& multi-faceted
Saturday, April 30, 2022
So you're also a SOUL who
just wants to have fun sometimes.
SO many obstacles can get in the way, in some lifetimes. SO MANY!
Maybe you will learn to have fun again.
How about good, healthy fun that makes you feel balanced and happy?
Like SANDPLAY?
Even if you are VERY different, you never know.
This might be like how you are, too, someday.
Read something sometime about how we're all interconnected.
Very philosophical.
I am wondering if...
"Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times" | Presented by Thandie Newton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVWHuJOmaEk
the headliner or any of the presenters believe they might come back...
pequeña memoria musical
The Judds ~ "Turn It Loose" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_tyrhYmLs
"Naomi Judd, Matriarch of the Judds, Dies at 76"
“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy,” the statement said, according to the Associated Press. “We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”
Time to go grocery shopping
"As wildfires have raged throughout California, there’s been too much concern over the damage to luxury crops like grapes and berries, and not enough for the farmworkers who put their life on the line, as explained by Dr. Michael Mendez at the Kegley Institute of Ethics event on April 19 titled, 'Tainted Grapes, Tainted Lungs: Extreme Wildfire Impacts on Undocumented Latina/o and Indigenous Migrants.'”
~ Ernesto Leon
"UC Irvine professor explains dangers of wildfires for farmworkers" - The Runner
"Where there are over 100,000 Hispanics/Latine individuals, with about 8% of the population estimated to be undocumented– that’s over 38,000 people. There are also about 12,000 Indigenous Mexicans, and many do not speak English or Spanish. Common languages spoken by Indigenous folk in the area are Mixtec, Triqui, Maya, Chatino, and Zapotec.
Indigenous Mexicans are not Hispanic or Latine, so this presents a huge language barrier for the community when it comes to informing them about wildfire dangers and evacuations."
Non, Marie
"Is Cake More Important Than Climate Change in the UK?" - Impakter
https://impakter.com/is-cake-more-important-than-climate-change-in-the-uk/
WHAT MUSIC?!
“They weren’t even work calls, we would just play music and hang out with each other,” said Mitzi Jonelle Tan, the convener of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines and a Fridays For Future organizer. In contrast to Thunberg’s popular public image, which is largely based on the angriest segments of her speeches, those who know her describe her as warm, caring, funny, extremely blunt and, at times, silly."
~ K. Mathiesen
André Rieu & Amira - "O Mio Babbino Caro" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PQ7qPkluM&feature=youtu.be
Mitzi Jonelle Tan #ClimateJusticeNow on Twitter: "It's important to talk about climate anxiety and to talk to your friends and experts about it! love you all 💕 also, here's a good article on crying selfies meme culture https://t.co/U4e144d7f0" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/mitzijonelle/status/1520237147000766465?s=20&t=-5FsncAVcQU70egyDtwspg
It's easier to eat today. Yay!
Food! Thanks.
"Victory for Farmworkers" – Vassar College
https://vassar.cafebonappetit.com/victory
Cool guy to read about again.
"MacArthur Fellow Greg Asbed on the Power of Organizing in Immigrant Communities"
https://armenianweekly.com/2018/01/15/greg-asbed-power-organizing-immigrant-communities/
Some traditional stuff is just bad for some people.
There are many old patterns that no longer serve large portions of humanity, and some of us get told by the universe more strongly that those patterns need to change sooner than others, I guess.
Things could be better...
Sometimes think propping up certain people with certain genetics while ignoring lots of other stuff going on is just toxic positivity.
O the need for healing physical and emotional health
I am still facing the challenge. There could be a lot of people facing the challenge...
Friday, April 29, 2022
They were opera singers once...and babies...
"Baby 'opera singers' & getting angry for the right reasons"
https://www.schmopera.com/baby-opera-singers-getting-angry-for-the-right-reasons/
"The flip side of the baby opera singer coin"
https://www.schmopera.com/the-flip-side-of-the-baby-opera-singer-coin/
If my ear gets better
Will I become magically more in touch with the lighthearted side of life, instead of all the creepy things that people need to fix with therapy and whatnot. Hmmm.
Life goes on...
After you listen to a meditation for your health and fall asleep and wake up and spontaneously decide to look up a name that was part of a certain kind of childhood experience.
And look, there is someone who appears to somewhat in touch with his inner child.
Ears are such exquisite organs
BUT. Like that lady was telling me about how yeah a cat is nice but...blah blah blah. I can't even. With these people. Sometimes. Even though I halfway see their POV. More than that. I feel their POV. But then it fades. Back to my inner child and The Earache Mission. I mean the Ear Healing Mission.
What if whining HELPS
What if it is soooo.......what if angels can help you....what about your inner whining child. What about that one!!!!! WHINE. Angels might be patient. They are divine!
WHINE NOT?
Why does my ear have to be soooo...whyyyyy....
Everyone with a happier ear is so lucky...
Not fair...
What is my personal health mission
For myself, my body, and my right ear. Which sometimes seems better and then "Nope, not quite better yet." I am really going to have to figure out this assignment.
It is merely one of many beautiful houses...
"Build The Most Beautiful Underground House Villa by Ancient Skills" - YouTube
The future meets the past...
"Constance Marie praises San Antonio-set series 'Undone'"
"Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)" - YouTube
I am happy to read...
"Essential Oils – Many essential oils have antibacterial or antiviral properties which help to kill bacteria or prevent viruses from reproducing. Tea tree oil, oregano oil, basil oil, and garlic oil, in particular, are known to alleviate ear pain. Try mixing a couple drops of essential oil with a couple drops of olive oil and placing them directly inside the ear. You can also soak a cotton ball in essential oil and put it on the opening of the ear to let the essential oil seep in."
"How to Get Rid of an Earache Fast"| GoHealth Urgent Care
On illness having an emotional component
This morning, I really didn't want to, but I threw up multiple times in the trash can next to my bed. Then I rested before I went to an online meeting where some spoke of the importance of authenticity.
I am encouraged that people are making some progress, but as I reflect, I will say that I authenticly feel part of my sickness recently has been because I see people are still very stubborn. Toxicity can sometimes take the form of pretending things are okay when there's more healing needed within a lot of society.
These are among the tragedies that come to mind. In the words of a father:
"'Our daughter is dead. We're the surviving victims': rape, bullying and suicide, after a viral flood"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/03/-sp-rape-bullying-rehteaeh-parsons-audrie-pott-families
Who wanted to be throwing up this morning? Not I. But I was. I was feeling very sick. I think I am hopefully getting better. Life is not always easy in a body.
It's a beautiful thing when healing unfolds
I know it is possible to have such experiences on Earth. At the moment would love it so much if angels and healing presences and higher beings in the universe would help me know what is the best way to deal with both the sadness I feel about all the communication failures and also the physical pain on right side of my head since it is more affected by congestion and ear pain. I have tea and soup with garlic and an XClear nasal spray. I am sick. I would love to have this stuff healed. I don't especially want to sit in the Urgentcare for hours later today if that is not good energy. I would live to clear all kinds of barriers and get more aligned with feeling like there is healing unfolding and happening...
Thursday, April 28, 2022
A note of appreciation
It's nice to feel human.
And not so astoundingly depressed and heavy with grief that it's almost too much effort to feed yourself or do the most basic tasks.
It really is nice to feel better than that!
Has his Master's Degree & will sell you stuff at REI
The fellow in this article:
"College-Educated Workers Help Unionize Places Like Starbucks" - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/business/college-workers-starbucks-amazon-unions.html
"They have a sense that the economic grand bargain available to their parents — go to college, work hard, enjoy a comfortable lifestyle — has broken down. And they see unionizing as a way to resurrect it."
Greta can be silly!
"In contrast to Thunberg’s popular public image, which is largely based on the angriest segments of her speeches, those who know her describe her as warm, caring, funny, extremely blunt and, at times, silly."
~ K. Mathiesen
"Greta Thunberg doesn’t want you to talk about her anymore" – POLITICO
Q: What did you accomplish? A: Some reading.
"Melbourne football: Afghanistan Women's National Football team players who fled Taliban want to be a voice for the voiceless"
Some of you might be more tired of violence
"When Hijab Was Not in Force, Vintage Photographs Show How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1960s and 1970s" ~ Vintage Everyday
https://www.vintag.es/2018/07/1960s-70s-iranian-womens-fashion.html
Fashion
Today a woman from Iran who is very nice and a mother told me about her love of her family. She asked if I had kids, asked why not, and wanted to offer me her daughter's card for fertility treatments. She also asked me to look up women in Iran so we could admire their sense of fashion.
Showbiz can also be like
a great source of letting you know that Academia is at least better at trying to get better.
There can be good things after challenging times...
I would love to feel that health and good care are coming into our lives. I am fortunate to live with someone very kind and laid back. The thing that made me feel better tonight was when he put a rose quartz roller I got for Christmas on my back. I finally started to feel more human. It was so heavy to experience that depression. It was so heavy. Now I want more lightness. People can have more lightness. They can heal. They can accept better ways of living on this planet. I want to feel better and I am grateful the process has started to happen. I have an off and on earache on the right. I hope that improves a lot after I sleep more. I feel grateful for improvements.
Shhhhh....
"Sound Bath for Depression: A Dedication to A Dear Friend"| Crystal Singing Bowls | Meditation Music - YouTube
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Yes, it really seems like a great idea.
People can get better at learning how to be relaxed. It's a helpful trait and useful skill. Wow. There must be a lot to learn about that.
Wouldn't it be beautiful if more people knew how to really relax
O I am pretty sure that I am going to be able to have a quiet life and O I just do not mind it at all...It's like, maybe I wish in the future that I might be more accomplished, but why would I need it now? All I need now is so much peace and quiet. I was having an earache recently but it might be getting better. There are things you can do to relax facial muscles.
Nothing about mortgage rates to see here
"Building a Complete Survival Mini House with dead wood pin needles rocks and clay" - YouTube
At the bedraggled unload-the-dishwasher hour
This is how the better cults lure in fresh converts.
"What to do with a manic depressive cheating husband?" - TNH - YouTube
Could look at this one again...
Smoky Mountain Women of Wisdom | "Tom Lyons of the US Embassy in Vietnam speaks with reverence, from his heart, on behalf of the many Americans whose lives have benefitted from the lif..."| Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/132347776926881/posts/2063143320513974/
"US Embassy Representative Tom Lyons' formal tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh" | Huế, Vietnam | 2022 01 28 - YouTube
It would be such a good drink
"They were toxic ones who came back from rehab with their fuller humanity restored."
I really, really like feeling less depressed than I felt earlier
Maybe some other people in the world can enjoy that feeling too.
"Afghan women debut in Australia" - Taipei Times
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2022/04/25/2003777172
"'Look beyond Ukraine, world threw Afghanistan under the bus': Jaishankar reminds Europe"
"US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says" - CNNPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/afghan-weapons-left-behind/index.html
"The Debilitating Uncertainty Facing Afghan Refugees in the U.S."
https://newrepublic.com/article/166209/afghanistan-evacuees-resettlement-taliban-war
Interesting title for a film & might watch it sometime...
"‘Duty Free’: Film Review" | DOC NYC 2020
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/duty-free-film-review-doc-nyc-2020-4090769/
"This film has defined me": A Son's Bucket List Journey with His Mother | Blog | Independent Lens | PBS
Dear birdies 🎼🎶🦉🍃
Have you ever noticed how some people act / like they've got a Real Fascist living inside their heads / Some people just don't like thinking about that ...🍽🤑🍧🥳
Also in memory of the cashier who suggested I buy another item so my total purchase would not be 666 on his register. 👀🥪🧃💵
Chirp. Twitter. CAW. SO DEHUMANIZING.
"They're brought to Rome to receive prizes if they have more children than anyone else in their province."
~ A. Wingenter
"What happens to women's rights when democracy backslides" | On Point
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/04/26/women-fascists-democracy-backslides-abortion-rights
"Anne Wingenter: 'The thing about fascism is that it's a really contradictory experience for women. ... If you're looking at it from the top down, the picture is very simple. We know exactly what the fascists wanted from women, and they never tired of saying it. What's really complicated is trying to understand from the bottom up.''That is, how did women experience those policies? Because at the same time, they're being told, Go home and have children, so that we can build the army of the future, or expand colonially or for whatever reason. But at the same time, they're being mobilized to come to rallies. They have roles in public parades.'
'They're brought to Rome to receive prizes if they have more children than anyone else in their province. So there is this kind of push pull between this idea of a traditional place that they have to stay, but also this recognition, this place in the public sphere. And so women experience that in really contradictory ways.'"
Yell it at the birds...
"Some 84 countries criminalize blasphemy. Allegations of blasphemy can result in state violence, mob violence or persecution towards religious minorities as well as censorship."
~ Kevin J. Jones
"USCIRF Report: Afghanistan, Other Countries See Worrisome Religious Freedom Trends"
Problematic joke songs...they're out there...
"'Both Sides Can Laugh' by Garfunkel and Oates" - YouTube
Sorry it's not the language of money; then the money-obsessed would be tripping
"After introducing herself to the crowd in her native Mixteco, Margarita Garcia, another farmworker, highlighted the importance of workers having access to emergency safety information in their native languages.
'What is it like to hear Mixteco and not understand what I’m saying?' she asked those gathered around. 'That’s what it feels like when they talk about our rights in languages that we don’t understand.'”
~ N. Chavez & B. Swindell
"Local labor advocates, wine industry coalition square off over farmworker safeguards" https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/local-farmworkers-share-hardships-during-rally-for-emergency-protections/
Problematic language is everywhere
"Wealthy white man seeks praise and recognition from misogynistic people who would treat him like trash if he were in a different body and of a different socioeconomic status right now."
Ridiculous, fearful, & not good for humanity
"Dress Restrictions Tighten for Afghanistan Girls’ Schools"| Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/27/dress-restrictions-tighten-afghanistan-girls-schools
That not everyone can fix.
Well-off people who get a thrill out of dehumanizing others have problems...
Hello Kitty, would my inner 6th grader enjoy your venue?
I suppose she might. I wonder if the venue would great to check out some time?
Hopefully in the company of someone who doesn't feel the need to be toxic or discriminatory towards certain human beings because of their own problems.
Paired well with a puzzle
"Watch S1 E2: Decolonizing Cuisine with Mak–‘amham"| Tending Nature Season 1 | KCET
https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/episodes/decolonizing-cuisine-with-mak-amham
Cause - effects observed
Watched comedy about women getting stressed out about their biological clocks and societal insensitivity and one paying lots money for fertility treatments and it was so unrelaxing and really not enjoyable...Much better was the show about native foods and the guys were so reverential and soft spoken that I accidentally imagined a bunch of people with tense energy that I have encountered in life squirming in discomfort.
Money really alters some people's behaviors
Women and poor people and children are not worth less as human beings just because you and your friends seem to want to get some sort of unhealthy insecurity-fueled toxic type of high from acting like they are. And it's not even good for your health to do that. So, WHY DONT YOU STOP ACTING THAT WAY.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
West is looking bad again?
"'You speak about Ukraine, I remember what happened in Afghanistan', EAM Jaishankar's dig at West"
On the radio today
"What happens to women's rights when democracy backslides"| KPCC - NPR News for Southern California - 89.3 FM
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/04/26/women-fascists-democracy-backslides-abortion-rights
Sad things have happened.
The heartlessness and cruelty some employ as a survival strategy serves them only in the short-term. It will not be sustainable for the long-term.
Colorful! Something to investigate more later. Or sooner.
"17 Goals to Transform Our World"
"United Nations Sustainable Development"
Hmmm, why would they say that.
"U.S. asset freezes worsen Afghan women's suffering" - UN experts | Reuters
How do we get enough calories to do anything?
"Activists Ask Coachella Festival Goers To Support Local Farmworkers" | LAist
Uh...sort of better? Maybe?
"Taliban offers odd-even scheme to educate girls and boys in Afghanistan"
I bet they're both much nicer to wealthy people
"Florida woman who abused farm workers allowed to work for Florida man who did the same" | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article260311625.html
Agua...on the mind...
"California farmworkers could get $1,000 cash a month help under drought relief proposal"
Why do some rich men get their money from misogyny?
It really seems like there are much better ways to spend a life of wealth and privilege.
All about $$$$$$
I saw a things where a rich white man is gonna explain why the woman who hates white moms with mixed race children still treats him better and said that's not what we need today.
Maybe I have liked this one lately, too
Because it makes me think of when something from above touches a situation happening on Earth.
PJ Harvey - "Send His Love To Me" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUIl7qVzYw
O Patriarchy.
Actually, I feel almost a solemn duty sometimes
Actually, I believe I will choose to be a Guardian of my Health.
I will still do a meditation, and pray, as one might on the brink of the outbreak of a war, for a better future and for peace.
I think some people just mistreat others because they learned it was fine to mistreat a part of themselves. Then it comes out in how they express themselves and how they choose to deal with others. But why?
Some of these people might just be choosing to be really clueless about how that can also affect them, also.
This is a sad pattern but it could improve.
People could become healthier.
PEOPLE REALLY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING GOOD THINGS.
You know, maybe instead of a beautiful meditation video
I could find a video of poor women screaming and wailing just because patriarchal people are being so terrible to them right now?
Would that be very cathartic?
Honestly!
Repetitions...
I really think the people who are at present being rewarded while behaving like irresponsible sexist jerks should get help from somewhere.
They are just so out of balance. You could cry.
However, as long as they get rewarded for their mediocre attitudes towards fellow human beings, who knows if they ever will?
Nevertheless, I still think they should get help, possibly from a higher power.
I think that it would be for their own benefit. Truly!
♡♡♡♡♡♡
Drinking water
I wish it didn't feel like I am getting sick, and I wish some people weren't so blatantly gross and sexist. I think they are doing themselves more harm than they acknowledge.
Who are the characters at the beginning and at the end of this piece?
"The Battle of Coachella Valley – 1973" – David Harris, Writer
https://davidharriswriter.com/home/journalism/society/the-battle-of-coachella-valley-1973/
Alicia Uribe, age 19, would be an interesting character
Who do we see IN FILMS?
"Battle of Coachella Valley: Cesar Chavez & UFW vs Teamsters" - Rolling Stone
Fun Over-40 Fact!!!!!
"As farmworkers have become a settled workforce in the US, they have been aging; the average farmworker is now over 40 years old."
~ Paulette Cha & Joy Collins
"Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers" - Public Policy Institute of California
https://www.ppic.org/publication/health-care-access-among-californias-farmworkers/
Breathing...helps...
Garfunkel and Oates: "Season 1, Episode 5" - Rotten Tomatoes
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/garfunkel_and_oates/s01/e05
That is a good thought to have.
"A lot of the next generation will be much, much, much better at some things."
""sufficed"
"But members of the US negotiation team and international community, including the European Union and other countries, sufficed with one or two meetings between themselves and some of the women leaders."
~ W. FROGH
"Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/opinions/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-media-frogh/index.html
Sexism is still a really stupid policy
"Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/opinions/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-media-frogh/index.html
"UN experts blame Taliban and US sanctions for suffering of Afghanistan women" - JURIST - News
"In Afghanistan, boys are becoming the breadwinners"
"Young Taliban recruits refuse to believe 9/11 ever happened"
Monday, April 25, 2022
I don't think there is a rule
that says "the well-off have to cope with life by acting like they don't have to care" because that would be quite foolish and unsustainable.
Words again
"Childhood Reimagined: Navigating Difficult Terrain in The Breadwinner (2017)" — Fantasy/Animation
"In Afghanistan, boys are becoming the breadwinners"
Timely
"UN experts blame Taliban and US sanctions for suffering of Afghanistan women" - JURIST - News
"Johnnie Jones, civil rights lawyer and WWII veteran, dies"
https://apnews.com/b90d9fc555525b64d3e86ceba326bcaa
"In Afghanistan, boys are becoming the breadwinners"
"EPA Has Finally Opened Civil Rights Investigations Over Pollution in 'Cancer Alley'” – Mother Jones
"Persecution report: Afghanistan is 'worst of the worst'” | WORLD
https://wng.org/sift/persecution-report-afghanistan-makes-worst-of-the-worst-1650942116
An Illustration
Rogue Floater on Twitter: "@calebsaysthings A kindergarten consigliere - if you will" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/orrsof/status/1518329664015462401?s=20&t=vzpes637rOYPfJeOYzo0ZA
caleb hearon on Twitter: "i don’t have an inner child. i was a trusted advisor to multiple adults by age 5." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/calebsaysthings/status/1518325372831424512?s=20&t=vzpes637rOYPfJeOYzo0ZA
alyssa on Twitter: "@calebsaysthings oldest daughter things! @kaylaaclaark" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/alyssadilulllo/status/1518382556844015616?s=20&t=vzpes637rOYPfJeOYzo0ZA
kay c on Twitter: "@alyssadilulllo @calebsaysthings parent of parents" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/kaylaaclaark/status/1518383034051051520?s=20&t=vzpes637rOYPfJeOYzo0ZA
𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕕𝕕𝕪 on Twitter: "i'm feeling https://t.co/Peqj7KGmuN" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/gayasstrashcan/status/1507421169548410910?s=20&t=vzpes637rOYPfJeOYzo0ZA
Here at The Bottom.
When a Human
Having the ability to see a lot of people have good points while also saying "And yet, some of them constantly remind me that there are reasons a lot of us might benefit from therapy or rehabilitation of our addictions."
MET ANOTHER HUMAN.
"Nope. Make decent money. Check off enough boxes to meet the criteria of a functional citizen. Am fine with the way things are."
Watch comedy; read about not-the-normal outcome
"'What's Gonna Happen to Chris' by Garfunkel and Oates" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yVIG8Ar-teE&feature=youtu.be
"Ex-University of Michigan prof Stephen Shipp groomed girls for years"
Appeared in a recent dream!
A cozy pullover and I got to enjoy wearing it. I was in the presence of these two. And maybe a 4th person I cannot remember. We are very different, but we all wore cozy pullovers in the dream.
"Garfunkel and Oates"
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
It's become very apparent that there are still patriarchal people who have acquired a way of dealing with reality because that works okay for them for now. This occurs in many industries. There are people with particular kinds of issues who get excuses made for them constantly. There are all kinds of reasons...but is that really...a good excuse?
Thanks for writing, Stefan
"'Fortunately, she was able to escape. She hid in a local cemetery for the whole day, praying that the Taliban would not find her there,' Friba Rezayee tells DW. 'If they had found these documents in her house, she would have been tried in a Sharia court. That would have meant she would have either received 100 lashes or even been publicly executed.'"
~ Stefan Nestler"Female athletes in Afghanistan: prisoners in their own homes" https://www.dw.com/en/female-athletes-in-afghanistan-prisoners-in-their-own-homes/a-61586041
Likely to change eventually anyway
If some people currently choose to have that "do not care" attitude, they probably choose it because there's some kind of short term gains for them, but there's no guarantee it will remain their choice to feel as well-served by casual negligence in the future.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
A?
"U of A student recounts journey from Afghanistan amid Taliban takeover" | Edmonton Journal
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/afghan-refugee-recounts-journey-to-u-of-a
🧐🧘♀️🌧🖼🙏
A
🌬🌊💐🧊 🌝💧🌄
strange little
🎶⏳🔮
arrangement
So, what's the alternative then?
"Let's at least not have another mouthpiece from the 'coddled patriarchal people who can't handle criticism well' tribe."
It feels hot again.
"Wealthy nations’ role in Afghanistan’s environmental crisis" | FairPlanet
https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/wealthy-nations-role-in-afghanistans-environmental-crisis/
"Citizens of the world, particularly those living in the biggest environmental polluting countries, must hold their leaders accountable for causing the suffering in Afghanistan, which ultimately reaches their doorsteps as well in the form of migrants and even westophobic extremism."
~ Shadi Khan Saif
"...women in other parts of the world really trust these systems..."
"The US signed a peace deal with the Taliban alone – excluding women and the people of Afghanistan, diminishing the chances for a political settlement between the Taliban and Afghan people. The US-Taliban deal paved the way for the Taliban political take-over of Kabul. And with it, the removal of public spaces for millions of Afghan women and education opportunities for at least 5 million girls."
~ Wazhma Frogh
"To global women leaders, feminists’ movements, women and human rights activists internationally, I ask: are the rights of Afghan women not relevant anymore? The US government has certainly turned a blind eye to them. And if the international rhetoric, laws and UN Resolutions do not protect the rights of Afghan women and girls, can women in other parts of the world really trust these systems?"
~ Wazhma Frogh
"Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/opinions/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-media-frogh/index.html
Really, everyone deserves better.
"Sometimes I ask myself whether I am not tired of repeating myself for 20 years, whether my voice has any meaning or importance. But the 200 women that I interact with daily, whose stories, pleas for help, thank-you messages and weeping voice notes crash my phone every morning push me to try another day."
~ the author, Wazhma Frogh
"Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/opinions/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-media-frogh/index.html
Heela deserves better.
"Now, almost eight months into the Taliban take-over, which dramatically changed education for girls, that day seems like a distant dream for Heela's family. Last week, the young girl attempted to end her life by taking over 20 sleeping pills. After finding her unconscious one morning, Heela's family rushed her to hospital where she was saved.
Heela's mother, who is hiding at home along with her four daughters, said to me: 'Maybe ending our lives will be easier than continuing this life.' Since the Taliban took control, scores of former government workers, security forces, female police officers, lawyers and judges have either been killed or disappeared.
Sobbing, her mother told me: 'I named her Heela -- hope. But today our lives are so dark that even her name can't give her any hope.'"
~ Wazhma Frogh
"Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures" - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/opinions/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-media-frogh/index.html
Maybe...maybe...MAAAYBEEE
"How Minx Explores Nuanced Feminism"
https://collider.com/minx-tv-show-feminism-explained-hbo-max/
People don't care enough about the environment and watch too much TV?
"A Reason for Being." Intrigued.
Dare Obasanjo on Twitter: "Recently I learned about the Japanese concept of ikigai. We all have things that • we're good at • we can be paid for • we love doing • makes the world better We all aim to be in a spot where we hit all 4. The diagram below helps explain how you feel when you hit 2 or 3 of 4 https://t.co/2p0ZEOfxQp" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1168884387259154432?s=20&t=-5qRIVekF2LaULRCQWgLTQ
Maybe the next generation will be more enlightened as to why...
Dare Obasanjo on Twitter: "Whenever I read research saying women don’t negotiate salaries because they lack confidence, I remember I’ve never heard a man say their offer was rescinded for trying to negotiate a higher salary but have seen lots of women report that experience." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1517692976868184064?s=20&t=BszUMwURPbTirr6waUEH6A
"Why Women Don’t Negotiate Their Job Offers"
https://hbr.org/2014/06/why-women-dont-negotiate-their-job-offers
Society could get better about...
𝐌. on Twitter: "to the people who retweet this…you have a place in my heart 💗" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/yslglossy/status/1517639717268848641?s=20&t=6NpFbjpwNMhA_Vx1iOGYtQ
anne on Twitter: "@yslglossy We can spend months on the Oscars slap but something as important as this doesn’t get any coverage 😕" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/honeystarbit/status/1517620449408131072?s=20&t=6NpFbjpwNMhA_Vx1iOGYtQ
𝐌. on Twitter: "@honeystarbit I knowwww, I’m so mad. Like everyone is talking about stupid things when there’s people outside killing women and little girls!!! 😰😰😰" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/yslglossy/status/1517623830159642625?s=20&t=6NpFbjpwNMhA_Vx1iOGYtQ
𝐌. on Twitter: "What is happening to women in Mexico? ( A thread ) https://t.co/gb8STAidn2" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/yslglossy/status/1517563944637919232?s=20&t=6NpFbjpwNMhA_Vx1iOGYtQ
𝐌. on Twitter: "“There is a notable increase in cases of boys and girls from the age of 12 and women”. “These cases would correspond to disappearances linked to the abduction of boys and girls, within or outside the family environment; to disappearances as a means to hide ( + )" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/yslglossy/status/1517570101305765889?s=20&t=6NpFbjpwNMhA_Vx1iOGYtQ
Enjoyed quite recently
Warmed-up curly noodles with olive oil/ butter and parmesean and red pepper flakes.
This is for the cat who yowled
LOUDLY all morning until I was FULLY AWAKE and COULDN'T get back to sleep! $%%&#*@!
The Moody Blues - "Question (Subtitled)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJI8M9619IQ
"Michael Lewis on why Americans don’t trust experts" - Vox
Now her task has been accomplished.
This Sunday, I confess
Sometimes I get thoughts in my head, such as, "I am sure B.O. and the blondes are also happy that he's been deeply honored to be a part of such a revolutionary show for television as Undone. In the celebrity culture of 2022, it's the kind of happy that you find when you look on the inside."
I just woke up from a dream about food scarcity. It involved being able to survive off of a small sack of potatoes! Would anyone in this mean old world be able to tell me what that could be about? Other than I should see if I can dig out an old poem about seeing a whiter looking dude sitting by himself on the altiplano from the window of my bus as I traveled through Peru in the late 90s. It was quite startling. I compared him to the inside of a potato.
PAPAS! Now I think I might like to eat a potato dish.
"4000 Types Of Potatoes In Peru" | Raising Miro on the Road of Life
http://www.raisingmiro.com/2012/04/23/4000-types-of-potatoes-in-peru/
All b/c someone is watching the very popular show
"Garfunkel and Oates: Season 1, Episode 3" - Rotten Tomatoes
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/garfunkel_and_oates/s01/e03
(Better Call Saul)
"Cooch equals brown one"
"Garfunkel and Oates: Season 1, Episode 1" - Rotten Tomatoes
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/garfunkel_and_oates/s01/e01
"We Just Noticed That Brad Pitt Always Looks Like His Dates"| Bored Panda
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Youth
"WENDY OLMSTEAD, California State University, Stanislaus 'During the process of selecting a book for our OneBook campus program, we talked to students, staff, and faculty about what resonates most with them. Students, in particular, have told us that they don't want to hear any more doom and gloom stories about climate change. They want to read a book that is a story, a hopeful story, about the human relationship with the earth. Braiding Sweetgrass fits perfectly with our goals to instill a sense of place in our campus community who live in California's Central Valley surrounded by agriculture, but largely disconnected from nature. We gave the book to some students to read and they returned physically hugging the book and telling us how much they love it for its gentle and loving approach. That has been the response from everyone who has read it.'”
"5 Reasons to Teach This Book—Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants | Milkweed Editions"
I also like how this other artist made this video with song and dance for collective catharsis...
PJ Harvey - "Send His Love To Me" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUIl7qVzYw&feature=youtu.be
Because the feminine sides of a lot of people on Earth have really suffered for some reason.
"Traduzione Send His Love To Me - PJ Harvey testo della canzone"
http://testi-canzoni.com/canzone/mostrare/5142467/pj-harvey/testo-e-traduzione-send-his-love-to-me/
What to read & re-read on April 23?
Mona Eltahawy on Twitter: "April 23 is World Vagina Appreciation Day. I hope you will celebrate and appreciate by reading and sharing my new essay! https://t.co/XNRSYeQylO #WorldVaginaAppreciationDay" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/monaeltahawy
"Essay: Macho Man" - by Mona Eltahawy - FEMINIST GIANT
https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-macho-man
"Essay: In Appreciation of Vulvas and Vaginas"
https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-in-appreciation-of-vulvas-and
Mona Eltahawy on Twitter: "Macho Man https://t.co/qMeXyyX9hL" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/monaeltahawy
This article reminded me that some parks are for dudes
There are some parks where I hardly ever see another woman when I visit, and then I don't stay around for very long.
"Transport has a gender bias problem. This is what needs to change"
https://theprint.in/world/transport-has-a-gender-bias-problem-this-is-what-needs-to-change/916633/
By Ariana Legovini, Nancy Vandycke, Josephine Njoki Irungu, Girija Borker, and Mary Ngaratoki Fabian
"Evidence from both developed and developing countries is showing that men and women have different patterns in traveling and accessing public spaces."Particularly noted
Sometimes men who are neither rich nor white demonstrate that they have inherited privileges in a patriarchal society.
"Coachella is overrun with celebrity"
"Coachella's big acts make it easy to ignore Coachella's poverty"
Repetition!
Rich White Men and Others Explain why Consent is a Big Joke to Them and Has Been Always
"Harvard Proposed a New Definition of Consent. Some Advocates Say its Wording is Flawed." | News | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/4/21/proposed-changes-harassment-policies/
Friday, April 22, 2022
It's like the baby step towards celebrating neurodiversity
AND some might get more light-hearted in the future.
Jessica Kirson on Twitter: "Some people are way too sensitive to go to comedy shows. I think they would be much happier if they went to, a book club, a yoga class, or, in some extreme cases, a mental institution." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/JessicaKirson/status/1514975556370112514?s=20&t=4ROxnRRTSGrwdlv7JCRTcQ
"Neurodiversity: What Is It?"
https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/features/what-is-neurodiversity
1 of thees dayz
Probably have to watch Citizen Kane again. Kept falling asleep too much the first time around. Thanks for reminding me.
"Ana de Armas' NC-17 Marilyn Monroe biopic is a tragic 'nightmare' inspired by Raging Bull and Citizen Kane"
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ana-armas-nc-17-marilyn-153421929.html
Tea Party to Raise $$$ for A Worthy Cause
A great excuse to get together with your best gal pals and gab about all the SOs who were most or least like our last couple of presidents! (Trump or Biden...or...?)
Wonder Woman!
“'When I was growing up in Los Angeles ... I didn’t see anybody who looks like me unless they were the bad guy or just not a great depiction,' Marie said. 'I remember asking my mom, ‘Where are all the Latinos that look like us?’
"'They weren’t on TV, so I didn’t have that representation, but when I found out that Wonder Woman was half-Mexican, I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll take her as a role model,’'Marie said, referring to actress Lynda Carter."
~ Peter Sblendorio
"Constance Marie continues to change Hollywood with ‘Undone’"- New York Daily News
Pandemic's not really over yet
Have people with health issues (interesting ones, too) started to become more human?
Will they want to listen?
"Warren told me about a pregnant woman she encountered walking in Cambridge. The woman told her, 'I have $120,000 in student loan debt. I only ever borrowed 40 [thousand]. But I fell behind. … I was sick and then my mother got sick.' In other words, Warren said: 'Life happened.'"
Warren went to the University of Houston when it was $50 a semester. 'Five zero,' she said. Her father worked as a janitor and her mother answered telephones at Sears, but Warren could afford college as a part-time waitress. 'That opportunity does not exist today,' Warren told me. 'The idea that young people today should be shackled by debt just to try to get an education so they can try to compete is fundamentally wrong.'"
"Jean Guerrero: Elizabeth Warren knows how Democrats can win the midterms. It starts with canceling student loan debt" | Nation | fltimes.com
Tough time$
I can see why that guy and some of his male and female friends are so willing to repeat those old sexist behavior patterns (because they want to be able to make money) BUT DO I HAVE TO THINK THAT'S WHAT WILL HELP US PROGRESS TOWARDS BEING A MORE HEALTHY SOCIETY? Nope.
Human beings on Earth today
Picking lettuces and other kinds of foods for you and the patriarchal sexism enablers just as long as the weather allows it.
It's the curly kind of pasta!
Sherna Khambatta on Twitter: "How Obsessively Reading About The #RoyalFamily Got Me Through a Breakdown https://t.co/qZZ6BYmPWW via @lithub" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShernaKhambatta/status/1517529711253020672
Sherna Khambatta on Twitter: "Language is the True Protagonist of My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season by @marialbno96 https://t.co/hs7qgz9DDB via @lithub #MyBrilliantFriend" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShernaKhambatta/status/1509873192893968391
Maria Albano on Twitter: "You polled and I delivered: my latest on Gulliver's Travels and Swift's critique of scientific authority https://t.co/4coYy9tl3x" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/marialbno96/status/1508470720694730753?cxt=HHwWgoCy0ZqIle8pAAAA
Guardian Books on Twitter: "Poem of the week: After Great Pain … by Emily Dickinson https://t.co/RDuhu0nZbl" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/GuardianBooks/status/1508443429444878340
Maria Albano on Twitter: "Nino, you incurable sleaze https://t.co/JfVEp0aDSn" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/marialbno96/status/1507309931732557837
Maria Albano on Twitter: "Flannery O'Connor would have turned 97 years old today https://t.co/R14mQVYivn" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/marialbno96/status/1507318015532146694
At least I got to feel peaceful while it rained recently
Interspersed watching episodes of Tending Nature while listening to the rain and working on a puzzle.
"Watch The Making of Traditional Plant Medicine" | Tending Nature | PBS SoCal
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/tending-nature/clip/the-making-of-traditional-plant-medicine
Tried to record the rain sounds.
🌬🌌🌧
They were better IRL.
I really might eat pasta before noon.
"Language is the True Protagonist of My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/language-is-the-true-protagonist-of-my-brilliant-friends-third-season/
Shivery thought again
Is there a REASON the Universe went Really Big with the "Pay Attention to what Society's attitude is about the problem of Domestic Violence in 2022 and how it feels to be a witness to that" MESSAGE?
WOW.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
"Rewilding"
"‘Rewilding’ the land brings back birds, bees, butterflies" | Greater LA
The Sunday Poem: “Elation” by January Gill O’Neil - Gwarlingo
https://gwarlingo.com/2021/the-sunday-poem-elation-by-january-gill-oneil/
Poems I looked at again in backwards order
"Under African Skies" - The Paul Simon Official Site
https://www.paulsimon.com/track/under-african-skies-3/
"Early Memory" by January Gill O'Neil - Poems | Academy of American Poets
https://poets.org/poem/early-memory
"BY Way Of" & "You Are Not Your Salary"
January Gill O'Neil - Poetry
Corporate values to consider
"HEALTH" and "SAFETY"
"Yelp Takes a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law"
https://www.businessinsider.com/yelp-exec-abortion-travel-expenses-benefit-miriam-warren-2022-4
Interesting to read this article about Yelp.
Hmmm, interesting development
"EPA Bans Chlorpyrifos On Food Crops" | NRDC
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/epa-bans-chlorpyrifos-food-crops
Halloween Costume You Might Consider
Cranky Old Crone Who Does Not Care About Sexist Hollywood Algorithm or Old Boys Network Bullshit
Disappointment happens!
It's just when I compare knowing a person who has been through so many things and tried many different professions while negotiating PTSD and during the pandemic was working at a hospital in the OR and taking online computer classes and eventually worked her way up to a full-time position and salary in a hospital using those skills just like society says you should and now thanks to inflation and student loan payments she still can't be sure she can afford to rent a one bedroom apartment even though it's in a farther away less expensive area
to the just plain old-fashioned male entitlement and insensitivity and rudeness of some other people who are always getting a pass from others and are rewarded for that behavior whereas I and many others never would be (nor do we want to be, I would say)
It seems like Society is still Super Patriarchal and Unhealthy.
Using her words!
“That’s what it’s been like, to be me in my life.”
~ Margarita Garcia deserves a good place to live and a spa vacation
"California weighs farmwork in wildfire areas | Food and Environment Reporting Network"
https://thefern.org/ag_insider/california-weighs-farmwork-in-wildfire-areas/
Very Pretty Picture
Insects help with food availability.
"Lead researcher, Dr Charlie Outhwaite of UCL, said losing insect populations could be harmful not only to the natural environment, but to 'human health and food security, particularly with losses of pollinators.'"
~ Helen Briggs
"Climate change and farming driving insect decline" - BBC News
Reprieve!
Caroline Kitchener on Twitter: "Breaking: A federal judge has temporarily blocked Kentucky's sweeping antiabortion law. The state's two clinics will resume abortion care." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/CAKitchener/status/1517226600869343232?s=20&t=_5n0x4zszVkjEtUsSq_9_Q
Have a Heart; Make a Show?
"Over Half of Student Loan Borrowers Can't Afford to Restart Payments"| Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/student-loan-repayment-survey
"How the Student Debt Crisis Hurts Women"
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/student-debt-crisis-women/
"Student Loan Debt Is a Gender Issue, Especially for Women of Color" - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2022/04/14/cancel-student-loan-debt-women/
Possibly not the best read if you want to relax
"Inflation is sky-high — retirement plans aren’t keeping up" | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3276032-inflation-is-sky-high-retirement-plans-arent-keeping-up/
Pizza 🍕 & The Bravery 🍾
"Scholars’ Conversations: Kjerstin Gruys and Ashley Mears – Consumers & Consumption"
https://asaconsumers.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/scholars-conversations-kjerstin-gruys-and-ashley-mears/
"I found that, despite being a 'plus size' clothing store, thinner workers (including myself!) were more likely than plus-sized workers to be in jobs with higher pay, higher status, and greater autonomy. Additionally, sales associates had to constantly indulge both customers and managers when they complained about their bodies through 'fat talk,' which I argue is a demeaning form of emotional labor. The managers, who were all standard-sized, gave a lot of mixed messages about body size, such as by organizing a weight-loss contest for the sales staff, and then buying pizza for the winners!"
~ Kjerstin Gruys
This sociologist seems to know what she's talking about
"Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/five-surprising-things-i-learned-from-partying-with-rich-people/
I know some might be thinking that all your favorites will definitely come back as someone like her, but you know what? There might be some surprises.
what!??????
"Sons vs. Daughters: The Role of Gender in Caring for Aging Parents" - AgingCare.com
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/daughters-care-more-for-parents-than-sons-171474.htm
I have heard tell that some Dads are Very Concerned ABOUT THIS
"Working women in EU earning 13% less per hour than men"| Moonshot News
Internet o' Good Things
Best of Nextdoor on Twitter: ""When neighbors start talking, good things happen." 🏡 https://t.co/9cRu1qKGQQ" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/bestofnextdoor/status/1516979363140435968?s=20&t=goZO1USM2GCrrCxDlfgZZw
Well, I'm sure U must've put this song in my head 4 a reason
The Offspring - "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Official Music Video)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTR-_Klcq8
Figure it out later.
🍇"transformative" 🍈
"Penn State students engage with local Latino farmworker community" | Penn State University
NICE!
Looking forward to a healthy & yummy salad 🥗
If You Seem To Have Ethnocentric Kinfolk Who Are Actually Much More Evolved Than Their Behaviors Over the Last Couple of Decades Would Indicate Than I Would Certainly Encourage You to Celebrate That.
Free Sentence with Many Capital Letters
How to Be More Compassionate to Others Than the Self-Absorbed People You Came From & Love Yourself & Live Out an Actualized Life Purpose Accordingly
On another planet, too.
So-and-so welcomed another illegitimate child into the family. As any true patriot would.
"Sweet dreams are made of this..."🎶
Eurythmics – "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Eurythmics-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this-lyrics
What Will They DO
Might they at the VERY LEAST find the strength to grow spiritually in these times?????
But do you ever feel like there's a "rich women prefer not to see human rights" issue?
This question could be applicable to a man...
Some of us just wanna sleep, man...
So go back to sleep AUUUGH, SEXIST PEOPLE STILL MAKING EXCUSES FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF BEHAVIOR IN SOME Kennedy BUT THEY WOULD NEVER MAKE THOSE EXCUSES FOR THAT BEHAVIOR IF IT WAS THE MIGRANTS MAKING THEIR CLOTHES OR PICKING THEIR FOOD WHO WERE BEHAVING THAT WAY go back to sleep it is needed for your health you know that
SOMETIMES it seems fine to imagine
that balancing oneself and accepting deeper healing could be...like a good kind of luxury.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Not all people, perhaps...
But I bet some people's higher selves are fine with others expecting a lot more of them even if their lower selves are still all like "Noooo, I still want to be coddled as I've become accustomed to it..."
$hiver!
Willow Bark on Twitter: "@manwhohasitall Ah, but we mustn’t be too hasty to judge. These things are often cultural & it wouldn’t be appropriate for us to demand change from the matriarchy in other countries less developed than our own. A lot of these men undoubtedly thrive under the guidance provided by strong women." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall
https://twitter.com/Savernake19631/status/1516881499274031108?s=20&t=CAL9oU8o3qqpxEimP7v8Ug
XirenOpega on Twitter: "@manwhohasitall But in countries where male genocide is high, its beneficial for low income families be able to sell off their sons to live with their wives' than to kill them as infants. not all cultures have histories of sons being considered assets." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall
https://twitter.com/XirenOpega/status/1516879256130703360?s=20&t=CAL9oU8o3qqpxEimP7v8Ug
🌱Catherine on Twitter: "@manwhohasitall It's easy to say when you don't live in the kind of place where husband selling is key to the economy. Husbands in UK should feel lucky they live somewhere where that's not customary before they start moaning about little injustices like low pay, low status & tight knickers." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall
What country are you talkin' about, MAN?
manwhohasitall on Twitter: "Husband selling is a practice that is both illegal and barbaric. What do you think?" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1516859502519275530?s=20&t=7HdrVwqRejY5KUBmuW_S1g
Well, we can't all be like Ben!
"Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs" - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html
"Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights. “Movin’ on up,” George Jefferson-style, is not only a sitcom song but a civil religion."
~ J. DeParle
Maybe I'll watch the Ken Burns documentary soon. I can't tell when. I will be in the mood?
Ah, the "point to others" custom
Point to others who have been more misogynistic.
"...downplayed the expense, and pointed to other clients known for spending more"
~ Ashley Mears
"Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/five-surprising-things-i-learned-from-partying-with-rich-people/
Unfinished! Might return to that thought later...
"A dude might act more sexist online than he would in real life because it's a temporary power trip for him and also a form of currency..."
Sounds kinda dehumanizing
"Because in this rarefied world, there is an unspoken but widely understood logic: girls are valuable; women are not."
~ Ashley Mears
"Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/five-surprising-things-i-learned-from-partying-with-rich-people/
"Speaking in quiet cafes or in corporate boardrooms, clients who had spent thousands on nightclubbing downplayed the expense, and pointed to other clients known for spending more—like oligarchs, or Arabs."
Lucky to have a cat.
"My Animals Saved My Life, But I Almost Lost Them to Domestic Violence" – California Health Report
"Domestic Violence Survivors Often Don’t Want to Call the Police. California Tries A New Approach" – California Health Report
Well, why doesn’t so-and-so...
Well, why don't people stop needing to go to hospitals if they're sick?
It's good to live with a cheerful soul
I have been informed that Smokey the Bear has his own zip code!
"Letters to Smokey Bear Reveal Promise of Hope for the Future" | USDA
I sometimes think going into the Peace Corps was so 1980s
Well-off young people nowadays can also get a lot of enriching life experiences just by traveling to a different state. Or even to a different neighborhood? I daresay a tiny percentage are willing to learn about the great growing peasant class? Oh it's not really like that. It's so much more complicated.
And That's a Better Role Model!
"Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court" | The Texas Tribune
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/19/abortion-texas-wendy-davis/
Those people are depressing
If that man were simply born into a different body, more than 90 percent of the people he knows would ditch him so fast...it's no wonder the overprivileged act insecure and unfortunately quite warped compared to whomever they were in better times.
Very Exclusive
The "if only you were a wealthy predator, they'd be happy to treat you as a real human being" tribe.
Make it into a TV show and some might care?
DelyanneTheMoneyCoach on Twitter: "To all the boomers saying 'I paid for mine, you should pay yours." We are not the same. https://t.co/BKo2fEjmq6" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/DelyanneMoney/status/1516418210337329161?s=20&t=FowP3zLgEDR-3l2__Ow2Hg
Heartlessness about Inflation and Student Loans and Women's Health
Woman who works full-time and saves her company loads of money and has no kids but is still scared she can't afford a one bedroom apartment nevertheless has to leave where she's at because a toxic old white man who used to be even worse about criticizing her but started being nicer to her after she lost weight and yes that is sad is still too stressful to live with.
Trees are Good Every Earth Day.
Thank you for eyes, an ability to see, a car, an ability to drive, and of course, the tree.
And maybe a book to go with the view, at times.
"They say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and I can only imagine the conversation between Eve and Skywoman: 'Sister, you got the short end of the stick...'"
~ page 7 of Braiding Sweetgrass a book by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The people inside that fast food place were SO NICE
Both to us and to each other, that I thought, I wonder if I would be better off working there than anywhere in "Academia" or "Show Business." I AM GOING TO GO BACK THERE SOON! I like giving them recycling bottle money.
Sometimes i get sent things that brought others joy
That was Very Special Hummus!
https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/u7wwey/tifu_by_thinking_my_son_was_having_gay_sex_when/
Celebrating Food & Music
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XxLG16tdOfw&feature=youtu.be
And then what happened?
"Dinner from 200 years ago..."
Ah, to be so unbothered by run-of-the-mill antifeminism
Moira Donegan on Twitter: "At any rate, once someone on the ostensible left leans into antifeminism, you can set your watch to how long it takes them to embrace the far right." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/MoiraDonegan/status/1516555066580287491?s=20&t=onUCXyQAt9HjUBnYcJvokg
Clicking...uno dos tres.
"Zoomers Discuss What They Would Do In A Military Draft"
https://www.theonion.com/zoomers-discuss-what-they-would-do-in-a-military-draft-1848780376
"What To Say If Your Child Asks If You’re Rich"
https://www.theonion.com/what-to-say-if-your-child-asks-if-you-re-rich-1848791036
"Celebrities Explain How Being Canceled Changed Them"
https://www.theonion.com/celebrities-explain-how-being-canceled-changed-them-1848771385
Reading a life away...
"Fruits of Labor: An Intimate Look into the lives of Farmworkers" | The Wellesley News
Paul Simon – "Still Crazy After All These Years Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Paul-simon-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-lyrics
Aren't people on Earth funny.
Once many years ago I was visiting my grandparents place over the holidays. I felt I had to get back to my father's place so he wouldn't be alone on New Year's Eve. "Oh, are you leaving already? I thought you were going to stay and dance the polka," said Grandpa. "No, I have to get back." So I drove back, only to find the man was in a not very communicative mood and had zero interest in hanging out. "Guess I should've stayed up North and danced the polka," I thought.
Teeny tiny story.
To deal with an earworm, make a 3 link sandwich.
"How Student Loan Debt Affects Women" | Student Loan Ranger | US News
The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) Lyrics"| Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/The-offspring-pretty-fly-for-a-white-guy-lyrics
"Learn More About Climate Change and Make an Impact for Earth Day" | Meta
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/04/make-an-impact-for-earth-day/
WHEN
"But while 83% of farmworkers identify as Hispanic or Latinx, per a National Agricultural Workers Survey published in 2019, the study shares that 98% of all U.S. farmland is owned by white Americans."
~ Chris Sands
MET
"Women are under-represented in economics globally"
"Solving this systemic problem will require shifts in culture, practices and policy, says Chari. She says economists must first accept and recognize the bias in the field. Increasing mentorship and networks for women will also give them the tools to better navigate the profession. 'I think we need to study the problem and to document it so that it is very hard for people to deny it — to pretend it doesn’t exist,' Auriol says."
~ Britney J. Miller
Sadly from a long-term perspective
Some effectively communicated "We really do enjoy being wealthy and acting like we do not care about human rights."
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Humor can be so idiosyncratic
"Incredibly Romantic: When This Woman’s Boyfriend Had A Long Day At Work, She Surprised Him With A 45 Minute Explanation About How She Microwaved A Sweet Potato For Lunch"
"5 Favorite Skinny TV Lady Who Love To EAT" - ClickHole
https://clickhole.com/5-favorite-skinny-tv-lady-who-love-to-eat-1827786692/
"Painted Into A Corner: A Shopper Is Standing In Front Of The Baby Carrots So Now This Guy’s Gotta Look Like He’s Interested In Buying A Radish"
How Can Anyone Think An Ectopic Pregnancy is a Political Football?
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ectopic-pregnancy-abortion
"Unlikely Animal Friendship! This 55-Year-Old Man Is Dating A 23-Year-Old Woman" - ClickHole
https://clickhole.com/unlikely-animal-friendship-this-55-year-old-man-is-dat-1835613604/
Felt like a very 2022 reading experience.
Thinking about how someone dealt with that guy who gets stuff; suddenly surprised by bumping into Dr. Fauci.
But noticed this upon re-reading:
"I wish being canceled caused weight loss. I’d be so cute."
The mind has a satire corner with hashtagzzzzz
"ClickHole on Instagram: 'How unbelievably cool! We literally had to double-check if it was the year 2022 or 3022, because it sure does feel like the future has…'"
Wow! Learned a few new things...
I went to revisit the idea of reading the Wave memoir again (for some reason, the part where her son tried to tell her about his other life always stuck with me. I think I should re-read it again).
Then I found out more about the author's new life!
"She started dating the actress Fiona Shaw in 2018 after years of dating men only, the couple got married after Sonali proposed to her a few months later.[10] They had their first child in October 2021."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonali_Deraniyagala
"Fiona Shaw: ‘I’m delighted to be in with the young crowd!’"
"A Catholic,[26] from 2002 to 2005, Shaw was the partner of English-born American actress Saffron Burrows.[27] She met Sri Lankan economist Sonali Deraniyagala after reading Deraniyagala's memoir,[28] and they married in 2018.[29]"