Trump’s vision of “greatness” isn’t about lifting people up—it’s about cheap labour, weakened rights, and nostalgic exploitation. It’s not the golden age. It’s the Gilded Age, reheated and rebranded.

Calling yourself an ally doesn’t guarantee you a spot on the ship. Allyship is earned through action—not comfort, not compliments. And if you fall off? Swim back and keep doing the work.

Rebranding DEI to make it more palatable won’t dismantle white supremacy—it just reinforces it. The problem isn’t the words. It’s how quickly we abandon them when things get uncomfortable.

The term Two-Spirit was created by Indigenous people in 1990 as a way to honour and reclaim gender-diverse identities rooted in pre-colonial traditions. If your idea of liberation excludes them, it’s not liberation at all.

When someone made a hurtful comment about a friend’s mobility device, I froze. But my friend Patty didn’t. She stirred in the lesson from a video I’d made—and chose to give that friend their agency.

True allyship means showing up for everyone—not just those who look or live like us. Intersectionality reminds us that liberation isn’t one-size-fits-all, and real solidarity leaves no one behind.

You can be kind, well-intentioned, and still get it wrong. That doesn’t erase your goodness—it reveals your capacity to grow. Even heroes like Mr. Rogers had blind spots. What matters is listening, learning, and evolving.