Thursday, March 31, 2022

Hey, what's that...book...

Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "I’ve invited over 100 leading voices from around the world - scientists, experts, activists and authors to create a book that covers the climate- and ecological crisis from a holistic perspective. The Climate Book will be released in October. https://t.co/Q3r5zEThBN https://t.co/dnIONDeRcX" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1509564963580485640?s=20&t=Mk77__Txt-LcLilUDPmc7w

Maybe I'll give "Citizen Kane" a try

I don't understand why I was put on the path of people with irresponsible-to-others-itis who are capable of being so much better but don't want to be. Maybe the film will help.

A cat is in the news

"Internet cat is farmworkers' top ally in feud with Newsom" - Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-31/newsom-california-farmworkers-cesar-chavez-jorts-the-cat

Pictures are interesting, too.

Life is richer for having watched

Muppets - "For What It's Worth" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hXknN2RoXO4&feature=youtu.be

O well sometimes it's interesting to read about people who are different from you

"Joseph Baena Talks About His Fitness Journey and His Dad Arnold Schwarzenegger"

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38903204/joseph-baena-interview/

Strawberries...

"Citizen Kane and the meaning of Rosebud" | Movies | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/25/citizen-kane-rosebud

"Annual Lowcountry Strawberry Festival welcomes families to Boone Hall" | News | postandcourier.com

https://www.postandcourier.com/moultrie-news/news/annual-lowcountry-strawberry-festival-welcomes-families-to-boone-hall/article_63dd4a6c-a628-11ec-bfc1-bfeda22d3fef.html

La Santa Cecilia - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNv5Y1_Q4c&t=12s&pp=2AEMkAIB

The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8

Fields...

"Cloverdale’s Cesar Chavez event ‘bringing communities together’"

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/cloverdales-cesar-chavez-event-bringing-communities-together/

"How the US Can Protect Pregnant Workers from High Temperatures" | Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/02/how-us-can-protect-pregnant-workers-high-temperatures#

"First ever country level estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion"

https://www.who.int/news/item/24-03-2022-first-ever-country-level-estimates-of-unintended-pregnancy-and-abortion

Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" - Lyrics - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRV5LoOMyBk

"Muppets Turn 'For What It's Worth' Into an Anti-Hunting Song" - Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muppets-for-what-its-worth-flashback-1132585/

"Arnold Schwarzenegger’s love child shares rare photo of ex mistress mom Mildred Baena 10 years after affair scandal" – The US Sun

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/837853/arnold-schwarzeneggers-love-child-shares-rare-photo-of-mom-affair/


good guy

Gianluca ✨luvki✨ aubergine-emoji 💛 on Twitter: "charlie brown: "good grief" https://t.co/tJGLtJdNPM" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/Luvkitweetert/status/1509538068994441221?s=20&t=WqfGpdVETNk6yNA8nliOwA

Might try this later...

"NATURE LOVER — YOU ARE MAGIC"

https://youaremagicla.com/deep-dive/2020/9/8/nature-lover

Of course what people need is

Healing...

But it seems as though many "privileged people" either don't want to help or don't know how to help. You get the message that you are from the wrong kind of background or genetics for their frame of reference. However, they might know how to be more helpful to others and even enjoy doing so if they got more healing work done for themselves. But many were taught to disdain such things, and some still get rewarded for being unhealed. So they have no motivation to change, and cannot see how change would benefit them too. Yet, it also seems as though it is not an option to change to accommodate the patriarchal ones because too many factors (genetics and background) make it so the universe won't allow it.

The forces of patriarchy and sexism do NOT affect everyone similarly.

Maybe it would be better to find other people or resources...

And what could this be?

"Trouble in the Tulips: Organized Farmworkers Win Basic Demands in a Quick Strike"| Labor Notes

https://labornotes.org/2022/03/trouble-tulips-organized-farmworkers-win-basic-demands-quick-strike

"The beauty and complexity of farm work in Washington (Drawing Resistance)" — High Country News – Know the West

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.2/north-art-the-beauty-and-complexit-of-farm-work-in-washington

"Skagit Valley Tulip Festival" - Official Skagit Valley Tourism Website

https://www.visitskagitvalley.com/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/

"A just transition for farmworkers (Sowing Change)" — High Country News – Know the West

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.2/north-labor-a-just-transition-for-farmworkers

Sanctuary?

"Ukraine: Sheltering with monks in a Romanian monastery" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60905198

Could watch again.

"The Breadwinner"

http://thebreadwinner.com/

So apparently, literacy is scary

"Taliban Ban on Girls' Education Ignites Global Anger"

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/29/taliban-girls-education-ban-reversal-afghanistan-schools/

"In Afghanistan, ‘people selling babies, young girls to survive’" | Humanitarian Crises News | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/31/afghanistan-faces-hunger-crisis-of-unparalleled-proportions

"Afghanistan: 'I dream of the Taliban and it makes me sick'" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58909563

To be or not to be heard or seen or read or...anything

"Men Share 30 Times They Stopped Sexist Behavior" | Bored Panda

https://www.boredpanda.com/men-stand-up-against-misogyny/

"Our findings reveal the sheer scale and nature of online abuse faced by women..."

~ Amnesty International 

https://decoders.amnesty.org/projects/troll-patrol/findings


Aw. How Montessori...

"Nature Guide Finder, Leaf Finder, Cloud Viewer, Cloud Identification Guide, Animal Tracks Guide, Bugs and Insects Guide, Montessori Toy"

https://www.eastendgifts.com/products/nature-guide-finder

Since climate change is coming

Be nicer to yourself, to honor who you're going to be in the future.

What if you could live in a very nature-y place but comfortably (not roughing it), make stories happen with minimal attention, help the Earth and society become healthier and happier, and turn the lousy times into treasures. 

Such energy!

A zooming vocal playful attack kitten appeared at the appointed hour.

Sometimes I feel things could be different!

If only things were different.

Life on Earth is a challenge

You want to have good, wholesome, creative fun. Tragedy interferes!

Keep calm and pet the kitten.

The internet has pointed out that sometimes the rich & famous are quite obviously not okay

"Selma Blair Granted Restraining Order Against Former Boyfriend" | PEOPLE.com

https://people.com/movies/selma-blair-granted-restraining-order-against-ex-boyfriend-after-he-allegedly-attacked-her-in-her-home/

"Hawaii Couple Files for Temporary Restraining Order Against Ezra Miller"| PEOPLE.com

https://people.com/movies/hawaii-couple-files-for-temporary-restraining-order-against-ezra-miller-following-actors-arrest/

It seems strange that this one is not easier to access

And in a time of increased awareness about climate change...

“'The Journals of Knud Rasmussen' is based on real events in 1922 that were literally written down within the journals of Knud Rasmussen. It is a post-contact story, a story of the loss of cultures, the story of Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen’s encounter with an Inuit family group, the story of a shaman (Avva) giving up his spirit guides so that his people can eat, the story of a young woman (Apak) whose connection to the spirit world allows her to see what others can’t: that life will never be the same again. This is the film that transformed me."

~ Cara Mumford 

"Digital Shamanism* and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen" http://www.caramumford.com/blog/digital-shamanism-and-the-journals-of-knud-rasmussen

Very interesting. Happy Holiday.

"As we end National Women’s Month, I offer praise to my mother-in-law, Helen Chavez, who along with her husband Cesar, my wife Anna, and her seven siblings, started the farmworker movement, later joined by Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez. Without Helen Chavez, there would never have been a Cesar Chavez. She was the rock of the movement."

~ Richard Ybarra

"Opinion: Cesar Chavez was my father-in-law and my boss for many years. Here's what he taught me." - The San Diego Union-Tribune

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2022-03-30/cesar-chavez-farmworker-family

"There is one lingering controversy. In the 1970s, during grape and lettuce strikes, a few Chicano intellectuals began to tell a story of Cesar Chavez being against undocumented workers. I was in a number of these conversations between them. He always said, that unlike him, they did not have a constituency and could afford to be abstract. Since then, a number of Latino intellectuals and detractors have repeated that he had said, 'I am against undocumented workers.' They conveniently left off the rest of his words, 'who break my strikes or are used as strikebreakers. I represent undocumented strikers who don’t want anyone, documented or not, breaking their strike. If my own mother broke my strike, I would be against her.'"

~ Richard Ybarra

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Really

If I have been around people who treat women much better than you do, why should I not expect better?

March goes out...

Jimmy Ruffin – "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Lyrics" | Genius 

What will life be like

"An orchid’s beauty hides the ugly truth about how farmworkers are forced to exist" | Opinion BY ELVIRA CARVAJAL

Miami Herald

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article259955190.html

If you come back in a new form

"Afghanistan: World Bank freezes projects over girls' school ban" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60923196

Asking...

 "ARE YOU"

https://m.xkcd.com/386/

HEEEEEHEEEEEHEEEEE



"make sure you pick a good man that will give you the world"

SEE FINAL COMMENT

"My Brilliant Friend Season 3 Episode 5 Terror Review and Breakdown- Secrets!"

Always Watching

 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqI64yhm4M&feature=youtu.be







Nice voice

"My Brilliant Friend Season 3 Episode 5 Terror Review and Breakdown- Secrets!" - 
Always Watching

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Maybe the Chile story is the best...

"Chile: students force closure of Santiago schools over sexual harassment and violence" | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/27/chile-students-close-schools-protest-sexual-harassment-violence

"District settles sexual assault lawsuit that sparked Berkeley High walkout"

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/03/28/sexual-assault-lawsuit-sparked-berkeley-high-walkout-settles-365k

"22-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting Chapman University student on Orange County campus last year" | abc7.com

https://abc7.com/chapman-university-campus-sexual-assault-convicted/11693206/

"Ex-substitute teacher in Mission Viejo sexually assaulted female students for years, lawsuit alleges"

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/03/29/ex-substitute-teacher-in-mission-viejo-sexually-assaulted-female-students-for-years-lawsuit-alleges

"TN student sexually assaulted, teacher held after minor attempts suicide" | The News Minute

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-student-sexually-assaulted-teacher-held-after-minor-attempts-suicide-162397


Maybe a song can like you.

Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" - Lyrics - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRV5LoOMyBk

But what a distracting headline

"Which gals make the most money? (Hint: don't read unless you're blonde, thin and Asian)"

https://brokelyn.com/blondes-really-do-have-more-fun-and-money/

"14 Types of Necklines for Every Urban Women - For Urban Women" - Awarded Top 100 Urban Blog / Fashion, Lifestyle and Travel

https://www.forurbanwomen.com/2017/03/14-types-of-necklines-for-every-urban.html?m=1

"Is your school dress code biased against girls? Probably." | City Pulse

https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/is-your-school-dress-code-biased-against-girls-probably,18187

"The changing culture of Youth Activism" - Madison Commons

https://madisoncommons.org/everybody-can-be-a-revolutionary-madison-youth-activism/

It is a good song.

"Stop Children, What's That Sound?" | National Science Teaching Association

https://my.nsta.org/resource/364

After this, a song.

"Every version of the Monica Lewinsky story reveals America’s failure of empathy" - Vox

https://www.vox.com/culture/22672346/monica-lewinsky-bill-clinton-impeachment-american-crime-story

"Arnold Schwarzenegger’s love child shares rare photo of ex mistress mom Mildred Baena 10 years after affair scandal" – The US Sun

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/837853/arnold-schwarzeneggers-love-child-shares-rare-photo-of-mom-affair/

"Sigh...another tip from the Universe"

http://litlover.blogspot.com/2022/03/sighanother-tip-from-universe.html

"MEn have daddy issues TOO"

http://litlover.blogspot.com/2022/03/men-have-daddy-issues-too.html

For this, a photograph of farmworkers in Strawberry Fields!!!!

"How the US Can Protect Pregnant Workers from High Temperatures" | Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/02/how-us-can-protect-pregnant-workers-high-temperatures#

La Santa Cecilia - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNv5Y1_Q4c&t=12s&pp=2AEMkAIB

The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8

Good, some music to fall asleep to...

Pale skin dads are even less likely to...wait is that true or a vicious rumor?

 Sexism is NOT like sun burn.

To appeal to a wider demographic, they apparently selected a photograph of a fertility symbol

"US department of labor marks national farmworkers week" - WWAYTV3

https://www.wwaytv3.com/us-department-of-labor-marks-national-farmworkers-week/

To have a mother with a brother with red hair, I guess that's rare...

"Is Life Rosier For Redheads?"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/07/16/redheads-jacky-colliss-harvey


MEn have daddy issues TOO.

"Four years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ feminism has gone rapidly backwards" | Oscars 2022 | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/28/four-years-on-from-metoo-the-oscars-feminism-has-gone-rapidly-backwards

I mean, weren't all their dads kinda probably at least a little bit sexist?

The Neighbourhood - "Daddy Issues (Official Video)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMlsPQJs6U&feature=youtu.be

Insomnia is not the problem.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

It's real.

Sarah Caldwell on Twitter: "I... am speechless. https://t.co/sF5wPAARSv" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/sarahccaldwell/status/1508899201035354113?s=20&t=muA-reF1gxXa8KFaYYAGNQ

THE JOY 

Katarzyna Schmidt on Twitter: "@sarahccaldwell Bless this woman. https://t.co/QUJsbLJ8LL" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/elxbecker/status/1508994087780761600?s=20&t=muA-reF1gxXa8KFaYYAGNQ

I'd like to see the artsy coffee shop

"Cesar Chavez Day: How to celebrate, carry on Hispanic icon's work"

https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2022/03/29/cesar-chavez-day-how-celebrate-join-hispanic-icon-civil-rights-cause-ufw-san-joaquin-county/7199056001/

Will be watching "Terror" soon & eating icecream

My Brilliant Friend (S03E05): "Terror Summary - Season 3 Episode 5 Guide"

https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/My-Brilliant-Friend/Season-3/Episode-5

Sigh...another tip from the Universe

Well, no one ever said you had to be super mature or non-sexist to be a dad of a daughter, the universe reminded me once again. If an exchange lasted for a minute, I got paid 30 cents for overhearing it.

Elder Dad of Daughter laughed with Younger Dad of Daughter about how he knew it was sexist but he couldn't believe B. Clinton was the President of the United States and couldn't do any better than M. Lewinsky and Younger Dad added to their mirth by saying Arnold Schwarzenegger was even worse for having a kid with his maid.

Tip: In the next life, it might not sound so funny. Might just sound like they're being sort of sexist and dehumanizing. Dads.

Bonus: Some patience was required before any of that unfolded when another dad who wanted to ask for help but was also partially embarrassed about asking for it kept throwing around terms relating to his occupation, like "aerospace" "millions" "margins" and also "I respect what you do, but I don't need this shit"  (well not to make $$$, technically, but if he wants a degree I guess he does...) Yet at the end, he said "Thank you" and behaved nicely and did not join in with the other two (although he might have overheard them too? Who knows). Progress?

Life in a body

It's almost noon. I feel ill and dizzy and I am taking an antibiotic. The stubborn patriarchal types do not seem to be very helpful nor the best for my health at this time.

Another time comes to mind...

"What is the Cosmos Club? Ketanji Brown Jackson belongs to it" - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/27/cosmos-club-ketanji-brown-jackson/

They survived the pandemic...

"The Bunny Museum"

https://yelp.to/Nq8A8E8hNob

Ha ha. Just reading.

manwhohasitall on Twitter: ""My wife STILL doesn't know where to find the fitted sheets, tablecloths or pillow cases and she probably couldn't tell the difference between them even if she did! I give up. " Dave, busy dad of 3" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1508700657116758016?s=20&t=cI4OtVDax0KF7nXpIW7LnA

Well, if that's how you really feel, then don't buy me a house.

Annie Bergeron on Twitter: "@manwhohasitall Weaponized incompetence is our favourite way to get out of chores. - The Matriarchy" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall

https://twitter.com/NiniBonbon13/status/1508779199481643008?s=20&t=UU-ayoX2NsDkRkXhr3Eoww

Monday, March 28, 2022

Latkes for lunch

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "I'm writing an article about what all successful men eat. What do you eat, successful men?" 

https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1508341036141137920?s=20&t=A3_N5BYS6R2EIyCpd-R-kA

Noticing the fun

 


of when pictures line up



Quotable and heard yesterday

"The wounds persist, the accompaniment continues, the denial and cover up does not."

~ Diocese of Albany

"Deposition from former Albany bishop released in diocese abuse investigation" | WNYT.com

https://wnyt.com/albany-new-york-news/deposition-from-former-albany-bishop-howard-hubbard-diocese-abuse-investigation/6428572/


How will that feelz

After the wealthy and fragile have gone through enough therapy and learned that it benefits them to acknowledge the experiences of others?

Sunday, March 27, 2022

I should start watching more nature documentaries

Nature docs are often very good at getting me to look at "cycles of life" and things like that.

And, like, if there are some guys who seemingly lived really great lives in the current patriarchal system but still struggled with miserable internal demons, and they either want to change now or come back soon and have a whole new life experience, who can stop them?

What if the Pope changes?

"Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse" - ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/canadian-indigenous-leaders-meet-pope-school-abuse-83687532

"Catholic Church 'an empire of misogyny' - Mary McAleese"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43330026

Maybe some older dudes will wanna make a movie about it before the next life

"Young Women Are Leading Climate Protests. Guess Who Runs Global Talks?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/climate/climate-activists-glasgow-summit.html

"Youth global climate strike: North Hollywood High School students walk out to demand action on climate change" | abc7.com

https://abc7.com/north-hollywood-high-school-climate-change-protest/11681643/

From Chile to Chicago...

"Chile: students force closure of Santiago schools over sexual harassment and violence" | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/27/chile-students-close-schools-protest-sexual-harassment-violence

"Hundreds Of ChiArts Students Protest Outside Of Humboldt Park School, Alleging Administrators Have Created 'Toxic' Environment"

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/03/04/hundreds-of-chiarts-students-protest-outside-of-humboldt-park-school-alleging-administrators-have-created-toxic-environment/

People who feed US are gonna get a podcast

"Podcast aims to reach California farmworkers in their Indigenous languages"

https://www.axios.com/farmworkers-podcast-mixtec-zapotec-indigenous-language-5549b08a-1ebf-44f4-89c4-ee22b2d60fd2.html

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Isn't it nice to read instead of getting thrashed by the news?

Especially a book that can make you appreciate nature more.

Isn't the forest good?

Revisions...

Bike guy in a forest & near some water: Do you ever watch so & so. DO YOU THINK HE'S FUNNY. Some ppl say say I look like so & so.

Bike guy's kid: Stop doing that.

??????: No I don't really watch that one regularly. YEAH, HE IS FUNNY. But I don't watch a lot of TV. Although sometimes I might watch The Colbert Report. But I prefer to read. Do you like to read?

Bike guy: Not really. (Seems scared.) 

Bike guy's kid: Yes you do, you read.

??????: I guess I will have to walk away from this peculiar situation. Am I going to have a dream about some type of mental illness later?

Let it all go into the forest and the water.



♡ cover & might reread

"Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630549.Shadow_in_Hawthorn_Bay

It is, in some ways, a rather creepy book but it brings back pleasant memories of living in a house with a wood stove. On a bluff. Surrounded by the sounds of the wind, and scotch broom. On an island in the Pacific Northwest.

My grocery shopping trip ended nicely

Two pleasant young guys talked with me about liking the icecream with the boba in it even though it's not for everybody.

Before that, some older employees were cussing in another aisle. One was complaining that raves "used to be much safer." Were they really? I wanted to inquire and then Nope, not doing that to myself today.

Later, the cussing guy was mildly picking on his female coworker as a display of his prowess at jokey dominance. RAVES USED TO BE MUCH SAFER FOR HIM.

It's awkward in the next life

Waking up in a cold sweat muttering "Bad for women! That industry is bad for women!" 

Oh phew. 

That was just a dream.

How many complainers does it take to make any difference whatsoever

Just one? Absolutely not. What century are you living in?

Game: "It Depends"

Kristi Noem vs Anonymous Director of Films

Play a game called who gaslit better

Sexist Hollywood Dude Who Shall Not Be Named Because That Would Be Bad For Marketing vs Virginia Thomas.

Imagine helping

HELPING a privileged person learn to be helpful and not so antagonistic, which is a strange reflex to fall back on, whereby the privileged person accidentally treats others better if their circumstances are this instead of that.

"I am sorry I made you feel like I would treat you better if you were either a man or connected to someone who is a wealthy man."

"Really????"

not sobs

Half the time (at least) your sons are more feminist than you. Weird!


Maybe this women's magazine article can help

With Staying Alive!

https://www.allure.com/story/meditation-ritual-guide

If only a lot of people were better at some things

"Ah ah ah ah stayin' alive..."

Bee Gees – "Stayin' Alive Lyrics"| Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Bee-gees-stayin-alive-lyrics

How positive message

"There are way way way more dads in the world who are way way way more disrespectful to women than, you know..."

Maybe tomorrow will be a spiritual day

"Idaho Eyes Texas-Style 6-Week Abortion Ban With Bounty Lawsuits"

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39530244/idaho-abortion-ban-6-weeks-bounties/

"pdn4829 2d ago 
Honestly I think Idaho would be better off electing a russet."

Squawk squawk squawk

I DEMAND POOR WOMEN CATER TO MY NEEDS. Mental. Emotional. Physical. I AM ENTITLED. LIKE A BIG BABY IN AN ADULT-SIZED BODY.

Patriarchal women rewarded.

"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill that will require women in her state to make three separate trips to a doctor to receive the two pills necessary for a medication abortion."

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/accessibility/599752-south-dakota-restricts-abortion-pills-but-remains

What a rigged system.

"Half of working women of color earn less than $15 an hour, study finds"

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/half-working-women-color-earn-15-hour-study/story?id=83601634

Cult mentality is exasperating.

Why are you not even a little bit better at acknowledging the humanity of people who aren't wealthy white guys? 

Those favored guys can't even get anything done without the help of all those other people that you were trained by society and religion and whatnot to unsee and not care about. 

What are all those favored guys gonna do in their next lives when they come back and they're no longer the kind of people you were trained to see and care about?

A: THE PIZZA CAT

Q: what is funnier, when wealthy people communicate with their words or choices that caring about the environment or civil rights (that includes rights for women and children!) is not their thing, 

or

cats being weird little guys on Twitter: "https://t.co/dsFw3LB5Um" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/weirdlilguys/status/1507598723953561605?s=20&t=DPWV89pjGLLyZxOZMQ0YiA

He's excited it's going to rain on Monday

Edgar McGregor on Twitter: "Trash pickup day 975. This was a 120 minute pickup. #EarthCleanup You all know I love this canyon, but when people call it the "Disneyland of hiking trails" online, they ain't wrong!! About 2,000 - 3,000 people in the park at the same as me creating all sorts of problems. https://t.co/yYJxbEhKPp" / Twitter https://twitter.com/edgarrmcgregor/status/1507827443083534338?s=20&t=9h7dmeyR-ZGd2smuuDY1pQ

I want to visit this place soon while the surrounding hills are still green.



Just processing...

What it would be like if all the people who have never been on an airplane had the resources to be constantly on social media...

"How Wealth Inequality Powers Climate Change"

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wealth-carbon-emissions-inequality-powers-world-climate/

Why not? Will the angry tweeters be riled?

"Former education secretary calls for cancellation of debt for all student loan holders"

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/599453-former-education-secretary-calls-for-complete-student

What again...

Is this for all genders? I am curious...

"To help address falling numbers in Catholic religious orders, nonprofits are helping aspiring members pay college loans" 

"When Student Debt Stands in the Way of Religious Poverty" - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-student-debt-stands-in-the-way-of-religious-poverty-11648292401

Tolerance...

Religious sects...vary...many are still very patriarchal...but some...are different...  

Or, what if there was a film about Dr. Martin

Consort of

"The President | Mary Mcaleese | President of Ireland"

https://president.ie/en/the-president/mary-mcaleese

A Madeleine Albright film would be so different from a Mary McAleese film

MAMA

"Flags at half-mast through Sunday to honor life of Madeleine Albright"

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2022/03/25/flags-at-half-mast-weekend-honor-life-of-madeleine-albright/7166339001/

"Mary McAleese" - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese

A whole set of these...rather expensive, but worth buying for some people...

"Purity Sound Bath" | Meditation Music for Cleansing the Mind & Spirit | Singing Bowls - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcoXfD3PtTY&feature=youtu.be

Sometimes there's previews before music videos

"WeCrashed — Official Teaser" | Apple TV+ - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuhT5241h8&feature=youtu.be

"WeCrashed review – prepare to boggle at Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway’s toxic billionaires"| Television & radio | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/18/wecrashed-review-prepare-to-boggle-at-jared-leto-and-anne-hathaways-toxic-billionaires

But the brain can only consume so many television shows...

Columbia may be kinder to some people right now

"Colombia abortion laws: Colombia becomes latest Latin American country to partially decriminalize abortion" - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/21/americas/colombia-decriminalize-abortion-intl/index.html

"Are women’s bodies private property? In Idaho, apparently they are" | Roe v Wade | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/25/idaho-abortion-ban-roe-v-wade

Mysterious world...earth...universe...

"Playing with shadows" : r/oddlysatisfying

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/tjeb5k/playing_with_shadows/

"How Feminists Won a Historic Abortion Ruling in Colombia" - Ms. Magazine

https://msmagazine.com/2022/03/10/abortion-colombia-feminist/

"Projects - Sloan Science & Film"

http://www.scienceandfilm.org/projects/169/6-ft-in-7-min

"Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104979.Journey_of_Souls

"Cat logic : r/funny"

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/tonluy/cat_logic/

Grief is a process. What if he gets to hang out with Madeline Albright now?

"Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state and feminist icon, dies at 84" | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-secretary-state-madeleine-albright-has-died-family-2022-03-23/

Conan O'Brien on Twitter: "Still processing the terrible news about Taylor Hawkins. Such a wonderful and crazily talented man. Thinking now about his family, his band, and his good friend Dave." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/ConanOBrien/status/1507752946347479047?s=20&t=R9H_dkwy2WSWkkGiJyBLOg

At least life could be...

 


like taking pictures in 2022


A Tree Story!!!!!

"1,000-year-old oaks used to create 'super forest'" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60617810

She's had an interesting life.

"McAleese was awarded a doctorate in Canon Law in 2018 (JCD)[17] at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University.[86] In 2013, she said that she obtained a master's degree and licentiate in canon law and her interest grew because of her concern about what has been happening in the Church – the sexual abuse scandal, among other things. When McAleese looked at the scandal, she said 'I was struck by what investigators said about canon law and canon lawyers. It was a scathing indictment: In not one single incidence of sexual abuse had canon law been able to do anything on the victim's side, nothing useful or helpful.'"[87]

"Mary McAleese" - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese

But I thought he was the people's pope

Like that magazine cover in the checkout line at the supermarket says?

"Mary McAleese was speaking in Rome ahead of the Voices of Faith conference, which features prominent Catholic women from around the world.

They are celebrating International Women's Day by demanding a greater say for women in Church governance.

Pope Francis has declined to attend their meeting or to celebrate Mass for those attending.

Vatican Radio has censored its reports on their demand for gender equality."

"Catholic Church 'an empire of misogyny'" - Mary McAleese 

Persecuting doctors and endangering human's health is not wise

"While Michigan's 1931 law allows abortions to save the life of the mother, Nessel noted that an affirmative defense is difficult to prove. and speculated that fear of prosecution would discourage doctors from performing abortions even when women's lives were at risk.

Whose prognosis counts? Consider, she says, a pregnant woman with cancer.

"An oncologist would never let you have radiation treatment or chemotherapy if you were pregnant, but an oncologist would never opine that you were going to die before the child was born," Nessel said. "It’s a guessing game."

Any trial would become a contest of dueling experts, with the outcome hinging on the jury's judgment, not a physician's."

~ Nancy Kaffer

"Opinion: End of Roe v. Wade would arm abortion foes with many tools"

https://amp.freep.com/amp/7146616001

Such nice parents and students from the Chicago area

"Students, activist groups join in second walkout at Homewood-Flossmoor High School" - Chicago Tribune

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-homewood-flossmoor-walkout-st-0325-20220324-coxzxvwttzfsjchoao6guxixoy-story.html

"Second H-F student walk-out continues protest over sexual assault response" | HF Chronicle

https://www.hfchronicle.com/photos/2022/mar/25/second-h-f-student-walk-out-continues-protest-over-sexual-assault-response



Telepathy for Concerned People

You might wonder, how are the future moms from a 2000s baby shower who at that time said they hated the idea of raising girls and preferred having boys (whew, good thing the mom at the shower was having their favorite kind of human, right?) doing? "We changed our minds! We really like girls now! We support Civil Rights and Me Too! We are nothing like that Amy Coney Barrett person! We are overcoming that religious indoctrination and cultural programming! We promise!" Telepathy.

Peach Donut Window

"The Donut Man brings back its popular peach donuts for the season"

https://www.bakemag.com/articles/5547-the-donut-man-brings-back-its-popular-peach-donuts-for-the-season

"Ripe peaches" - Badreads with Lauren Hough

https://laurenhough.substack.com/p/ripe-peaches

"The Donut Man in Glendora: Fresh Strawberry & Peach Donuts" - California Through My Lens

https://californiathroughmylens.com/donut-man-glendora/

"The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/The-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-peaches-lyrics

"Peach Doughnuts Are Back at This Beloved Shop"

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/the-donut-mans-peachiest-treat-is-briefly-back/2640834/

Well, some can make art to bring light to dark places

"Le Donjon" | EuroStennings

https://stenningtravelogue.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/le-donjon/

Such nice parents!

"At the previous protest, the predominant chant was 'No means no.' The chant this time, from the adults, was 'Protect our children.' Student organizer Titilayo Anoma said the first walkout was intended to call attention to the 14 girls who allege they were assaulted by the same male student over the past three years."

"There does not appear to be a policy specifically addressing sexual assault."

~ Eric Crump

"Second H-F student walk-out continues protest over sexual assault response" | HF Chronicle https://www.hfchronicle.com/photos/2022/mar/25/second-h-f-student-walk-out-continues-protest-over-sexual-assault-response

"The project was catalyzed by farmworker women"

"...fom Eastern Washington who brought the issue of sexual harassment as a workplace safety issue to the attention of staff at PNASH.”

~ J. Plasterer

"Equitable Food Initiative Teams Up With University of Washington and the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center to Launch Sexual Harassment Toolkit; Jody Early Discusses"| ANUK Mobile

https://m.andnowuknow.com/behind-greens/equitable-food-initiative-teams-university-washington-and-pacific-northwest-Jody-Early/jenna-plasterer/77477

Headaches!

"I remember talking to a Mexican immigrant to the U.S. who overcame many hardships along the way. He told me something reminiscent of what my mother would say: 'You Americans don’t seem to realize it, but most of you are millionaires by world standards. I don’t mean that you have a million dollars, necessarily, but you expect running water in every home, hot and cold. You expect a working flush toilet in every home. You expect electricity and gas in every home, so you have lights, heating, and a way to cook and wash your clothes. I never had or expected any of those things,' he said."

~ C. Nygeres

"What my mother taught me about complaining: Don’t!" | BoulevardSentinel.com

https://boulevardsentinel.com/what-my-mother-taught-me-about-complaining-dont/

Hey news that some rich dudes are great at ignoring

"Idaho Governor Says Rapist-Friendly Abortion Ban Is a Horrible Idea, Signs It Anyway" | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/brad-little-idaho-abortion-ban

Friday, March 25, 2022

What's for toxic dudes and the people who make excuses for them?

What isn't for them? If they're always getting indulged, why is it never enough?

Sexist Headache LitTweets

"Lauren Hough's Lambda Literary award nomination rescinded: Online lit drama, Twitter, and Goodreads"

https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/lauren-houghs-lambda-literary-award-nomination-rescinded-online-lit-drama-twitter-and-goodreads.html

"Lauren Hough Loses Lambda Prize Nomination After a Twitter Feud"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/books/lauren-hough-lambda-literary.html

An actual old-fashioned indulgence


 BOUGHT 

tempted tempted tempted
tempted tempted tempted
tempted tempted tempted


Headlines like this seem to indicate that people need to work on their anger issues

"Texas Republicans debate killing women who get abortions" | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-kennedy/article259670215.html

Might finish a film later

"Facts you’d like to know about Molly’s Game - That Shelf" https://thatshelf.com/facts-youd-like-to-know-about-mollys-game/ 

X: I know we haven't finished the film, but at this time, I don't understand what they're doing with the changing the wording about the bagels thing...
 
Y: Characterization?

Is that so?

"Four-fifths of the people on the planet never get on an airplane in their entire lifetime, according to market analysis by Boeing." 
~ Eric Roston, Leslie Kaufman and Hayley Warren

Learned that way of dealing with life somehow

People who seem to get a lot of pleasure out of making life more difficult for others.

Hummingbirds on film

"Peaceful Relaxing Music - Stress Relief Music, Morning Relaxing, Beautiful Relaxing Music" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3c_P_vzyL4

If I had kids

I am being truthful: I know I would not want them to have a boss like that insecure dude. Sorry.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

A: Oh, I guess he did.

Q: Will P.C. ever write about the time he spent in a mental institution?

https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2019/10/10/on-a-mental-institution/

Greta & Al are excited.

Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "Tomorrow is the day! All over the planet people will strike, march and protest to demand world leaders to prioritise #PeopleNotProfit More info can be found at https://t.co/Ynp0V3jQ8q Where will you be joining from? #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike https://t.co/KXPzOV2cYj" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1507076660713168896?s=20&t=-wUo1zljWa02DeLwxOOs5Q

"Al Gore looks to youth to spark action on climate change"

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/al-gore-looks-youth-spark-action-climate-change-rcna21241

Pain management this afternoon

Today it is as if my body and I simply do not know how to do the thrive in a patriarchy and ignore a bunch of problems thing. It's literally as if my body won't allow it at the moment. It could also be a time of the cycle and time of life thing. I simply do not know how else to say it right now. Maybe there will be other ways to say it again later.

Having an inclined to find musical tools mourning

"Purity Sound Bath" | Meditation Music for Cleansing the Mind & Spirit | Singing Bowls - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcoXfD3PtTY&feature=youtu.be

What could be sad or funny or strange to know about in this century?

 "Japan's CREEPY 'Cure' For Shyness" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=55vHISJB43I&feature=youtu.be

Genuinely sad about real perils to women's healthcare in these times

We have so many opportunities to assist people that weren't available centuries ago and now we throw them away because of some shameful patriarchal doctrines? To make life more difficult for the daughters and the sons?

"Idaho Governor Calls Abortion Law ‘Unwise’ but Signs It Anyway"


Oh, Potato-Land.

The universe told me that what happened centuries ago can be felt now

Although they were far from perfect, there was a man who was genuinely sad about losing his wife and baby. It is a real thing that happened hundreds of years ago. 

"Beatrice d'Este" - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_d%27Este

For some reason, sometimes I really feel it, too.


I should go back to this stuff again.

It was working out better earlier.

"Reiki Music, Energy Healing, Nature Sounds, Zen Meditation" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mUp9Wbw5aQ4&feature=youtu.be

Out in nature, a bird would never

Find an immature man to parrot.

Yes, I know that's arguable...

Baby Shower Boy Preferences Remembered

Why the women at some places need to love the Bible Study Coffee Shop Guys more just because (a) they were trained since tiny to do so and (b) definitely more financially rewarded when they do so. Makes sense, right?

Xtianity's A LOT!!!!!!

At least they don't have that "Dave Ramsey cult mentality."

"What ‘Living Righteously’ Means at Dave Ramsey’s Company" | City Limits | nashvillescene.com
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/what-living-righteously-means-at-dave-ramsey-s-company/article_c525c46c-56e5-11ec-be58-9b22ecb568c6.html

I assume it is because they are afraid of them

"Taliban postpones return to school for Afghan girls above 6th grade" - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/asia/taliban-girls-school-delay-afghanistan-intl/index.html

Christianity is a lot...

You are the light, the way, and the circumstances are dictating that the women are getting rewarded for treating the men better AGAIN! vibes.

Who makes these headlines & how are they feeling?????

"Idaho Governor Calls Abortion Law ‘Unwise’ but Signs It Anyway"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/idaho-abortion-brad-little.html

What if you were the product of a Totally Different Upbringing

"Catholics: Stop eating fancy fish on Fridays during Lent." | America Magazine

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/03/04/lent-catholic-fish-sacrifice-242497

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

It's also daffodils

Those Catholics in upstate NY had a real fondness for daffodils or at any rate buying them for fundraisers was kind of a thing.

"Skagit Valley tulip, daffodil farmworkers on strike over working conditions and wages" – The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/skagit-valley-tulip-daffodil-farmworkers-on-strike-over-working-conditions-and-wages/

"Ennis Daffodil Day diamonds seek new flower power people" - The Clare Champion

https://clarechampion.ie/ennis-daffodil-day-dynamos-seek-new-flower-power-people/

"The Daffodil Fairy" - Flower Fairies

https://flowerfairies.com/the-daffodil-fairy/

This came on by accident, but letting it play

Kitty really seems to like it.

"Reiki Music, Energy Healing, Nature Sounds, Zen Meditation"  - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mUp9Wbw5aQ4&feature=youtu.be

It really is heartening to know some men wrote this

"Patriarchy is so ubiquitous and so devious that even people and organizations who oppose it in theory can end up colluding with it. We experience it as a relapsing illness. Some of its symptoms, which are most observed in workplaces, include: 

 - The belief that there is one right way of doing everything, and we alone know what it is 

-Expecting others to just 'deal with' conditions and expectations they deem unfair or harmful 

-Individualistic rather than collective notions and expressions of leadership

-Fear of vulnerability and intimacy 

-Commitment to inflexible hierarchy 

-Power hoarding 

-Prioritizing performance and production over care and protection"

~ Philip Agnew and Marcus Littles

"Dismantling the Patriarchy Inside of Us - Non Profit News" | Nonprofit Quarterly

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/dismantling-the-patriarchy-inside-of-us/

The Bible Study Guys at The Coffee Shop and many others are more likely to listen to men when they have a problem with patriarchal oppression due to various cultural messages they've received throughout their lives.

Maybe this is a good sign for them

Republican Calendar on Twitter: "Today is quartidi 4 Germinal in the year of the Republic CCXXX, celebrating the tulip.

https://t.co/H3wC4pA8oi" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/sansculotides/status/1506767761527427074?s=20&t=IPGvN5E9aoUyNbnfZ1wPAA

"Tulip Workers Strike in Skagit, Another Tree Murder Song, and a Sweet Little Ferry Turns 54" - Slog - The Stranger

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2022/03/23/69041262/slog-pm-tulip-workers-strike-in-skagit-another-tree-murder-song-and-a-sweet-little-ferry-turns-53

1234 they're not ready?

Cult

Cultural 

Cultural Irresponsibility

Cultural Irresponsibility-to-Others: a Shared Value?

Weirdly attracted to...

 this upbeat video about culture shock!

Wow.

Might have had a symbolic dream about something like

What might be termed as "fear of vulnerability."

"Dismantling the Patriarchy Inside of Us - Non Profit News" | Nonprofit Quarterly

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/dismantling-the-patriarchy-inside-of-us/

Climate change is a "not gonna go away" health crisis

"Everyone Should Watch This Short Film About How Climate Change Impacts Women"

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/migration-blanket-film-women-climate-change/

Sometimes relevant to being appreciative of nature. Sometimes relevant to expecting better treatment than society seems to think you're entitled to expect.

"What Japanese women are saying about discrimination in Japan" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-HWoLVJdoY

"Kid Rock: Donald Trump Asked Me for Advice on North Korea and ISIS" | MetalSucks

https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/03/22/kid-rock-donald-trump-asked-me-for-advice-on-north-korea-and-isis/

"Greta Thunberg Just Dissed Former President Trump For The Last Time (Maybe)"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2021/01/21/greta-thunberg-just-dissed-former-president-trump-for-the-last-time-maybe/?sh=513e80f757b9




Or a nice Tea?

Geez...whatever might a future self think the customs of 2020s look like. Like. Like. Like.

What if I would rather enjoy a nice outdoor picnic

But still wonder if others might get something out of watching these... 

"The trailer for A24’s ‘Men’ is all about the horror of gaslighting" https://www.mic.com/culture/men-a24-horror-film-trailer 

I am getting tired and sick of this societal illness

So when I go to the podcast about healing yourself somehow the link goes to a different episode...it's all about how naturopath wants pcos women to know they can have children and how wonderful... I had to stop. That was not what I asked for while preparing my healthy meal. That is for the rich women who are good at ignoring all the immigrant labor needed for their comforts. This is a careless and psychologically damaging society. It's so wonderful they want to steal away reproductive rights from people but not give relief to single mothers or low income families, because...? This is increasingly becoming a society that treats a lot of women and children very very badly like anyone who is health challenged and not in at least a six figure household and that is a lot of people.

inlikealionoutlikealamb

inlikealionoutlikealamb

inlikealionoutlikealamb

inlikealionoutlikealamb

climbevrytulipmtn

Food is important!

Food can heal you! Or kill you! It's crazy.

"It’s National [INSERT CAUSE HERE] Day – Why farmworkers deserve celebration too" – Produce Blue Book

https://www.producebluebook.com/2022/03/23/its-national-insert-cause-here-day-why-farmworkers-deserve-celebration-too/#

Tulips Prague Slav Etcetra

"Tulip farm workers go on strike one week before popular Mount Vernon festival"| king5.com

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/farm-worker-strike-skagit-valley-tulip-festival/281-86d05687-6ab7-4d9d-9f94-8c9eb9c924b4

"Tulips in Wencleslas Square - Picture of Prague, Bohemia" - Tripadvisor

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g274707-i28123973-Prague_Bohemia.html

"Madeleine Albright Dead: First Female U.S. Secretary of State Was 84" – The Hollywood Reporter

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-us-secretary-of-state-dead-1235117516/

"Photos: Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state"

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/gallery/madeleine-albright/index.html

She really has a lot going for her...

"'The Gilded Age' star Louisa Jacobson says she couldn't sleep on her side 'for a long time' because her too-tight corset made her ribs sore"

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/gilded-age-star-louisa-jacobson-174512892.html

"Jacobson shared that she had begun to consider her ideas surrounding body image as a result of the role 'I realized how I'd internalized beauty standards,' she said. She told Smith that she'd asked the costumers fitting her to tighten the corsets. 'Just tighten it, I want to look snatched,' she recalled telling them, describing that choice as 'ambitious.' Jacobson added that ultimately she 'really suffered from that decision' because her 'Gilded Age' costumes were each based on the tightness of the corset she selected at the initial fitting."

~ Keyaira Boone

BUT SUCH SUFFERING. HOW CAN SHE GET THE HEALTHCARE SHE NEEDS??????

Hmmm lots to listen to later maybe?

Hmmm.

"167- Transform Unconscious Wounds that Hold you Back" - PCOS Diva

https://pcosdiva.com/podcast/167-transform-unconscious-wounds-that-hold-you-back/

Hmmm.

"Michelle Chalfant | The Adult Chair | 301 – Narcissism 101: What It Is & How To Heal It"

https://theadultchair.com/podcasts/301/

Hmmm.

Sometimes to find oneself

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

https://www.etymonline.com/word/slavish#:~:text=late%2013c.%2C%20%22person%20who,also%20of%20Italian%20schiavo%2C%20French

is to find oneself able to execute certain duties to the slavish degree which was previously expected! But there are consolations...

alt-J - "Deadcrush (Official Video)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJUNJ1o394

AM yoga is good and especially

Occasional Unconventional Music Yoga?

Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" 1967 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

*****

"Report on 2018 Yoga Studio Shooting Finds Motivation Was Misogyny" | Club Industry

https://www.clubindustry.com/industry-news/report-2018-yoga-studio-shooting-finds-motivation-was-misogyny

*****

Yoga for Dads Who Truly Didn't Know Better (or maybe they did?) Who knows?

I think i will watch nothing now but something later

A: If you call a show or a film about an underrepresented group Somebody's Daughter more dads with money will like it and then more of a lot of kinds of people might be into it.

Q: Do you think the men at That Bible Study Group really treat the women and girls from all socioeconomic backgrounds the same?

People Waking Up?

Drinking Tea? Eating Breakfast? Performing Agricultural Labors?

Still Up with the Good Ginger Tea! Not falling asleep so fast?

TV show episode or Film on disc?

My Brilliant Friend or Molly's Game?

"My Brilliant Friend's third season further challenges its 2 leads"

https://www.avclub.com/hbo-my-brilliant-friend-review-season-3-1848569862

"The Real Celebrity Stories Behind ‘Molly’s Game’" - The Ringer

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2017/12/27/16805574/mollys-game-real-celebrity-stories

Migrants from all places need to eat

Tina Vasquez on Twitter: "It is very very very very very very very hard to see just how differently asylum seekers are treated/reported on based on race and country of origin." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheTinaVasquez/status/1503521744098926592?s=20&t=NA5ewu7_7zTHE8Wt39dx1g

Tina Vasquez on Twitter: "So many of you argued that photos like that are needed to spark change or elicit empathy or 'humanize' migration. But those arguments say everything about YOU and who you struggle to see as human." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheTinaVasquez/status/1503527884257992707?s=20&t=NA5ewu7_7zTHE8Wt39dx1g

Woke up to drink ginger tea since the body needs the help

A: There are still people who make you feel like they'd treat you and your situation as more legitimate if you were here on Earth in a different kind of body right now. 

Q: What does encountering people who indulge in dehumanizing behavior patterns mean to you?

A: In a different decade, there were religious people who thought your girl child self would "grow out of" being feminist and learn to put men first like they did...and in more recent times, the Sexist Bible Study Guys have wives who are willing to go along with their points of view, according to them...

Q: What does encountering people who perpetuate hurtful behavior patterns look like to you?

A: Sometimes, some people seem to feel the need to give you a message that they would only treat you better as a woman if you had a certain type of man supporting you.

Q: When encountering people who have toxic patriarchal habits, what is the kind of message that gets communicated to you?

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

ERA ERA ERA ERA

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Senator Braun’s statement does not walk back what he said. He needs to go on the record to clarify whether he believes states should be allowed to reinstate anti-miscegenation laws, and whether it’s his belief SCOTUS should overturn Loving v. Virginia as he does w/ Roe v. Wade" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1506406403455475718?s=20&t=0zXTpsRXbcQj93zl8ejvMw

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Can journalists please not pretend it’s normal for a US Senator to declare that the Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage, he’s OK w/it being illegal again, his “new” statement not walking anything back during a SCOTUS nomination that he’d be voting on? Thanks." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1506404690229178376?s=20&t=lWqD6P-e2drUQ0J2noEjAg

Sounds like it was a Historic Day?

The Volatile Mermaid on Twitter: "Shoutout to Republicans for attempting to turn a Black woman’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings into a redemption tour for a sniveling unqualified white male rapist." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/1506364400357236742?s=20&t=8ELs9IGmTYgjjqMdEcwxzA

Gulp

"Man lives like 1950s housewife and keeps home pristine with retro appliances" - Mirror Online

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/man-lives-like-1950s-housewife-26526019

Sometimes the descendants turn out really nice and peaceful

"Human burials found in Mexico linked to 19th century French invasion" - La Prensa Latina Media

https://www.laprensalatina.com/human-burials-found-in-mexico-linked-to-19th-century-french-invasion/

That freaking vacuum again

It just reminded me...

Qveen Herby - "Sugar Daddy" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J3RCss03v1k&feature=youtu.be

What if this is you in the next life?

Nearly done with the chocolate & wine

I feel like if I were a cult leader in some sort of alternate incarnation I'd be just about ready to relieve myself of that nonsense IN THIS ERA.

Ack! Melted chocolate on one hand while typing with the other hand. Coming to save you, hand!

The other night waaaas not tonight

Tonight is all like "Do you think if someone tried to come see you in a store but acted scared to talk to you, she might be in a cult?"

"Oh, no, that's surely not the case."

Geez. Wine and chocolate night!

The sort of thing to put on as you clean the apartment after the episode

"My Brilliant Friend Season 3 Episode 4 Cold War"- Elena's Rockbottom - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YqEyuY3kD2Y

"My Brilliant Friend Season 3 | Episode 4 Promo"| HBO - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d8TVmHz2-68

Oh dear. It has to be one of those spells.

Fun to play with Bible Study Guys in Coffee Shops:  

Dogs are better than feminists because...

No, this is fun to play with Bible Study Bros:

"James Lipton Looks Back Fondly on His Parisian Pimping Days, Brags About His 'Roaring' Bordello Business"| Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/05/james-lipton-pimp

‘Surviving Sex Trafficking’ Reveals the Tortured Faces of the Sex Trafficking Epidemic

https://news.yahoo.com/surviving-sex-trafficking-reveals-tortured-084017053.html

Bad Guy or Benevolent Benefactor?


Monday, March 21, 2022

Enchanters of global citizens...

"Weezer to release first of four 'enchanting' seasonal EPs in 2022 on spring equinox" — Kerrang!

https://www.kerrang.com/amp/weezer-to-release-first-of-four-seasonal-eps-in-2022-on-spring-equinox

Better dentist office than the other one

"Spring is here!" "Spring cleaning is here." "You should be more principled." "NO, have more fun." "Societal injustice." "Eat a salad." "Icecream." "CBD Oil." "Forget that nonsense." "Does the cat care? Be like the cat."

Enjoyed before and hope to someday enjoy again.

There are people who enjoy honesty.

Who knows when or how motivation to change happens?

It may be tomorrow that it will happen, or it may be a very long time.

Positive change happens more quickly sometimes

"What happens when social movements are at odds with Catholic teaching?"| America Magazine

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/03/16/social-movements-catholic-242591

Just because some people grew up seeing a lot of people make excuses for unhealthy patriarchal practices in church environments and other places doesn't mean old unhealthy patterns have to be repeated.

"Teaching consent to children: 'The joke is where it starts and rape is where it ends' "| Sexual health | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/21/teaching-consent-to-children-the-joke-is-where-it-starts-and-is-where-it-ends

I think more positive change will happen more quickly when a lot of people stop lying to themselves for temporary dopamine rushes and get more motivated to build something better.

Lack of light in the morning is just one reason this is a bad idea

"Daylight Saving Time Is Bad for Teenagers" - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/daylight-saving-time-bad-teenagers/627095/

"Daylight saving change faces trouble in House" | TheHill

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/598827-daylight-savings-change-faces-trouble-in-house

Imagine a better world?

Where people didn't have really good, dopamine-fueling reasons to make a bunch of excuses for unhealthy and toxic patriarchal dynamics.

Feminism is necessary.

Not a helpful vibe at all:

"You’re prioritizing your endorphin rush over people’s feelings of safety and wellbeing"

~ Jessica Stoya

"Exhibitionism problem: I’m the guy women warn each other about"

https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/03/exhibitionism-problem-man-therapy-advice.html

This would be such an interesting film, too...

"‘Feminista Frequencies’ explores how female radio producers built community — and a powerful support system — at Spanish-speaking KDNA in the Yakima Valley" | The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/feminista-frequencies-explores-how-female-radio-producers-built-community-and-a-powerful-support-system-at-spanish-speaking-kdna-in-the-yakima-valley/

"There was the element of having women say, 'You know, we don’t want to listen to music that’s gonna degrade us,' then the men saying, 'That makes sense — and you’re right; our music is pretty sexist sometimes.' So music director Estella Del Villar would sit there, listen to records as they came in and filter out all the sexist music.

And they asked: 'What do women want to talk about?' Anything and everything, right? We want to talk about cooking and have recipes on air, we want to have music, but we also want to be serious and acknowledge things like domestic violence and incest — I don’t think that would’ve happened in an only-male-run station, to be honest. Because those situations intimately affect women in a particular way."

~ Monica De La Torre to Brendan Kiley

From yesterday...two Richards in two different stories...

"*New Update* When I was around 10 I met a strange boy who seemed to appear from nowhere, him and I became super close friends but after about a year he disappeared. I never found a way of contacting him again + Updates. : r/BestofRedditorUpdates"

https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/til9yi/new_update_when_i_was_around_10_i_met_a_strange/

"Richard Loving - Wife, Death & Children" - Biography

https://www.biography.com/activist/richard-loving

The Beautiful Blue Coat

"The 'Loving' Costumes are Just as Powerful and Understated as the Film" | Fashionista

https://fashionista.com/.amp/2016/11/loving-movie-costumes

Between the film and the documentary I finally got my suspicion confirmed about Mildred Loving's blue coat.

I told a most trusted & helpful soul that I believed Mildred Loving's coat was a deep royal blue with a black collar, much like the blue coat I wore when we met in college which also had a black collar, but whenever I look online, it's hard to find color photographs of her in the blue coat. 

After watching the movie and seeing her in a darker blue coat with more of a brown furry collar, I wanted to know if I could see the color of the actual coat in the documentary. He fell asleep for part of it, and then woke up again. I was distracted when I heard him say, "Coat!" And yes, there it was!

I no longer have the coat I wore in college, but today I have a wrap which is also a very deep blue and it has a black collar.


"Loving v. Virginia was decided 50 years ago. This HBO documentary explores the couple at its center" https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/17/15809790/loving-story-virginia-hbo