Everyone’s doing these stupid year round up posts so naturally I thought I would jump on board and add to the exhausting barrage of 2015 highlights and lowlights. 

Just kidding I’m going to talk about my boring observations about society. Oh, I’m sorry, did you think this was going to be a fun year in review? Nah.

Pardon my french but, where the fuck do I begin? This year has been, as I’ve written before, an eye opening experience for a lot of people who were previously clueless about the war on black lives that is being waged and has been for years within the black community. This year is the rise of the discussion about white privilege, putting that idea into context, and even breaking it down in Buzzfeed posts to make it more palatable for the masses. 

This year more people became ever so slightly more aware of the unconscionable hardships faced by trans people who continue to fight for a voice and their lives in this society of binary bullshit. Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out though very powerful is eclipsed by the amount of work that we need to do as a society to make sure everyone regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, etc. are not targeted and can feel safe no matter where they are in this country. Even typing that I can feel that heavy weight of hopelessness descend upon reality, but we must persist to move this country forward. 

This year people are at their wits end with the incessant racism that saturates our incomprehensibly flawed justice system, how racism is still so alive and rampant,  and the connection slavery has on the current racial climate. 

This year there is more talk about class and it’s detrimental affect on society that is usually overlooked. Class is such a huge issue in this country and it’s a very real issue Presidential candidates are discussing while campaigning, but, honestly, not enough- except Bernie Sanders. Bernie’s been all over it.

This year we’ve also seen the rise of a wannabe leader whose purely racist rhetoric has lead to numerous acts of violence and his unapologetic followers have shockingly (or not so shockingly) risen in numbers to the true terror of the rest of the country. It’s been such a strange contrast with the rise of Bernie and his notion of an overhaul of American politics. 

This year more people than ever have been getting upset by the concept of Hollywood white-washing stories about people of color, yet Hollywood continues do nothing about it. Surprise. Surprise. Also, this yea including another round of people who love getting mad when a person of color plays a white character, which gawd, get over it.

This year women have had to face numerous challenges to protect their bodies and minds from the onslaught of patriarchal arrogance, which we will always persevere against because we have no other choice until the shroud of masculinity is unraveled and disbanded. When we realize as a whole these constructs do nothing but divide and destroy, then can we create this utopian society that lives in my head where everyone is content with who they are without judgement from anyone and constantly high five-ing  each other.

On a more personal level, this year has been another amazing growing/learning experience and I’ve been lucky enough to meet and get closer to so many incredible, funny, talented people. It makes me feel like this world can’t be ALL BAD. Here’s to 2016!