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"Randi Mayem Singer on Twitter: 'So I guess Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficked all those girls to... no men?'" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/1476627829915717668?s=20

Even though you will totally make a litany of excuses for the behavior of rich & talented MEN, I am still so glad you're not like what's his name.

Or her name.

I wonder if "Miss Hokusai" is also available to rent on DVD

Maybe I can re-watch the film I just saw and also listen to the director's commentary, which is available on the DVD version of "The Breadwinner."

"Afghans React To 'The Breadwinner,' An Oscar-Nominated Animated Film : Goats and Soda" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/03/590215035/if-afghanistan-ran-the-oscars-the-breadwinner-would-triumph

The "Miss Hokusai" trailer played before the film.

"In 'Miss Hokusai,' The Daughter Of A Master Artist Comes Into Her Own" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497670477/in-miss-hokusai-the-daughter-of-a-master-artist-comes-into-her-own

I will enjoy that film after soup is consumed.

Who might say, gee, maybe the young ones will find more respectful people to hang out with, not just out of preference, but in the ever-changing climate, out of necessity.

"The Breadwinner Trailer #1 (2017)" | Movieclips Indie - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p64O8KAHHaQ

Neighborly Casserole Dish

Ingredients: all the people who definitely were not too patriarchal and too disrespectful 

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Too

Too disrespectful.

People who are more toxicly patriarchal than they need to be are too disrespectful to themselves and others.

Tres jolie

#WOMENSART on Twitter: "Dr Ella Hawkins, who among other talents, turns biscuits into artworks #WomensArt " / Twitter

https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1476201420760260613?s=20


Grateful for literacy again

If I could be having fun instead of feeling sick and obligated to communicate about how unhealthy society is, I guess I would be.

How could it be

Sometimes it's very clear that some of you very patriarchal people truly seem to have no idea how horrifying the very toxic system (which you and your brainwashed followers seem to support) looks to others. Sometimes is too oftentimes.

Necessary improvements

"Around Snohomish County, students walk out to protest ‘rape culture’" | HeraldNet.com

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/around-snohomish-county-students-walk-out-to-protest-rape-culture/

This, as opposed to how it used to be, is a necessary improvement.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Muy apropiada en este momento

Tiny stay in and not go outside energy.

Strike up the band (in my head)

I really do feel I have passed along a ton of helpful tips to people before their next life hits at any moment. Mission half-accomplished!

Where's Cowgirl Emoji 2Nite? ๐Ÿค ๐ŸŽ

Jax Persists on Twitter: "So Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty? Great. Let me know when you’re going to start punishing men for sexual predation and the sexual assaults they commit. Thanks." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/LadyJayPersists/status/1476371856458493956?s=20

๐Ÿค ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿง˜‍♀️๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿงฎ๐ŸŽž๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ€๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿฅณ

Jax Persists on Twitter: "Really? Because that didn’t happen in my case. They “didn’t want to ruin a man’s career over a mistake,” and he was allowed to retire and got to enjoy that for the rest of his life. I sure as hell got in trouble for pushing it though. So yeah." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/LadyJayPersists/status/1476381580532801540?s=20

$exist $exual predator$

Not the be$t your Je$u$ cult could wor$hip IMO.

Cherchez sure say cher says

"Romantic & Fun Music - 'Cherchez La Femme'" | Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Romantic-Fun-Music-333253927138275/videos/cherchez-la-femme/620268822124526/

Ghostface Killah – "Cherchez La Ghost Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Ghostface-killah-cherchez-la-ghost-lyrics

"Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - 'Cherchez La Femme'" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzxW0rsD1Q&feature=youtu.be

To eat with my oatmeal

"Voices from the Barrens – Native People, Blueberries and Sovereignty"

https://www.voicesfromthebarrens.com/

"After I Pick the Fruit: The Lives of Migrant Women"

https://www.afteripickthefruit.com/

Finger Lakes Times...

Finger Lakes Wines!

"LETTER: New York state must lower the overtime threshold for farmworkers" | Letters to Editor | fltimes.com

https://www.fltimes.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-new-york-state-must-lower-the-overtime-threshold-for-farmworkers/article_3563accc-c6a8-5b7f-bf30-df2e1ee9a2b4.html

Dr. John 'Lory' Ghertner, Board Member | El Ministerio Rural y Migrante

http://ruralmigrantministry.org/es/node/177

Water, you must appreciate having it sometimes

They're shutting off our water again today. Repairs must be made.

"The legacy of Desmond Tutu and his fight against climate apartheid"| TRT World

https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-legacy-of-desmond-tutu-and-his-fight-against-climate-apartheid-53093

Hypothetical prophetical angry climate activist to many humans on Earth:

"Irresponsible morons!"

Words have meaning

as one who believes more women deserve much better experiences in their school environments and in their workplaces...

Environmental disturbances

Sensing...distrust of disrespectful sexist cultural patterns repeating over and over and over again. Seems that could be a source of disappointment and some environmental disturbance. Well, now that's been identified, how about some sleep?

Hopefully a healthier future will not covet our socks

"'BPA comes from Big Oil and the petrochemical industry,' said Michael Green, CEO of CEH. 'Why are we digging up 500 million year old plants and animals, turning them into toxic chemicals, and adding them in our socks? Surely companies can make clothing like socks without toxic BPA.'"

"New Testing Shows BPA Could Be Leaching Into Our Skin From Socks"

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-testing-shows-bpa-could-be-leaching-into-our-skin-from-socks-301391926.html

"Research has shown that early life exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals like BPA can increase the risk of infants developing a range of diseases during childhood and later in adulthood. Exposure to these chemicals during critical periods of development can increase the risk of adverse health outcomes.

'BPA was originally designed as an estrogen,' said Tyrone Hayes, Professor of Integrative Biology at University of California, Berkeley. "Given the many adverse effects of exogenous estrogenic compounds, BPA should not be in our clothing, food packaging, or anything else that humans (or any animal for that matter) will come in contact with."

After months of testing, CEH sent legal notices to 54 companies whose socks had high levels of BPA in September. Already some companies are responding and working collaboratively with CEH to begin the process of removing BPA from their products."

"New Testing Shows BPA Could Be Leaching Into Our Skin From Socks"

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-testing-shows-bpa-could-be-leaching-into-our-skin-from-socks-301391926.html

I have no clue where this is, but it looks really cute too.

A specialization in Wildlife Rehabilitation!

"Campus Tour | Lees-McRae College" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ0fyXxehhs&feature=youtu.be

~~~~~~~

Well, I looked it up. I think a relative may have moved to that area.  

"Banner Elk, NC Things to Do"

https://www.romanticasheville.com/banner_elk.htm

"Lees–McRae College" - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lees%E2%80%93McRae_College

FEELINGS!๐ŸŒฌ๐ŸŒฆ ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿˆ‍⬛๐Ÿฆ„

 "Celebrating Salem's 250th Anniversary"| Salem 250

https://250.salem.edu/home

"Salem College TODAY: Why You'll Love Salem College" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iCg49CMsWvA

"Health Leadership" | Salem College

https://www.salem.edu/health-leadership

Also, interesting architecture.

Privileged to have the opportunity

Still a good one...

"Thin Ice" - Snap Judgment

https://snapjudgment.org/episode/thin-ice/

Thinking about creatures that have extra layers on them like cute seals? And giving appreciation to the down comforter.

Holy Jesus and His Female-Bodied Angels and Rainy Weather

Just learned about the vastly more uncomfortable feeling of doing jumping jacks in this current physical condition versus the slightly less extreme problem of briefly jogging in one place. ErRrrrr!

"We are continually learning"

"Boutsikaris: We are continually learning that women have for millennia played a major role in land stewardship in North America. We were also surprised by the women’s role in Karuk fire burning. Fire fighting in western society fits into a very masculine world of power, domination, force, and destruction. But the reality is that prescribed burning was grandmothers’ work. The women would light fires and walk with them and clean up around the village sites [to prevent bigger fires.] They also did prescribed burns to grow better acorns, huckleberries, and mushrooms. Their work with fire stemmed from a relationship with the land that wasn’t masculine at all, it was a very feminine process."

~ Boutsikaris to/with Wozniacka (& Dupris & Palmer?)

"'Inhabitants’ Digs Deep Into Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change"| Civil Eats

https://civileats.com/2021/05/24/inhabitants-digs-deep-into-indigenous-solutions-to-climate-change/

"We"

"We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth."

~ Desmond Tutu

"We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet" | Desmond Tutu | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/10/divest-fossil-fuels-climate-change-keystone-xl

Planning the Great Escape

Inquisitives inquisitively inquire
Do you non-ring wearers
(Not yet! But maybe some day...
"ForestForYou" | Etsy
have any plans coming up?
Any traditions you'd care to repeat?
Sure.
Wear a blue floral blouse
Run around the Brand Library 
Eat at an Armenian restaurant 
Try out back massagers at BB & B 
Watch & compare this show with the movie:
"Howards End" | Masterpiece | Official Site | PBS https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/howards-end/
And pet a kitty.

Monday, December 27, 2021

Wood thrush!

Wow, the intro is talking about the male wood thrush and Thoreau and using sound to get oriented to the environment...

"Wood Thrush Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology"

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/sounds

"Moravian Soundscapes: A Sonic History of the Moravian Missions in Early Pennsylvania | Journal of Moravian History" | Scholarly Publishing Collective

https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/moravian-history/article/21/2/210/287866/Moravian-Soundscapes-A-Sonic-History-of-the

Just don't get so excited you accidentally burn the vegetables.

Maybe I felt like having

A staring at water droplets through a transparent shower liner at red & orange & other colors & remembering my mother got her hair color from her father experience.

Hrrrrm

Hmmm Bot on Twitter: "hmmm https://t.co/YK0TdmfzoN" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/hmmm_bot/status/1475240536848146433

"Sofia Vergara and Penelope Cruz Sell Pantene Shampoo" - SNL - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJKEkZL9qrM&feature=youtu.be

Blonde Redhead - "Magic Mountain Lyrics" | SongMeanings

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858500118/

Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal (OFFICIAL VIDEO)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE&feature=youtu.be

♡ short conversations with affable DOs ♡

"TMJ can also cause earaches."

Thank you for listening!

Pets are psychic

The cat who wouldn't stay off the kitchen counter or the dining room table because she knew she was the cutest cat in the whole apartment.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

pumpumpum

Sufjan Stevens – "The Little Drummer Boy" Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Sufjan-stevens-the-little-drummer-boy-lyrics

"Mychalejko: El Salvador offers a dark glimpse into our post-Roe future"

https://news.yahoo.com/mychalejko-el-salvador-offers-dark-193839203.html

"Men Explain Things to Me" – Guernica

https://www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/

Why not a game show yet?

Kids who consider making better choices than their parents made weigh the pros & cons.

I'm the Christmas ๐Ÿฆ„

personwhoatetoomuchcakeyesterdayandthismorning

whichdidntbothermeuntilwegotinthecartodrivealongways

andIforgotmyseabandswhoknowshowmuchthosethingsworkanyways

andnowIgettolieonacoldmattressinadarkenedbackroom

forwhichIamgratefulnotbeingsarcasticatallaboutthat

andmaybeotherpplcanfinishitcausewebroughtitwithus

Ooooh 

Some folks improve with age

Whereas others...

"Fox News in Idiocracy vs. Fox News IRL"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/royclg/fox_news_in_idiocracy_vs_fox_news_irl/

"Kennedy: 'I am not responsible' to pay your student loan debt" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_hEmckx5k&feature=youtu.be

"Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, ex-VJ, talks libertarianism and Miley" | EW.com

https://ew.com/article/2013/12/09/kennedy-mtv-vj-libertarian-show/

Not so much.

Wow, would love to see one of these ๐Ÿฆ‹

๐Ÿ Marine TRร‰BAUL PhD - #SDGs - #Breton - Pigoneer on Twitter: "This's Mother Nature in all her splendor ๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Today I present you this 'Phalera bucephala' moth, perfectly resembling a broken piece of wood against predation. ๐Ÿ #Nature holds wonders beyond our belief ๐Ÿ˜ณ Protect her in all her forms ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://t.co/k6wEIPovXU #biodiversity https://t.co/MRVD0iQzf9" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/BeeAsMarine/status/1474981927543320577

Just remembering seeing a Virginia bee asleep in a flower in September

Imandi Udukumbura on Twitter: ""The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labours, But because she labours for others" ~St.John Chrysostom Did you ever know ? If bee disappears from earth human would have no more than 4years to live.~Albert Einstein Please save this little bumblebee๐Ÿ๐ŸŒธ https://t.co/nQzYots3VS" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/ImandiU/status/1475121613137854468?s=20

๐Ÿ‘ฃ

Nayon Sorkar #ClimateJustice on Twitter: "#SchoolStrikeForClimate week 48th. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #UprootTheSystem #ActNow #ClimateJusticeNow #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow #ClimateCrisis #FaceTheClimateEmergency #SaveFutureBangladesh https://t.co/X6GsJIr1rv" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/NayonSorkarBD/status/1474251058155114501?s=20

๐Ÿ‘ฃ

Elizabeth Wathuti ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช on Twitter: "Here is my full speech at the #COP26 World Leaders Summit Opening Ceremony with a key message from Earth to COP: "Open your hearts"! The youth voices at the World Leaders Summit will probably get the least coverage! So I'll upload them here! Share widely! https://t.co/yv6kKyfzDF" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/lizwathuti/status/1455518577327542273?s=20

Crunch crunch crunch


Goes the kitty cat 
refueling 
Herself from
an arduous bout of
Watching stuff

"'That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!'"- Sufjan Stevens - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tdyjueoSg1o&feature=youtu.be

Sufjan Stevens - "Christmas Unicorn (Austin, Texas 12-1-2012)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFOtEnJfVE&feature=youtu.be

It's sparked joy

Didn't lose my receipt from the post office, so I can look up tracking numbers and see where various packages are sitting! And this experience may be repeated if I send out any more packages within the next two months!

How many emotions per morning have to be addressed

"Raising kind kids, BTS, Malala and more — NPR's most-read global stories" : Goats and Soda : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/25/1062812413/how-to-raise-kind-kids-a-booze-ban-bts-at-u-n-our-top-non-pandemic-global-storie

"Malala Yousefzai is married. She was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053939195/malala-married

"Malala Yousafzai Interview In 'British Vogue' Prompts #ShameOnMalala Hashtag" : Goats and Soda : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/04/1003236671/malala-yousafzais-interview-in-british-vogue-sparks-anger-in-her-native-pakistan

"Leftist millennial to become Chile's next president" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/1065681923/a-leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chiles-next-president

"Chile's Congress approves same-sex marriage by an overwhelming majority" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1062261334/chile-same-sex-marriage

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Blessed be ๐Ÿง˜‍♀️ the body issues ๐Ÿ›€

"๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿ’„ ENJOY MY SUFFERING ๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿฉธ#shiadiva c

https://www.tiktok.com/@shiadanni/video/7003515412461767942

"Review: Siri Hustvedt's 'Mothers, Fathers, and Others' Spotlights Motherhood" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1065719508/mothers-fathers-and-others-addresses-the-realities-of-motherhood

"'Sea State' review: Tabitha Lasley visits the oil rigs of the North Sea : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1064902123/sea-state-review-tabitha-lasley

"Book review: Mina Seckin's 'The Four Humors' is a journey of self-discovery" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/24/1066706991/in-the-four-humors-a-woman-delves-into-the-past-on-a-journey-of-self-discovery


I made a cake for Christmas


As I served it, this one was pointed out to me.

"๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป | with Music original sound " - SHIADANNI

https://www.tiktok.com/@shiadanni/video/7045096538342804741

Kneading tips!

"KNEADING DOUGH | how to knead dough by hand" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E5NwwX7y6Ao&feature=youtu.be

For my 13-year self...for my not quite as young self circa 2007-2009...and just because when I turned on the radio to look for Xmas music, something else was playing ๐ŸŽถ

"Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 / Act 2 - No. 12b Divertissement: Coffee (Arabian Dance)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSi1_aDUVLU&feature=youtu.be

"Guster - 'Satellite (Video)'" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekt6PELAcEg&feature=youtu.be

"Kali Uchis – 'telepatรญa [Official Music Video]'"- YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bn_p95HbHoQ&feature=youtu.be

Merry Temperament Today

THE GLAM K๐Ÿ’„TCHEN - "Bean Taquitos" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YXfjKI3g8

THE GLAM KITCHEN - "Guacamole ๐Ÿฅ‘" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLGcuWLABk

I am intrigued

Mona Eltahawy on Twitter: "George Michael died on December 25, 2016. He was 53. I told @BBC_WHYS that day what he meant to me. Today, I will wear sequins and dance to the great music he left us. Thank you, George. We miss you! ๐Ÿ’œ✊๐Ÿฝ❤️ https://t.co/UlFTnmAM2y" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1474775812499030017?s=20

Friday, December 24, 2021

Several versions of "Stille Nacht"

"Over the Centuries, the Humble Triumph of 'Silent Night' Endures"

https://coffeeordie.com/silent-night-endures/

"9 of the Best Versions of 'Silent Night' by Franz Xaver Gruber : Interlude"

https://interlude.hk/winter-wonderland-the-best-versions-of-silent-night/

"The humble origins of 'Silent Night'"

https://theconversation.com/the-humble-origins-of-silent-night-108653

#WOMENSART on Twitter: "'Silent Night' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt #ChristmasEve ๐ŸŒŸ" https://t.co/5CmSqT4Gf0" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1474407081402937344?s=20

Found some aesthetic

while the wassail was simmering

"๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ”ฅ OTOM ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ÿ‚ then I forced him to take a picture of my outfit come to IG to see it ๐Ÿ”ฅ"

https://www.tiktok.com/@shiadanni/video/7016081908597656838?lang=en

"2 Ingredient 2 Minute Chocolate Fudge - No Fail Recipe" - The Hillbilly Kitchen - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eVYDOJAQEjY&feature=youtu.be

"Just going to the supermarket๐Ÿ‘„✨ #Shiadiva is back"

https://www.tiktok.com/@shiadanni/video/6918454566816173317

"2 Minute Rocky Road Fudge – Easy - No-Fail" - The Hillbilly Kitchen - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8FshOpY5Ss&feature=youtu.be

Looks like her Trump magnet went away.

sweetened condensed milk

Tech Eve Mass

I like remembering how 2 years ago I had no idea what Zoom was or how to use it. 

Dear Rain, please do not flood the apartment

This was overplayed in the mornings, and now it's what listening to a song on the classic rock station was.

"Mike and the Mechanics Hit Number One With 'The Living Years'" - Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mike-mechanics-living-years-song-808118/

Can you help yourself more?

Why are your favorite privileged men so bad at feeling empathy for women and why have you brainwashed yourself to be so much like them?

Found a 6 Tips Thing

"Six Things You’ve Probably Been Doing That You Should Stop Doing"

~ Imani Gandy

According to gossip

"Hunter Biden's Illegitimate Child MIA From White House Stocking Display"

https://okmagazine.com/p/hunter-biden-daughter-wedlock-mia-president-joe-biden-white-house-christmas-stocking-display/

Lots more illegitimate ones might be on the way, the way things are going?



She certainly exists.

What does the Selfish Woman who gets paid to Not Give a Shit About Women look like to you?

This film has a weird sense of humor so far

Pie and terrible needs.

"The Beauty within 'The Shape of Water'” | Mirror News

https://mirrornews.hfcc.edu/news/2018/02-19/beauty-within-shape-water

I think they're playing this on the violins:

"Russmus: Folk/Traditional - ะžั‡ะธ ั‡ั‘ั€ะฝั‹ะต / Ochi chyornye / Dark Eyes lyrics and translations"

http://www.russmus.net/song/5198

Honorable Mention

I've been reading Lolita. Do you think that behavior would be more palatable on you if you were a well-dressed white guy with a fuckload of money?

Read to Sleep

For Her:

Fiona Apple – "Sleep to Dream"

https://genius.com/Fiona-apple-sleep-to-dream-lyrics

ms. I fell asleep.

m3r. You fell asleep.

ms. And then I woke up. Now I am not asleep. So I might read. Or I might go back to sleep. It's all very confusing.

m3r. (Leaning forward, petting hair of ms., whispering loudly) SLEEP...

ms. Oh my God, you're a fucking creep.

Fiona Apple - "Sleep to Dream (Official Video)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Wnh0V4HMM&feature=youtu.be


I guess I give in sometimes....

Like when I look up lyrics and text links to ppl?

soviet soldiers dancing on Twitter: "without me - eminem https://t.co/Dan6QLS96I" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/communistbops/status/1473258831920648195?s=20

Well hey

"Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Not A Bride’ Child Marriage Series Set for Paramount Plus"

https://variety.com/2021/streaming/global/penelope-cruz-pedro-almodovars-child-marriage-series-paramount-plus-1235122817/

"Child, early and forced marriage and unions happen all over the world, and 650 million women alive today already face the direct consequences of child marriage. “Not a Bride” will uncover the common misconception that this problem only happens in low- and middle-income countries and will shed light on the reality that it happens across countries, cultures and religions." 

~ Naman Ramachandran

Great question

X: Gosh, I can't believe I had no idea that song was about Elvis!

Y: I wonder if that's why I named a cat "Velvet" when I was growing up.

X: I'm gonna find "Love Me Tender Now." Elvis was very talented. He was a borderline pedophile though. He liked really young girls.

Y: Well, when they keep throwing themselves at you...

X: Well, he was one of those talented guys who's also insecure.

~~~~~~

~~~~~~

~~~~~~

X: Don't you justify a pedophile to me!

"Elvis Presley 'Love Me Tender' (October 28, 1956) on The Ed Sullivan Show"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwlrUUyxg9c

Screamy scream scream.

Y: Man, what is it about Almodovar and mothers?

O knowledge

I don't want to hear the neighbors playing overly loud music or bass especially right now when it's raining and harder to leave this place.

Floral floral floral

Thanks to a certain kind of upbringing...

Quiet Riot's "...Noize"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxgMGk9JPVA&feature=youtu.be

Got a set of little bottles of floral syrups and looking up so many cocktail recipes...

Slade's "...Noize"

https://youtu.be/Qu_ozjAu_vM

What about an Aviation cocktail with pomegranate and brandy and violet syrup since I don't have all the proper liquers?

Julia Jacklin's "Eastwick"

https://youtu.be/QBTeT8N-ei8

The flavor was fine but it was not a blue drink.

๐ŸŒต humor ๐ŸŒผ & nature ❄️๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฆ†

"My mother says cacti are bad feng shui. But my mother likes to lie to white people about feng shui."

~ R. Hisayo

Catapult | "The Cactus Mother: Nine Plants, Zero Kids"| Rowan Hisayo

https://catapult.co/stories/cactus-mother-on-having-nine-plants-and-zero-kids

The Willowherb Review on Twitter: "As we reach the deep darkness of winter, here are some ways to connect with the season, whether you're in city or country. ❄️๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฆ†https://t.co/FQyzdHbWlG Words by @jessicajlee Illustrations by @RowanHLB Part of the Open Doors programme by @WritersCentre" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/WillowherbRvw/status/1473216682470428675?s=20

"Looking: Large and Small| Winter" — THE WILLOWHERB REVIEW

https://www.thewillowherbreview.com/looking-large-and-small-winter

Some items just make you think of someone on a rainy day

"What Ever Happened to Waterbeds?"

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-ever-happened-to-waterbeds?utm_source=pocket-newtab 

The single mom with the overbearing and punitive brothers (come to think of it, maybe they sort of acted like they were in the mafia or wanted to be?) was nice and let us kids roll around on the mattress.

Hopefully the scary uncles stayed off her bed. 

Around that time, attended a Catholic religion class where some kids wanted to talk about someone whose relative got murdered and the women running the session shushed them. After that, a religion class at a different church where we were encouraged to eat on one dollar a day. I think I chose well: a hard boiled egg and peanut butter toast. But like the other kids, I ate it all at once. Before we left that coast, enjoyed making a St. Patrick's Day drawing for the fridge and people who were into going to that second church or wanted to learn about computers or music (which one was it?) came over for a little party and got lavish with their compliments...so much nicer than trying to draw a tricycle in art class...

https://top40weekly.com/top-100-songs-of-1984/

https://top40weekly.com/top-100-songs-of-1985/

https://top40weekly.com/top-100-songs-of-1986/

'Tis the season to be carb~y

"Panettone Cake: History, Information, Interesting Facts" - WebFoodCulture

https://www.webfoodculture.com/panettone-cake-history-information-interesting-facts/

Reading Nabakov makes the panettone inventor look decent and moral.

The universe arranges things

"Have you noticed that the sensitivity on the part of certain folks could be shall we say higher by now?" ~ The Universe


"How Penรฉlope Cruz Protects Her Kids with Javier Bardem from Social Media"

Smoooosh

smrowrae eht og

Which would be easier to try to play if I buy myself a string instrument fir Christmas

Rodriguez - Inner City Blues Chords - Chordify

https://chordify.net/chords/rodriguez-songs/inner-city-blues-chords

Rodriguez – Inner City Blues Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Rodriguez-inner-city-blues-lyrics

Paul Simon -Still Crazy After All These Years Chords - Chordify

https://chordify.net/chords/paul-simon-songs/still-crazy-after-all-these-years-4-chords

Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Paul-simon-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-lyrics

Reading Lolita can be interrupted by reading others

"My body will never be erased" - UnHerd

https://unherd.com/2021/12/my-body-will-never-be-erased/

Hadley Freeman on Twitter: "This is sad and beautiful and angry and wise and true https://t.co/5a6bryKnzO" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/hadleyfreeman

Script script script

I did just ever so briefly think that questions for the actress who says 

"I feel very fortunate and very blessed, very lucky that I can continue to have my career combining my work with my most important mission, which is being a good mom."

~ P. Cruz 

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066262235/penelope-cruz-says-just-reading-the-script-for-parallel-mothers-left-her-in-tear

about working with a child molester might be brought up in a more enlightened era?

And that was before I read this:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/17/javier-bardem-when-i-won-the-oscar-i-felt-great-but-it-didnt-make-any-sense

Make a weird face.

It's not hard to do.


"...a love story almost shocking in it's beauty and tenderness."

"shock" | Etymology, origin and meaning of shock by etymonline

https://www.etymonline.com/word/shock

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Guess it's time to do the dishes...

I got through some of Lolita, but maybe the library site is being funny because now the pages have the spinning circles of death upon them.

Overindulgence again?

Sometimes it's weird to think about how others might have been encouraged to have a propensity or a difficult time with a habit of overindulgence in certain areas, the way I know I had too many brioche toast crackers with spinach dip this evening.

And now I want that feeling to go away before I resume Reading Lolita in Tehran.

But come to think of it, the sick feeling might be the perfect thing for skimming Nabokov?

Literature mon amour

"If a man tells you he doesn’t open a door because of gender equality, I promise you THAT dude is the one with the real aggressive sexism."

~ Jef Rouner

"Women Don't Prefer Sexist Men"| Houston Press

https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/women-dont-prefer-sexist-men-11082923

"Though Thibodeaux didn’t approach the protesters, her mother Marilyn (who still works at 14 Pews into her 80s despite several health scares this year) gleefully interacted with them, according to her daughter. At one point, the protesters began singing hymns, only for Marilyn to respond with a hearty rendition of 'Ave Maria.'”

~ J. Rouner

"Why were protesters outside 14 Pews theater on Saturday night?" | Datebook

https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/so-why-were-protesters-outside-14-pews-on-16698509

"My kid is nearly a teenager now, which means that they are actually useful instead of a walking burn risk and collection of different pouts."

~ J. R.

"5 Ways to Bake With a Toddler" | Houston Press

https://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/5-ways-to-bake-with-a-toddler-12514230

๐ŸŽผay it ain't soooo ๐Ÿ”ฎ

"The Pleasures of Formal Poetry" - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/the-pleasures-of-formal-poetry/377226/

"Rich people actually do have trouble understanding what it's like to be poor" | Salon.com

https://www.salon.com/2021/05/18/rich-people-actually-do-have-trouble-understanding-what-its-like-to-be-poor/

"Weezer – Say It Ain't So Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Weezer-say-it-aint-so-lyrics

"Farmworkers Crash Sonoma Winery to Demand Wildfire Protections"

https://theintercept.com/2021/12/21/wildfires-wine-country-vineyard-workers/

๐Ÿ‡

Y?

Why yes, you reminded me that X has benefited from Xism more than the average X.

O FAMILIA

"Class on 'invisible' farmworkers is a family history lesson for some Oregon students"

"UO class offers often untaught history of Oregon farmworkers"

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2021/12/22/university-of-oregon-class-offers-often-latino-farmworkers-history/8920764002/

"Class on 'invisible' farmworkers is a family history lesson for some Oregon students"

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Almost a dark comedy

The woman who was bipolar, got divorced, then somehow magically didn't need all that medication.

Sigh. Lke the rent, the price is just too high, I guess

"What Farmworkers Can Teach Hollywood About Ending Sexual Harassment" - Talk Poverty

https://talkpoverty.org/2018/01/18/farmworkers-can-teach-hollywood-ending-sexual-harassment/

But maybe one could say a prayer for the xx% of the Entertainment Industry & it's Enablers who got brainwashed into normalizing lots of Harmful Misogynistic Societal Customs before much more time passes?

Such a life.

Sometimes, I just can't believe some people want to get congratulated for not acting like a billionaire on a yacht.

Your so & so's immaturity is slammin'

Only sometimes.

Ever think of how amazing it will be when some stop using that "pointing the finger at other reprehensible people in order to avoid taking responsibility for my own behavior" habit which is a coping mechanism they learned from others? 

"Hey, it's great that we can talk about this and I don't feel he's just doing it as a way to deflect."

Hopefully the pandemic won't get much worse!

I just got an "Important Omnicron Update" text message. 

Clicked on the link and a window about the Procession documentary came up.

I deeply feel the universe has chosen to remind me of this

Teen Pregnancy Memory: when I was 14 I was walking by a car with a friend at school and the friend told me that the girl in the car had gotten pregnant and had a baby with the guy in the car. For some reason he was trying to be affectionate with his girlfriend as we walked by them, and I watched her act repulsed and shove him away from her.

Now for some reason I am thinking of Cher in Clueless: "Ugh, get off me!"

Nuanced has been summoned

"Viewpoint: The U.S. Senate has historic opportunity to break cycle of poverty" - Missoula Current

https://missoulacurrent.com/opinion/2021/12/viewpoint-senate-poverty/

"The US war on abortion rights will harm women everywhere" | Women's Rights | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/12/14/the-us-war-on-abortion-rights-will-harm-women-everywhere

"Why Is Child Marriage So Prevalent in West Africa?"

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/child-marriage-west-africa-explained/

"Houston Woman First Ever Charged in Transporting Minor for Female Genital Mutilation" | The Texan

https://thetexan.news/houston-woman-first-ever-charged-in-transporting-minor-for-female-genital-mutilation/

"Women Don't Prefer Sexist Men" | Houston Press

https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/women-dont-prefer-sexist-men-11082923

Not the 19th century at least...

In the 21st century, if you have ever become one who sometimes has that "I am sorry I couldn't keep myself from being unnecessarily controlling & bullying about certain things because my own insecurities were affecting me," are you also inspired to be more efficient with your time in the near future (like perhaps in this lifetime, ahead of the next one)?

Monday, December 20, 2021

I thought I wouldn't try this...

But the woman in front of me ordered it. 


I asked for it. And after that, I found $15 in the parking lot. No one around me seemed to be looking for it, so I kept it, and made some purchases that came to $14.97.

Who could be living a very different reality

You....not just a character in a film or novel.

Book I might start at some point tomorrow

"Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7603.Reading_Lolita_in_Tehran

I decided I should at least skim Daisy Miller before reading it.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Daisy Miller: a Study, by Henry James

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/208/208-h/208-h.htm

Maybe I will skim Lolita, too.

Harmony

Y: I want to go see Spiderman.

X: HAVE FUN!

Positive

Kenice Mobley on Twitter: "Today, for the first time, I saw a pregnancy test commercial where the person was excited NOT to be pregnant and I smiled ear to ear because representation matters" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/kenicemobley/status/1472652724063948813?s=20

Kenice Mobley on Twitter: "Wow, if you liked this, umm, thank you for liking it! Consider following me, checking out my Fallon set, or just donate to causes that support women’s rights to have or not have babies???" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/kenicemobley/status/1472797961570729993?s=20

Pied Piper

"Glockenspiel at Bavarian Inn Frankenmuth. Legend of The Pied Piper: Full Show." - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_7-836boBJ0

"The grim truth behind the Pied Piper" - BBC Travel

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200902-the-grim-truth-behind-the-pied-piper

I think I ๐Ÿšฒ had a REALLY ๐Ÿˆ‍⬛ funny idea

I was in a gift shop yesterday.

"Omg, look at this. It's a replica of the Old Maid playing cards they used to have back in the day."

"What if they made a card game called The Man Who Would Never Shut Up."

https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/old-maid/

"The equivalent game in many European countries is known (in each country's own language) as "Peter" or "Black Peter", and is played with special cards, typically 31 or 37, in which the odd one out is typically a chimney sweep or a black cat."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_maid_(card_game)

You know a kitten had to jump in my bed right when I was reading that one.


Why couldn't you go back to sleep?

"Empowering You With The Truth - The TMJ Association"

https://tmj.org/

Have TMJ symptoms on the right side of my face?

Anyways, I guess if you were an old maid at 18

Then getting married off to a super wealthy older dude several years before that age cut-off must've been considered very fortunate and lucky!!!!

Are they saying that to people who make my clothes?

"It’s time we stopped telling 50 percent of our population that they are not required to operate in the ‘real’ outer world after 18"

~ Jaya Jaitly

"How marriage for girls at the age of 21 will make a big difference"

https://www.firstpost.com/india/how-marriage-for-girls-at-the-age-of-21-will-make-a-big-difference-10223321.html

On the Historic Home Tour

"The owner lied about her daughter's ages when she moved out here so they wouldn't be considered old maids, but one of them still never got married. However, she had a lot of hobbies!"

"Gee, what age were they considered to be old maids?"

"That's what I was going to ask."

"Um, over the age of eighteen?"

Dear Xtians

who were taught to care more about adhering to Paternalistic Societal and Sexual Norms than about Domestic Violence and Femicide

"16 Days: ‘Missing and Murdered’ victims of femicide" | The Lutheran World Federation

https://www.lutheranworld.org/news/16-days-missing-and-murdered-victims-femicide

What if Xtian Society changes?

Can't remember dreams

The women in your social circle who would never make that many excuses for your behavior if you were walking around doing and saying that stuff in a different kind of body...maybe they were not in them...but perhaps I can go back to sleep! Thank you, Universe.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

I celebrate this amazing knowledge...

I am so tired.

I wonder if I need a vitamin.

Am I really living an earth life in the 2020s.

Also penicillin is good

Just grateful to know dad's straight and not a repressed bitter bisexual. Or something.

Hey, interestinger than expectedresults

"Women lead religious groups in many ways – besides the growing number who have been ordained"

https://religionnews.com/2021/12/08/women-lead-religious-groups-in-many-ways-besides-the-growing-number-who-have-been-ordained/

"Christian women are 'agents of resistance' against North Korea's Communist regime"

https://christiantoday.com/article/christian.women.are.agents.of.resistance.against.north.koreas.communist.regime/137900.htm

"In Buddhism, women blaze a path but strive for gender equity"

https://religionnews.com/2021/12/09/in-buddhism-women-blaze-a-path-but-strive-for-gender-equity/

"Women breaking through to top roles in Black churches" - WFMJ.com

https://www.wfmj.com/story/45413434/women-breaking-through-to-top-roles-in-black-churches

"A Patriarchal Stereotype Sustains the Capitalist System: The 'Inferior, Submissive Woman'” - Left Voice

https://www.leftvoice.org/a-patriarchal-stereotype-sustains-the-capitalist-system-the-inferior-submissive-woman/

"In Hinduism, women creating spaces for their own leadership" WFMJ.com

https://www.wfmj.com/story/45435619/in-hinduism-women-creating-spaces-for-their-own-leadership

("patriarchal religions")

When recent dream met recent reality

Dream: "I'm too tired and I wish I were at home and I just want to go to sleeeeeep...."

Reality: "Uh, you already were just asleep and you weren't even able to feel like you were????"

O headache where art thy remedy

Brother Xmas Present:  You know, when I really try to see things from a different point of view, maybe it does help me to be a bit more sensitive to a lot of CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WEREN'T QUITE AS APPARENT TO ME BEFORE, and that can actually benefit me in the long run?

Sister Sincerity: O Blessed Brother of This Awesome Human Adventure. Even though you still seem to get defensive A LOT and mostly appear to be pretty resistant to change, it's big of you to occasionally try. It also makes me curious. HAVE YOU FOUND A GREAT MASCULINE SPIRITUAL FIGURE TO GUIDE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY?

Omg fashion and music of the 20s

But omg the sexual division of labor of the 20s...

"Patriarchy, Entitlement and Sexual division of labour"

https://www.sociologygroup.com/patriarchy-entitlement-sexual-division-of-labour/

"Nicki Minaj endorses SA city councilman after he wished her ‘happy birthday’ during session"

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/12/11/nicki-minaj-retweets-sa-city-councilman-after-he-wished-her-happy-birthday-during-session/

"Jennifer Hough, Accuser of Nicki Minaj’s Husband, Speaks Out On-Air"| Teen Vogue

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jennifer-hough-accuser-of-nicki-minaj-husband-speaks-out

"Nicki Minaj Strips Down For Her Birthday & Throws Down For Her Hubby In Court"

https://hiphopwired.com/1076705/nicki-minaj-strips-down-for-her-birthday-throws-down-for-her-hubby-in-court/

"Division of Labor" - Econlib

https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/DivisionofLabor.html


Ever get feelings from the universe

"Celebrity Culture isn't Dead, But it Should Be"| URGE

https://urge.org/celebrity-culture-isnt-dead-but-it-should-be/

"Nicki Minaj and husband Kenneth Petty sued by sex assault victim" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58209403

"Some Philadelphia School District culinary programs have no food"

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-school-district-culinary-no-food-20211215.html

"The Texas law will kill women who need abortions like mine. Here’s what California must do."

https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/Texas-abortion-law-Supreme-Court-California-policy-16707094.php

P!nk - "Stupid Girls Official Music Video" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IIREtkpAnQQ

"You've been very good, feeding the entire country"

"'We wanted to give you Christmas gifts because you contribute so much to this country's economy and often get little in return,' ​​Luz Gallegos, TODEC executive director, told the farmworker group in Spanish." 

~ Eliana Perez

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/coachella/2021/12/17/todec-surprises-farmworkers-thermal-christmas-presents/8900120002/

Cats are irreplaceable

The older rescue kitty had zero interest in chasing the red dots of laser pointers.

The kitten makes noises at the back of her throat and goes into hunter mode immediately.

The older rescue kitty would not sleep on the bed if she felt unwelcome there.

The kitten can open some of the doors in the apartment and feels she goes where she pleases.

The older rescue kitty would screech loudly and angrily if you stepped on a tail or a paw and maybe glare at you.

This kitten silently endures the tail or paw getting stepped on and then runs away and hides under the futon!

So sad...

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-all-time-favourite-show/

Hmmm, weird...

https://genius.com/Paul-simon-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-lyrics

This place that was around the corner from my University which I never saw from the inside is still around...

https://www.instagram.com/wildroseseattle/?hl=en

Wonder who's got film or pictures of a place...

"LACE - CLOSED" - 18 Reviews - American (Traditional) - 2214 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number

https://www.yelp.com/biz/lace-washington

"Linda Mah dies at 55"

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/11/10/linda-mah-dies-55/

"Lost Womyn's Space: Lace DC (Lace on the Avenue)"

http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2015/02/lace-dc-lace-on-avenue.html?m=1

"The Community Mourns the Loss of Linda McAllister" - Tagg Magazine

https://taggmagazine.com/linda-mcallister/

"The Rise and Fall of America's Lesbian Bars | Travel"| Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rise-and-fall-americas-lesbian-bars-180976801/

Friday, December 17, 2021

$$$topics4teens

"Biden administration’s failure to relieve student loan debt burden has consequences for Black women"

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-administration-failure-relieve-student-171227348.html

Hee hee, how old is this now

Nada Surf – "Popular (Official Video) [Remastered in HD]" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFuD-S-e_E

Sometimes the brain thinks it's like Hollywood culture convinces people who might otherwise think they're too old for that kind of nonsense that no, they're exactly the right age for that sort of nonsense.

Environmental envisioneering

Imagine if society expected much, much better of certain people. 

Could cry.

Because it's natural to feel like crying about the women who were trained to be complicit with sexism and such.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Who made this song?

"Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier" by Screaming Orphans

https://screamingorphans.com/home

Someone who knew how to complain really well.

ByeBobbyShafto

Sloooowsurvivalmodeheavyflooow

I read a text book in first grade and was always horrified by one page with a picture of milk that got spilled across a cafeteria table and even now

Ooooo

"Black and White: Ghost of John"

https://nydamprintsblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2020/10/ghost-of-john.html

A personality close to my ♡ is into complaining and feeling good about it. Great, even.

Rah rah self

"Richmeister's Rival" - Saturday Night Live - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoo2SnRcWk&feature=youtu.be

I have to wait for a man to unjam a printer / copy machine with the magnetic sheet stuck in it because he's better at that sort of thing.