My name is Devin Lowe. I'm a 23 year old, pansexual, Jamaican man of transgender experience. Originally from Houston, Texas. Now living in New York. Here you'll find posts on LGBTQ issues, racism, sexism, intersectional feminism, and political agendas, along with some photographs of fine ass men & women of color, and various displays of classical and modern art sprinkled in the mix. Oh, and some funny shit, too. Get a look at what sparks my intrest.
Can we PLEASE remove the stigma for blue collar work in America?
“You don’t wanna be a garbage collector when you grow up, do you?”
$34,000 a year, no college needed?
God forbid you take an honest job $7,000 above Michigan’s average cost of living line.
“You don’t wanna be a ditch digger.”
Bitch, I was making $15 an hour, post tax, doing exactly that, the fuck is wrong with it? (Other than it was physically exhausting.)
We need to help America, as a whole, understand that college is not, and should not be he only option, and that there is NO SHAME in trade school or even getting a career right out of high school.
I, personally, know plumbers making $80,000+ a year. Better than most 4 year degree workers.
We need plumbers, janitors, truck-drivers, garbage collectors, machinists, to keep this nation running smoothly. And they deserve respect for what they do.
Miss me with your classist bullshit.
7 years ago with 234,051 notes
Every human being inherently deserves safe food, clean water, and adequate medical care.
The greatest moral failure of capitalism is that it turned these necessities into commodities.
The greatest moral failure of capitalists is finding ways to justify withholding what we need to live while it is in abundance for the sake of profit.
So… whose going to absorb the cost of producing these items? Cuz unless you’re doing the labor to obtain everything yourself, someone else is paying or laboring to provide at a deficit to themselves.
That’s the amazing thing about capitalism is that you have the power to earn what you want and need and then GIVE what you want to others who don’t have. No one has an issue with giving to the needy but it needs to come from a personal choice and not just the government taking what you make and distributing it in really poor Ways.
“Personal choice”
Relying on “personal choice” donations and cutting all government assistance would literally murder children.
7 years ago with 35,719 notes
“A candle for Sandra Bland and all the other Queens that didn’t make it home…”
7 years ago with 28,505 notes
If you’re a Non-Muslim and you see a Muslim praying in public, could you please not pass in front of them?
Go behind them, but not in front. 👍
Oh, signal boost! I didn’t know this.
Okay, but also: if you see a Muslim praying in public and they have something in front of them, like a purse or a bag or something like that, you can pass in front of them, but pass in front of that object.
it’s called a sutrah, and it’s meant to act as a physical barrier between the person praying and someone who might happen to pass in front.
Also, if you did this and didn’t know, please don’t beat yourself up over it. Now you know! Muslims aren’t supposed to pass in front of Muslims praying, either, because prayer is communication with God and you don’t want to break that connection.
Spread culture, respect customs, be good people. Simple as that.
7 years ago with 836,641 notes
terrifying your own child into submission makes you an abuser.
watching your child cry and screaming at them to stop and invalidating their pain and reasons for crying makes you an abuser.
staring at your child in disgust and contempt after they displease you makes you an abuser.
threatening to your child to take away their basic resources if they don’t give you exactly what you want makes you an abuser.
forcing your child to feel ashamed for not living up to your ideals makes you an abuser.
using slurs, hateful names and insults on your own child without any regard to what it does to their mental health makes you an abuser.
forcing your child to chase impossible expectations and making them feel like they’re worthless for not achieving them makes you an abuser.
acting like your child is a burden and a waste of space and blaming their illness/disability/depression on it makes you an abuser.
behaving like your child will never amount to anything and isn’t worth any resources and nurturing makes you an abuser.
making your child feel like they’re never good enough makes you an abuser.
if your child’s heart is hurting because they know no matter what they do and how hard they try they will always be a failure in your eyes, you are an abuser.
if your child can’t look at themselves without self hatred because they had to look at themselves from your perspective and all they saw is disgust and hatred, you’re an abuser.
If your child is struggling to believe they have the right to live and to be cared and loved, if they can’t stop hearing your hateful voice putting them down and using their every action to prove they’re worthless, you’re an abuser.
If you watched your child in pain and ensured them they deserved it, you’re an abuser.
If your child can’t love themselves from how badly you hated them, you’re an abuser.
7 years ago with 112,362 notes
