“In living your life,
you have two choices -
You can let your life be about
…what happens to you
Or You can let your life be about
…What you do”
~Dark Stranger ©
I was very comfortable from the beginning, like I knew that I adored her, loved her. It was always Ali.
- Ashlyn Harris for Laughter Permitted Podcast
Source: podcasts.apple.com
my favorite thing about the spanish harry potter translation is that instead of calling voldemort “the dark lord,” they call him señor tenebroso, which basically means “mr. spooky”
Millennials living through their 2nd "once in a generation" economic collapse
Millennials lived through:
- 9/11
- the Great Recession
- the Second Gulf War(s)
- Trump
- COVID 19 pandemic and recession
Other generations: “Why are you like this?”
Millennials:
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“Ruin her… Let there be no doubt That no other man ever could satisfy her in so many ways”
— Original writing © ThePoeticSir 2017
This is the Dog of Protection.
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Some reminders about Dr. King before tomorrow:
- The United States Government was convicted in court of his murder.
- He spoke out against police brutality, capitalism, and war.
- He believed that white moderates were and are the greatest threat to civil rights, moreso than any hate group.
- He was arrested over 10 times.
- He was considered a dangerous radical by the majority of white Americans.
- He refused to condemn rioters, because “a riot is the language of the unheard.”
- Any white person who voted for Trump who tries to use MLK or his words as a rhtetorical tactic to justify their bigotry and complain about people protesting can personally come to my apartment in the next 24 hours for an ass-kicking.
Because she was lonely.
So, today, a woman came into our shop. It was a woman I’ve only heard my parents refer to as ‘the Deaf Lady’. My mum had told her about me, explained that I was doing Sign Language, and come to find me on a day she knew I was working.
But today, she didn’t need her lawnmower repaired. In fact, she hadn’t touched it since it had been, and as far as she knew everything was fine.
She’d come in to sign to me.
She waved hello, and instantly explained that my mum had told her I would be in today. I asked her how she was, and the smile that she had on her face was the biggest I’ve ever seen.
And we spent about an hour in my family’s little shop, talking about everything. She told me about her life, about how she’d lived in the same house for 60 years.
She’d been born deaf, and been a Brownie, but never a Guide, because of the War… she’s now 86.
She had some amazing stories to tell, and twice she cried. One of those times was remembering her youth, and the other was when she was explaining to me that her husband had died around 20 years ago, and how he’d been the last person she’d known that could communicate with her.
She’s been alone for 20 years, living in a silent world, unable to communicate with anyone for the most part. The most interaction she has is when she writes things down for people, but she’s struggled to make any recent friends, and her family is long gone.
Now someone explain to me what’s wrong with every school teaching a certain amount of Sign Language, and for colleges to offer it more freely and frequently. People should be encouraged to learn BSL, because otherwise we’re cutting ourselves off from talking to around 8 million people or so (in the UK alone).
That’s millions of people who are no less important than you are, who have their own stories to tell, and the same need for communication as anyone else on this tiny little planet.
J. cried today because it was the first time for a long time that anyone has asked her for her name, or listened to her stories.
She’s also coming back into work tomorrow, to sign with me, and help me practice. But also - because we’re only human - for the company.
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Every school should offer the native sign language of their region.
Normalize and celebrate language in all its modes, and the cultures that go with it.
there is no medical component to a trans kid transitioning
if a little trans boy comes out to his parents & is like 4 all youd do for his transition is cut his hair, buy a new wardrobe, & switch pronouns & possibly change names
no one is gonna put a little 4 year old on testosterone OR puberty blockers until theyre actually about to start puberty & then they give them a few years to really decide if they want to start hormones
a trans kid existing isnt “child abuse.” child abuse is refusing to let your kid live their lives as they truly are & forcing them to present as a gender they arent
radfems who interact with this post will be blocked & your argument will not be read or even considered. i do not care about the opinion of a transphobe & my original post still stands.
this is the only ship that matters