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july in appalachia by keaton st. james
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[poem text: ma says there’s an angel in the creek out behind old mr. henry’s shack. she saw it when she was seven years old, playing by herself while her pa helped mr. henry with his hay bales: sliced her bare foot open on a jagged rock, and the angel swam towards the blood in the water.
ma looked right into the angel’s six blind eyes and asked him, “how come you’re down here, sleepin’ in the mud, when you could be up in heaven, plantin’ sunflowers for god?”
his wings were like a dragonfly’s, transparent and glimmerin’, and his halo was a ring of algae. the angel grinned, three rows of sharp teeth, and said, “girlie, god has plans for the bluegills too.” /end poem text.]
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hot girl summer but only in air conditioned spaces
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Me, watching a customer’s husband toss their baby up in the air and catch him: 🥺 how old is he?
Customer, dazed: 37
Me:
Customer: oh……8 months
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Not celebrating today. Instead I’m thinking about my parents who are both Residential School Survivors. I’m thinking about my Aunts, Uncles and older cousins who went and who survived. I’m also thinking about those who never came home. So many never came home. Today I’m spending this time with family and just being with them. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
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First, Athletes not allowed to wear BLM protest clothing specifically
Next, banning black swimmers from bigger wearing swim cap that are designed for Afro texture hair
Next, not allowing swimmer to use a Black owned brand of swim caps
Next, forcing Caster Semenya, an African Woman with a natural higher testosterone level to either compete with men or get put on hormones to compete with women
Next, this BS with Sha’ Carri and their over punishment of Black athletes
Next, Playing all these mental games with Simone Biles to try and fuck up her confidence
Next, underhanded comments over Serena choosing to not compete this year
Next, all the mfs tryna strong arm and criticize Gwen Berry for not acknowledging the flag on peaceful protest
Bro, Fuck Yall, Fuck Tokyo and Fuck Olympics at this point.
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I see a lot of talk about how neurodivergence evolved and stayed in the gene pool because it was somehow ‘useful’ to our ancient ancestors. While I don’t necessarily disagree with this theory, I would like to propose an alternative. A theory that we already have physical evidence for. Humans just love each other and care for each other. Don’t you think that a species that cared for it’s people while they recovered from broken bones, or nursed their elderly well beyond their ‘usefulness’ would leave a member out because they didn’t make eye contact, or couldn’t stay focused on a particular task, or whatever other trait you associate with neurodivergence? I really don’t.
Sure, maybe it was useful to have someone around who didn’t mind making arrowheads all day, or who knew absolutely everything about all of the local flora and fauna, or who keyed in on every little distraction. At the end of the day, though, these people weren’t kept around because they were useful, they were cared for because they were loved.
This. This. This.
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Nancy Spero. Artemis, Goddess and Centaur, 1983.
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