My tweets

[celeste_noelani]

• Mon, 12:33: I just don't know what to do with my friends in Hawaii who say things like "if you don't like living [in the US] then live somewhere else."
• Mon, 12:36: If I don't like what? Living in a nation that overthrew my people's nation?
• Mon, 12:38: Your patriotism should be able to withstand my questioning of US involvement in the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom.
• Mon, 12:38: If it can't, then the problem is not with my questions, but with your ability to love your own country for what it is.
• Mon, 12:41: And if you think our nation can't withstand our critique of its actions and our calls for justice, then why do you love it so much?
• Mon, 14:19: "Why should we leave if we are weeping for our homeland?" If Not Here, Where? https://t.co/LWMkIaE7TB
• Mon, 14:33: Cousin messaged to see if we could brainstorm on fantasy hero-type book centering Hawaiian legends, values. I couldn't say YES fast enough.
• Mon, 14:45: My girl Jeanne always giving you the best life advice ever. https://t.co/p5chCaqwBa
• Mon, 19:59: RT @fangirlJeanne: Noticed a new trend of minimizing and trivializing violence, rape, and racism by calling justifiable reactions to it "ou…
• Mon, 23:37: Professional. Mermaid. https://t.co/8ev3xZADAp

• Tue, 09:51: But no, rape culture isn't a thing. https://t.co/hzEhXzElC6
• Tue, 09:57: 100% disgusting: HCDA Ready to Weigh in on Kakaako Homeless Encampment - Civil Beat: http://t.co/R5j7alz3Il
• Tue, 09:59: I don't even know where to start with the rampant hating on the homeless that is going on in that article. In Hawaii.
• Tue, 10:01: A museum needing to use its limited funding for increased maintenance & cleaning (supposedly) due to homeless camp is called "tragic."
• Tue, 10:05: Meanwhile the homeless and their "sense of entitlement" are blamed for "continuing conflict." Those damn homeless amirite?
• Tue, 10:07: Sit-lie bans were introduced to Waikiki because those homeless folks were too visible to tourists. And since tourism is THE industry, well.
• Tue, 10:10: If you have a housing shortage and a abysmal economy, you're going to have homeless populations.
• Tue, 10:11: And I don't know why we insist that breaking up homeless encampments and tent cities is addressing homelessness.
• Tue, 10:12: The state encourages unjust conditions that makes it difficult for people to earn any wage, let alone a living wage, in "paradise."
• Tue, 10:13: And then when people lose their homes because of the ridiculously imbalanced, unjust economy, we penalize them for existing.

• Tue, 10:14: We call their need for a home, for a place like a tent city to call their own, a "sense of entitlement" when really it is merely human.
• Tue, 10:15: Nevermind the larger communities' sense of entitlement that has us prioritizing museums for some over housing for all.
• Tue, 10:15: We should be able to have both these things, and more.