Amy E. Rhea

@amyerhea.com

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Pronouns: they/them/their 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Wiccan. Wordslinger. Xennial. Queer. Enby. Poly. Kinky. Geeky. Fat. Disabled. Neurodivergent. Spoonie. In short, just a human with some muses and a whole lot of side projects. ✒️

Text reading, "Historians have a words for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is 'Nazi'. Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in doing so, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who care any more what particular knot they used in the binding?" Credit reads: "A. R. Moxon."
Text reading "The Paradox of Tolerance disapperas if you look at tolerance not as a moral standard but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract then they are not covered by it. In other words, the intolerant are not following the rule of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should not be tolerated." Credit reads: "Inspired by 'Tolerance is not a moral precept' by Yonatan Zunger."
Picture of a social media post reading "Girl, the revolution will not have 501(c)3 status."
Photo of Yoda from Star Wars, with text reading, "Make a hotline call, I will. Mandated reporter, I am."
Animation of Marvel's Captain America (played by Chris Evans) saying "You know, the last time I was in Germany, and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing."
Rainbow text reading "Be the Church. Protect the environment. Care for the poor. Forgive often. Reject racism. Right for the powerless. Share earthly and spiritual resources. Embrace diversity. Love God. Enjoy this life."
Social media post reading, "What I mean when I say 'toxic monogamy culture'. The normalization of jealousy as an indicator of love. The idea that a sufficiently intense love is enough to overcome any practical incompatibilities. The idea that you should meet your partner's every need and if you don't you're either inadequate or they're too needy. The idea that commitment is synonymous with exclusivity. The idea that marriage and children are the only valid teleological justifications for being committed to a relationship. The idea that your insecurities are always your partner's responsibility to tip-toe around and never your responsibility to work on. The idea that your value to a partner is directly proportional to the amount of time and energy they spend on you and it is in zero-sum competition with everything else they value in life. The idea that being of value to a partner should always make up a large chunk of how you value yourself."
Text reading: "Things queer culture teaches that straight culture doesn't. You don't have to get married if you don't want to. You don't have to have kids if you don't want to. It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're into someone, do the work and tell them. People will judge and reject you without knowing you. This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one. Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make you feel good first and foremost. Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it. Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not your people and and can fuck off. Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage. Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street. Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to the world. Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention. People who think sex only means a penis in a vagina deserve pity. They don't deserve better sex, just pity. Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after their world fell apart. Just like you did. Community is a safety net from an unfair world. Let it catch you when you need it. Catch others when you can. Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your own, and share it."
Picture of a social media post reading "Girl, the revolution will not have 501(c)3 status."
Text reading “Queer isn’t just a catch-all term. Queer is an intentional, inclusive, radical identifier.”
Photo of the eight-color pride flag with the color symbolism labeled. Pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for art/magic, blue for harmony/serenity, violet for spirit.
Purple background with white letters reading “One day, when they come to take me away, remember that I am a Fat, Queer, Disabled, Kinky Witch. I’m too old and too tired to bother hiding it. I will live free with what time I have, and then I will die as authentically as I lived. So mote it be.”
Rainbow background with white text reading “I’m here. I’m Queer. I will not give up my right to exist just because your assumptions about my life make you feel uncomfortable.”