I’m pretty sure it isn’t!

Omg, kids. This isn’t activism related but...In like third grade my nerd friend and I decided we were going to dye yarn using natural pigments from plants and other resources in our suburban neighborhood. And like, weave it into a garment or something. Ended up with a bunch of buckets with rotting leaves and water and…

The Pismo Beach disaster relief fund where I donated my winter snow skis and all of daddy’s caviar.

I was a stupid high school freshman at the time so I don’t feel as bad, but I recall cheering while watching the tv when it was announced that we were going into Iraq. It’s still embarassing to think about now.

Anti-vaxxing. In my defense it was an op-ed to the school newspaper against the flu shot but I was rightfully torn asunder by a med student the next day.

Every book report I did in the 5th grade was on a book that was banned somewhere.

I stood outside an anti-war rally at my college with an “I ❤️ Bush” sign.

“Remember when you thought he was funny? Remember when you thought he didn’t hate womennnnnnn....?”

I was born into poverty in a super duper conservative state and lobbied HARD against free or reduced lunches at school, even for people who were worse off than we were, because my mom was hard core that we would eat nothing before accepting charity. And if I had to eat shitty lunches like a half piece of bread and…

Ditto. Got sucked into it thanks to Ron Paul. Thankfully it only lasted a couple years. Now I view Libertarianism a lot like Communism. Good in theory, terrible in the real world.

In 8th grade I got in an argument with my friend over what was better: chocolate or caramel. We went around the school polling everyone. I (and chocolate by extension) won.

Oh god. If you can admit it, I will too. My first vote, going away to college - liberal arts major and “well Reagan WAS an actor!”

This is so embarrassing and I don’t think I’ve actually ever told anyone this, but when I was a sophomore in high school, I wrote a two-page essay on why affirmative action should be banned. I was so young and stupid and didn’t fully grasp the concept of privilege. I hope all copies of that essay have been destroyed.

oh god, wait, it’s all coming back. What a contrarian little piece of shit I was.

When I was in second grade my friends and I made up a club called Save the Animals. We made flyers with assorted conservation and recycling tips and then xeroxed tons of copies and passed them out door to door. Also, we spent a long time gathering together crickets and putting them in a hole before winter for reasons…

Due to my reading of world history, I supported Communism for a year in 1990 when I was fourteen, long after its failures as a global system were becoming clear. I actually said things like, “Sure, Mao killed millions but he made his country so much stronger!” Now I am not a die-hard capitalist and socialism is…

I was livid at my friends in 8th grade for not voting for Nader in the mock election. Like, sure it’s just dumb school bullshit that means nothing, but they make us do it, so where are your principles???? Haven’t any of you listened to my lengthy cafeteria sermons about vegetarianism and whatever? No...?

I was a John Mayer fan