Ramblings of a Starbeam

  I love the idea of manifesting money. I follow all these gurus who say just manifest money and get your vibe in alignment. As soon as your in alignment, BOOM, you’ll have everything you want. That’s a super nice ideal, but what about the thousands of migrants who die every year trying to get to the United States? Or the single mother busting ass to make a dime to support her family. Is she not vibing right, not working hard enough? I love the spiritual community. I follow and engage with it. However, there are some deep inequities that are not addressed. If you are able to manifest to have your needs met, you are PRIVILEGED. There are thousands starving throughout the world. They are so focused on food. There are addicts praying to find a way to get clean, as they slip into another high. It’s great to get your vibration right to manifest money and shit. But that’s a fucking privilege MILLIONS aren’t entitled to. Check your privilege. There are forces at play that are not going to sat

 Here I go again, talking about sexual consent. That's because it is fucking important.  Rape is such a limiting word. It doesn't speak to all of the differing levels of consent. It doesn't address when a girl doesn't say no; she just feels like she doesn't have a choice. She feels like she made a commitment that she now has to fulfill, so she sacrifices her body and her mind to fulfill her relationship duty. The consequences include suicidal ideation and blackout drunkness because she has given up her humanity for just a moment, to please another person she feels she is obligated to please, even though the timing and the location were not desired.  The boy doesn't get it. He doesn't fully understand consent either. He wasn't taught that you should make sure that a girl is actually into it, not just fulfilling an earlier commitment. He would be blindsided by the accusation that somehow this was sexual assault. He experienced the consequences though. He h