Mapsandkeys, same as the other place

Another thing I love celebrating-- sobriety anniversaries. That is a hard road to walk and I'm proud of you for it.

A family with romances, weddings, and babies! That part has delighted me to no end. Sharing the small daily joys and the big life events feels essential and radical in the face of this dumpster fire administration.

That was the biggest strength of her campaigns, bringing together people who may not have otherwise connected. From what I've seen, those connections are rooted in a deep empathy that provides both safety and the challenge to grow.

You know, I never intended to get wrapped up in social media. Then COVID hit and KHive folks became a lifeline for connecting with really amazing people and their sweet dogs.

I am so thankful for you and your insights. You give many of us a voice when we can't quite find the words.

alienate any and everyone around me while acting superior and victimized.

I had to work to find my people and take risks to build connections. It is fucking hard and painful and scary and beautiful.

If you refuse to do it, that's on you, not the world.

I have ZERO sympathy for lonely straight white dudes.

I grew up as a Black, queer, bipolar, Wiccan drama nerd, at predominantly white schools and then in predominantly white workplaces, in a Red State. if there was a way NOT to fit in, I was it, just by being myself. I wasn't making ACTIVE choices

I could cover a bingo card of isolated identities with who I am, and I can safely say no one gave a shit.

Hell, I got into a midnight screaming match about who was more isolated (me or a straight guy) on a street in Bath, England and almost got thrown out of our B&B for it during study abroad.

I've known Chris for years now and I feel pretty confident saying he's for real. I'm still like 3% wary because guys can be a letdown at any moment out of the blue, but he's one of the people who knows ally is a verb.

So you felt bold enough to comment even though you've clearly only been on social media for seven seconds and even the media has used MVP for her job title? And then felt good about trashing her on top of it?

You should be sorry and embarrassed.

as we fought for our basic civil rights, and as we have just tried to live our regular lives.

This is not a new creation since Trump. It is the system that created Trump, known for calling for the deaths of innocent Black men and blatant housing discrimination 30+ years ago.

Nothing here is new.

Created? This country was founded on hate and built by Black people considered property, not human beings. When we were freed and prospered, our neighborhoods were burned to the ground. When we tried to buy houses, we were met with redlining. We have been beaten and chased by dogs as slaves,

*thinking

I was think spider plant, rubber tree, or peace Lily, or a small collection of succulents since we both got busted on the other place for telling people to sit on cacti.

And now is the exact time to be buying patio furniture. I've been eyeing a set at Kroger that's down to a quarter of the original price. I'll have to figure out a housewarming present.

I would love that! I didn't forget, but I knew you were very busy and very stressed.

You have always been brilliant with language.

It was a Perfect line.

Seriously, though, you came off as clear, poised, on-message, and pissed off. No notes.

I kept thinking I hoped whoever it was at least offered to buy you a drink after.

I'm sure it was for legal reasons, but disappointing.

Hearing your voice for the first time was pretty great, but I wish it had been under better circumstances.

I definitely wasn't searching for anything in your area, so it was at most a "she reads about Indiana news" algorithm.

Girl, what was their camera person's obsession with watching you walk away from them?

It's also interesting they didn't air anything specifically naming what the company did.

I was a fat kid in shorts in the 80s on those things. Teenaged me never had to shave the backs of my legs. Could those be connected? No idea.

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@alyssonfergison.com look what showed up in my Google news feed! It means the story is getting some statewide traction if not nationally.

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I just... None of us need to be ashamed about it, but, damn, stop acting like child brides were a positive thing and not forced by a lack of effective birth control and poverty.

House slaves, beyond Jefferson, were just more often directly related to the men who owned them and the product of rape. That is the FOUNDATION of any analysis of how those children were treated, no amount of whitewashing changes that.

Reminder: house slaves were still slaves, just like the field slaves. They were still considered less than fully human and still *property* just like tables and lamps.

You managed to leave that out when talking about how they were treated. Enslaved with an education is just a more valuable slave.

Their children were STILL SLAVES.

Enslaved. Honey, the girl in question was enslaved. That is part of the point. Start engaging that.

Also, you're massively simplifying your own issue by ignoring health care advances and the move away from agriculture that has shrunk families, but this is NOT the place for that discussion.

Why do you conveniently have links about age of consent?