Leah Goodridge
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Tenants’ rights lawyer | Writer | My page is a love letter to tenants | I ✍🏾 about housing rights | Bylines: @usatoday @teenvogue @theappeal | My views
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Unhoused people are under attack across the U.S.
Several states are enacting a wave of laws that criminalize homelessness. But carceral approaches to homelessness don’t work.
My latest for
@theappeal
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The marketing campaign against remote work is truly relentless.
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Have you ever watched something and it took you a while to process?
I did. And it’s this.
Where the Kendall Roys live.
I’m speechless.
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Sometimes when I’m in Dumbo or parts of Manhattan, I look up and see chairs on a rooftop patio and wonder how those condos look inside.
I wasn’t ready….
The stove. The wallpaper. The Italian balcony in Brooklyn. The outdoor shower??? Viewing this was an experience
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Earlier this week, NYPD arrested Jazz Ajilo, a beloved subway musician. New Yorkers were outraged.
In response, Mayor Adams said the subway is out of control and he was elected to fix it. It’s “not the place for disorder.”
So…here’s a thread of that…“disorder”.🧵
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I know that's right!
If I snagged a rent-stabilized apt 30 yrs ago for $250 and was then able to live my dream as a writer and photographer because I'm paying affordable rent, I'd be standing tall in front page news too.
I don't know her but I'm cheering her on.
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I want to talk about a practice that should be unlawful but isn’t:
companies and institutions demanding unpaid labor during the job interview process.
THREAD.
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Ooh, this is a good topic.
The “sound” of gentrification.
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Black women if you’re reading this, here’s what I learned that I wish someone told me when I started the workforce:
Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey, vice president of Student Affairs at Lincoln University-Missouri, reportedly died by suicide from “bullying and severe mistreatment” in her role
University President John Moseley is now facing calls to resign
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So let’s talk about how people play in black women’s faces in the workplace, how to spot it and what to do about it 🧵
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Wait. Everybody stop!
A building in Iowa collapsed yesterday evening—a year and a half after tenants had lodged complaints about the structure and safety.
Right now, families of the tenants are outside begging police to search for their relatives before demolishing the bldg
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“I am my parent’s retirement plan.”
I want to put words to a part of the housing crisis I see playing out:
Many of our parents + grandparents weren’t able to get jobs w/ traditional retirement plans (due to discrimination) and as such, rely on their children for housing/care.
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This is Alice Tan Ridley singing Midnight Train to Georgia.
You see the utter shock on people’s faces as they listen to her voice? It’s magical.
Oh, and she’s also the mother of famous actress Gabourey Sidibe.
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Let me break this down for you:
The Supreme Court is weighing criminalizing homelessness—that means if you’re sleeping outside, you will be arrested.
Approx. 40% of homeless people in the U.S. are Black.
This is not just about housing—this is the prison industrial complex too.
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Oh shit.
Council members and tenants just burnished the stage to demand a rent decrease!
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There’s been a massive apartment building fire in Atlanta.
Two tenants are now going viral because authorities + media are blaming them—
and as someone who has litigated many apt fire cases, I want you to know why that narrative is dangerous and premature….
FIRE AFTERMATH DRONE VIDEO:
@ATLFireRescue
are battling hot spots at the scene of a massive overnight fire that destroyed a huge portion of the Reserve at LaVista Walk Apartments in Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks to swift action by firefighters there were no fatalities.
@FOX5Atlanta
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Hello,
A Virginia lawmaker is proposing a commission to study how universities take over Black neighborhoods and decimate them.
They’re also asking for the displaced families from those Black neighborhoods to get reparations.
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Something I wish all tenants knew:
The landlord’s employees are NOT your friends.
Too many times a tenant is completely shocked that the super or building manager appears to testify against them in an eviction case—same one they been chatting up for years.
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Well well well…
In a rare move, the city of Binghamton (NY) has BANNED a landlord from owning or managing property there for the next 15 years. And then SEIZED 26 of his properties.
Why?
Code violations (aka being a slumlord). This needs to be universal.
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To my fellow nonprofit folks:
$1 MILLION prize if you can make it through without laughing 🤭😆
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So I’m eating dinner in Manhattan tonight and turn to my right and see a glimpse of a puppy.
Then I look a little closer and…
THAT AIN’T NO DAMN PUPPY!!!
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BIG NEWS:
Delta has introduced a design that will allow disabled passengers to remain in their wheelchairs onboard.
This is significant because in 2022 alone, airlines in the U.S. mishandled 11,389 wheelchairs.
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It’s one thing to know pickpocketing happens….it’s another to see w/ a birds eye view how it actually goes down.
Wowww. The coordination and acting of it all
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Subway musicians have been a staple of NYC culture for as long as I can remember.
Hands off them!
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Jalib Johnson singing “This is a Man’s World”.
All he has here is his guitar and his voice—but man…an entire subway is filled with beauty by both.
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The infamous Danny “Geechee Dan” Small singing My Girl.
The soul that leaves that man’s body…
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“A man killed a 6 year old Muslim boy in Chicago in anti-Palestine rage.”
*A man.*
Pretty much every headline I’ve seen, they’re really going out of their way to avoid saying that L word.
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Last week, a 29-year old trans woman died by gunfire as she was being evicted in Seattle.
Yesterday, a deputy shot a 35-year old tenant as he was evicting her in Philadelphia.
I need for us to understand now more than ever: EVICTIONS ARE VIOLENT.
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You know what…
I read somewhere that Chicago people don’t really leave Chicago (in comparison to other big cities).
And I been watching a lot of these Chicago house/apt tour videos and…I think I know why🫠
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Did y’all hear?
NYC landlords aren’t renting out their rent stabilized apartments.
They’re against rent stabilization + claim regulated rent stifles their profits—so they’re “protesting” by letting apts sit empty than rent them out.
13,000 of them. In a housing crisis.
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AMAZING news:
All foster kids in California can now attend any state university or community college for free!
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We need to talk about how after years of Black people challenging police brutality in America…
We end up with Black mayors across the country who unabashedly protect that system.
That isn’t a coincidence. In this essay, I will—
Cherelle Parker will be Philadelphia’s first woman mayor — a victory signaling a likely shift toward tough-on-crime policies. She has pledged to hire hundreds of cops, and embraces the stop-and-frisk police tactic.
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Wow.
After reading this article, I’m genuinely wondering what the hell goes on at Target, Home Depot and other big retailers.
Janikka Perry was 38.
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Put that damn cape down!
If there’s a problem, ask yourself “is this my actual job or is it someone else’s job to do?“
People LOVE to come to us to help solve their problems. But ask yourself: am I getting credit for this? A pay bump? (The answer is almost always no).
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Whenever there’s a massive fire that spreads quickly and damages a large building, the first question should always be:
How was the fire able to spread so quickly?
And in many cases, it’s because the building was not up to code.
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Too Many Zooz at 3:33 AM bringing a Brooklyn subway station alive!!!
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Serious question:
What profession do you think people are in to afford these apartments?
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This my favorite person to root for on Tiktok. She has all these colorist haters who flood the comments with “can you really be that beautiful, must be a filter” and she wins every time. Every time. Lol.
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I checked this building and LO AND BEHOLD, tenants have been complaining about it for years.
Not only that, the management company actively denies many of these complaints in reviews no matter how much evidence tenants post. And threatens eviction.
See for yourself….
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Instead of paying a consultant or having their own employees do this, companies ask job candidates (many of whom just want the position).
This is unpaid labor.
This is an abusive practice.
This is beyond a bad Glassdoor review—this needs to be made unlawful.
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I’m getting real tired of these “carve up a one bedroom into 2/3/4 and charge more” shenanigans. Y’all see it too right???
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NY has had rent stabilization for over 50 yrs.
And now a group of landlords are challenging it in court in a case that very well may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
NYC is already unaffordable—avg Manhattan rent is over $5K. To lose rent stabilization means losing everything.
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In the middle of a pandemic…
When NYC unemployment nearly doubles the national average…
When median Manhattan rent is $4K..
The Rent Guidelines Board decided tonight to increase rent at its highest in nearly a decade. NYC tenants: I wanna let you know who fought for you…🧵
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29 years old.
Trans woman.
Paid on time until 2020.
Economic hardship due to pandemic.
Dead.
This is what we mean when we say evictions are violent.
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And let’s be clear, most families expect *daughters* to take care of their parents, not sons.
That means women have to deal w/ sexism in the workplace—not being paid enough, fighting for a promotion, balancing child care and work…then financially taking care of their parents.
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Are people coming to you to ask your opinion on the “office racist incident of the day” or sexist John down the hall?
Stop.
Stop doing shadow work—cultivating the organizational culture and giving people assessments of equity issues. It’s emotional labor. FREE emotional labor.
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In sum,
Take vacation days.
Take personal days.
Never miss a doctor’s appt.
Do not be anyone’s emotional dumping ground.
NO shadow work—NO they cannot call or text you to get your “feedback” on what happened every day.
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Bedstuy lost 22K black residents while it gained 30K white residents.
Chinatowns built nearly 100 years ago across the nation are being decimated.
In NYC, Latinx residents are most likely to be threatened with eviction.
As promised,🧵on racialized displacement in NYC
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If you don’t hear anything I have to say hear this:
BUILDING UP OTHER PEOPLE IS NOT A FORM OF DEVELOPING YOURSELF!
Nb ppl love to make Black women the office bff, the gone w the wind supporting character. And society teaches us to see it as we are “mentoring/helping” peers. 🛑
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Generational wealth as a concept is thought to spread out for future generations. But when you’re taking care of the generation before you and your children, that money spreads thin.
That six figure salary isn’t the same as someone who doesn’t have those responsibilities.
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Ok so here’s one (she gave me the ok to post).
Their ask.
Her response.
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This wasn’t some random attack on the street.
This wasn’t by a stranger.
Sanitizing the narrative down to “man kills boy” removes the relationship + power dynamic that was already there which provided access and fear of what could happen to the family if they refused access.
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Colorism is prevalent in the workplace but there often isn’t enough data about it.
That’s changing.
Recently Catalyst published a study which found that women with darker skin tones are more likely to experience racism in the workplace compared to women with lighter skin tones
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“Some renters may savor the convenience of smart home technologies like keyless entry and doorbell cameras.
But tech companies are increasingly selling these solutions to landlords for a more nefarious purpose: spying on tenants in order to evict them or raise their rent.”
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I posted this on my LinkedIn and people starting commenting their receipts + screenshots of how it happened to them…
Company asked candidates for a MARKETING PLAN, didn’t hire this guy but later used his plan
Foundation nonprofit asked candidate for 90-day strategic plan
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Y’all, when I asked to hear some of the questions it became VERY clear that these specific, detailed “hypotheticals” were real.
My friend is brilliant. Has a very innovative mind.
They basically were getting creative ideas and strategy…without having to pay for it.
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Excuse me?
Y’all remember a few months ago when I posted about tiny homes? And how Atlanta was building the first Black owned tiny home village?
Well the avg U.S. tiny house is about $40k but the tiny homes in this village are starting at $190k. I’m done w tiny homes.😒
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I watch a lot of apt/house tours.
One thing that’s become readily apparent to me is that just because someone has money, don’t mean they have taste. A lot of the million+ dollar homes are bland, sterile, boring, cookie cutter.
This caught my eye: she is TALENTED. The decor?👌🏾
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My fellow interior decor fans….
We have a new apartment to stan.
And it’s in Brooklyn😍
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And once you’ve learned you have an opp, absolutely do NOT waste time and energy giving a million chances and trying to talk it out.
“Frenemies” concept does not exist for Black women—ppl literally want to destroy our character. An opp is always an opp. Move accordingly.
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Am I the only one who is really into home decor?
The apartment glo up is my favorite trend on Tiktok lol. Here are my favorite ones that truly made me think about creativity, art and space…
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Now you have a generation who is trying to buy their first house while also taking care of their parents—and for many, they can’t do both.
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Being your colleague’s emotional support venting system while you have not been your own—don’t do it.
Tell them you’re busy. You develop you.
Like in society, ppl will suck up your energy Monday and play Ms Millie Tuesday and refuse to even acknowledge your existence.
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I’ve been a tenants’ rights attorney for over a decade and I want to shed some light on what happens to people when they’re facing eviction.
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This happens a few ways:
Scenario 1: you’ve already had one interview, then they send written questions for you to answer. The questions include comprehensive scenarios like “how would you market ABC product with our budget?”
Scenario 2: they ask during the actual interview
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I have to be honest…I don’t know that many Black women who haven’t had a mental breakdown over work.
If I had to tell my younger self anything, it would be to take care of myself and to burn the professional cape.
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For example, many women in my family worked as maids for years.
There was no 401k retirement plan.
And even if there was, they barely made enough to make ends meet. So many have this story—and when their children secure jobs with much higher salaries, buy their first house…
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It shouldn’t happen at all.
I’m particularly worried about during a shaky economy…
Companies/orgs know more candidates will be more willing to do these arduous tasks of unpaid labor because they need the job.
Anyhow, thanks for coming to my angry Ted Talk.
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I genuinely wonder if people who live like this find the spaces inviting…empowering?
Because it’s pretty terrifying to me
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It’s unsustainable.
But housing parents—whether it’s in your home or a nursing home—is an issue that deserves more attention b/c it most definitely affects YOUR ability to buy a house.
Let’s also address when parents have a house + hold it hostage unless you take care of them
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One place asked a candidate to conduct a whole TRAINING. With his own resources.
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Because if you stay quiet…then that’s it. You lose anyway. But if you speak up, it’s:
She’s a diva
She’s extra
She’s a b*tch
She’s aggressive
If you look closely…all of these are saying the same thing: “she’s an uppity n— ”.
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I have a friend who made it to round 3 at an intl NGO. I called: hey, wanna hang out this weekend?
“No, I gotta finish these 20 questions for this job. They said it takes at least 2 days.”
2 days?! What kinda questions?
“Scenarios like what would I do/how would I handle?”
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I’ll end by saying whenever we ask the question “why aren’t millennials/genX buying homes,” THIS is a silent factor.
I know so many people whose lives are on hold over this.
And it shows up in my work a lot b/c the ppl who fight the hardest at the housing protests are seniors.
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Someone after my interior decor heart....the apartment is cute too🥺
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I hate this feeling.
I get it every winter when there’s a snowstorm and every summer when it’s record heat.
And I have it today during the worst record air quality for NYC in history. It’s the “what’s being done to protect homeless people living outside?” and knowing the answer
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I haven’t invested 15k into my rental. But I will say the pandemic changed my perception of my home space. So when she says:
“So many people see renting as this temporary solution they have to struggle through in order to get to the promised land of homeownership”
…I get it
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I’m gonna tell you a secret about New Yorkers that most people outside of NY wouldn’t know:
We rarely leave whatever borough we live in (except for work).
If you live in Queens, it’s not like you’re gonna party hop in Bronx. You’ll just be in Queens. Amirite?!!
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“Well if NYC housing is too expensive, why don’t they just move?”
They do! To FL. TX. NC. GA. ++
And now those places are becoming unaffordable too. When it’s all said and done, where will any of us—who’s not the 1%—live?
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I want to talk about the racist co-opting by developers of civil rights language to denigrate and describe local residents who challenge big real estate.
Quick THREAD on so called “NIMBYism”🧵
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@IanMacAllen
I thought that was what it would be about as the end goal but no. It’s ride or die back to the office people lol. To each their own but I’m not advocating for 5 hour commute.
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NYC tenants, you know I love y’all right?!
Was thinking about you so compiled this list of “things you should know” for rent stabilized NYC tenants: 🧵
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I think it’s very instructive to look at neighborhoods which underwent gentrification 20+ yrs ago and see what residents were saying back then.
Here are residents of Park Slope, Bklyn in the 1980s. Everything they’re saying is true.
Vid credit:
@DrinkSolaPop
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It was labeled as a “personality conflict”. Why?
When black women defend ourselves (out of necessity b/c often no one else will), we’re labeled as aggressive + people see it as an even fight.
Also, decisionmakers don’t want to hold the bad actor accountable
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Y’all the dog and I were looking at each other like YOU SEE THIS TOO?!
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And lastly I want to make it clear, the changes really need to be institutional by the places that hire us.
But I was moved to write this thread because I receive tons of messages every week from Black women on the brink of giving up (they reach out b/c I write about it).
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The Atlantic article that is the subject of this TikTok is here:
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The whole selling point of tiny homes was that they’re low priced—and that accounts for their small square footage.
But if tiny homes start selling at $200k, where will that leave traditional sized houses?
Throw it all away. I can’t…
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“You won’t inherit this house unless you do xyz” and the xyz is caretaking and financial support which is difficult to do when you’re trying to raise your own family. (AGAIN, this largely affects women).
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(And let’s not even get started on how this plays out with toxic or abusive parents. You know many people grew up with the mentality that it didn’t matter if the parent was satan himself, that you still had to take care of them. Well many are not abiding by that today).
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A reflection of our wacky real estate market:
Actual New Yorkers in the comments to this Tiktok: “Only $1.6 mil for TWO terraces in Brooklyn?! Not bad!”
😩
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It is really important to disrupt the narrative. People play in black women’s faces often because…others see it as entertainment, good office drama.
This is anti-blackness. This is misogynoir.
So disrupt by making it clear this isn’t ok.
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Sister knows the real deal.
The fact that scammers are out here purposely calling you to let you talk so they can use your voice for AI is unfortunately the new swindle…
My sister called me and taught me a family catch phrase in case someone was to call pretending to be her using AI.
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It looks like:
Humiliation (there’s a crowd)
Denigration
Gaslighting or flat out lying on her.
It’s done overtly or passive aggressively. And the goal here is…
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“But wait, the way you spoke to her was disrespectful.”
“The fact that you said this to her in front of other people/ copying multiple people took it to another level-what was the point of that?”
“Do you think you could have had a better approach here? If so, how?”
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