I don't even what this is about, but...
'"ANNETTE' - Leos Carax starring Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard [First Look Cannes Clip]"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKHY4kIK8w
It's really good at reminding me about different standards for "symmetry" and be safe, don't mess up those faces.
"Satsang gattve nissan gattvam nissan
Gattve nirmo hattvam nirmo hattve niscala
Tattvam niscala tattve jivan mukti"
"Luscious Jackson – Water Your Garden Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Luscious-jackson-water-your-garden-lyrics
"Yoga with Mishi in Silicon Valley: Satsangatve Mantra: Good People Lead Us To Enlightenment!"
https://www.michellemyhre.com/2014/11/satsangatve-mantra-good-people-lead-us.html?m=1
"Satsang: Remembering Shri Brahmananda Saraswati"
https://jivamuktiyoga.com/general/satsang-remembering-shri-brahmananda-saraswati/
"We do our little walk on the catwalk"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/ovg7t4/we_do_our_little_walk_on_the_catwalk/
War’s Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich
"7 Russian Books by Women for Women"
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/russia/articles/7-russian-books-by-women-for-women/
"What You Didn't Know About Janice Mirikitani"
But now that's changed... C #
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on Twitter: "Daughter of former Alabama Governor George Wallace, Peggy Wallace Kennedy and @RepBarbaraLee join @CapehartJ on The #SaturdayShow to discuss their unlikely friendship, and how they’re working to teach a new generation about the value of reconciliation. #SaturdayShow #SundayShow https://t.co/snNmnaKRhd" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/repbarbaralee
"What if Instead of Tweets We Shared Poems?"
And I checked to see if that was really how it sounded in my head and yes, it was. Crazy!
"'C' Sharp Major Piano Scale - Piano Scale Lessons"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VIlMytoc_aY&feature=youtu.be
I don't even know how to play the piano really.
Well (C #) her (C #) NAME (C # one octave higher)
But / now / that's / CHANGED (up an octave)
♩♯
Well, after the pain relief of the 8-hour headache it was fun to enjoy oven-roasted Marzano tomatoes and zucchini slices, some of which were sprinkled with a mixture Parmesean / Romano.
And one episode of Season 1 of that show in the wee hours of the morning.
"What You Didn't Know About Janice Mirikitani"
FREEING VERSE / How the city's poet laureate found her voice and learned to speak out for the dispossessed
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/FREEING-VERSE-How-the-city-s-poet-laureate-3237636.php
Rep. Barbara Lee on Twitter: "Sending my prayers and deepest condolences to Janice Mirikitani’s husband, Rev. Cecil Williams, and her family. I am heartbroken to hear of Janice’s passing and grieve alongside the Glide community. https://t.co/H71eEzVT5H" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/repbarbaralee
Janice Mirikitani | Densho Encyclopedia
https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Janice_Mirikitani/
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) - Rotten Tomatoes
Abby Abrams on Twitter: "“Finally, the right to reproductive freedom has been recognized by the majority of Democrats,” @RepBarbaraLee told me this week as the House passed the first spending bills without the Hyde Amendment (& other abortion restrictions) in decades. https://t.co/4xUlDaCYk9" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/abbyabrams/status/1420838061244657668
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
House Passes Spending Bill Without Hyde Amendment | Time
https://time.com/6085444/hyde-amendment-spending-bills-congress/
Nice man: You can have a sweet sleep wherever you want.
Other ones: I dunno. Stare deeply into your eyes and your big, soft heart and cry?
"What U.S. abortion access looks like, in graphics"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-u-s-abortion-access-looks-graphics-n1274859
"Women living in poverty hit worst by obesity crisis, report finds" | Obesity | The Guardian
Sometimes sexual assault, that thing that certain people seem to think just happens to other people's children, could also be a factor.
"Why Victims of Sexual Abuse Are More Likely to Be Obese" - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/sexual-abuse-victims-obesity/420186/
The patriarchy does not care about women's health, but teaches men to feel entitled to sex with women's bodies anyway.
Would a society that celebrated "illegitimate" children as much as "legitimate" children be less patriarchal and more just to girls and women and men and boys and everyone?
Is this an okay question to ask?
Yes, I think so.
I feel my life has lead me to wonder if some people will ever stop treating men better than they treat women.
I don't mean these people always like men better. They might "like" women more sometimes. But they still favor men in EVERYTHING.
Women with health issues deserve to be treated much better.
Women's healthcare has a long, long, long ways to evolve.
Married moms being treated better than single moms is just sick & always has been a boring and unfun aspect of life under the patriarchy.
Last names. Who always is expected to change theirs when they get married?
Who gets treated worse when reproductive rights get restricted?
Treating a few women married to prominent men better, with more "fake respect" than you treat women who labor in awful conditions for the food you eat, is not admirable or sustainable in an era of climate change.
Catering to men who make excuses for rape culture, constantly treating men better than women, and getting a portion of the female population to say they don't care as long as there's $$$ in it for them is normal? Normal for who? Acceptable for who?
Grace Tame on Twitter: "This issue is far too important to be politicised. I am a firm believer in putting our differences aside in the pursuit of progress. Creating change does not have to be adversarial. Compassion, conciliation, patience and perseverance—this is the key to moving forward. LOVE xx GT" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/TamePunk/status/1420935237383593987
Need to be more sensitive to health needs.
"The Hollywood film C-suite is the least diverse sector in American business. Less diverse than Trump’s cabinet.”
~ F. Leonard
StrangeBrickDroog on Twitter: "@kylebuchanan @versharma Fran says many things best! She told Vanity Fair that Donald Trump was “a poor person’s idea of a rich person.” “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t”" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/BradMit94383370/status/1420918226913988608
Not at all fun to imagine people wearing "I am utterly clueless that I look like I have that much in common with a not very smart rich guy" t-shirts.
Areli Arteaga on Twitter: "Alicia Rojo is a 51-yr old farmworker in ID 'When the heat is at its worst, you often can’t go get water until you’re done or a designated break. 'Sometimes, it's not about a designated break. If your body is giving out, it's giving out regardless of when the scheduled break is.'" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/ufwupdates/status/1420594989914988549
"At second glance, Why Women Kill is an addictive feminist serial"
https://www.avclub.com/at-second-glance-why-women-kill-is-an-addictive-femini-1839077223
I choose to watch Season 1, first.
"What Did They Eat On The Titanic? The Food For First Class Vs Third Class"
https://www.ranker.com/list/what-did-they-eat-on-the-titanic/melissa-sartore
I JUST ATE
"‘To honor Jonathan Gold you have to recognize the seas and borders that recipes crossed to make it inside a restaurant; you have to think about tired hands in the San Joaquin Valley picking garlic; you have to remember the Brown bodies in the kitchen’ https://t.co/i1IWVJLHbq" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1420594989914988549
A LOT
Cristina of House Pfizer🇺🇲🇲🇽💀🏴☠️ on Twitter: "Once again we are talking about workers as young as 12 and they absolutely deserve protection." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/piratepinup/status/1420639157525704710
OF CARBS.
Finally I finished "The Ballad of the Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping."
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22570738/chowchilla-school-bus-kidnapping
X: I wonder what the album cover is about...
U: https://genius.com/The-rolling-stones-gimme-shelter-lyrics
Y: That reminds me I have to listen to ZZ Top today....
U: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bearded-bassist-dusty-hill-dies-in-his-sleep-at-72.html
X: Well, that's the way to go...
U: "Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man..."
🎶🎸🤠
but now remember
" Stories We Tell movie review & film summary" (2012) | Roger Ebert
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stories-we-tell-2012
watching
🍇🍈🍊🍋🍒🍅🫑🌶
"The Bear Came Over the Mountain"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316941.Away_from_Her
"Away from Her movie review & film summary" (2006) | Roger Ebert
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/away-from-her
"Sarah Polley Away From Her Interview" | Female.com.au
https://www.female.com.au/sarah-polley-away-from-her-interview.htm
"In and Out of the Garden by Sara Midda"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228657.In_and_Out_of_the_Garden
Decided it was worth risking a lavender latte & a pan dulce...a few caffeine jitters later...what if it's a decaf ice coffee next time?
Brain decided it was time to follow up on a book rec. received at age 13...
"Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185528.Green_Dolphin_Street
"Dinah Washington-Green Dolphin Street Scenes from 1947 Lana Turner Spectacle!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4HkNB-xcE&feature=youtu.be
"...left her turbulent life behind at the tender age of 39..."
"Dinah Washington: A Queen in Turmoil"
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3872390
More problematic literature...???
"Books similar to Green Dolphin Street"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/179337-green-dolphin-country
"On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7479.On_Green_Dolphin_Street
"Books similar to On Green Dolphin Street"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/941638-on-green-dolphin-street
"A Book of Comfort: An Anthology by Elizabeth Goudge"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/554851.A_Book_of_Comfort
Strange garbled note to self:
Hot M5tI again homebody yhy55 Ynez bh5sis takinjHBO h
Better:
X: some ppl blah blah blah. U don't do that. What does that say?
Y: what?
X: I said, some ppl will spy on others in a hot tub. U don't do that. What does that say?
Y: That I'm someone who doesn't spy on ppl?
X: Yet another round with the incredible unbaitable human.
ABOUT 12 HOURS OF EARTH TIME PASS
Y: Want to see a mongoose and some lions?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBeingDerps/comments/osi47z/somebody_has_a_death_wish/
Lorna Byrne on Twitter: "Angel Jimazen is doing everything possible to keep Mother Earth alive but it’s very hard when we keep on polluting the air, into rivers and lakes, destroying all the life of our beautiful planet that was given to us as a gift. Remember, we are the guardian angels of nature. https://t.co/FG19KNgOtY" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/LornaByrne/status/1420436482171539462
Someone cheerfully relayed that she visited an ailing relative and gave me an update, had major dental surgery, and goes back to work in a hospital tomorrow. I told her she needs to rest a lot today.
Especially the effects of whatever any movements of the limbs are having with regard to the right ovary at this time of the cycle.
"From living in a barn, Ben Maddock helped build America’s first enduring farm worker union alongside Cesar Chavez"
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Richard Chavez designed the stylized black Aztec eagle that became the union’s iconic symbol."
I am grateful for learning experiences, including the ones which include humor. *And I have to sleep. I can even appreciate having a very strange journey to undertake in this life. I have been sad about pain & suffering on this planet, and what I have felt at times (both emotionally and physically) has been very challenging, but now I am grateful to have an opportunity make a new life for myself, in this body. *And I have to sleep. I am grateful for helpers. I live with a very good helper. Lately, I am even more impressed because I met him as a young adult and I think of how much we have grown...I have been given some strange circumstances to figure out on my own, but I am learning. I even have more knowledge this month than I had the month before. People can grow from dealing with strange and imperfect circumstances, and being reminded of this can be very helpful. Perhaps that is why those gardening books can feel good and calming to look at lately...*And I have to sleep, now.
I have roasted vegetables (including baby squashes!) and retrieved coffee from outside (for probably mostly aromatic instead of drinking purposes, but we shall see) and these are made possible by pollinators...
Lolololololol, post-pain giddiness, man....
"How Tom Petty Went Sci-Fi and Changed MTV with 'You Got Lucky'” - Den of Geek
https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/how-tom-petty-went-sci-fi-and-changed-mtv-with-you-got-lucky/
So much.
https://www.fixprogram.com/blog/post/Periods-and-back-pain
Hey that pain left quickly this time, cooooool...
Stayed in a cute place, dreamed I told a friend about it, texted her irl, and got thanked because she'd consider it for herself in another month or two.
After a nap the tooth was better, and then the cramps which hadn't been all that bad during a short stay in the mountains returned.
At least heating pads exist.
I definitely brought one on our little trip, and then I didn't even need to use it once up there.
What if I lived in the mountains in spite of a fear of forest fires.
No childen need to inherit these genes, except for one that was born in the late '70s I guess.
are almost like a doorway into another world.
https://www.pinterest.com/crowhill51/sara-midda/
Nature can be very accommodating with regard to verbal complaints or wordless ones.
Maybe new dentist.
Maybe new toothpaste.
Maybe anxiety is involved.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Sigh.
There's a treee....outside.....
Now if I walk into a store and try to play one, it might sound little better.
"Beginners Guide to Playing Singing Bowls" - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgyTgViQh0
"How To Play Crystal Singing Bowls: Beginner Lesson" - YouTube
I mean better. Wow, I will be very happy when that ailment improves.
Do you need xylitol gum?
Do you need a new dentist?
Do you need a new song?
Speshul tooth...music...🎵
"'Call The Midwife' Season 9 Episode 1 Recap: A Foundling, An Outbreak and Tights (Oh My!)"
There was a priest...
Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30008681-valley-of-the-moon
Elizabeth Strater (probably not your mom) on Twitter: "Lorena earns 20-25 cents a pound in the dark in rattlesnake country and by 10am it’s 90 degrees 🙃" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/straterize/status/1419783372096774171
United Farm Workers on Twitter: "Watch co-President @kpetersen11 of @UNITEHERE11 speak out in support of West Hollywood’s Housekeeper Protection Ordinance. When we stand together, we win. Sí se puede! https://t.co/PdX1p5RYW0" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1419766367419437056
Lora is busy with her corner of this mess on Twitter: "Oh my goodness this thread has shaken me" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/LFrecks/status/1419125806362730497
Dr. Suzanne Sindi on Twitter: "I refuse to believe this is the best we can do. My heart breaks for Joaquin and the many others like him who have been exploited by this system." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/SuzanneSindi/status/1419029240083673088
Teresa Romero on Twitter: "These nocturnal harvest shifts create impossible choices for parents. Do you leave your children unattended or do you bring them to the fields?" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/UFWPresident/status/1415054594682408961
"Phylicia Rashad pens letter to Howard students and parents: 'I offer my most sincere apology'" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/us/phylicia-rashad-howard-letter/index.html
Feminist or Financially-motivated?
Less disappointing outcomes to a great many types of situations.
How come X was too "f." for all of them except for one laid back GUY?
CHURCH?
the unfeminist women folks
making so many excuses for the unfeminist men folks
https://genius.com/The-irish-rovers-drunken-sailor-lyrics
song chased
would be even more fortunate if..."
(who what when where why how)
Does society evolve slowly or quickly?
How is that communicated?
"A look into how a Seattle photographer documented farmworkers' lives in the Yakima Valley in the 1960s and ’70s"| Local | yakimaherald.com
Not like
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581811.Valley_of_the_Dolls
I guess guys have progesterone too...
https://www.healthline.com/health/progesterone-function
Lots of things lots of things
https://www.newtoninstitute.org/books/journey-of-souls-dr-michael-newton-1994/
Left that book at home um-hmmm 🎵
"Katie Esters’s Bookshelf: Currently Reading"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/97408300?shelf=currently-reading
"'Bunny' by Mona Awad"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42815544-bunny
"'The First Bad Man' by Miranda July"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412400-the-first-bad-man
Not reading so much today, that's for sure. Because today is zone out with trees and maybe crochet more day.
If there aren't ailments to attend to...
Well, if the TMJ makes me, I will look up facial massage exercises pretty soon I guess. And that's okay, too...
Katherine Esters on Twitter: "@Leftovers_Movie Hi! I’m the person who took those notes. 😅😅 I don’t have pic of what I wrote in the collection but here’s a pic of the pen I used and a journal entry I wrote about that terrible book LOL https://t.co/S1UbspibGf" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/leftovers_movie/status/1418635411186876422
Katherine Esters on Twitter: "I feel like I should also mention that I have a book review Instagram (@katiepdf) and a Tik Tok acc (@kt.pdf) where I do reviews/talk about books… so if you’re interested in my thoughts about other stuff go there! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/leftovers_movie/status/1418635411186876422
Relaxation. Tranquil views...
It is really, really nice to not feel overwhelmed with anxiety. And free of icky TMJ type pain (which is truly not fun) or teeth issues or cramps...bodies can be a lot to deal with, and having times when nothing is bothering you is So Great.
The mechanic I used to see who saved me when my old car died. He sold me the used car I now drive. He kept it in great condition. It is now 18 years old. I haven't had to pay for anything major on it. He let me pay him for it in installments. I was so grateful. I got a reliable car right away, and I didn't have to stress out about it too much.
He used to bug me a little about not being married, and one time he called my boyfriend "Hollywood." He gave him a compliment about his hair. One time he said something to me about how my hair looked: "Hey did you do that for me?" And a woman in the back said something along the lines of "he likes you." I think she was his wife. He just looked kind of "aw shucks" and she was like "ha-ha."
I brought him a print-out of a little photo collage and the story of "marriage date night" after that happened, and he asked if I was Armenian because of how we got married by two Armenian sisters and ate dinner at an Armenian place to celebrate. No, but it's funny because we met because we knew someone who was part Armenian, a very long time ago. The mechanic was Armenian. He was going to retire soon, and then the pandemic happened. I also brought him the printout because of a time when he told me it bothers him when customers move away and he never hears from them. He put effort into getting to know people. He was very talkative but didn't enjoy reading. He probably looked at the pictures but didn't read any of it. His wife and daughter liked to read though. If he kept it around the office, they might have read it.
Earnest self is returning tonight...this is just one experience of feeling like a person who is coping and going into a new way of being..."God, right now I feel this in my life: I wish I were more easy-going when challenges present themselve sometimes. I love & admire this man in my life who is pretty good at being easy-going. It's a real gift. There are times when I wish I could emulate him more in some ways. In other ways, I am happy we are different. I hope to get much better at what I need to be doing in my time on this planet. My physical experiences have been very humbling recently. I am influenced by my upbringing and by my inherited traits & features & by society sometimes...people can change...please help me to do better with the information I have and to seek help and/or wisdom and guidance...since I guess we also need to do that when we are here...
I think I care about harmony more than I knew, although I feel I always knew that I ♡'d harmony on a deeper level...with these genes my body burns out very quickly if it's too involved with dischord, so now I can know that about this person in this earth life, and go forward and learn new things everyday, but hopefully be able to enjoy more harmony henceforth...tonight I am in a very nice place...just not able to eat a lot...and I will accept whatever I have to experience to find a new way of living life.
Everyday could be a rebirth, it seems...
Just going forward in a mostly positive direction and finding new ways of getting better is absolutely wonderful sometimes.
I am pro-decrease anxiety. This is that time of life. Help the people feel better. They need it. Life in a body can be very daunting sometimes.
so nice, so calm, so much potentially good anti-anxiety progesterone because of the supplements plus broccoli and carrots with hummus from the blender...
xx: what are you laughing at? that sounds like amy poehler.
xy: it is. here watch this video, it's jet blue making an emergency landing at lax in 2005
xx: why are you showing me this before we take that airline, you moron
xy: ha ha, now watch this snl skit
xx: oh it was because we needed to see it to watch the skit
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jet-blue-flight-292/3829207
xx: that's on my birthday
xy: oh i didn't notice
cat
https://www.reddit.com/r/Zoomies/comments/opeo0l/cats_are_so_weird_lol/
cat
cat
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBeingDerps/comments/oqsacv/silly_cat_doesnt_understand_physics/
Eyes that used to find treasures outside pass by a space and notice a dark shape in the corner...brain wonders if it is a lump of coal or some such.
They're pretty, and they help us out!
People who love and respect themselves can love & respect others more easily. Of course, we get many strange messages from our upbringings and from society at large about how well we can treat ourselves & others, and then one day "that needs to change" can no longer be easily ignored
♡♡♡Beautiful♡♡♡Trees♡♡♡2*Day!♡♡♡
He was a tiny toddler age, and he was cute because he was so happy to be here. He was in some kind of photo session and everyone was just standing back and letting him do his own thing. Not a lot of of hovering or maneuvering on the part of the adults. It didn't hurt that he managed to seem appealingly expressive (delighted to be here!) yet also on the quieter side (not a screamer).
I believe everyone deserves to heal from ailments and anxiety or anything that caused them to feel "not enough" in any life and people have different needs and progress is made and then sometimes even more stuff comes up...people can just keep trying to get better and more healthy and in line with their life's purpose...what that is depends on the person and the life.
Taking myself to an alternative healing practitioner I saw before the pandemic started ("the system" has not been so helpful) & also I ♡ her so much better.
"It seemed as though there were flowers in the air, and high up a currant bush sprouted from the arms of an apple tree their fruits entwined. Little holes are made in the boughs of trunks or trees, earth is put inside and then either man or nature leave seeds of herbs, fruits, or flowers which will grow there and in time root in the sap of the tree and seem as if they had always been one."
In and Out of the Garden by Sara Midda
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228657.In_and_Out_of_the_Garden
The heating pad, the castor oil pack, the ibuprofen, the ginger tea, the "stop cramps" music.
How amazing to be in a body and feel like nothing. How wonderful when the pain gets bearable or slowly leaves and that grateful feeling comes in to be a helper.
Even though it's not perfect.
It's BETTER.
I am physically suffering and I need to get some help from the universe so I can be free.
"Chinese Food Pioneer Cecilia Chiang Dies" : The Salt : NPR
"Soul of a Banquet"
would we tolerate such unhealthy conditions for the harvesters?
"Farm labor, reproductive justice: Migrant women farmworkers in the US" – Health and Human Rights Journal
"Food As Medicine: It's Not Just A Fringe Idea Anymore" : The Salt : NPR
"As the Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat" | Civil Eats
Especially during the Luteal Phase.
"What is the connection between functional anxiety and PCOS?"| Lifestyle News,The Indian Express
"Luteal Phase: What Happens If It's Short?"
https://www.verywellfamily.com/luteal-phase-1960086
"Is It Normal to Have Cramps Before Period?" | Andrew Krinsky, MD, FACOG
https://www.toplinemd.com/andrew-krinsky-md/cramps-5-days-before-period/
~~~~~~~~~~~
"Farmworkers are society’s canaries" | Guest Perspectives | smdailyjournal.com
I saw Calexico on a map and got music in my head.
https://genius.com/Calexico-and-iron-and-wine-dark-eyes-lyrics
I love these paper maps so...
I'd eat them whole.
https://genius.com/Alt-j-breezeblocks-lyrics
Well, not really, it was just a passing feeling.
I don't want paper maps to die out.
"Lucy Ellmann, a Great American Novelist Hiding in Plain Sight" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/lucy-ellmann-a-great-american-novelist-hiding-in-plain-sight/
"Patriarchy Is Just a Spell"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/opinion/spellbound-movie-hitchcock.html
"Lucy Ellmann’s feminist rants are unapologetic, frank and funny" - Independent.ie
"Student loan forgiveness 2021: Clearing $50,000 in debt can ‘transform an entire generation,’ Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says"
Distracted. One-percenters and smiling depression...from a certain point of view, we're all connected. Plus the well-off could come back as fruit-pickers and vice-versa.
X to Y: "We should show this to your relative!"
"After son dies of COVID, mother holds vaccine drive at his funeral" - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-louisiana-mother-son-funeral/
Nice reminders of how to have happy times in bodies with eyes.
"Biggest thrill in a while was sitting here last afternoon and watching a cat walk through a field way over on the other hill. You gotta love contact lenses. https://t.co/m1fmF9C7os" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/amdubouchet
Andrés du Bouchet on Twitter: "I'll stare at a shrub." / Twitter
Why don't you be more nice and less jerk it's not that hard to try.
Kitty Wells – "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Kitty-wells-gathering-flowers-for-the-masters-bouquet-lyrics
people emanating all kinds of vibes.
"I am now sad to admit that for much of this life I probably would've respected Mr. X far less if he were in a different package, like that of someone who performs low wage or even unpaid labor to keep lives like mine running more smoothly..." kinds of vibes.
"time to get constructive about dumb stuff that pisses you off" vibes
"adulthood has happened and some of us can only hope for more hallucinatory experiences" vibes
"that was gonna be fun and then that other stuff got in the way again"
"Texas’s new law S.B. 8 should alarm even people who are anti-abortion" - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/19/texas-sb8-abortion-lawsuits/
“Growing up in Texas as a gay brown man — my family and I were documented for about 11 years — it really resonated with me how certain policies and systems worked to oppress people and take away their rights,” Kumar says. “I learned about abortion, and how safe it is, and yet we weren’t being taught about it… It really made me think, who is going to provide abortion care in Texas? What about all the people that I know and care about who need access to abortion in a state like Texas?”
But the threat of SB 8 is giving even Kumar pause about continuing to provide abortion care in Texas. “To think about [having to contend with] maybe one lawsuit, maybe hundreds of lawsuits? Maybe many of those are trivial and will go away with time, but it’s still very daunting to think about,” he says.
"Texas Abortion Bill 2021: A Doctor Discusses Fears" – Rolling Stone
~ T. Stuart
"Call the Midwife Season 8, Episode 7" Recapn| THIRTEEN
https://www.thirteen.org/blog-post/call-the-midwife-season-8-episode-7-recap/
I noticed that, unlike with quite a number of men, there's at least one I never feel inquired to sarcastically ask, "do you...."
Nevermind.
"'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 8 Episode 8"| Telly Visions
https://tellyvisions.org/2019/05/19/call-midwife-recap-season-8-episode-8
Sloooowly eaten...(due to the dental anesthetic after effects)
These were the best leftovers I ever made.
I tossed the vegetables with some grains, sprinkled bacon over the pilaf and the chicken, and tried the intriguing "whipped ricotta with snap peas." Next time I would just cut off the ends of the peas.
"some thoughts on two paintings, and on the plants in them" - by Sarah M. Albers - the wayfarer
https://thewayfarer.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-on-two-paintings-and
MINE feels like Popeye's right now. Needed an anesthetic shot twice even though I took ibuprofen ahead of the appt. Maybe I inherited the "Red Head Syndrome" de ma mère... Ne vous inquiétez pas je n'ai pas halluciné de taches de rousseur sur mon visage après mon rendez-vous dentaire cette fois. I passed a French translation exam less than 2 decades ago 😅 and now I am always thinking I should have studied it a little bit more...it would be very beneficial to know it for a deeper understanding of humans who wrote the books for some Women's Studies courses. I am looking forward to getting my normal Lower Face Feeling back again.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/welcome-to-the-world-of-redhead-syndrome
But what about the other hair colors.
sometimes I just like thinking about pizza?
sarah m. albers ☠️ on Twitter: "inside you there are three women https://t.co/6Ex3KwgX8q" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/sarahmalbers/status/1417682523694542849/photo/1
Present interests have been interrupted by past ones.
Hend Amry on Twitter: "These are related. https://t.co/YTGu7um3zX" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1417779291203547139
Jeffrey on Twitter: "@moniza_hossain @LibyaLiberty I think the issue is more about controlling women than taking off clothes exactly, sending girls home from school because they aren't wearing "proper" clothing and are "distracting the boys" is part and parcel of the same problem." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/jefffreyspies/status/1417781509185052675
Teenage Hand Model on Twitter: "@LibyaLiberty It's not just a ridiculously anti Muslim thing to do that to French women in the first pic, but bathing suits like that also help prevent sun burns and likely skin cancer." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/libyaliberty
"Why Andrea Dworkin is the radical, visionary feminist we need in our terrible times" | Women | The Guardian
VickyNicRaghnaill on Twitter: "@sweetanmad @LibyaLiberty Especially on sand!!" / Twitter
Vanessa Varin on Twitter: "And as a side note, that’s not the first or thirteenth time in DC I have had to watch a grown man dissolve into rage shakes in a bespoke suit over Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/fJ3UFLrvsA" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/atticumfloreat/status/1417750664109776896/photo/1
Vanessa Varin on Twitter: "One time, when I was the design lead for the https://t.co/ubEU7qfK4Q redesign, I had to present the new design and UX experience to the Intuit lead lobbyist. He threw a fit and left the room screaming that it was “Elizabeth Warren’s dream” & demanded we make it harder to navigate https://t.co/XPpmnr9oIB" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/dworkindaily/status/1416771518151856128
Tania Marshall M.Sc., Clinical Psychotherapist on Twitter: "I am ready to talk about the #silencing of over 25,000 psychologists in Australia with regards to the safeguarding of children. We are threatened, harassed, coerced to provide only one #therapy to children or else! They tried to force me into this I said NO. Any journalists???" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/vlvarin/status/1417631856162377736/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/dworkindaily/status/1416771518151856128
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) on Twitter: "I went to Glasgow Green yesterday and was horrified to see women blatantly speaking to each other and having picnics without male supervision, putting me in fear of my life. This cannot be allowed to happen again and I have officially complained to Police Scotland. https://t.co/K5ppm2ONwV" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/dworkindaily/status/1416771518151856128
"Many women try to distance themselves from the shame and squalor of sexualized violation and refuse to empathize with hurt women. They especially do not want the hurt to be public; they reject what they consider a politics of victimization." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/DworkinDaily/status/1416771518151856128
There's a man playing piano and a girl is in the woods across the street peeling garlic and he's pretending not to see her but thinking about it.
A girl is moving from place to place with many books in a backpack.
Slow 🐌
Desultory
Now in one place.
Now in another.
Water helps.
seashore toystore torrid talking tinkertoys avidly avoiding addressing issues a lot whoever knew that someone who long ago just seemed kind of like a mildly light-hearted raconteour from afar would start to look more complicated and shady and a bit unwell in a different way at times.
It's not unusual to feel unwell. I woke up feeling unwell and drank water. Water helps.
Brain persists: Where did a younger nicer and more easy going personality get put away? Oh well. So many personalities. Some of them come out to defend something for some reason. Sometimes LIFE is a rich stew and then you have to take your special supplements to digest it.
Brain circles back to another time. For some reason, an educator told everyone a way the world taught her the rules are different for some people when she said I don't recommend you do drugs...but if you're white and you've got wealthy parents, you can do all the drugs you want.
But what if that was just based on previous decades and not the upcoming ones...
The educator had a family member who had been one of those teenage girls assaulted by highschool boys at a party and she spoke of it but not with any great sensitivity. Life is tough. Tough people align themselves with systems to get benefits and paychecks.
Since I have a sensitive body in the mornings, I am drinking water and hugging a heating pad...
I know this body can feel better and it will.
I get a sense that when certain people at certain levels in society are needlessly insensitive to others, it is because they have accumulated behavior patterns to deal with their own pain...nothing can stay the same forever.
Even if I have felt impaired by my own sensitivity at times, and even if my body has been a challenging one to live in, I feel like I can appreciate all that I am learning from it, and that's way more important than I realized.
That appreciation for your own body, which I would say is not exactly encouraged by mainstream society, is even more important than I previously realized.
Appreciating yourself as you are now before other people in outer mainstream society have taken you into consideration is an intense lesson to experience on this planet.
Society will evolve when we can easily feel and express more appreciation of a greater range of differences ♡ is what my body tells me this morning.
"The Richest Babysitter in the World" by Curtis Sittenfeld
"Who would we be if we could change our world? I don’t think she knew the answer. No one does. In 'Prospective Immigrants Please Note,' she wrote,
The door itself
makes no promises
It is only a door."
~ Katha Pollitt
"Adrienne Rich’s News in Verse" | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/adrienne-richs-news-in-verse/amp
I got the music of this song in my head (mixed tape memory from the 90s) and I looked it up:
https://genius.com/Sinead-oconnor-the-emperors-new-clothes-lyrics
I was just remembering the "Emperor's New Clothes" folktale at first.
Olfactory, visual, and soon-to-be gustatory entertainment
https://www.theendlessmeal.com/julia-childs-coq-au-vin/
Auditory
https://www.sheshedcomedy.com/podcast-episodes/2018/9/1/jjbarrows
"Review: ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich’ by Hilary Holladay" - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/hilary-holladay-adrienne-rich/616935/
"Adrienne Rich’s News in Verse" | The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/adrienne-richs-news-in-verse
"Animated Opera 'Mi Camino' Explores the Pandemic's Impact on Farmworkers" | KQED
"Animated production 'Mi Camino' by San Jose's Opera Cultura tells the story of farmworkers during the pandemic" - California News Times
"Opera Cultura Documents the Pandemic Stories of Bay Area Farmworkers" | San Francisco Classical Voice
"Son returns to field for every degree he earns to honor immigrant parents"
https://www.today.com/parents/son-mexican-farm-workers-becomes-doctor-honors-parents-t225122
Wonder if mom with 2 kids and a sign from last night slept well or if she thinks about climate movement.
"Premenstrual Dysphoria and Luteal Stress in Dominant-Social-Status Female Macaques"
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/393862/
Yeah, what if it did that.
Death is a topic. Pain. Dizziness is still hanging around damn damn damn damn damn...that doctor who told me not to worry about my dx.
Real Symptoms.
They try but they never schedule the appointment at better times of the month.
Repeated problems with this.
"Beyond the Furrows: Making healthcare accessible to local farmworkers" | KCBX
https://www.kcbx.org/post/beyond-furrows-making-healthcare-accessible-local-farmworkers
I hope they are getting good healthcare and I hope a lot of things improve for them.
I just wanna surround stuff like this with fun cowboy music 🎶 SOMETIMES not ALL the ⏳
Frontiers |" Feminist or Paternalistic: Understanding Men’s Motivations to Confront Sexism " | Psychology
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02988/full
🐴 "Ghostriders in the skyyyyyy" 🎶
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02988/full
The day was not an Energizer Bunny.
Maybe I got an energy sap at the end of it because I saw a woman with two kids begging for money and I had none to give her.
"I know you look great now but what about in 300 years" writing prompt?
That was a great salad. No dairy, but some good protein.
Back to those very beneficial garden books...
Rich quotes can be found here.
"Adrienne Rich: Feminist and Political Poet"
https://www.thoughtco.com/adrienne-rich-biography-3528945
One could be chosen, and then one could write whatever comes up for a half an hour...
lots of gardening and love of nature kinds of books. Very Beneficial. Very, very, very, very,
very...
"Rest for the weary"... be a...wise person.
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/elvis-presley/in-the-garden
(Instead of "Luck be a lady tonight"...ugh, that always seemed a bit weird and icky.)
Drinking liquids is great. Dizziness & love of lying in bed or napping all day. No swimming or much of anything else today. Humans lead mysterious lives and make mysterious choices for whatever reasons...
"Violette Leduc on Simone de Beavoir" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkn54x5tw9k&feature=youtu.be
"Reading Violette Leduc’s La Bâtarde" | Dalkey Archive Press
https://www.dalkeyarchive.com/reading-violette-leducs-la-batarde/
"Simone de Beauvoir interview in English (1976)" - YouTube
Hydration is very important...
This body at this age can wake up with a "hangover" (hours of dizziness and barely able to stand or stagger into the bathroom or kitchen and probably too much inflammation) just from lack of sleep and too much caffeine (even though it wasn't coffee!)
It wasn't that way a few years ago.
Oh! The wonderful feeling of being nice and hydrated again....
PCOS & COVID
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/23/health/women-covid-pcos-high-risk/index.html
Women's Health Lifelong Project Studies
"Top 100 Landscape Quotes To Marvel At Nature's Beauty by Kidadl"
https://kidadl.com/articles/top-landscape-quotes-to-marvel-at-natures-beauty
"Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Buttermilk"
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-buttermilk?
Biopic of a Black marketeer ACK will it let me fast forward if I still have 27 minutes left to watch
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/02/violette-review-biopic-simone-de-beauvoir
"Sky-high feed prices pushing dairy farmers over edge"
"NASA: Moon ‘Wobble’ To Cause Coastal Flooding Surge By 2030s"
https://www.theonion.com/nasa-moon-wobble-to-cause-coastal-flooding-surge-by-1847300981/amp
Learn more about birds?
"A Community for Naturalists" · iNaturalist
Art...
🌌🌙🌉🌛🌃😴
Edward Robert Hughes - "Night with Her Train of Stars, 1912"
https://arthur.io/art/edward-robert-hughes/night-with-her-train-of-stars
Part 1 was about young women (or young at heart women?) getting prepped for weddings. No men were anywhere around. Singing and costumes and positive feedback were involved. It was almost like rehearsing for a musical. Part 2 involved me riding in a car next to a guy I knew a long time and saying hi to him. Conversation and affection (like putting an arm around a shoulder) and petting hair was somehow intermingled with flowers in hair or being like a flower yourself. Part 3 = sitting on a park bench & telling a girl I think my marriage is good but we are unconventional. I think the parts happened in that order? See you another time, girls and guys of flower dreams...
Today I appreciated watching the wind rustling the tree leaves and thought about a woman who told me that she's not subscribing to society's pressure to get washboard abs because her belly tells a story.
"Man Gushes over Parents who are Farmworkers for Sending him to School in US, Wears them His Academic Cap"| Legit.ng
"'We’re not animals, we’re human beings’: US farm workers labor in deadly heat with few protections"| Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/16/farmworkers-labor-deadly-heat-few-protections
I have to recharge it to finish Violette (film).
I am just going to assume occasionally feeling discomfort on the left side of my body is no big deal.
I started The Salt Dancers. Good so far.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33142.Salt_Dancers
I briefly dipped into a library book & felt quite disappointed that my Jr. High age self wasn't more horrified by The Wayward Bus when I got it in paperback from the Monterey library on a visit to my dad. Well, girls that age have more access to feminist ideas nowadays...
About 27 minutes left...
"Violette (2013)" - Rotten Tomatoes
Today I hope a pain on the left side of my body that comes and goes will get much, much better.
I have things to attend to now.
Healing for the ones who have been suffering or traumatized or set off balance is a great thing to keep in mind.
"Queen Elizabeth and First Lady Jill Biden Had Their First Presidential Tea"
"Framing women's status through the ages" | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2015/12/04/framing-womens-status-through-the-ages
"'Your True Self Has Nothing To Do With What You Look Like': Important Lessons From Bumble's Modern Womanhood Panel" B&T
"Texas Is Offering a $10,000 'Bounty' on Abortions" – What to Know
"Texas Is Offering a $10,000 'Bounty' on Abortions – What to Know"
"Rainbow-Cake Recipe Inspires Comment Apocalypse"
https://deadspin.com/rainbow-cake-recipe-inspires-comment-apocalypse-1592575661
"3 women go on road trip together after finding out they were dating same man" | GMA
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/travel/story/women-road-trip-finding-dating-man-78877887
"Portrait of a Professional Baby Maker" - NEO.LIFE
https://neo.life/2021/07/portrait-of-a-professional-baby-maker/
"What wedding moment made you think: 'They are not going to last long'?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/olgt7p/what_wedding_moment_made_you_think_they_are_not/
"Lavender Ice Cream, Cheesecake & Martinis"| 123 Farm
https://hsresort.com/thelavenderfestival/phone/food.html
"Manwhohasitall is creating feminist satire"| Patreon
alt-J - "Deadcrush (Official Video)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJUNJ1o394&feature=youtu.be
Maybe I'll try watching that Violette film or re-visit the World on Fire show pretty soon.
I think someone's waist is getting to be on the slightly smaller side of still not that small according to the tape measure (which was only brought out because you were considering one of those clothes in a gift box services).
"Great Dane meets rescue kitten"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/ol37wx/great_dane_meets_rescue_kitten/
I wonder who runs this account?
Curiosity is a positive sign of improved mental and emotional well-being!
(Unlike an unhealthy fixation with sad topics such as sexism, rape culture, poverty, various pains or body problems...)
Arrrgh, unleash your happy inner child just bursting to get out and make a depressed man in the park feel better about himself because you smiled at him, you powerful radiant human being, you and your fabulous history of meeting eccentric male geniuses, how much more lucky ducky could you be nowadays... cats and dogs are the best as well.
Getting a bit tired of the weird physical ailments. Perhaps others would like to be more sensitive? That would be brothely brotherly. Some of the guys are getting kinda on the older, more mature side of things now...
Perhaps fame not so smart; non-fame much smarter for some, but repetitions happen for reasons.
🎶 Interlude 🎶
Hair - "Walking In Space (1979)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7jO99LxBSy8&feature=youtu.be
🎵 &🎵
From a distance fame might not look very important if you're just talking about changing the planet in terms of energy frequencies.
Verrra spirichul...
Hope this fits the sub: my cat snoozing on a sofa I crocheted for her
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/ok7stb/hope this fits the sub my cat snoozing on a sofa/
Dog found singing and playing the piano while owners aren't there
Dog dies the slowest of deaths
https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchPeopleDieInside/comments/okwpeo/dog_dies_the_slowest_of_deaths/
Cat bravely endures the end of the world
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/okudv7/cat_bravely_endures_the_end_of_the_world/
It's that Spirituality is not Catholic, as well, oftentimes.
Perhaps I shall combine the two by praying for my womb to feel healthier.
If you can get so much better at taking care of your health, like even when you do or say or eat or behave in a way that's stupid, then if you just re-commit to taking care of your health, and you run into one of those "omg could be so great if things weren't so fucked up" life forces before you die, who knows, maybe things'll work out alright...for some reason I am remembering a Hare Krisna restaurant I saw when I inhabited a much younger body in Cusco, Peru.
🎼 🎶⛰✨ 🦜
https://genius.com/Original-off-broadway-cast-of-hair-hare-krishna-lyrics
Silly, was much older when the film clips became available.
