Thank You, Again

 First you gave me Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.

Now Badhaai Do.

Thank you Bollywood.

I genuinely didn't think I'd live to see this day.

Can't wait to be 65

I don't expect to make it past 65.

My entire being finds so much comfort in this.

But if I do.

I am smoking again.

YES!

Love Yourself but Not If You're Fat?

GET OVER FATPHOBIA!

If someone's value is depleted to you simply because they're fat

YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!

Calling someone fat isn't an insult!

YOU'RE JUST AN ASSHOLE!!!

Fat people being sexy is valid and if you use "brave" to compliment them,

YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!

We're SYSTEMATICALLY oppressed!

BMI is antiquated!

I can't tell you to be attracted to a fat individual.

But if you compliment a person to be more attractive only if they were/became thinner,

YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!

Superfluous punctuation was intentional.

Thank you for coming to my TEDShout.

I am Judgmental

I am beginning to hate the word "non-judgmental". 

There's a very insidious undertone to not "judging" someone. Often used against the marginalised to "not judge" them for their "lifestyle", the subtext of this is, people who are disabled, 2SLGBTQIA++, and racial minorities are inherently abnormal. People who practice polyamory (not to be confused with polygyny) and sex workers ought to be included here too. Sure, none of the above mentioned groups of people are common but implying that any of them are abnormal is classist at best and racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist at worst. And no, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism is not simply causing inconveniences to people within these groups. They cause thousands if not tens of thousands of needless deaths around the world. 

Now I'd say, let's judge!

Let's judge the men who think they're better than women.

Let's judge pedophiles who molest children.

Let's judge racist law enforcers trained in exclusionary supremacist systems.

Let's judge murderers who kill transwomen.

Let's judge!