“I am a black, Southern woman, and of my immediate white male ancestors, all of them were rapists. My very existence is a relic of slavery and Jim Crow.”
brilliant and moving, an excellent response to those who want to preserve Confederate monuments out of some misplaced sense of honor and tradition.
Excellent answers from a family who went through their son becoming active in the alt-right. The mother and her son (who joined and then left the alt-right) both answer questions.
An Incel Ideal
Mary Oliver died Thursday, 17 January 2019. It’s worth knowing her. The New Yorker piece below will introduce you to her world and the YouTube video features her reading one of her most popular poems.
The New Yorker: Mary Oliver’s Deep, Direct Love for the World
Thanks to the Eyebleach Subreddit for this short clip of an adorable cat being checked out by a very kind and gentle vet.
According to the reddit post, the cat’s name is Hosico and the clip was taken from a video of him on YouTube.
The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights
From the New Yorker story:
“One of the things Helen’s story really showed us is that the Trump Administration never stopped separating children from their families,” Morales Rocketto said. “In fact, they’ve doubled down, but it’s even more insidious now, because they are doing it in the cover of night.”
This is what Republicans have created, a nation that willfully destroys the lives of families with young children. The GOP stands profoundly against life.
Roxane Gay writes thoughtfully about what justice would look like for cases of sexual abuse in Louis C.K. and Men Who Think Justice Takes as Long as They Want It To.
We need to have a continuing public debate about what justice looks like for victims of sexual abuse. It does not look like whatever the offenders think it does.
I found this lesson fun, clever and thoughtful. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it too.
Humans at their best. Thank you to these women for bringing some much needed beauty into the world.