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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

O i wanna watch her latest

"CAN I STILL EAT FOR $5 A WEEK?"| EXTREME GROCERY BUDGET CHALLENGE - Ardennes Michelle - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hXMiZrvI4P4&feature=youtu.be

"Food inflation predicted to go up by the end of 2022 impacting low-income families the most" | WKSU

https://www.wksu.org/economy/2022-05-31/food-inflation-predicted-to-go-up-by-the-end-of-2022-impacting-low-income-families-the-most

Emotional Development.

Dear Universe why are some still inclined to be sexist, selfish, and obstinate when they were capable of better things? It's not just money. It's like, other stuff is going on in their emotional development. Hmmm.

How?

"It’s time to rethink human rights in the boardroom" | Greenbiz

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/its-time-rethink-human-rights-boardroom

"Greta Thunberg says COP26 leaders only 'pretend' to care" — MercoPress

https://en.mercopress.com/2021/11/02/greta-thunberg-says-cop26-leaders-only-pretend-to-care

"Watch: Greta Thunberg donates prize money to Sámi youth organisation" | News | Yle Uutiset

https://yle.fi/news/3-12457092

Or back-ordered?

A moral compass for well-off people who benefited materialistically from sexism.

Where could it be bought?

A moral compass for rich people who benefited materialistically from sexism?

This piece has Quite the Lofty Goals Laid Out

"What is Institutional Courage? It is an institution’s commitment to seek the truth and engage in moral action, despite unpleasantness, risk, and short-term cost. It is a pledge to protect and care for those who depend on the institution. It is a compass oriented to the common good of individuals, the institution, and the world. It is a force that transforms institutions into more accountable, equitable, healthy places for everyone. From the Center for Institutional Courage."

~ J. J Freyd, Ph. D.

"Institutional Betrayal Research Home Page"

https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institutionalbetrayal/index.html

"Center for Institutional Courage"

https://www.institutionalcourage.org/

Sincerely, ladies?

"HE can be as SEXIST as HE WANTS and WE will keep stuffing HIM with CANDY!"

~ Sincerely, Ladies of The Patriarchy 

Seeing evidence that some people feel they deserve better

Galaxiou on Twitter: "@chickwithapen @lesbrains Check off how many of these apply. https://t.co/NfRNVcVwDJ" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/Galaxiou2/status/1531721926141419521?s=20&t=s7gImxgAE9qxu5M2mSAqmQ

Myriam Gurba Serrano on Twitter: "A lot of people think domestic violence is two people arguing and throwing dishes when it’s really about one person slowly, and often quietly, draining the life from a victim they keep at home." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/lesbrains/status/1531361484239802369?s=20&t=pPi5kCjdrY4n1U3JXR2lSg

CaptLeviGaylord on Twitter: "@lesbrains What, who told you my mom is finally leaving my dad after 53 years of marriage?" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/CaptGaylord/status/1531421216451334144?s=20&t=pPi5kCjdrY4n1U3JXR2lSg

Mad Libs

Besides a high tolerance for sexism, what do some people in "fill-in-the-blank" industry have in common with "that person who they think they have nothing in common with."

Also worth considering

Dr. Deepti Gurdasani on Twitter: "Misogyny is exhausting to deal with, but we don't often talk about the impact of internalised misogyny. By internalised misogyny, I'm referring to the voices many of us have in our heads casting self-doubt, telling us to be nicer, be good, give abusers the benefit of doubt🧵" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1531416929042317316

Maybe some will care more about these topics in the future

Kate Manne on Twitter: "The Uvalde shooter's murder victims appear to have included 16 girls and women, not including his own grandmother who he shot in the face to begin his rampage. (She is alive but nay never speak again.) This deserves attention, along with his misogynistic history of rape threats." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/kate_manne/status/1531662689289789444?s=20&t=bJ99pieeX_n4IjAHQUNNPQ

Kate Bermingham on Twitter: "@kate_manne Along similar lines, I’ve been thinking about how 89% of elementary school teachers are women and 72% of middle school teachers are women (76% of all public school teachers are women). The terror teachers are facing in the workplace due to gun violence is gender injustice." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/kate_manne/status/1531662689289789444

https://twitter.com/KateBermingham4/status/1531665655602499585?s=20&t=Nk3xr0mdLeJX5bF9iSugGg

Kate Manne on Twitter: "For those who are tempted to assume there must be some tragedy or trauma in the shooter's own background, just remember: it is overwhelmingly boys and men who commit these crimes, not girls and women and non-binary people. The common thread is a potent sense of male entitlement." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/kate_manne/status/1531662689289789444

May?

MayMayMAYMayMAYMayMay

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/mjjy35sp7S" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1531379101986172934

"Report: Mothers Not Paying Attention To 80% Of Cool Things Nation’s Boys Do"/

https://www.theonion.com/report-mothers-not-paying-attention-to-80-of-cool-thi-1825533356

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/3MKOcWB7k2" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1527907325637435393

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/Etq7PO2WU7

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "Is men's reproductive freedom a good idea?" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1527289191473655808

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "TODAY'S QUESTION: Will scientists ever find out why men are naturally attracted to unpaid caring work?" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1527182599218728962

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/GCkSBbHoG8" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1526661992047591428

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/2BXSydpBD8" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1524645860205805569

manwhohasitall on Twitter: "https://t.co/tdBvXg8eLu" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1523196251281387521

Monday, May 30, 2022

HA HA HA HA HA

"That’s right: I totally stuck it to the patriarchy to please a male authority figure."

~ Kate Cohen

Opinion | "Raising feminist sons seemed easy. A daughter? Much trickier." - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/04/raising-feminist-daughter-more-complicated-than-sons/

Decided to check what's on a website these days

"The Reel Truth: Women Aren’t Seen or Heard - An Automated Analysis of Gender Representation in Popular Films"

"Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient - Geena Davis Institute"

https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/data/

Would they be motivated to change?

If other people had to experience certain physical ailments and panic attacks for days?

This I might Investigate

"Gen Z feminism is the hero in 'John Proctor Is the Villain’" - DC Theater Arts

https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2022/05/26/gen-z-feminism-is-the-hero-in-john-proctor-is-the-villain/

"According to one study, 33 percent of Gen Z women consider reducing sexism one of the most important issues today, compared with just 10 percent of Millennial women, 7 percent of Gen X women, and 3 percent of Boomer women. And this is a generation keenly aware of the connection between sexism and men’s aggression."

~ J. Stoltenberg

Women & Student Debt: Who Won't Be A Victim of Diabetes or Some Other Ailment?

Like, what if it's a female organs kind of ailment?

"Women & Student Debt – AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881"

https://www.aauw.org/issues/education/student-debt/

"Fast Facts: Women & Student Debt – AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881"

https://www.aauw.org/resources/article/fast-facts-student-debt/

SOME PARENTS

“'But everyone says you’re always so kind and thoughtful on the set,' Karen said. 'David Zucker'—who directed Faris in 'Scary Movie' 3 and 4—'sent you a card saying you were a director’s dream.'”

'That’s because I was willing to get hit in the head a million times,' Faris said. In the course of the four films, her character, Cindy, gets choked, kicked, run over, pegged in the head with a football, told she has 'orangutan titties,' called a 'fuckin’ tease' by a parrot, and hosed into a wall by gallons of semen, among many other indignities. She told me, 'It started to break me a little, all the physical stuff I had to have done to me.'"

~ T. Friend

"Funny Like a Guy" | The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/11/funny-like-a-guy

“'Yeah, why did you accept that?' Karen asked. Jack Faris grinned at his wife’s fluid transition to offense.

'Because you taught me not to be a baby,' Faris said. 'I blame you! I wanted to be one of the guys!'

'That’s right!' Karen said.

Earlier, she had told me, 'I remember saying to Anna, ‘You have a cute figure, but you don’t have to show it off. And, if you use your period as an excuse, that shows weakness. Be tough.’ ' Every month or so, Faris sends her mother a vintage postcard of a buxom starlet emerging from a waterfall, or unzipping her top, with an impish note on the back: 'Hey Mom—trying to make it as an actress in LA—met this great photographer, and he says I’m going to be a star!' 'It gives me such joy,' Faris told me, 'because I know how mortified my mom is going to be that the postman has seen them.'”

~ T. Friend

Finished an article about an era in an industry & it was kind of a lot

"Over a late lunch at the Chateau Marmont, Faris brought up the date-rape scene in 'Observe and Report' again, saying that she’d been troubled by her position on it. 'I’d be selling myself out a little if I regretted doing it,' she said. 'So, yes, I would do it again—though I would wear the motorcycle helmet to make it clear what’s really happening. But, yes! I am an actress; I aim to please.' The winter sun dipped below the cypresses, and she ducked her head into her coat. 'Pretty soon I’ll be the mom or the aunt. In one movie I’m pitching now, I’m an aunt, and I’m not even a drunk aunt or a slutty aunt.' Then she added, defiantly, 'But I am a lousy aunt!'” 

~ T. Friend 

Sounds like a health issue.

"'As Seth Rogen acknowledges, 'If ‘Pineapple Express’ '—a druggy comedy he starred in with James 'had been about two girls, they wouldn’t have made it. And if I were a woman I wouldn’t have a career.'”

~ T. Friend

Thinking 🌳🌱🍃🍁🍂🌲

"Forests are endlessly inventive, constantly adjusting to dramatic changes."  

~ D. Pendergrass

"Ground Control" by Drew Pendergrass

https://harpers.org/archive/2020/06/ground-control-harvard-forest-massachusetts/

Seems to be doing alright? 🪟🌏💻📗

Verso Books on Twitter: "Tuesday! - join @BKLYNlibrary at the Greenpoint Library in welcoming @pendergrassdrew and @TroyVettese authors of Half-Earth Socialism for a wide-ranging conversation on some utopian ideas to confront climate catastrophe and build a sustainable world." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/troyvettese

https://twitter.com/VersoBooks/status/1531005959937658883?s=20&t=FA2nP4Zir7KcoketauvCGQ

KRITIQAL | FREE PALESTINE on Twitter: "For this month's episode I talked with @frnsys and Son La Pham about adapting @pendergrassdrew and @TroyVettese's excellent book, Half Earth Socialism, into an equally compelling browser game. https://t.co/dbieYGsVbV https://t.co/BilmpycZ6C" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/troyvettese

https://twitter.com/_KRITIQAL/status/1530638618196336640?s=20&t=ECJ0EimyovfZedfprufrEg

Marta Tafalla on Twitter: "A great book by @pendergrassdrew and @TroyVettese in @VersoBooks 💚💚💚" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/TafallaMarta/status/1530990274859737089?s=20&t=zCp_jSGQASk1QW9PJVXE6w

And maybe in a few decades, lots of things will be different?

"The high risks and scanty rewards of feminist solidarity are likely why the levels of politicization among female faculty tend to be surprisingly low. Many scholars seem to see the burdens they carry as the result of their own choices or the behavior of individual misogynistic men, rather than as structured by a larger patriarchal system. 'We heard a surprising lack of anger,' lamented the authors of the Irvine study. 'Few women asked for institutional intervention toward a more just reconciliation between the commitment to family and the commitment to career. From the standpoint of institutional reform, then, these are not efficacious voices. These are voices of struggle, denial, and helplessness, ultimately lacking the empowering strategies to handle or change their seemingly intractable circumstances.'”

~ T. Vettese

"Sexism in the Academy" | Issue 34 | n+1

https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/#fn13-11214

Fidel Kestrel 🌹🌱🐦🍉 (@TroyVettese) / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/TroyVettese?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Maybe it's at least nice to be able to learn things

On Memorial Day 2022.

Morgan Godvin on Twitter: "My mom died of an overdose from her VA-prescribed pain meds, service connected. Another friend died of an overdose after a lifetime of PTSD from his on-base rape. I’ve lost more friends. Some during war, most after from invisible scars. #MemorialDay https://t.co/fd2bMg09w8" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/geauxgabrielle/status/1531119746116161536

https://twitter.com/MorganGodvin/status/1531332805157715968?s=20&t=NyUbJ9lv5Sd4F3BcdnmD-g

Idris Alibaba on Twitter: "Being shot, esp. by an assault rifle, isn’t terrifying enough to Americans." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/TyrannyBanks/status/1531287013265113088

Cruella Deville 💔 on Twitter: "This girl on tiktok gave a rough illustration on what the size of an exit wound from an AR-15 would be. It’s the size of an orange. Now when you think about how some of the parents had to give up DNA samples to identify their children…I want out" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/theericklouis/status/1531275997127000066

Gabrielle Perry, MPH on Twitter: "I NEVER had a choice of whether my story would be told. That was taken from me. But the years of reclaiming my voice has culminated to me aiding women on a massive scale. It is my honor For my daddy. May I always wear your name w/ honor & speak truth to power #CleanSlate #lalege https://t.co/x9LuljvSv9" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/GeauxGabrielle/status/1387143435245735938

"About - The Thurman Perry Foundation"

https://thurmanperryfoundation.org/about/

Maybe other things are improving?

Fewer and fewer people feel entitled to ignore

"modern day slavery"

?

"A human-trafficking case exposed farmworker abuses. The government is promising change" | WYPR
https://www.wypr.org/2022-05-27/a-human-trafficking-case-exposed-farmworker-abuses-the-government-is-promising-change

Maybe Memorial Day is getting more inclusive now

Gabrielle Perry, MPH on Twitter: "This Memorial Day I am thinking of the female Armed Forces members who have been shouting for justice regarding the rampant rape and sexual assault epidemic in the Armed Forces and how mortality for female soldiers (by suicide) is 2x higher than men in part due the culture there" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/GeauxGabrielle/status/1531119746116161536

Seems that way, sometimes.

No one is more motivated to keep making excuses for sexism than people who have been doing it their whole lives. I am sorry that some well-off people have been taught that a society which caters to their vanity is good enough for everyone else.

How unfortunate.

"Uvalde gunman frequently threatened teen girls online. No one stopped him" - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/28/uvalde-texas-gunman-online-threats/

"She refused to speak on camera or to a man. Cerrillo's mother said her daughter is traumatized. The family has created a GoFundMe specifically to pay for hospital bills and therapy."

~ Katie Caviness

"Child covers herself in friend's blood, plays dead to survive Texas school shooting"

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/child-covers-herself-in-friends-blood-plays-dead-to-survive-texas-school-shooting-uvalde-robb-elementary-school-gunman-salvador-ramos-lilo-and-stitch-teachers-eva-mireles-irma-garcia-mass-shooting-massacre

Gabrielle Perry, MPH on Twitter: "University in California did a comprehensive study of school/mass/spree shooters of all ages & found that the common link between them ALL is a vehement hatred of women (80% had a history of domestic violence). Most killed a female relative/gf/wife immediately prior to the event" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/GeauxGabrielle/status/1529221838261338112?s=20&t=0QtZTIqaWIq5MkU-iiUfxQ

That must have been a kindness for them.

"the jury was reeducated to ferret out their misogyny."

~ Troy Vettese

"Sexism in the Academy" | Issue 34 | n+1
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/

Vanity is Very Human.

An Opinion on Vanity:

"Sexism in the Academy"| Issue 34 | n+1
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/

"THE THREE MAIN MECHANISMS for instituting academic patriarchy discussed so far could be summed up thus: one, men’s preference for men (whether for students, citations, or granting tenure); two, skepticism about women’s abilities ('prove it again'), which wastes women’s time by forcing them to do more work; and three, harassment, which diverts women from their career interests and is often a source of trauma.
A fourth category of sexist practices, which might be collected under the heading of 'vanity,' may be ridiculous, but it is no less pernicious."

~ Troy Vettese

Belief systems...

"The Astonishing Sexism of Hollywood and What it Means for Girls" | Rachel Simmons

https://www.rachelsimmons.com/the-astonishing-sexism-of-hollywood-and-what-it-means-for-girls/

Show business rewards misogyny and sexism all the the time. 

Sometimes it seems like that is the religion of show business.

Health matters

"It’s not just straight white cis men in power, and that is absolutely true. But we certainly haven’t altered the system that they built. We haven’t altered its expectations and its rules."

~ R. Traister

"In Her Shoes: New York’s Rebecca Traister on Abortion Rights"

https://www.thecut.com/2022/05/in-her-shoes-podcast-with-rebecca-traister.html

"I’m Black. I Thought White Feminism Would Keep Abortion Safe."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/27/abortion-feminism-essay-white-black-00032987

Mike Hixenbaugh on Twitter: "This woman swapped out her sign after several NRA attendees joked about wanting to take her up on the offer, including an older man who walked up to her and said, “Let’s do it. I’m horny. You look good.” This is gonna be a long day." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/Mike_Hixenbaugh/status/1530207324220145667?s=20&t=Mfa7T3J4oP2jsJDpSalcSg



Maybe there's healthier ways to be on this planet

"Men's rudeness may disguise sexism"

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-rudeness-hide-sexism

"Can Rude Behavior Mask Sexism? UTD Professor’s Study Says Yes" | News Center
https://news.utdallas.edu/business-management/rudeness-sexism-study-2022/

Maybe some women's rudeness, too.

There are patterns. Perhaps there are ghosts...

Gabrielle Perry, MPH on Twitter: "University in California did a comprehensive study of school/mass/spree shooters of all ages & found that the common link between them ALL is a vehement hatred of women (80% had a history of domestic violence). Most killed a female relative/gf/wife immediately prior to the event" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/GeauxGabrielle/status/1529221838261338112?s=20&t=0QtZTIqaWIq5MkU-iiUfxQ

AND

"Man accused of killing wife is found dead, ending 15-year saga: 'We weren't able to get this done'" - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dismissed-murder-20161213-story.html

AND the uncomfortable laughter AND

"Sexism in the Academy" | Issue 34 | n+1
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/

AND

"Former Student Sues College, Alleges Rape, Coverup by Administration" – SACMedia
https://sac.media/2018/01/19/former-student-sues-college-alleges-rape-coverup-by-administration/

AND

"Fast Facts: Women Working in Academia – AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881"
https://www.aauw.org/resources/article/fast-facts-academia/


At the very least

ReadingSelectedworksofAUDRELORDE on Twitter: "@QueenMab87 Very good point- its all real violence- online threats are real to us and should be taken seriously not permitted as a “boys will be boys” or allowing pain to spread through inaction. Idgaf if its bots or real ppl - get em outta here" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/Imnotcleaver1/status/1530634300261113864?s=20&t=M5H9wHsg3urVmc3-adGBrQ

Dr. Mia Brett on Twitter: "I will keep saying this until you listen. DV is the most common warning sign for a mass shooting. Misogyny is a gateway to online radicalization & white supremacy. Sexist online harassment leads to real world violence. Don’t tell us to just ignore the trolls" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/QueenMab87/status/1530577309345923076?s=20&t=M5H9wHsg3urVmc3-adGBrQ

Randi Mayem Singer on Twitter: "Hey media. Stop using their framing. Stop saying the GOP is about preserving gun "rights." They are about preserving gun SALES." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/1530624788061859840?s=20&t=M5H9wHsg3urVmc3-adGBrQ

"Uvalde gunman frequently threatened teen girls online. No one stopped him." - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/28/uvalde-texas-gunman-online-threats/

Dr. Mia Brett on Twitter: "Sexual/DV is a public health issue. Misogyny is a gateway to white supremacy & violence. When will you listen to us?" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/QueenMab87/status/1530546594701099013?s=20&t=M5H9wHsg3urVmc3-adGBrQ

At the very least, some people can stop pretending their addiction to self absorption is coming from their wiser selves.

It's actually contributing to needless pain and suffering. 

And catering to sexist, immature people just because they're well-off or appear to be a gatekeeper to some short term $$$ benefit isn't going to make society any better or safer.

Nature can be healing...

Yesterday I wanted to go to a park. But I stayed in all day due to nervousness and repeated panic attacks.

Maybe will be better today.

I feel that at times it can be caring

To point out that people who are Irresponsible-to-Others are ailing. Like, how is this a healthy vibe?

"We found there are areas of society which make excuses for our habits, and therefore our perpetual disregard for other human beings is just fine with us as long as we get catered to by others."

I need to believe in healing now

There must be love and wisdom and healing in the universe that is bigger and wiser and more gentle and happy and it is for all beings.

Please believe...

A Body knows we deserve Love and Healing. This body needs it now especially in my left side / my stomach. Please let's please please please embrace love and healing. Please we can believe we can get better.

How's the job hunt going?

Up all night making sandwiches for the "ladies with the right genetics to assist the patriarchy" club because you really have to know how to network.

"Swirlin' Curl"

What a cinematic name.

"Search for Supreme Court leaker on Roe v Wade falls to former Army colonel"

https://www.foxla.com/news/search-for-supreme-court-leak-roe-v-wade-former-army-colonel-gail-curley

Really, how hard is it for the entitled to be nice?

It is so hard for some of them, but can they explain why?

Higher Standards are such a relief!

"I meet a Good Man—or a friend I think is one, anyway—for lunch and he cannot believe the thing he read about our other friend—a story that all of the female friends we have in common knew. We are trying to decide what we should do about it. 

My husband and I meet a Good Man and his wife for dinner, and the Good Man starts telling a story about another Man who did x to his subordinate, years ago, and how the Man was talking about it the last time they got drinks together until I feel like I cannot not interrupt: 'Did you not know that that subordinate was me?' My friend feels terrible for bringing it up. I feel relieved that he really had not known."

~ M. Weigel

"The Internet of Women"

https://logicmag.io/scale/the-internet-of-women/

Hooray, CA is better than KY?

"Study finds Ky. among worst in nation for child farmwork protections" – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

https://wfpl.org/study-finds-ky-among-worst-in-nation-for-child-farmwork-protections/

In order to be "successful"

Why do some people have to make excuses for wealthy men who dehumanize others while also ignoring the ones who provide you with life's basic necessities?

Because because because because because...


Rep. Sean Casten on Twitter: "Audrey and I getting ready to March for women’s reproductive freedom with @PPFA @PPIAction! https://t.co/JmyK5GoakF" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/RepCasten/status/1525500189762539521

Sean Casten on Twitter: "With thanks to @manwhohasitall for keeping my daughters on the cutting edge of fashion." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1525525649389150210

There could be good stuff to come.

Dear Universe, please let it be known that I am ready to return to a calmer state of being in this world. I want to change & embrace a calmer path from now on. I want to go towards that which is truly healing...I can really believe that I have come here to heal what is inside of myself in this expression. And for that, now I am glad.

Just because they seem nice.

 Sean Casten on Twitter: "With thanks to @manwhohasitall for keeping my daughters on the cutting edge of fashion." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall

RAINY SENSE!

"Raindrop Cake" | Food Fantasy Wiki | Fandom

https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Raindrop_Cake

"The Great Aspic Renaissance" | Food & Wine

https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/aspic-comeback-restaurants

"Tribal People Try Mexican Food For The First Time" - Reactistan [10:15] : r/mealtimevideos

https://www.reddit.com/r/mealtimevideos/comments/gg5mka/tribal_people_try_mexican_food_for_the_first_time/

Good idea for old chewed up t-shirts

Cut them up into rags and make carpets out of them...to send to the one percenters.

Monday, May 23, 2022

Best

of Luck, Brave Humans

"Mothers pass torch to daughters in abortion’s forever war" | The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/mothers-pass-torch-to-daughters-in-abortions-forever-war/

Yep, you learned stuff in church.

"My family is fine and gets fed when I act like a chauvinistic jerk, so everyone else can just deal with it."

~ Entitlement Mantra of The Patriarchs 

You know? Why should society change?

Ugly entitled men can just abuse the rest of the world forever and ever and ever. They can always find some tyrant to point at and brag about how they're not like that dude and they deserve to enjoy sexism, chauvanism, favoritism, and let's not forget rather high rates of suicide?

"Maybe you should be more positive"

Maybe I am positive! Happy to be in a drive-thru instead of in a psychiatric facility? Winning at life!

Humor? Can? Be? Like?

"Well, maybe some of the white guys who got catered too quite well will also enjoy becoming more feminist friendly before they come back and get reborn into really really really really really diffferent circumstances!!!!"

Kinda on the depressed side, some might say?

At least she has an observant brother

Colin J. Mason 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "As many of you know, I am the oldest of 10 children, and my family comes from a hyper-conservative Catholic background. Yesterday, my parents married my deeply sheltered 18-year-old sister off to a much older man, and just about everyone in her life helped make it happen.🧵" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/cmasonphoto/status/1528468889767665664

Colin J. Mason 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "The Catholic Church, at least the deeply conservative version that lives in this country, needs to reckon with its relationship with women, its relationship with families, and its relationship with oppression. This WILL NOT HAPPEN unless we force it to." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/cmasonphoto/status/1528468907488583682?s=20&t=3JhQps3jd_aTh8cB9CW_ig

Better choices could be made.

Sometimes the patriarchy will reward people for many put downs and little mean-spirited actions, but often those people who indulge in them a lot get very tired later on. Why would you get any truly nourishing energy from just going along with stuff that's meant to degrade and dehumanize people?

Some people never grew out of that

Thinking that putting others down is a way to make themselves feel powerful. Some people still get rewarded for that more than others. Insecure man: mean to people because he gets a temporary high off of it. Insecure woman: mean to people because she gets a temporary high off of it.

Are parents required to attend altruism classes?

"The woman argues, 'This is for my baby.'” 

"'This is the reason there's a shortage': Mother calls out shopper hoarding baby formula in viral TikTok video 


"You come and buy all the formula at once and there are kids who need formula today who won’t be able to get it because you just bought it to stock up,” she says as the woman begins to walk away. “That’s not your problem, right?”

~ Ryan General

They're both mothers.

Shopper versus mother categorization is deceptive.

"'This is the reason there's a shortage': Mother calls out shopper hoarding baby formula in viral" - TikTok video

https://news.yahoo.com/reason-theres-shortage-mother-calls-001959460.html

Wouldn't it be nice to live elsewhere.

"Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v Wade are ‘payback for MeToo’, says Margaret Atwood"

https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-plans-overturn-roe-194055047.html

I feel sorry it isn't better...

Patriarchal constructs at this time still reward certain kinds of people for certain kinds of behavior. People who were probably much nicer when they were younger have been trained by the patriarchy to change themselves in very unhealthy ways. Despair at the unhealthy climate and culture this creates.

Many women in this country have been trained to pamper a very small class of people *certain privileged males, and the more money they have, the better* and they still seem to be unmotivated to care about immigrants who make their lives comfortable. Despair at the cruelty.

I am sorry certain men get rewarded or excused for worse behaviors (because compared to so-and-so, that guy is so much better?) Despair at the low standards.

And it truly has been terrible for my health to think about it too much.

Social Acceptance Factor

"Benevolent sexism places the right kind of woman on a pedestal, encouraging women to hold less power and embrace limitation by rewarding this behaviour with social acceptance."

"'Benevolent sexism' behind support for restrictive abortion legislation"

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/benevolent-sexism-behind-support-for-restrictive-abortion-legislation-roe-v-wade-us-law/134831/

You know how ppl look back at the 1800s

And say they're so glad they didn't live back then because societal roles were f~ed up? You know how people look back at the 1950s and say---

Y: "Can you go make me a sandwich?"

X: "No!"

Is it weird that a privileged white guy

feels more free to act like he cares?

Laurence Tribe on Twitter: "One sign of how radical the Alito anti-Roe analysis is: It expressly denies that discriminating against “pregnant persons” is sex discrimination! So not even treating the ERA as the 28th amendment would necessarily get the five in his majority to budge. https://t.co/mZFIQ50nIn" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1528751668866826247

I pulled one!

"There really is a ghost! The clue was right there in the carpet where we had been standing! 

We are seeing sexism at scale, in other words. If there is fear in the elation of our anger, that fear, and not a little sadness, comes from the Bad Guys being our fathers, husbands, boyfriends, brothers, sons. You’ve always been the caretaker."

~ Moira Wiegel

"The Internet of Women"

https://logicmag.io/scale/the-internet-of-women/


It's an interesting time to be on this planet.

This life has taught me that sometimes there are men who feel more comfortable with feminism then women who aligned themselves with the patriarchy in order to survive. 

On the other hand, sometimes there definitely are women who act like...they...are...more...feminist....

A man had nice handwriting ;-)

It's been really something, reading the scans of the letters from this student to his mother! Well, it's a bit challenging because parts of the letters look better on the cell phone, and parts of the letters look best on a computer screen.

https://www.rememberingmay4.org/bill

Instead of "rememberingmay4,' I almost hallucinated "remembering mommy."

Fitch & Amy?

"Fitch, who is divorced, often points to her own experience of working outside the home while raising three children. But Fitch grew up in an affluent family and has worked in the legal profession — both factors that can give working women the means and the flexibility to get help raising children."

 ~ Emily Wagster Pettus & Leah Willingham

"Black and Hispanic people have the most to lose if Roe is overturned" | PBS NewsHour


Not really.


"Supreme Court unanimously sides with Catholic adoption agency that turned away same-sex couples" | The Hill

The American Experience

Lakota Man on Twitter: "That school board candidate in Indiana who bludgeoned his wife to death with a flower pot, then went on to win his primary from his jail cell — is pretty much the Republican Party in a nutshell right now." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/LakotaMan1/status/1522630620031045632?s=20&t=T3IYnGhM2vBwU0y_4e5nZQ

Garfunkel & Oates – "Both Sides Can Laugh" Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Garfunkel-and-oates-both-sides-can-laugh-lyrics

Pretty soon it will be Memorial Day 2022

"DAV : Disabled American Veterans Charity - FIND, DONATE, JOIN and VOLUNTEER to HELP Disabled American Veterans"

https://www.dav.org/

"Country Joe and the Fish – I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Country-joe-and-the-fish-i-feel-like-im-fixin-to-die-lyrics

"No Trepassing" & nature!

I found this!


I like how there's a section of pictures that's just of the trees and people who were hanging out in a place in nature they all liked. I kind of wonder what it's like now. To be honest, maybe at first I was a little bit bothered by that part? But then I was like, no wait, that's because it's more about the memory of the place in nature where they had fun and liked to hang out. Cool! 

Why is he so bad for the environment? TOO.

"Justice Alito’s longstanding consistency in wanting to restrict EPA authority makes it transparent where he wants the court to go."

~ D. Jackson

"Derrick Z. Jackson: Roe v. Wade draft bodes ill for air, wetlands and the EPA" - EHN

https://www.ehn.org/supreme-court-environmental-2657356106/broader-implications

They're still not satisfied.

You and your colleagues were trained to treat white guys with money who abuse their privileges like little gods, and that's really not a healthy place to be in.

Boylan is expressing himself!

"Boylan said that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, the poorest women in America — who can't afford to travel outside their states — will suffer the most if they face possible prosecution for having the procedure.

'It's medieval. You know, it's what is supposed to be the greatest democracy in the world,' said Boylan. 'It's just a tragedy for the United States.'"

~ Holly Williams

"Irish doctor says 'women will die' if Roe v. Wade overturned in U.S." - CBS News

They can change anytime...

Ladies who were duped by their churches.

Could be?

 I wonder if men who choose to appear

"heartless"

are being manipulated.

Even today

The world is bigger and more interesting than a lot of institutions want you to say.

Befuddled!

Maybe some people are sexist because they're befuddled?

For X~ample

When I looked at the menu of a sushi place I thought I might like to try, those prices!!!! Heartbreaking.

Elvis performing "HEARTBREAK HOTEL" on Stage Show - March 17, 1956 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRnKQrm61w

I like how music

can help people.

Sometimes you don't know what's gonna help today....and maybe it will be different tomorrow...

Heartbreak has happened.

Surviving heartbreak has happened too.

Sunday, May 22, 2022

This was quite fascinating to read.

A painting done by two people...and a new photograph.

"51 Years Later, Brother Of Kent State Victim Reflects On Iconic Photo — And One That Just Emerged"

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/05/19/kent-state-shooting-miller

Wondered if a dose of Clara could help

After the "easier to buy a home in the Great Depression" link...although I've lived like a renter all my life anyway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/uveirh/thanks_i_hate_the_us_housing_market/

"Great Depression Cooking: Get Budget-Minded Meals from the Online Cooking Show Created by 93-Year-Old Clara Cannucciari"| Open Culture

https://www.openculture.com/2015/11/great-depression-cooking.html

Of nice clothes and good food and health checkups

It is all so people will look better to their descendents as they deal with climate change,  and it will be a kindness to them if we don't needlessly treat others badly.

Partially can see

why his version of nice is "nice to people like me" but not "so nice to some other people, such as the ones who provide me with whatever food I like." Perhaps there could still be a few pieces of information missing...

Ah, interesting detail.

"Johnny Carson’s guest was Bob Hope, and when the then-sexagenarian comedian launched into what was his standard routine those days — lots of jokes about long-haired hippies and smelly anti-war protesters — the kids crowded into my tiny dorm room were furious. On this of all nights how could he be so crass as to trot out those tired one-liners about, well, us?" 

That was almost a decade ago

Who got paid more $$$ and why?

"Kent State Paid $55,000 in May 4 Appearance Fees"| Kent, OH Patch

https://patch.com/ohio/kent/kent-state-paid-35000-for-oliver-stone-appearance

She's cute!!!

WeRateDogs® on Twitter: "This is Tahlulabelle. She picked a flower for you but can't remember where she put it. It's around here somewhere. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday https://t.co/HzAWPjQvWL" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1528074659685466112?s=20&t=pxgNr1Uxjo6Nj12CvWfvcw

A traveler returns with tales...

Among other things, today I hear there's a veteran who can make do with an old pair of glasses with one lens in them until the doctor’s appointment, which is in one month. I was not on the road. I have been reading...

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

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

"The Signs You're a Victim of Perspecticide"

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-signs-youre-a-victim-of-perspecticide-2017-10

POV...POV...

"Indigenous and Alaska Native women could face escalated violence if Roe is repealed" | Roe v Wade | The Guardian

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/roe-v-wade-indigenous-women-increase-violence

“'People are scared, and they’re angry, and they’re frustrated. And so am I,' said Lorenzo, a descendant of Mescalero Apache, Laguna Pueblo and Xicana. 'But we also deserve joy. And if there’s any way we can merge the two, by taking action and not letting ourselves get consumed with how scary this is … that’s really where our energy is going to be.'”

~ Hallie Golden

AND THEN there's this "GODLY" guy.

"Manhood Marred: Is Male Supremacy Biblical?" - CBMW

https://cbmw.org/2014/04/21/manhood-marred-is-male-supremacy-biblical/

Adam Griffin (@AdamGriffin80) / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/home

Brotherly Sunday

Hi...Brothers...

Do you ever think about religion. It's Sunday.

Sometimes I think about how lots of women in this country got exposed to patriarchal religious training from a very early age.

Sometimes I observe human behavior, and then I think about how a surprising amount of the people some brothers choose to hang around with would be making so many excuses for me, right now, no matter what I did.

No matter what, no matter what, no matter what???

If I were simply living on this Earth in a different kind of body.

Right now. 

If I think about it a lot, that's crazy!

But I guess that's kind of like a religion these days.

Just been reminded recently - today - to say that I thought about that.

Now maybe some of them will be reminded to think about it lots of times.

"In my next life, I long to experience Tru Xtian Womynhood..."

"The Bible, Women & Misogyny" - TURTLE CANYON #3 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BdYjQBF4RLU&feature=youtu.be

"The Announcement"- Baby Shower 2/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q0EQbnZsVXI

"The Scan" - Baby Shower 3/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wk36Zl1VkZg

"The Truth" - Baby Shower 4/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1XrG4zY5w0

"That Friend" - Baby Shower 5/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPAEHBtGu3E

Some (not all!) dads before they were born?

"I just really want to be able to experience what it feels like to live the life of a man who shows a lot of flagrant disrespect, a very poor attitude, and a huge lack of compassion for any sort of experience involving human rights." 

"Oh boy, you sure don't want to miss 2022!"

Anyway, next time you want to indulge in or enable

Unhealthy Sexism, Selfishness, etcetra...

I suggest you imagine someone worth a lot of money (this is obviously super important to you!!!!) encouraging you to have much higher expectations for human beings! 

Do that before you finish this short life and get reborn into very different reality.

I have no idea if this will help?

"DAV : Disabled American Veterans Charity - FIND, DONATE, JOIN and VOLUNTEER to HELP Disabled American Veterans"

https://www.dav.org/

ALSO

Anyone want to help disabled veterans?

NOWNOWNOWNOW

"The Announcement"- Baby Shower 2/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q0EQbnZsVXI

"The Scan" - Baby Shower 3/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wk36Zl1VkZg

"The Truth" - Baby Shower 4/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1XrG4zY5w0

"That Friend" - Baby Shower 5/5 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPAEHBtGu3E

Or maybe even sooner than "a little bit"?

If you know any parents who are still fond of acting quite spoiled and terrible to people who are "different"...Hopefully their children will be as heteronormative as possible! Maybe there will be less damage that way? Although they could still evolve / be more motivated to act like better people in the future. Maybe a little bit later?

Need a scholarship?

Can you afford to send your mom to " I should not treat a person in a female body like a worthless piece of trash" school?

Can things change for the better in any way

If you're a kid with people in your family who act abusive and entitled because of money and other circumstances, can you...not be like them?

Who could be like that right now?

Who could, at the very least, be tired of treating people poorly, or tired of tolerating others treating people poorly, and not keep on lying to themselves and saying that's okay?

Hmmm...what is this???

"COOKING THE NASTIEST VINTAGE RECIPE FOR MY HUSBAND" | leighannsays | LeighAnnSays - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxxm9BZVso&feature=youtu.be

There's a man in power who sounds rather insensitive.

"Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women" | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates

what's on TV

Nell Scovell on Twitter: "And obv there are bigger problems in the world, like the aforementioned Roe. But Late Night is another example of how whiteness and maleness is baked into our system." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/NellSco/status/1524743112970670081

coping mechanisms?

Myriam Gurba Serrano on Twitter: "I hate to break it to the world but most of us are “educated” about domestic violence through misogynist humor. As a little girl, that was how I learned about it: Gags where injuring a woman was the punchline." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com

https://twitter.com/lesbrains/status/1526978056698535936?s=20&t=a4U1g1vsd_02PF8p371WTg

SURVIVAL MODE

Queen LaPita on Twitter: "@lesbrains I could tell you about my mom." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/lesbrains/status/1526978056698535936

https://twitter.com/zebrasnake/status/1527743130111315973?s=20&t=bIf6fYoAKAkSykeX9-bPMg

Myriam Gurba Serrano on Twitter: "The ONLY time I ever hear people bring up women who abuse is when they want to derail a conversation about ***gender-based*** violence." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/lesbrains/status/1526978056698535936

A Look Back at How Far We've Come

"Thank God the Misogyny of the 2020s is well-behind us."

"Yes, but Mommy why do people in your field need to..."

What professional path is best for you

If you don't care if your colleagues are sexist and irresponsible-to-others, as long as you get a house and benefits and perhaps more of cushion than the average citizen with regards to nasty things like inflation and stock market plunges?

Well, I guess she wasn't very quiet.

"Screaming, topless woman in Ukraine colours crashes Idris Elba film's Cannes premiere" - Movies News

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/hollywood/story/screaming-topless-woman-in-ukraine-colours-crashes-idris-elba-s-film-cannes-premiere-1952180-2022-05-21

Do they have anything to say?

"War in Ukraine: How rape has reportedly become a weapon" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1093339262/ukraine-russia-rape-war-crimes

bethany on Twitter: "a protester just walked onto the red carpet #Cannes2022 https://t.co/daEwsLFmiT" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/fiImgal/status/1527700817343651841?s=20&t=dg1cYWPmroy9OsHVFZdMvA

Marzi⁷ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ | GLOBAL PRINCES OF POP on Twitter: "@fiImgal The disconnect between her pained expression and the celebrities continuing to pose for a photo around her. Really reflects how privileged people can just ignore other people's suffering and continue with their lives like everything is normal when it's not." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/CountryBol/status/1528121189750677504?s=20&t=dg1cYWPmroy9OsHVFZdMvA

Sometimes, quiet is not best.

From what I heard of second half of this when it played on the radio.

"The Family Name" - Snap Classic - Snap Judgment

https://snapjudgment.org/episode/the-family-name-snap-classic/

At the very least, that's a survival mechanism that's not best for all, for sure.

Personal Observation 🌳

I still need to go outside today.

What could reading be about?

Maybe it could be about looking at some of what still needs to be learned from and healed.

Hello, a calm and optimistic voice.

There's no need to rush things. There are things which seem very awkward and messy now and those things may even contain revelations and gifts that might be better appreciated later.

Friday, May 20, 2022

Noted this evening

None of these were taken while chilling in a nice, calm, natural setting...but that might be be a worthwhile undertaking...soon...


Geez, man.

"How the Kent State massacre raised your tuition" | Will Bunch Newsletter https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/kent-state-anniversary-college-debt-student-loans-20220503.html

"These are the last few moments...before a Great Change"

Ever think about things like this: "If you are frequently among people who feel the need to explain away or make excuses for behaviors which needlessly harm , aren't there healthier ways of spending these last few moments?"

Info Clustering Interestingly...

"My Life Looking Back at a Murder" - Gallery

http://www.janisfroelich.com/gallery/my-life-looking-back-at-a-murder-gallery/

"Never mind that our back yard bordered a burning tire dump, my grandfather's property was paradise. We had stately buckeyes, the state tree, in our front yard, wild raspberry bushes on our back fence, a climbable cherry tree by our grape arbor and a hill in the back for sledding.

Kids growing up in rubber factory families back then lived the good life. When my dad gave me and my more practical sister, Helen, his charge card to O'Neil's, the swank downtown department store, to buy bathing suits, I bought the most expensive one; my sister was more considerate.

I was spoiled, but there was a price. My father, a creative man with artistic talent untapped, had to walk through factory doors for 40 years of his life.

I imagined the Normans had similar financial security."

~ J. Froelich

http://kent.state.tripod.com/janis.html

"The History Channel has been on campus filming for its upcoming series on Baby Boomers. Reportedly, the cable channel plans to lead off the series with the Kent State shootings. This is a defining moment for the Baby Boomer generation, said the article.

But unlike silly 1970s pop culture, Kent State on May 4th was not the good old days. After the Beacon Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for its general reporting coverage of the shootings , editor John S. Knight (1894-1981) no doubt influenced this editorial which began: 'We never thought to see the day when the Beacon Journal was sorry to win the Pulitzer Prize.'''

And I should go outside.

"As we were leaving Jim's room, he repeated , 'Terry just wanted to be James Bond.'''

~ J. Froelich

"Kent State - A New Look"

http://kent.state.tripod.com/janis.html

"News Footage of the Kent State Shootings"| The Day the '60s Died | PBS LearningMedia

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/caa83af8-7c10-4901-b816-ec21b908e893/news-footage-of-the-kent-state-shootings-the-day-the-60s-died/

Isn't he in the film from 8:15 - 9:15?

I will drink water.

They had lunch. Half a sandwich for the driver, and a bagel for the vet.

"It's like he has to buy you lunch so he can find some way to repay you, but..."

There was help but more was needed

Vet had a $100 Uber gift certificate and he couldn't get it to work. 

Here why don't you have it?

Uh, why don't I see if I can get it to work on your phone instead?

Did that before doing the quick trip to the store for the magnifying glass.

Can he use reading glasses between now and the time he goes to the eye doctor?

Oh I didn't think of that.

!!!!! 

I need to drink something.


Broken spectacles

Now imagine someone older (who is also a vet) doing his work with a magnifying glass because... 

This was worth reading, too!

"In May, the grass is so green it looks like mint jelly and is fringed by beds of the bright flowers. Even today, and despite many visits to this site, I'm astonished to see how far the slain students were from the Guardsmen. Reading that Miller was 250 feet from the soldiers, and Scheuer, Krause and Schroeder all fell 330 to 375 feet from the hill isn't quite the same as walking the lengths yourself."

"Kent State - A New Look"
By Janis Froelich
jfroelich@tampatrib.com
The Tampa Tribune 
Published: April 30, 2006

Miles and miles...

A man texted to say he's coming back. He's been on a mission to help a coworker and Vietnam War veteran WHO CANNOT PAY FOR HIS TRANSPORTATION. It involved driving to get to him (45 miles) and to his credit union (30 miles) and then either to his place or to the auto shop (probably 30 miles) and then back (45 miles) and I will consider the price of gas...BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? This old song got in my head...

The WHO - "I Can See For Miles" (1968) - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZJn0cTASo&feature=youtu.be

Please, don't take away the thinspo.

counterfax🛩 on Twitter: "Remember what they took from you" / Twitter

Culture Crave 🍿 on Twitter: "Marvel reportedly requested that #SheHulk be less muscular during VFX development "Apparently she was bigger early on, but the notes kept saying to 'make her smaller'" (via @SeanRuecroft) https://t.co/M3tsnRahW7" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1527676079070072833?s=20&t=_makrIuteVHKcxh0jCk_MQ

WOW MAN

Like, a feminist consciousness struggles valiantly. 

"Emmy Rossum Has A Crush On Prince Harry" | CONAN on TBS - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fUF4cdHcVCo

And the film could also be about his daughters...

"Dinner Table Battles."

"Kent State Truth Tribunal - Remembering Arthur Krause, My Dad by Laurel Krause On this day, the 19th of October 2014, I am writing about and remembering my father Arthur S. Krause who crossed over 26 years ago on October 19, 1988. Arthur Krause was born January 11, 1924 and lived for 64 years. He was raised in Pennsylvania and Ohio, fought in WWII and married my mother Doris Krause in his early twenties as he returned from war. They settled in Chicago where he attended the Illinois Institute of Technology and went to work at Westinghouse Electric Corporation for his entire work life. My parents had two children, Allison and me, Laurel. Just before Allison's birth in 1951 our family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. When I came along in 1955, we were making our home in Cleveland Heights and leading a traditional, middle-class, Jewish family life. On Sundays our family took drives in the country surrounding Cleveland with Dad driving. We'd often end up for dinner at the Robin Hood Restaurant in Kent, Ohio. As far back as I can remember Allison had decided to go to college at Kent State University. She thought the campus was beautiful, especially the lilacs in Spring and my folks were pleased with her choice in a state school, also close to home with lower tuition costs. The Krause family moved to Pittsburgh in 1962 when Dad transferred to Westinghouse headquarters. In 1963 I remember President John F. Kennedy's assassination and how that event traumatized everyone. Everywhere it felt like we lost a member of our family when President Kennedy was killed. It was the beginning of the change. Westinghouse needed my Dad's help at a plant near Baltimore so our family moved to Wheaton, Maryland. Mom and Dad chose our home in a newly-built development in the suburbs with great schools. Allison and I entered progressive, 'experimental' public schools with more freedom and innovations in teaching. There were classes with different grades mixed in, dress codes were relaxed and the arts were central to education in these public schools. It was in Maryland when Allison began to question the US government's role in the Vietnam War. Allison and I were against the war but Dad and Mom supported President Johnson and his war in Vietnam. Then Nixon made it to the White House and my parents despised him, at that time mostly because he was a republican. We had no idea how much President Nixon's decisions would affect our family. Allison attended John F. Kennedy high school and blossomed. She made art, read voraciously and she volunteered at St. Elizabeth's an institution for challenged and disabled youth ... Allison wanted to contribute and make a difference. In America, there was a social and political crisis brewing. It was the deep chasm between the older generations and the younger generation. It was the generation gap. A touchy battle ensued against the young, brought to a head by the US conscription system aka the draft lottery ... where young American men were forced to fight in the Vietnam War that they did not support. And with the voting age at 21, a war they weren't even permitted to vote on. Allison was against the Vietnam War and Dad for all-systems-go for war, mostly because his generation had been taught to never question authority especially the activities of the US government. Like many Americans, he fought the war to end all wars ... believing war saved the American way of life. Our generation watched and witnessed as the US government and military told lies to mislead us to support more war in Vietnam. We saw air pollution raising havoc as the nuclear crisis lingered over our desks. We weren't fooled but we saw how the older generation (those in power) bought it all and enforced the status quo. At the Krause family dinner table there were battles over Vietnam, about how my sister and I were dressing, about our opposition to nuclear weapons, especially as it related to my Dad's work at Westinghouse, about saving the environment and the widening gap between the social and political values of the Generation Gap. Dinner table battle..."

https://www.facebook.com/KentStateTruthTribunal/photos/a.106938182673045/850413544992168/?type=3

"Dad and Allison had a troubled relationship which was never resolved." ~ Laurel Krause


https://www.facebook.com/KentStateTruthTribunal/photos/a.106938182673045/850413544992168/?type=3

"Kent State Massacre 1979 Civil Settlement Statement"| Mendo Coast Current

https://mendocoastcurrent.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/kent-state-massacre-1979-civil-rights-settlement-statement/

What if they made a film about him?

The guy who speaks at around 10:30 or thereabouts in this video.

NBC NEWS - "KENT STATE SHOOTING NEWS REPORTS (MAY 1970)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBV8OQPrzA

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"Arthur Selwyn Krause b. 11 Jan 1924 MAHONING, Ohio d. 19 Oct 1988 Monroeville, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania"

https://thelarrykinggen.com/getperson.php?personID=I309&tree=Krause

"In recalling other episodes of extreme violence in our country before May of 1970, he said: 

I feel a great sense of guilt because I realized what was going on but didn?t do a damn thing about it. Like most Americans these days, we sit on the fence and depend on the lawyer, the church, and the government to do whatever should be done, but if the government doesn't have the right people on the job, nothing will be done .... and we, the people, have to make the government good. Apathy will not be part of my make-up anymore. Apathy is what caused Kent State. 

In 1975, Arthur's four years of persistence paid off. The victims' families were given their day in court. Vindication should have been forthcoming. It was not.  Elaine Holstein recounts: 

It turned out to be many, many day--some of the most painful days of my life. As we sat in the courtroom and heard our lovely children vilified by the defendants and their lawyers ... I found myself increasingly seeking out Art, to become healed by his unshakeable determination and common sense and--most importantly--his humor. Even under the horrendous circumstances that brought us together ... Art's brilliant and sometimes bitter wit would break the tension and lift the oppressive burden we all carried and we would feel the blessed relief of laughter that enabled ...all of us to survive those terrible months. 

When the verdict was announced in favor of the National Guardsmen, it was Arthur that announced that the trial proved that the constitution had been destroyed."

A Tribute to Arthur Krause:
Delivered at Kent State University,
May 4 1989
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Kendra Lee Hicks

Another place, another time

Only recently have I been drawn to watching the old film footage of this long ago event.

NBC NEWS - "KENT STATE SHOOTING NEWS REPORTS (MAY 1970)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBV8OQPrzA

"News Footage of the Kent State Shootings"| The Day the '60s Died | PBS LearningMedia

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/caa83af8-7c10-4901-b816-ec21b908e893/news-footage-of-the-kent-state-shootings-the-day-the-60s-died/

Yesterday a man shared his situation with me

A guy wanted to tell me some stuff about why he's not happy with the environment at his job. A lot of guys at his work are very old-fashioned and have an old-school mentality. They also make comments that indicate they are threatened when they see women take on new responsibilities that they didn't see when they were growing up. This guy thinks he might go into business for himself. Recently he used some downtime at work to teach himself how to type faster. His colleagues don't want to be expected to do more, so they criticize him and say "Why are you doing that." He said lots of women he knows learned how to type faster, so he thought he might as well learn how. And he also said they (the old-school guys) don't like to read. He says money gets wasted in this atmosphere of ennui. Okay, maybe he didn't exactly say "atmosphere of ennui."

His wife told him those guys aren't gonna change so he should just leave.

Good luck pretending sexism is a thing of the past.

What is there to say?

"Baby formula shortage causes families to have to ration formula" - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/health/parents-ration-formula/index.html

"The baby formula shortage is more fodder for right-wing populism"

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-right-wing-populism.html

"These Nine Republicans Voted Against Expanding Access to Baby Formula"

https://www.newsweek.com/nine-republicans-vote-baby-formula-1708062

Some grown people were cute babies once!!!

These times are pointing out they were cute babies once, before their grown selves fell into choosing to be self-absorbed, needlessly mean, and unhealthy with their fellow human beings while misusing heir privileges.

What about reciprocity?

Robin Wall Kimmerer — "The Intelligence of Plants" | The On Being Project

https://onbeing.org/programs/robin-wall-kimmerer-the-intelligence-of-plants-2022/

"The idea of reciprocity, of recognizing that we humans do have gifts that we can give in return for all that has been given to us, is I think a really generative and creative way to be a human in the world."

~ R. W. Kimmerer

Sounds like an extreme step backwards is bad for our collective health?

"VP Kamala Harris says overturning Roe v. Wade would be 'an extreme step backwards'" - CNNPolitics

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/kamala-harris-abortion-rights/index.html

"Harris on Thursday made similar comments, warning that it would be 'an extreme step backwards' and poses a threat to all Americans, not just women."

~ Sam Fossum

But it's good to be literate.

I have felt better...

Robin Wall Kimmerer — "The Intelligence of Plants" | The On Being Project

https://onbeing.org/programs/robin-wall-kimmerer-the-intelligence-of-plants-2022/

Like when I was on a blanket outside, reading.