Brianne Benness

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I received some mylar balloons last weekend that I have festively tied to my ipad stand and my dog Charlie does NOT approve. he is *extremely* disturbed by their ominous floating presence.

like if you have lived the kind of life that has you ideologically invested in rehabbing violent white people (which many white people have, it is our work to do after all) then like! stop excusing the violent behavior and learn about what exit work actually requires!

the resources are out there.

I just keep thinking about how there are actual existing orgs working to rehabilitate nazis & white right wing men, and they are focused on teaching accountability & compassion not condemning purity tests & further enabling / normalizing extremism.

www.lifeafterhate.org

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just an update, I had hoped to pay this down by now but we've finally reached the home stretch dropping under $1000 to go

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it’s a weird middle zone, compared to some earlier stages of other-people-relating-to-precautions.

I’m getting more enthused about the card idea! there are also shirts & stickers that I’ve known about for a while, but this was the first time where I was like oooh this is the context for that tool.

ooh that’s nice!

yeah it’s like… tacit acceptance of me masking is better than outright hostility by still not really a great feeling.

ooh that is good to know! I’m maxed out right now but will keep that in minds next year.

there WERE other masked people at the march, but certainly not a majority of people.

and I have reached out to the organizers before about precautions at their meetings and gotten no response.

I don’t really have a point here, just reflecting on a future opportunity I guess.

I find that a lot of people I know now are able to accept/respect that I wear a mask bc of my disability & risk profile, but there is a real dissonance around the idea that they may be at risk too, or that they may be putting other people at risk through choosing not to think about precautions.

and I’m in a lot of online covid conscious & disability spaces that have really saved my sanity these last five years.

but I want to know more local people who are still masking too, to maybe build some power and new norms around precautions to counteract that alienation idk.

it’s hard because I do find it really alienating how prevalent covid denial or at least covid disinterest is in a lot of leftist spaces, including these marches.

I’m so fucking tired of raising awareness about precautions & fighting for precautions & the trademark glazed over looks this inspires.

a stack of business cards that say “Thank you for wearing a mask! Want to be friends?” with a graphic of two anthropomorphized smiling respirators high fiving each other.

I was able to go to a local No Kings rally this weekend and I’m glad I went because the energy really is contagious and the opposite of doom scrolling. we wore N95s.

next time I want to buy & bring these cards to start connecting with other masked folks.

www.mollymcleod.com/shop/p/mask-...

REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER:

If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration.

And use alt text on your digital flyers!

I think this is a generally good article but there is no discussion at all about prevention or the fact that most kids are getting sick *at school* in the first place.

like yes we need to talk about accommodations & absenteeism, but we also really really need to talk about clean air standards.

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

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no influx here either, i think it’s probably like, not disability folks this round?

If you gave up masking long ago, you can start anytime. “But none of my friends do.” Think back: did some of your friends “just disappear” in 2021 and stop planning hang outs with you?

All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.

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Hi all.

I’m at the point in my disability check cycle where I still have bills to pay but am out of funds until my next check comes.

I’m looking for help putting together $100 I need to pay my township for winter plowing plus some groceries and gas.

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Someone needs to explain to normies that the plan to “Make America Healthy Again” works by killing the sick people.

A black canvas featuring a golden cow skull with short horns, golden branches swoop across the top of the skull and frame the sides where vivid pink magnolia blossoms are in various stages of bloom. A few petals falling. Golden dots swirl in the backdrop around the flowers

pretty art for your pretty bad day anyone

novavax’d!

Getting more of my care transferred back to the U (my Lynch Syndrome specialist is at Holden Cancer Center) after that biopsy result + gotta pay off the biopsy!

Donations = tax deductible. I can't even TOUCH the funds w/out a medical receipt! HHl = 501c3.

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Me, posing to the left of a large scale golden elephant mural against a black painted wall in a bedroom. Three elephants march towards you, with a tiny baby elephant slightly concealed in the tall fern fronds that line the base.

new pinned post to wrap up the year ✨

I am now booking for Oct-Nov, check out my thread below for details on commissions and design projects. Space is limited and I would love to work with you!