The dress is resistance. Joy is resistance. Yes all this shit is awful and happening but if we’re not also doing things to support others and bring up people who are being marginalized and scapegoated, then the oppressors are winning.

I agree it’s fucking stupid to fight about it, and yes, it’s a distraction, but that doesn’t take away from the real pain that people are feeling that is caused by these distraction tactics.

Two things can co-exist, and everything is related.