
Heather Kelley retweeted
Every year, there are stories about groping, drugging, harassment, and even more stories of countless attempts to create opportunities for assault at games industry events like #GDC23. It's heartbreaking and infuriating that this feels so normalized...
Text SUPPORT to 23368.
Heather Kelley retweeted
any not-in-moscone not-gdc indie hangout things happening this year? I feel so out of the loop with whatever's happening
Heather Kelley retweeted
Often, friends/supporters will tell someone who's being harassed not to "feed the trolls" out of good intention and well meaning wishes for the harassment to end and not escalate.
Here's why that's not helpful.
Heather Kelley retweeted
Music fun fact: The oldest flute is 60,000 years old, while the earliest indications of humans wearing pants date 20,000 years ago, indicating an approx. 40,000-year historical period where we had music, but no pants
Heather Kelley retweeted
Glory & power to the women & girls in Iran who have seized the narrative & become object and subject in a feminist revolution they began & which they propel.
They are heroes, yes. But look at Time magazine (L) impose politeness on their revolution (R). Revolutions are not polite
ALT Three women seen from the back, their arms around each other's backs. The one on the left raised a v sign
ALT Schoolgirls seen from the back, rising their middle fingers
Heather Kelley retweeted
With full, heavy hearts, we share that Shatzi, @peoplesbubbie, died at the age of 92. 💔🕯
An anti-Zionist Jew, lesbian, AIDS nurse, death educator, Shatzi was a source of wisdom and joy for our community.
May her memory be for a revolution, from New York to Palestine.
🧵
Heather Kelley retweeted
The only way to prevent survivors from being incarcerated is abolition. Abolition feminism gives us the politics and practice to do that work. There are steps we can take along the way-non-reformist reforms (thanks @incitenews and @C_Resistance)-but abolition has to be the goal.
Heather Kelley retweeted
People ask me all the time what a non-carceral response to intimate partner violence could look like. The @APTPaction lays it out in this report-concrete, comprehensive, community-based. Must read. static1.squarespace.com/stat…
Heather Kelley retweeted
GAME DEVELOPERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING GAMES ABOUT SEX: SOUND OFF BELOW. I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU.
Heather Kelley retweeted
I'm concerned as we head into winter that most people are unaware/insufficiently informed of how Covid is transmitted, the dangers it poses or how to protect themselves.
Here are some things everyone should know.
A basic overview for you, your friends or family members.
🧵/1
Heather Kelley retweeted
*me, misunderstanding the job description and showing up to work in leather carrying a whip* I thought…you said we were going to be training models…
Heather Kelley retweeted
Theorizing a queer response to covid was abstract until another virus disproportionately impacted queer community. We saw an immediate response, widespread vaccination programming, destigmatization campaigns. This is and always has been community care despite state sanction death
Heather Kelley retweeted
Be skeptical of any research that shows the health risks / benefits of a behavior that can also be correlated to wealth.
Is quinoa good for you? Or do rich people get better healthcare?
Heather Kelley retweeted
The issue w/ “elect 2 Dems for Roe” is it’s not clear that’s the #. We need to count votes.
Filibuster needs 51, but it’s not just Manchin & Sinema holding out.
💥What to do? CALL YOUR DEM SENATOR + ask them to CLEARLY support an abolished or talking filibuster.
Here’s how ⬇️
Heather Kelley retweeted
“We will not let ourselves be burned because this time the fire is ours.”
That line has been seared into my heart and mind ever since I read it.
Claim the fire. Own the fire. Burn down the patriarchy.
The Fire is Ours: A Statement from Ni Una Menos versobooks.com/blogs/3966-th…
Heather Kelley retweeted
The draft decision striking down Roe should refocus everyone's attention on the gubernatorial races in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. They all have GOP legislatures, and GOP gov candidates in all three have vowed to act against abortion:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Heather Kelley retweeted
Students and instructors from @cmuetc invited us over today to play environmental board games. These two games were actually based on Allegheny CleanWays & our cleanups!
Heather Kelley retweeted
There are only a few more days left!!!
Thanks to @Xbox, you can use your Microsoft Rewards points 🪙 to donate to us and support the @GamesHotline!
Check it out! (You might have some unused points 😏)
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All month long, we are being featured in the Xbox Rewards program!
Help support your favorite text-based emotional support hotline for folks who make & play games!
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