i am sick
of photosets and
cute graphics
and drawn-out lists
of "empowering,"
vaguely patronizing
advice. i have the
right not to be
positive, not to
look on the bright
side of
life.
optimism is a driver
of the status quo.
it tells us to be
content
with what
we're given, and
not to bother being
angry
with what we can't
have.

go ahead. be
angry. angry is
good; angry is
resistance,
angry is we
will not stand for
this, angry is
the only thing that
has ever changed the
world. your primary
school teachers will
tell you
to always look
on the bright
side of
life
in the same
breath that your history
books omit
that the only way things
have ever changed
is when people
(brave
people, cowardly
people, quiet
heroes and the
heralds of the revolution)
have gotten
angry.

no one
will ever
give us what we
deserve.

there's no
bright side to
look for. there's only
go ahead,
get angry.
and take it yourself.