But also a mission?
I think I will try it again?
I have an ear / throat issue on the left and other things.
The left side is often the suffering side for some reason.
Monday, February 28, 2022
Better later maybe?
Ever been continually reminded of how easy it is to be sad about how society turned some of the wealthy and overprivileged into people who possibly just don't even know how harmful their self-absorption and irresponsible decisions feel?
BeotherBrotherBelierBeliever
What if you and one of your fellow female comrades are tasked with enduring sexism, making a bit of fun of someone who does self- absorbed stuff that causes bad feelings in order to lighten the situation, and also trying to get him help in your next life.
I will go back and pull a few quotes...
Why is he saying such things to her?
"Fifty percent" he said.
"Why" she said.
What if...
What about a stone...
"The Idea That Everything From Spoons to Stones is Conscious is Gaining Academic Credibility"
"Remember to be kind before you die and get reborn into another form..." ~ A. Stone
Of course. Also I learned
dogs can sense if your blood pressure drops (at least, some of them can.)
"Does your dog care if you die?" – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/does-your-dog-care-if-you-die/
I guess blueberry picking could be a sport...
Food & medical care...constantly reappearing themes...
"This Indigenous Med Student Went Viral For Wearing The Traditional Dress Of Her Community For Her White Coat Ceremony"
https://sports.yahoo.com/latina-went-farmworker-med-student-224955368.html
Made a blueberry apple compote with maple syrup
“'He was very dismissive. He mocked what she had done to try to cure me,' Nino-Tapias said, adding that it caused her to think about medicine as a career."
~ Mandy Erickson
"Mixtec ancestors’ stories inspire medical student to persevere" | Stanford Medicine
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2021issue1/mixtec-ancestors-inspire-medical-student.html
"From Oaxaca to Stanford, via blueberry farms in the Northwest" - Scope
"Farmworkers plead for overtime pay as ag industry warns of harmful impacts" – Oregon Capital Chronicle
"Readers respond: Farmworkers deserve overtime"
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/02/readers-respond-farmworkers-deserve-overtime.html
Better than this is surely deserved
"Why Was a Catholic Hospital Willing to Gamble With My Life?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/opinion/sunday/roe-dobbs-miscarriage-abortion.html
God / government of the USA has chosen a new judge
"Ketanji Brown Jackson Thanks God for Supreme Court Nomination" | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
"Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a superb addition to the US supreme court"| Moira Donegan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/26/ketanji-brown-jackson-us-supreme-court
Is the Universe being goofy?
Yes, you may have noticed that the sexism some find so tolerable in exchange for a financial boost appears to be way worse for "other people" than it is for them? Some of those "other people" are also the ones who give us food and clothing and all sorts of fine things?
Aren't they supposed to be super privileged?
“More than anything, it really makes you question who academia serves.”
~ Sofia Andrade
"Harvard’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit is About Free Speech for Students"| Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harvard-comaroff-sexual-harassment-oped/amp
Harvard can be as bad to its students as a state school, or even a community college?
But no....
"Meditation, Like Everything Else, is Sexist" | by Emily Jennings | Change Your Mind Change Your Life | Medium
https://medium.com/change-your-mind/meditation-is-sexist-36285e777672
Oh heck. She makes comical tiktoks. I see a guy in some of them.
Emily / Psychic Realness (@divine_hilarity) TikTok | Watch Emily / Psychic Realness's Newest TikTok Videos
Sorry that tenure, money, fame can warp people
"Harvard’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit is About Free Speech for Students"| Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harvard-comaroff-sexual-harassment-oped
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Fall in Love with Mother Earth in other ways?
"CANCELED: Falling In Love With Mother Earth Retreat" - Deer Park Monastery
https://deerparkmonastery.org/events/falling-in-love-with-mother-earth-retreat/
"Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" | Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values
Clouded lately
"'A cloud never dies:' A California monastery mourns mindfulness advocate Thich Nhat Hanh"
Probably would rather be picking potatoes...or playing video games, honestly!
"Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian civilians"
Brunch Day for some
"No One Believed Me" - Modern Farmer
https://modernfarmer.com/2019/12/no-one-believed-me/
"Another Voice: Agricultural workers deserve fairness in overtime pay" | Opinion | buffalonews.com
Images — olivia heffernan
https://www.oliviaheffernan.com/images
"Amy Poehler, Laura Dern Put Food and Ag Workers' Rights in Spotlight at Golden Globes" - Modern Farmer
https://modernfarmer.com/2018/01/farmworker-rights-take-stage-golden-globes/
Fratty?
They acted the old-school version of tenured? Or maybe the still mainstream version?
"You Can’t Retract The Damage of The Comaroff Letter" | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/2/14/kiros-comaroff-damage-cant-be-undone/
"The professors that signed the letter — which included 20 percent of Harvard’s University Professors, the highest title the University can bestow upon faculty — acted fratty."
~ Hana M. Kiros
And if circumstances had been slightly different, it's likely they'd never have retracted and would still be feeling good about that. Bless their herd mentality hearts.
Saturday, February 26, 2022
What if our culture got more educated about brains & emotional reactions
Like, when a man has denial of situation issues. Three people said an ambulance was needed and still he wanted to resist. Calling an ambulance was the right choice. The paramedics were good. Maybe the man needs help or training so he's not so prone to behaving poorly when he doesn't know how to deal with being scared. Sigh.
This is repetitive
Send light or prayers or healing vibes to the stubborn guys who like to be in denial and get blustery and resistant as a way of dealing with anxiety when someone's sick and they aren't in control cause they apparently need help with that sort of thing.
So many good reminders
"You carry Mother Earth within you," says Thay. "She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.
"In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. In that kind of relationship you have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change your life"
~ Jo Confino
"Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth"| Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values
"Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.
"Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.
"So to breathe in and be aware of your body and look deeply into it and realise you are the Earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the earth. Not to cut the tree not to pollute the water, that is not enough."
~ Jo Confino
His wisdom was so helpful today
"Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth"| Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values
"He believes we need to move beyond talking about the environment, as this leads people to experience themselves and Earth as two separate entities and to see the planet in terms only of what it can do for them.
Change is possible only if there is a recognition that people and planet are ultimately one and the same."
~ Jo Confino
A man just showed me this
"Young Russian soldier cries as the local residents of Sumy tell him that he is not welcome in their country"
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/t1srm8/young russian soldier cries as the local/
"Beration can be very painful."
Mind wandered back to a topic
"The decisive moment that sealed Ukraine’s fate may well have been the U.S.-led withdrawal from Afghanistan — a country closely watched by the Kremlin, given its key role in the downfall of the USSR, after the Soviets attempted to invade in 1979, and spent almost a decade fighting a losing battle."
~ Zoya Sheftalovich
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-war-russia-vladimir-putin-miscalculation/
Another form of love
"Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" | Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values
Back to prayer
Loved ones back in the hospital again.
Life is not fair, so it is best to find gentleness and healing whenever possible.
Where else to go?
"Afghan Refugee Stuck in Ukraine as Putin Wages War"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/25/afghan-refugee-russia-ukraine-war-putin/
"...she Googled the tactics of the Russian military to see how they compared with the Taliban’s."
~ Amy Mackinnon
Maybe the next generation can be much better
"Anita Hill Takes On Those ‘Trying to Put Black Women in a Box’"
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-anita-hill.html
"Anita Hill: Biden didn't take responsibility for 'harm' he did to accusers during Clarence Thomas hearing" | Fox News
"'He took responsibility for the harm that he had done to me. What he did not recognize was the harm that he had done to many, many others and people across the country who still talk about how harmful and hurtful that process was to them personally as well as harmful to people who wanted to come forward with their claims. Because what the Senate Judiciary Committee did was put out there this model of how those claims are received that really did a disservice to victims and survivors,' Hill said."
~ Hanna Panreck
Those who love money and celebrity cults can still note
Some on this planet have good reasons as to why we would rather meet Tchiya Amet than Neil Degrasse Tyson.
"Neil deGrasse Tyson investigation: Fox, NatGeo aren’t sharing details: - Vox
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/3/20/18271509/neil-degrasse-tyson-investigation-2019-tchiya-amet
"'We Need to Talk About Cosby’ Finale: Hannibal Buress Called Bill Cosby a Rapist and Helped Topple an Icon"
Friday, February 25, 2022
what if
"Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" | Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values
Much to admire...
However, these expectations are just unrealistic?
Adam Grant on Twitter: "A cardinal rule of responsibility is to shield others from the suffering you endured. Good parents refuse to dump their childhood baggage on their kids. Good leaders and coaches refuse to perpetuate abusive patterns. You can choose to do right in the ways you've been wronged." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant/status/1495074787701530626?s=20&t=f70uhJHI3w_zmPYszvV6aA
Hallucinated Hollywood Pumpkin World, where the relatives needn't ever be awful for $$$
Will it do especially well amongst the eternally crucial xxxxx xxxx demographic?
Positivity coach voice
"I should be more respectful. I should meet more men and women who can model that. This would be good for me and my growth in addition to being good for the other human beings in my environment."
IMO
Lucky is she who gets to live with the guy I get to live with ♡ that's me and a soft, adorable kitten ♡
Mail Order for the Hard of Understanding
"Learn how to not treat people in the world as if they're trash by signing up for this course which will bring you much simple pleasure."
Prayer for a glimmer of compassion?
Maybe they've been acting like they don't care for so long, maybe they can't even recognize how often they do it?
Actually the other room was quieter
I doubt that a church which doesn't even allow women to lead would blatantly say what women would be rewarded for instead.
I think I need to leave. Too much bass.
I am angry about it. Interesting fantasy: the relatives of certain men get self-interested and advise them to stay away from most of the world, which they've been treating like their own personal garbage can.
There's a reason they get along best with very patriarchal women who act like they're more important than anyone else.
Wanting to run away
Too noisy on a Friday in the neighborhood. How hard it is to live someplace quieter. Or how hard is it for some people to keep the bass down?
Do you call it indoctrination?
Why would your relatives treat me better if I had more money? And why would they probably just make excuses for me if I did certain things that are not considered respectful to others?
But why still too soon for rehab?
If it's still too soon, welcome to your sexism and abuse tolerant relatives who apparently enjoy getting off on not giving a shit (a very weak form of power.)
They don't seem to have a lot to offer people who are too different from them, except for a lot of self-indulgence recently.
Maybe later will be better time? How much later? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?
A few lifetimes?
"I too often...but maybe I can change that."
Character: "I too often act like I come from people who reward me for being selfish and abusive to others, but maybe I can change that."
It's not just why does your bro, father, husband...
Why do you....?
Is it due to trauma from indoctrination into a cult or cult-like way of thinking since childhood?
Since their entitled behaviors communicated
that some are just the kind of people who care more about money than about safety or positive change for any number of reasons, I wish they would also go into more detail about how being accommodating to sexism and rape culture has provided them with a number of wealth perks.
I just noticed they kind of used his real name
"6ft. in 7min." - Short Film by Rafael Del Toro - YouTube
It's possibly a sign...
Kitten who was displaying the attitude of a warrior earlier in the morning just ran past with that "uh-oh something just freaked me out, gotta get away!" demeanor.
"Helping men to help themselves"
Beware...Canada may not be perfect either
"Canadian couple dies while having sex in hot tub at daughter's wedding" - New York Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/couple-dies-hot-tub-sex-daughter-wedding-article-1.2432823
Someone's buying lunch today?
M.I.A. - "Sunshowers" - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPd_eFNgzMA
&
Cut Chemist ~ "The Garden" - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8l0NFmuNO0
But instead...
"The Mandalorian Code Explained: Every Rule Mando Must Follow"
https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-code-rules-follow-canon-explained/
Blah blah blah blah blah.
"The 7 Types of Love in the Bible"
http://www.steppesoffaith.com/faith/7-types-love-bible
Blah.
Want...
"He would say that every part of your body when you’re working the land and doing this work is graceful. When I do social justice work for farmworker rights, that’s what I’m thinking about. When I decided to organize instead of focusing more on art, my father was very disappointed. I told him, ‘I’m going to paint a different canvas. I’m going to try to make your canvases real.’ That’s the influence. I wouldn’t have had the vision to do it if it hadn’t been for him painting it.”
—Rosalinda Guillén, farmworker advocate and executive director of Community-to-Community Development in Bellingham "WA farmworkers’ labor as seen through their art" | Crosscut https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/02/wa-farmworkers-labor-seen-through-their-art
I was so bone-achingly weary last night
I also survived the cramps while I was driving home and feel much better this morning!!!!
Some women recommended "The Mandalorian"
Something about following or not following a Code of Honor...I don't know. There's so many shows to watch. Anyway. On Tyranny by Tim Snyder and a documentary about how society trains people that it's UNMANLY to ask for help.
They're just kinda depressing, culty people
There are people who did nothing recently but retweet Porn shots who have shown more bravery.
Who was happy / sad in a way?
Me when I saw good guy is going in to the office to help someone who is beginning to have cognitive challenges, and that person is so grateful and offering to treat him to lunch...
The Universe also said I should read that Tim Snyder On Tyranny book and get ready to watch a documentary about how the culture trains men to not ask for help...
Sexist stand-up comedians
were babies once before they grew up and went "So, what are my Twitter friends doing?"
Thursday, February 24, 2022
A soul needs help
Man called to ask if he's scheduled to work today and said "Things are getting weird in my head." I feel worry for a stranger I've only heard a little bit about and my heart is affected.
Who can help him? He needs real world help from people. I also believe in healing energy that comes from prayers and angels.
~~~~~~~~~
Recognized
"My father, Jesús Guillén, was always painting. When he was home, most of his time was spent at his easel with his brushes, painting in his studio and, when he didn’t have a studio, he was in the house. He was always painting; that was his life. Painting farmworkers was what he did, and he would always tell us about the beauty of the work and that we as farmworkers didn’t even recognize it ourselves — that we didn’t recognize the beauty of what we were doing and the skill of it.
He would say that every part of your body when you’re working the land and doing this work is graceful. When I do social justice work for farmworker rights, that’s what I’m thinking about. When I decided to organize instead of focusing more on art, my father was very disappointed. I told him, ‘I’m going to paint a different canvas. I’m going to try to make your canvases real.’ That’s the influence. I wouldn’t have had the vision to do it if it hadn’t been for him painting it.”
—Rosalinda Guillén, farmworker advocate and executive director of Community-to-Community Development in Bellingham
"WA farmworkers’ labor as seen through their art" | Crosscut
https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/02/wa-farmworkers-labor-seen-through-their-art
Two tango'd in mi cabeza esta manana
M.I.A. - "Sunshowers" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPd_eFNgzMA
&
Cut Chemist ~ "The Garden" - YouTube
So grateful to have listened to this conversation with Hill yesterday
"A conversation with Anita Hill and a field trip to the Ripple bus" | Iowa Public Radio
When I recall how many times life has been a painful reminder of society's resistance to acknowleding the full humanity of the survivors of many forms of violence, I can also be grateful for the people who have the ability to stand out and articulate why we can still move forward and do so much better.
Thank God for Anita Hill.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Your Friends!!!!
"Semen said..."
~ Carolyn Said
"How Russia invading Ukraine affects the workforce of these S.F. companies"
Rain makes life possible!
I swear I got something about the rain in CA, but I lost the link?
"In Fertile Ukraine, A 20-Year Freeze On The Sale Of Farmland Is Lifted -- With Uncertain Consequences"
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-agricultural-land-sale/31422616.html
"I...wanna know..."
RillaPerry 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "Recreating the sound of a mummy’s voice, science is amazing! 🤔🧐 https://t.co/e1zeQ7nTtQ" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/jimmyperry0621/status/1495123711581687816?s=20&t=FGGUZnmy0WE_fJYHQEMaqQ
"College Panel" - SNL - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dIubxSsOVSw
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Official)" - YouTube
They've reminded me I want to watch a show
Tonight.
All happily employed, at least!
"Samantha Barks is odd one out in 'Les Mis' love triangle"
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1770677
Two young svelte chicas and a boring looking guy.
That show I want to watch would be this week's episode of The Gilded Age.
REGIMES...19th century poverty bodies...
"Also we were all kind of losing a lot of weight for the film, so we’d all be there to support each other on that and talk about diets and exercise regimes."
~ Samantha Barks to EW (Lindsey Bahr)
"'Les Miserables': Reigniting the eternal heartache of Eponine and Marius" | EW.com
https://ew.com/article/2012/12/14/les-miserables-eponine-and-marius/
There are always exceptions...
"Nor is Russia much interested in being chided by Washington about invading other countries, especially in the wake of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."
~ Alexander Nazaryan
"What the West doesn't understand about Russia or Ukraine"
https://news.yahoo.com/what-the-west-doesnt-understand-about-russia-or-ukraine-215609030.html
"The empire returns: Russia, Ukraine and the long shadow of the Soviet Union" | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/0cbbd590-8e48-4687-a302-e74b6f0c905d
I think it's good some things are moving along
Earlier today I had a "dream flashback." Very simply, years ago I dreamed about meeting a guy who seemed fine at first and then he turned to me and went "Hello" and his eyes were kind of strange like rainbows or kaleidoscopes and reminded me of psychedelic drugs and I felt I needed to run away because they communicated the potential to have no respect for boundaries and inflict ruinous insanity upon me.
Well, I noticed that's not really as chilling now as it was.
That fear of getting sucked into someone's bad trip has been sort of tamped down.
Ameveraweebitpsychic?
I read this, internally sang "Do You Hear The People Tweet🎶" and then saw the bio.
Zarani Barrow on Twitter: "@svershbow Have you tried drinking coffee at home? I just saw an article about a 24 year old that is debt free and owns 50 rental units. I wonder how she did it." /
https://twitter.com/twitwhileblack/status/1496367056459022338?s=20&t=RHVn8KRb9POgP84xk1tAYg
Zarani Barrow (@twitwhileblack) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/twitwhileblack
"I'm Cosette in the streets but Eponine in the sheets."
I did not grow up living in a school bus.
"A conversation with Anita Hill and a field trip to the Ripple bus" | Iowa Public Radio
I made friends with a girl on an island who had that experience.
I had other formative experiences on a school bus though.
A: Maybe tap into the talent at the local community college.
Q: Do cult members need good baby sitters?
Maid Stuff
"A Real-Life ‘Queen’s Gambit’—the Brazilian Maid Who Became a Chess Champ" - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/queens-gambit-brazil-maid-chess-champ-11645547071
"The Appetite of France’s King Alters the Life of a Young Maid and Her Daughter" | BookTrib
"Toronto is getting a maid cafe just like the ones they have in Japan"
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2022/02/japanese-maid-cafe-toronto/
"MAID awaits me. I am a little nervous, but I am also grateful" - The Globe and Mail
If you're good, do you get to be Canadian next time?
"How Margaret Qualley put her mom to work with her in 'Maid'" - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-01-26/margaret-qualley-netflix-maid
"'Maid’ Creator Inks Netflix Overall Deal" – The Hollywood Reporter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/maid-creator-inks-netflix-overall-deal-1235093230/
Youth! I tap into that feeling at times.
I like having the youthful free vegetarian dinner 1990s Seattle optimism sometimes.
I feel grateful I am bad at joining cults.
Hope it all ends well.
Ha ha.
Pleasant past times of the mind
Passing out pamphlets on trauma bonding.
Passing out pamphlets on therapy options for people who chose to deal with life by becoming manipulative jerks.
Passing out pamphlets on where to get a free vegetarian dinner (idealistic optimistic 1990s!)
The Universe Generously Allows The Flawed to Reincarnate
"Anne Enright: ‘Nuala O’Faolain was an impossible person, to whom we owe so much’"
after
"You've come a long way, baby" | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/13/featuresreviews.guardianreview36
Oops, bad decisions have consequences.
"One Twitter user professing allegiance to the Taliban's Islamic Emirate said he would sexually assault me. Another called me 'an instrument of sex.' A deluge of Afghan and Muslim men falsely alleged that the women of Afghanistan are very happy and have total freedom to work and travel through society. The patronizing, threatening remarks emphasize the experiences Afghan women relate to me."
~ Beth Bailey
"The terrible plight of Afghan women"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-terrible-plight-of-afghan-women
You know who might be better
A) Someone who could acknowledge he acted like an entitled, selfish, sexually predatory jerk because an entourage of pushovers were always giving in to the Empty Inside Patriarchal Male Figurehead thanks to their mediocre brainwashed upbringingz...
Or
B) An actual Better Person.
At least the Starving Times haven't come to Your Land
You should write about alms for the poor vs all the times you were encouraged to act like a self-centered spoiled brat.
Wow, the belief systems are mean.
"Salvadoran women tell of unjust treatment under abortion law" - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/salvadoran-women-unjust-treatment-abortion-law-83056778
He's So Underevolved!
You know what an undervalued male personality thinks you can tell all the brainwashed women who put irresponsible-to-others men on a pedestal because they chose to give into Patriarchal Culture and act like an accessory to Over-Entitled Privileged Male Jerks?
Tell them to get therapy and go fuck themselves.
And an insult "Dork Face."
Therapy session: "Someone called my face an unattractive name just because I was a selfish person who put rich predators on pedestals and said I was bad at helping women and children."
Ooops, so Unmindful
Dear Kids, do you know some words that might describe adults who always make excuses for predators just because they've got more money and influence than others?
Overprivileged Selfish Immature Assholes.
People are so into their TV shows lately
Sarcastic watching environmental lesbian dramas in lieu of actually being in the woods dreams.
Oh good, I hear the dishwasher being loaded in the kitchen
Cramps and ghosts who communicate about dying in childbirth is not for shallow, immature losers.
"Salvadoran women tell of unjust treatment under abortion law" - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/salvadoran-women-unjust-treatment-abortion-law-83056778
Be more of a fun brother if
You took more responsibility for becoming a whole and healthy person. Other people do that.
Also 99% of the people who make excuses for you now won't do it if you come back next time as an immigrant who picks potatoes.
Duh.
I like potatoes at breakfast. I especially enjoy hashbrowns with eggs. Why did I not buy those on my last shopping trip.
Woke up with some pain
Do you suppose I could ever be reminded "You are incentivized to make excuses for your brother's impetuous choices just like everyone else" and I could reply "That's true, but it just doesn't feel like the right thing to do, and what about the young college women with their bathroom stall writing?"
And that Marilyn French novel The Women's Room that my mom had lying around when I was growing up, and how I read some of it? Eh? What about that?
What about being haunted by the ghost of this guy, who died before he got to become a military psychologist?
"He told a Kent State classmate he was 'scared' of the unrest. Two days later, he was dead.:
Why do I have this song stuck in my head?
Dido - "White Flag (Official Music Video)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fWDrZSiZs&feature=youtu.be
And that one reminds me of going to a roller skating rink in upstate NY as a grad student in my 20s with a single mom who had two little girls who told me they lost their young teenage big sister because their father killed her. (He had a drug addiction, and she was with him when she died of an overdose).
What about who does society require to make responsible choices.
I apply my heating pad now.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Some (most?) were children in a classroom once...
"Undocumented women experience the largest gender wage gap of all California workers" | KRON4
https://www.kron4.com/news/california/undocumented-women-experience-the-largest-gender-wage-gap-of-all-california-workers/
"A California lawmaker wants to crack down on employers that exploit farmworkers. Will it help?" - The Counter
https://thecounter.org/california-lawmaker-crack-down-employers-exploit-workers/
"WA farmworkers' labor as seen through their art" | Crosscut
https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/02/wa-farmworkers-labor-seen-through-their-art
Might find some interesting perspectives in this one, too
"Anita Hill To Launch Weekly Podcast With Malcom Gladwell’s Pushkin" – Deadline
https://deadline.com/2022/02/anita-hill-weekly-podcast-with-malcom-gladwell-1234957786/
Why always the feeling
that maybe some boys and girls will be more mature about consent and rape culture than their moms and dads were.
They ain't no blah blah blah blah...
"Cecilia Violetta Lopez—From Hoeing Potatoes to Singing Sensation"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Fortunate Son" Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Creedence-clearwater-revival-fortunate-son-lyrics
"Cults are going virtual, but deprogramming needs one old-school tactic"
Up next: woman leaves sugar daddy
Up next: the man who deprogrammed himself of habits that were no longer working and found great peace.
If I shout "I am all out of mashed potatoes" loudly
I feel the upstairs neighbors could hear.
"David Letterman Just Can’t Figure Out Why He Never Had Women Writers"
https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/david-letterman-netflix-tina-fey-interview.html
Ah, ha ha ha...
Character of the Imagination:
"Everyone does things my way, but it's still not enough. Why Lord?"
Question, answer, comments
"What to do when we find another person’s presence not nourishing?"| Thich Nhat Hanh, 2014 07 30 - YouTube
Pray for America
"Trump exploded at Melania over her infamous 'I really don't care, do u?' jacket, former top aide says in book"
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-exploded-melania-i-really-dont-care-do-u-jacket-2021-9
Literatures...
"My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: new short-story book celebrates the work of Afghan women"| Books | The Guardian
"Humiliation by Paulina Flores review" – empathetic short stories | Fiction in translation | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/04/humiliation-paulina-flores-review
"Elena Ferrante names her 40 favourite books by female authors"| Elena Ferrante | The Guardian
"What I learned from reading books by women from every country in the world" | Books | The Guardian
They need your prayers
Cute babies they were once.
The Universe has shown me some men.
There is a man you don't know who lives in a trailer park. He's past retirement age. He's told a good person who's taking the time to be mindful that he doesn't think he has enough $ to retire yet, but he has medical issues, and mindful person thinks he knows he might have to make changes soon.
Then there's your rich relative who gets to act like an untrustworthy and overly entitled jerk. Why would he even want to act that way? Maybe he's incredibly insecure about losing control and letting himself become such a puppet of the patriarchy?
"I'll get my revenge on anyone who rejects me by just acting worse" the behavior seems to say.
It seems I don't especially enjoy men of any background who act controlling and uncaring.
I know That One could change for the better.
In their own ways, both kinds of men have a lot of company actually.
How can a soul be helped
A soul needs help. Found more links...
"California Short-Term Disability Overview" | DisabilitySecrets
https://www.disabilitysecrets.com/resources/california-short-term-disability-overview.htm
"IHSS"| Dementia Insight
Monday, February 21, 2022
A dream come true, and yet...
"An only child to divorced parents, Chlumsky was now both daughter and provider, and the pressure for her to retain roles after My Girl 2 came out in 1994 collapsed into frustration as she reached puberty. Hopping from dermatologist to dermatologist in pursuit of a magical skin treatment, she was directed to work out on her lunch breaks to offset any weight gain."
~ Lauren Puckett-Pope
Not the happiest sounding circumstances...
"When Matilda actress Mara Wilson penned a 2021 New York Times essay in response to the news of Britney Spears’s conservatorship battle, called 'The Lies Hollywood Tells About Little Girls,' Chlumsky read the whole thing in one sitting. 'I was shaking, shaking, reading that in public,' she says. 'Cause [it felt like] there were [words] ripped, exactly, from my mouth. Like the words that she would tell people to get them to go away? Same words as mine. It was crazy.' Chlumsky reached out to Wilson, and the two now converse on occasion."
~ L. Puckett-Pope
Sent links to one who traveled far...
"Programs & Services - Consumer | California Department of Aging - State of California"
https://aging.ca.gov/Programs_and_Services/
"Resources for Seniors and Families"
"Paying for Dementia Care | Alzheimer's Association"
https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/financial-legal-planning/paying-for-care
I have had an upbringing and now its influence is felt. God said someone who lives alone could use some help. Thanks to just a bit of feedback from a friend who is also the sort of person who gets a lot out of participating in church activities.
Well, what is a "normal childhood"?
"These sisters fled Afghanistan, hoping to find safety. Now they fear war in Ukraine" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/europe/afghanistan-refugees-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html
"Afghanistan Exemplifies the Depravity of U.S. Foreign Policy" - The American Prospect
https://prospect.org/world/afghanistan-depravity-american-foreign-policy-seized-assets/
lo siento mucho
Even if in the early 2020s the average American seemed to be doing an absolutely phenomenal job of not paying attention to what was going on in Afghanistan, among other things, it clearly does NOT mean that the Civil Rights Movement was as sexist or antifeminist as SOME people (not all people) might say.
I like "Mr. Darcy as life-size cake, 2020" and I do not like starvation
"Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked
*That You Care About"
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/every-mr-darcy-ranked?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Our Customs are Interesting
"Ahmad, 34, who is from Afghanistan and served as a combat interpreter for 14 years, began applying for jobs to help translate for the newly arriving refugees. For four months, he worked with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, where he offered translation services and taught refugees about American customs."
~ Rebecca Morin
"Afghanistan: Refugee resettlement agencies depleted under Trump" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/20/afghanistan-refugee-trump-biden/9283027002/Why are they being nicer to the pregnant New Zealand woman?
"Ultra-orthodox Jews funding escape for Afghanistan refugees"
https://nypost.com/2022/02/20/ultra-orthodox-jews-funding-escape-for-afghanistan-refugees/
"Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded by quarantine rules says she turned to Taliban" | New Zealand | The Guardian
Should I watch "The Good Place."
How to Be Perfect book reviews on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58484901-how-to-be-perfect
Books & Theater & Music ♡
"Judy Blume: 'I thought, this is America: we don't ban books. But then we did'"| Children and teenagers | The Guardian
"Review: Made by God Is About the Abortion Debate and Its Deadly Consequences" | TheaterMania
Freshta Karim on Twitter: "Can’t wait for it." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/FreshtaKarim/status/1491350283792044033?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Seattle Opera on Twitter: "World premiere of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS [Silver/Kitsakos] February 25–March 11, 2023 Roya Sadat @sadatroya1 one of Afghanistan's first female film directors and winner of more than 20 international film awards will direct this adaptation of the novel by Khaled Hosseini. https://t.co/TO3QdSAcXj" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/SeattleOpera/status/1491142061579726849?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Seattle Opera on Twitter: "LA TRAVIATA [Verdi] May 6–19, 2023 Four internationally heralded singers will make their house debuts in Verdi's perennial favorite: Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan, South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu, with tenors Rame Lahaj and Duke Kim in the role of Alfredo. https://t.co/ttX7Qp6Esy" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/SeattleOpera/status/1491142067082301441?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Cut Chemist - "The Garden Live with the Seattle Symphony" - YouTube
I got some good aunt vibes recently
A friend from the South told me she had so much fun playing a game with her niece and nephew about defeating a big monster.
Their ancestry is Egyptian and Russian and American.
It is very sobering all the time lately
Reminders about how some women in the Entertainment Industry really got rewarded by the Patriarchy for not caring about women.
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Sucked in by the comedy
Not cold anymore.
"BAD EDUCATION Trailer (2020)" Hugh Jackman, Comedy Movie - YouTube
Many people need to learn to be better to themselves.
I need to. I am cold. I have pains. I need a heating pad and tea. I can still relax. I can drift off. To be honest it can be daunting to live in a body that has so much going on with it. Sensitivities. Feelings. Feeling more sensitive than others. How sometimes this can be wonderful. How other times it seems you must stay in bed a lot. Time goes by quickly. What is there to learn now, from this sort of existence. It simply seems to be saying "You and many others must learn how to take better care of yourselves on all levels."
New Careers Not Previously Envisioned...
"The abortion travel agents: ‘Some women know what they need, others just say: help’"| Abortion | The Guardian
Who How?
"Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded by quarantine rules says she turned to Taliban" | New Zealand | The Guardian
(Hooah?)
Free article limit reached (?!) But interesting headline.
"Mothers who fled Afghanistan are welcoming 16 babies. They got a Philly-style baby shower."
https://www.inquirer.com/life/afghan-evacuees-baby-shower-immigration-20220220.html
Better Leadership Allowed
"Afghanistan's women vanish in the night after Taliban takeover"
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/afghanistan-women-vanishing-night-armed-taliban-prison-1469899
Portrait of an Outcome of Repetitively Lying About Stuff
"I became one of those women who just didn't care what happened to others. AMA."
So...brotherly?
"I know! Since we've been trained to evade taking responsibility for a lot of things for almost our entire lives, let's collectively try to invalidate that one's experience by pointing out how well it went with this other chick since we found it so much easier to be nicer to her for some reason. Ha ha!"
Fortune...What does it mean...
"Our work at the Hollywood Commission has shown how an industry’s history and contemporary reputation sets the standards for what is an acceptable behavior within organizations that inhabit that industry. A commitment to cultural reform must be industrywide to be effective."
~ Anita Hill
"Sexual harassment: Five years after the 'Uber Blog' helped launch #MeToo, businesses still must do more" | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2022/02/18/sexual-harassment-metoo-5-years-uber-blog-susan-fowler-anita-hill/
Susan Rigetti on Twitter: "Tomorrow will be the five-year anniversary of my blog post. Today I woke up to discover that Anita Hill, one of my heroes, wrote about it. Thank you, @AnitaHill. https://t.co/1V1z5FbItr" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/susanthesquark/status/1494754767985201153?s=20&t=p9dyxaLaz4phGJDBV9Z1MA
Besides money, how can you get more of these in a Patriarchal Society?
Endorphins, oxytocin and dopamine?
Maybe they'll also find it in their hearts to support reproductive rights?
"I still have not met anyone who has swung as completely from one end of the spectrum to the other, who once marched on the Arkansas capitol to demonstrate against abortion rights and who now takes his Jewish children to masked protests against police brutality in downtown Los Angeles."
~ Jason Morphew
"My Cousin Allegedly Killed His Wife and Cast Her Vote for Trump"
"Suzanne’s expression was that of a child ordered by her father to perform a daunting task. She pulled up her ottoman and dutifully recounted the story of her struggle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, of her doctor telling her that she could not have another child, and of the remission and 'miracle baby' that followed—all of it flowing from Suzanne’s unwavering faith in Christ.
Though Lauren and I were greatly moved by Suzanne’s story, its command-performance quality put us on guard. Because of my evangelical training, I knew what was coming next. Barry thanked Suzanne for telling her story, then looked at me and said, 'Jason, do you believe in God?'"
~ J. Morphew
Seattle Opera!
Freshta Karim on Twitter: "Can’t wait for it." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/FreshtaKarim/status/1491350283792044033?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Seattle Opera on Twitter: "World premiere of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS [Silver/Kitsakos] February 25–March 11, 2023 Roya Sadat @sadatroya1 one of Afghanistan's first female film directors and winner of more than 20 international film awards will direct this adaptation of the novel by Khaled Hosseini. https://t.co/TO3QdSAcXj" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/SeattleOpera/status/1491142061579726849?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Seattle Opera on Twitter: "LA TRAVIATA [Verdi] May 6–19, 2023 Four internationally heralded singers will make their house debuts in Verdi's perennial favorite: Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan, South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu, with tenors Rame Lahaj and Duke Kim in the role of Alfredo. https://t.co/ttX7Qp6Esy" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/SeattleOpera/status/1491142067082301441?s=20&t=Y9bwkThVD3ih9ANK6J1-Cw
Worth noting to self
If some of us get more out of reading about people like Freshta
than we do out of getting constantly reminded that some people in the entertainment industry apparently just want to get treated as though they're like the reincarnated despots of small countries from other eras, then you never know but there may be others out there who are a little bit like us?
Vortex Energy
There are things which remind me that survivable experiences can be made comical.
"17 Jokes About Period Cramps That Are Way Too Real"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahagbeni/period-pain-tweets
"Doctor Who Gifs — I absorbed all the energy of the time vortex and..."
https://dwgif.tumblr.com/post/621320245440921600/i-absorbed-all-the-energy-of-the-time-vortex-and
"Children of Narcissistic Parents" - YouTube
Sounds like she could turn a negative into a positive
Dr. Jennifer Cassidy on Twitter: "Twitter has its problems. But wished to say, the amount of wonderful people that reached out or connected after this tweet was truly brilliant. This photo is not about me. It was and is, commenting on a much, much wider issue. But the response of so many women and men gives hope." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1495340446939328513?s=20&t=-ppfUwqi1eZx9qNa6MlupA
Dr. Jennifer Cassidy on Twitter: "This is the CEO lunch at #MSC2022. This is reality. This is where power lies. Where some of the most consequential decisions are made. And a woman this week still had the audacity to ask me: “You focus too much on Gender in Diplomacy. That’s not an issue anymore”. It’s an issue. https://t.co/3vDZ6HKbJ2" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1495007896169549827?s=20&t=kc_op3JwnaXelXPecEs7_Q
Dear God who sees my pain
Should I take ibuprofen or will chewing on the ginger help enough? Along with the heating pad? Perhaps I can avoid a lot of bad idea foods today, tomorrow, etcetra...
I feel these can go away soon so that's good but Chronic Terrible Premenstrual Pain is So Unfair that I have to at minimum document my feelings on that topic.
Thank you, body, for eventually giving me some relief after the raw pieces of ginger in the mouth and castor oil pack on the lower abdomen had an effect.
Praying for the best for doctors and nurses and patients
Increasingly aware that sometimes post-operative care can be pretty challenging.
Read and watch TV sez the Universe of Strangeness
"Freshta is sweeping the floor of her makeshift cave school in Bamiyan province of Afghanistan.
Donkeys descend the orange-dirt hills of her timeless village to fetch water, while cave homes awake to the smell of freshly baked flatbread."
~ Sara Perria
"In remote Bamiyan, a school run by an Afghan woman offers hope"| Education News | Al Jazeera
Saintly named is he
The man who just informed me that this show on the telly is called Tacoma FD.
Now why is it the episode about them rescuing the kid who was stuck at the bottom of the well?
"'Tacoma FD' Review on TruTV: Stream It or Skip It?"
https://decider.com/2019/03/28/tacoma-fd-on-trutv-stream-it-or-skip-it/
After I saw this.
"Afghanistan: Boy, 5, dies after being trapped in deep well for several days" | Euronews
Coincidence.
Bible Study Men's Groups Puzzling Over Their Statuses As Expected Heads of Households in Coffee Shops
"The children of Afghanistan need urgent mental health support" - The Lancet
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00155-6/fulltext
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Who needs more?
Agnes, it seems.
Agnes in the Puzzle movie.
Agnes still has a lot of privileges. No one is making Agnes feel like a worthless person because she can't have children or get married to a man of "I can do whatever I want as the designated male at the top of the food chain" status.
Agnes is probably living out the exact sort of destiny she was trained for since birth.
It's not enough, though.
I feel the need to find more coffee shops
Reading Lolita in Tehran did that to me! In one coffee shop there was a book exchange, so I picked up a copy of The Cloud of Unknowing, which I always in the back of my head felt I should read some day...
Oh youth
I had a pretty nice encounter with a young woman in the grocery store checkout line this evening for some reason.
Will a pairing of Wealth and Immaturity go the farthest only for certain select people in the short term scheme of things?
No hay incentives
It is the weekend & it appears that WE ARE ONCE AGAIN SPENDING IT with a man who's easy to be with in part because he's not antifeminist.
Mulholland Dr. (9/10) Movie CLIP - "No Hay Banda (2001) HD" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6DZ7DfrTDds
It also sounds like the upstairs neighbors are getting a lot of housecleaning done.
RECENTLY
I saw a deleted tweet that reminded me about a time when I heard a man complaining that when he was in college he wanted to join a feminist group but they wouldn't accept him. He was still very angry about it.
I am not saying they were right to exclude him, but I know that immediately my mind went to all the previous bad experiences the women may have had...
I have to say that I feel zero percent like the dude I live with would get offended by my recollection of this little incident. He doesn't have to agree with me. He just feels no need to persecute.
https://twitter.com/harpy_diem/status/1495079088440037377?s=20&t=zl8hCKjrihi7UyUKT3c2mQ
Yet, on any given day I feel as though 50-80% of the women I know casually would be likely to get riled and defensive if I said I was even a little bit sympathetic towards the bad exclusionary feminists.
I think many of us were raised to be antifeminist.
Theatrical News
"Review: Made by God Is About the Abortion Debate and Its Deadly Consequences" | TheaterMania
Yesterday's Great Calm
It was available. Offered. Accepted.
While others were struggling with difficult situations, I could offer a calm perspective.
Several hours later, I began receiving news that things were much better. Thank you, angels.
After that the mind got more mischievous, and the dreams were a little strange. This morning, personal pain management became important.
But I still remember The Calm.
Friday, February 18, 2022
My eyes...my potatoes...
"One of the country's largest potato farms to pay workers $1.3M in back wages"
Feel like cooking luuuuv
FEEL
"Crispy Smashed Red Potatoes" - Baking Mischief
https://bakingmischief.com/crispy-smashed-red-potatoes/
LIKE
"Healthy Matcha Green Tea Marshmallows Recipe (Refined Sugar Free)"
https://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-matcha-green-tea-marshmallows/
COO
"‘Late Night’ makes late night look bleak for women. So we asked how bad it really is" - Los Angeles Times
KING
What is going on in this century *so far*
"As Temperatures Rise, Antarctica is Turning Green" - Universe Today
"What Is Going On With The Russian Figure Skating Drama At The Winter Olympics?" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/russian-figure-skating-drama-olympics
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/319333429826494678/
"Winter Olympics figure skating: Sadness of Russians Shcherbakova, Trusova, and Valieva; joy of Sakamoto and Higuchi"
"The Skaters Waltz" - André Rieu - YouTube
Have to wonder 🎵
"Callas BJR130 - Traviata 1952 - Follie! Follie!...Sempre Libera" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0bDKyZbhFNI&feature=youtu.be
"Meet the "La Traviata" Cast: Cecilia Violetta López (Violetta)" - YouTube
Feeling a renewed interest in music & film for brothers, bachelors, husbands, sons, and perhaps even some of the dads?
"The Partisan" - L. Cohen
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sXbaCWsl-s
"Violette review – Martin Provost's sophisticated biopic stars Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc
https://film.list.co.uk/article/65108-violette/
"Martin Provost's How to be a Good Wife is a comedy with strong female leads" | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7065973/how-to-make-films-about-strong-women/
Maybe things will turn around for her after this?
Moira Donegan on Twitter: "This sentiment—that the girl somehow invited this abusive attention through her work as an influencer—was expressed both by local police and by the girl’s brother, as the children were hiding from the gunman. https://t.co/xbLWlaEXV1" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/MoiraDonegan/status/1494687227611336707?s=20&t=s7KUDnwdlWbkYoJQMq32XQ
Pirate Hobo Wizard Hippie on Twitter: "@MoiraDonegan My jaw dropped when I read this. Those aren't "friends" at all https://t.co/K6QyUzQ2kr" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/Randle_Aubrey/status/1494699308825788417?s=20&t=s7KUDnwdlWbkYoJQMq32XQ
Child Poverty Changes Lives
"3.7 million more children in poverty in Jan 2022 without monthly Child Tax Credit" — Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy
https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/monthly-poverty-january-2022
"State Abortion Restrictions Are Ramping Up Like Never Before As The Supreme Court Prepares To Make A Crucial Decision"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolefallert/abortion-bans-texas-bill
Freedom From Pediatric Asthma in the COVID Era
"When Huron Mayor Rey León launched the Green Raiteros program in 2018, he sought to address five problems afflicting the predominantly Latino community: 1) economic disparity 2) health disparity 3) environmental disparity 4) the effects of climate change and 5) lack of transportation. Four years later, León has done just that. Farmworkers in the Central Valley city know they can rely on the electric vehicle rideshare program to get to their doctor appointments and other social service appointments free of charge. They get rides all across Fresno County. That’s critical in this poor farming town where transportation is sparse, pediatric asthma rates are high, and the nearest children’s hospital is at least an hour away."
~ California City News
"How one city created a free and sustainable Uber for its farmworkers" | California City NewsAvocado Toast
"How one city created a free and sustainable Uber for its farmworkers"| California City News
"The super-rich live on a different planet. Their thoughts on US salaries prove it" | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
"Texas potato farm denied nearly 500 farmworkers full wages, overtime"
https://www.kwtx.com/2022/02/17/texas-potato-farm-denied-nearly-500-farmworkers-full-wages-overtime/
"Mariachi-Scored Opera Details Life of Mexican Immigrants in 1940s California"| KQED
Cancel Culture Creates Problematic Headline
"Mindy Kaling Being Canceled For Video Talking About Sexually Harassing Lee Pace"
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/cltr/mindy-kaling-canceled-lee-pace.html
Might go with well with the ginger tea
Cut Chemist - "The Garden" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhlaspXVgo&feature=youtu.be
On certain low level cramps days.
"Song of the Day: Cut Chemist 'The Garden'"
http://www.djdmac.com/blog/song-of-the-day/song-day-cut-chemist-garden/
Since it's no longer 1991, is Anita Hill palatable enough for The Privileged?
"For example, telling young boys that pinching, punching, or verbally insulting girls or children who are gay can 'ultimately lead to 'much more violent behavior,' she said. Instead, society should be helping boys better and more appropriately express themselves, she added, 'and we’ve got to stop telling girls that the way a person shows them that they like them is by hurting.'”
~ Colleen Walsh
"Anita Hill on ending gender harassment and violence" – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/anita-hill-on-ending-gender-harassment-and-violence/
Some was definitely NOT all
Some women seemingly found it very hard to care about other women in the 2020s because the got paid to stay inside a deferential to patriarchal privilege bubble and then got stuck inside of it well that is one way of looking at that phenomenon.
Honesty is the opposite of oppressive toxic fake patriarchal positivity
“'Shame On You': 16-Year-Old in Texas Refuses To Be Silent About Her Reproductive Rights" - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/16/teenager-texas-abortion-reproductive-rights/
"I’m 18 and I'm Afraid: The Looming Threat of On-Campus Sexual Assault" - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/02/college-sexual-assault-rape-culture-social-media/
"Anita Hill on ending gender harassment and violence" – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/anita-hill-on-ending-gender-harassment-and-violence/
Incentives
"That is why it was truly hard for the rich white man to care about what the world was like for others."
Drink some water...
Perhaps I have substantial experience in how it feels to know that some did want to be a bit more successful about putting out creative work in the past. Incredible, how many obstacles can push one into other territories...
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Better outfit tomorrow maybe
Looks and acts like a creepy Evangelical with brainwashed women propping him up on that pulpit.
Aide-memoires ce soir...
"Mapcarta - The Open Map"
Beck - "The New Pollution (Official Music Video)" - YouTube
Meeting Marylanders...
"An 8th-Grade Climate Activist Draws from Family's History Pushing for Change" - Maryland Matters
"A Youth Eco-Activist Charts a Course for the Future in Her Classroom and Community" - Maryland Matters
"Laurel High School Student's Eco-Activism Has Global Reach" - Maryland Matters