#and isn’t quite one of those capital V vegetarians but is very close
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#how did I manage to get stuck with a roommate who is like respectability politics progressive?#it seems like the only people at this school who don’t prioritize respectability over actual social change are the students#who respectability politics has deemed not respectable enough#which makes sense why those people know it’s bullshit but this college is supposed to encourage critical thinking!#I guess I hoped that there would be some other people who realize respectability politics is bullshit#but like. this is a school full of rich white kids#and yes my family is well off but there’s a difference between the level of wealth my parents have and how rich these kids are#like. so many private school kids. so many boarding school kids.#like you see the numbers but it doesn’t really hit you until you experience it#and then there’s the few working class kids here on scholarships because there’s no way to afford this college otherwise#but just. why did I have to get stuck with a roommate who participates in respectability politics#and isn’t quite one of those capital V vegetarians but is very close#and is also just. I don’t know. nice but not kind#like I’m not saying you have to participate in activism or whatever but if you disagree with it because it’s disruptive or with graffiti#because it means an underpaid worker is going to have to clean it up and don’t think that maybe the real issue is that the worker#is underpaid?#then I’m not going to get along with you very well#and like it’s cool that we’re both Jewish but she is very much ‘reconstructionist is better because it had a more progressive history’#and that gets tiring so fast especially when she disagrees with the actual actions towards social change happening around her right now!!#also she eats so much granola and never vacuums#and if we’re heading out together she will not actually leave with me because she will take the stairs and I need the elevator#even if we were having a conversation!#and me talking about inaccessibility irritates her because I guess I talk about it too much or she just won’t listen to me if she decides#she isn’t interested. no matter the topic! and like if you told me that you weren’t going to be able to listen sure! but if I’ve been#talking to you and look back to see you have just completely started ignoring me? she preaches respectability politics but isn’t polite!#i engage in her conversations even if I don’t really care because that’s how you make interpersonal connections#and I’m trying to share my interests with her but she just truly doesn’t care about me#and it’s just so frustrating because it’s like my parents all over again where I’m trying to connect and care about someone and have them#care about me and I’m just continuously hit with rejection#and like I would love to be open about this but it’s just so much and I don’t have the emotional energy to try to fix everything
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