a lot of people are already saying the things I'm feeling but like.... I'm constantly disappointed in this country's unwillingness to vote for a woman. we literally had one of the most qualified women to be president in the running and that was too much for people.

Texas was going to be red regardless but I looked at the county maps for our races and.... my area voted against Ted Cruz but leaned towards voting for Trump??? wtf

usually my county and the ones around it are always blue so this is.... worrying.

just. thank christ I'm moving to a blue state. there's a lot to be afraid of on the federal level but this also means that Texas is going to keep getting away with killing women and minorities and no one's going to give enough of a shit to stop it.

and ofc I worry that being in a blue state won't help against some of the egregious things Trump has promised he'd do but at least it's a little more insulation

I have no idea how insufferable my dad is going to be over this.... but I'm out of here in a week and a half. I just need to keep focusing on packing.

sending you love

thanks ♥️

i'm glad you're getting out, i lived in the south growing up and let me tell you being in a blue state really does feel different even with all the federal shit i'm sure we'll have to face

oh yeah, I can't wait... New Mexico still loves guns but it's blue in every other sense, including legalized weed, and actual protections for LGBTQ+ people in the workplace (yes Texas doesn't have those lol)

I'm looking forward to being somewhere where I can be out without being fearful

in the meantime.... I'm gonna distract the hell out of myself with fun things and I def recommend that everyone else do the same if you can. it's time to be self-indulgent and really go for self-care

ugh the old folks are up REALLY early today, right when I wanted to avoid them lol. yesterday I caught dad's gf watching a video/tiktok that kept talking about Trump, the deep state, and the national emergency broadcast system ..... my old folks are the cracked conspiracy theorist types

ngl when i was visiting california and the election results came up today, i'm like okay can i go back again fja;lkje which i know isn't a helpful mindset

i live in TN so fjalkeje

i'm glad you're moving out of texas though!

sooo relatable rofl
and that's the thing, I know everyone says that blue voters should try to stay in red states to swing the vote, but it's not always safe or healthy for us to stay put.

especially in the red states like Texas and Florida that completely wild out on taking away rights

yeah definitely, it was so nice mentally to like walk around Cali and not like... be constantly viewed as an outsider. like. the people in TN aren't directly mean to mean or anything like that

but there's always that 'what country are you from' and the senator that got reelected this election has made it her entire personality to hate China and i'm like oh okay

like sure criticize China but like...... it's coming from a deep red republican politician

UGH yeah, you know the criticism isn't legitimate, it's just deeply racist instead. that's the literal worst

YEAH... but a week and a half left and you're starting something new! so that's really something i think

despite how bad things are right now

that's one of the reasons I'm not freaking out too much tbh... I'm going somewhere that'll be safer for me, and now I won't be plagued as much every time news comes out about Texas doing some other crazy thing or another

I'm also low on sleep but it's because I stayed up late tagging, it wasn't too much doomscrolling lmao

I'm so sorry, and also echoing the I'm glad you'll be somewhere else soon sentiment

in an ideal world we could do some kind of trade system where we get marginalized people out of red states and send cishet white liberals in

but yeah i mean i think we're going to start seeing an exodus of liberals from red to blue states and i can't blame a single one of them

lmao i will say i've gotten 'okay no but where are you REALLY from' in every single state i've ever lived in, from nc to nyc to cali to seattle

it is just a universal racism that knows no state boundaries

I can hear dad in the other room saying on the phone 'it's a victorious day for all of us' BARF

christ

thank god you're getting out of there

i've never been to new mexico but i hear it's lovely

yeah my old folks are unhinged. I think the only reason my dad doesn't buy MAGA merch is because he's a cheapskate.

it is, I didn't see a whole ton of the city while I was apartment hunting but the weather is great and you can see mountains in the distance! total change from where I live now

I can hear my little sister crying a little in the next room.... fuck. she's stuck here, she doesn't have an income and her efforts to gtfo of Texas have also fallen through

I don't know what to tell her though, I've already encouraged her to get a job and start saving up money 😔