hexbee [she/her]

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Cake day: November 13th, 2024

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  • hexbee [she/her]toem_pocEM POC WEEKLY THREAD 11/11/2024
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    26 minutes ago

    Yeah this is very real. I've met many eastern europeans in the ukkk who are very quick to use their whiteness to figuratively climb on top of the brown people around them. Or if there's no systemic fuckery going on, they're still happy to just say slurs to feel superior or something. I actually reached a stage where I promised myself I'm only making friends with other immigrants who I can gossip about brits with from this point on, which worked out great for me tbh.

    As for eastern europeans in their own countries... yea, it's so shit. Great replacement nationalism galore.

    Personally I find this comm a breath of fresh air online; even when I take breaks from hexbear as a whole I still check this mega every few days


  • hexbee [she/her]toem_pocEM POC WEEKLY THREAD 11/11/2024
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    45 minutes ago

    Thanks! Although I was talking more rhetorically, since I'm disabled and couldn't possibly work a job. Not that that will stop the DWP from trying... Glad your family member was able to find somewhere good!

    In terms of racism, I'm glad you haven't encountered too much trouble, but I do find that quite surprising. Maybe it really depends on where in england you are as well.

    When I was a kid I lived in a racial enclave of white brits in the countryside for a good few years, where I was 1 of maybe 3 ethnic minority people in the whole village. I have many unpleasant memories from that time, including a dude I didn't know who asked for my name, and then started following me home because he was 100% sure that I was making it up for the sole purpose of fucking with him. Similarly, I know someone from SEA who went to uni in a beach town in the south, and they were assaulted on the street at one point by a stranger, amongst a slew of other perhaps less intense hate crimes (intense enough to fuck up their mental health tho). My partner has also been ejected from a company they worked at after standing up to a white woman who was harassing them. Not to mention the terf island of it all... Not a big fan of this place overall, always thinking of escape plans.





  • hexbee [she/her]toem_pocEM POC WEEKLY THREAD 11/11/2024
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    7 hours ago

    If I'm getting the sidebar right, then I think it would be different if I was living in my own country, but I'm in england and english people really don't need much prompting to start acting like chuds. I definitely don't get shit for my looks (unless it's about me being trans) like a lot of people in this mega would, which is obv a huge privilege. But the moment I need to introduce myself with my name I can see the xenophobe gears turning in most ppl here >.> Finding a job sucks for the same reason













  • hexbee [she/her]toem_pocEM POC WEEKLY THREAD 11/11/2024
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    22 hours ago

    It sounds like what you and your partner have is really beautiful, I'm so sorry about everything you've gone through.

    cuddle

    My partner and I reached this point once before, we broke up and lived separately for a while. I'm so so thankful that we made our way back to each other and now our relationship is stronger than ever. I hope you make it through this time as unscathed as possible, and live long enough to know happiness again. Much love comrade.


  • hexbee [she/her]toem_pocEM POC WEEKLY THREAD 11/11/2024
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    23 hours ago

    That sounds great, I'd appreciate any recs if you don't mind sharing!

    My partner has been nudging me to read "Repairing Play: A Black Phenomenology" by Aaron Trammell for a while, I should really get to it.