F*ck around and F*nd out, 2022

Ashley M. Toland, DSW, LCSW, PIP
2 min readOct 29, 2022

Photo: Ron Lach/Pexels

I love that phrase.

What does it mean?! Is it a threat? A challenge?! Is it a declaration? I don’t even care. It’s part of my soul and this woman embodies how I want to feel on the inside as I continue to move through this world.

I’ve flipped the bird before, but it’s not really my style. Once, I gave the finger to a guy from a frat at university. He HATED me after that and he let me know it. I fucked around and found out. I also learned from that incident.

But some never do.

And that’s why they keep getting elected.

To those who say they can’t stomach a certain candidate, I ask, can you stomach a world in which women cannot access equitable health care?

I ask, can you stomach a world in which people of color are commodified by the DNC to win a presidential election in 2020, hidden away for the most part, only to be thrown under the bus when things get tough?

I ask, will you insist your 10 year-old daughter bear a child to rear or relinquish to the adoption industrial complex? Will you do that to YOUR 10 year-old? It happens, I assure you.

Vote for your mothers. Your wives. Your partners. Your children.

VOTE for an equitable world where being pro-life means giving women and children the basic needs to survive and where birth fathers are held to account.

VOTE for a world in which young women may not be coerced into abortion or adoption without informed consent.

VOTE.

Because if you f*ck around like some did in 2016, we already know what awaits our daughters on the other side of 2024.

Confirm your voter registration and location here: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

When you feel safe in your privilege not to vote, that is the exact reason you should.

Every vote counts.

Don’t fuck around.

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Ashley M. Toland, DSW, LCSW, PIP
Ashley M. Toland, DSW, LCSW, PIP

Written by Ashley M. Toland, DSW, LCSW, PIP

Social worker. Adoptee. Ally. Lover of good food, good people, and good social policy.

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