Toxic Positivity is Oppression With a Different Name

Keeping people “in their place” is not healing, dude.

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I’ve been around the “vibes gang” for a long time.

This is the crowd who makes it a point to tell people to always keep a stiff upper-lip. They’ll scream about you bringing the vibes in the room down, or get on you if you show any hint, subtle or not, of a…