#Reflecting

I’ve been reflecting on every interaction I’ve had with a cop and thought how different it would’ve been if I wasn’t a white woman. (A THREAD) I’ve been caught trespassing
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Emergency long-distance learning update, day 4:I’m seeing more families logging in & trying the activities. It seems the flexibility of time/choice of lesson/choice of response is working well. I’m pondering
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Just because you're writing fiction doesn't mean you can be reckless with the representation of your characters. As a Black child I longed to properly see myself in a book
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The notion of racial/ethnic identity development is such an important one, and here is a thread outlining some thoughts on this from Dr. Beverly Tatum, the premier thinker on this
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McChord AFB planes are rumbling over my roof. Stars are brilliant on a beautiful WA night. I'm reflecting on the day. Hard. Good. Both. Last few days I've been scrubbing
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Dru Sharpling, panel member, asks Ms Ahmed about the research of Apna Haq.She states that in her line of work, she is often told that abuse is happening because of
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I was suspended from secondary school from two days for calling a teacher racist. It only just occurred to me now that rather than have a conversation about why I
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Since this crisis started, I keep thinking back to one specific moment from my early twenties. One of my first jobs was at a small nonprofit.At one point, budget got
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I have been thinking about eviction and having to be friends with villagers in my island.To friendship on building connection and creating the island of a home. A place to
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On this day 2 yrs ago, Ireland voted to Repeal its oppressive law on reproductive rights. 1 yr later, @coeurdelilas and I, with @sadpresspoetry, published this poetry collection in celebration
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In most weekends, I bike to Meech Lake, swim, and come back. Last week I chatted with two people I will call Rose and John. They asked where I worked,
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I was reflecting on hitches last night, and thinking back to my first.There is a bit of advice here, and a heads up too.Gather round, it won’t take long and
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I am on top of a big mountain alone in the freezing cold, staring into the absolute desolate blackness of the Oregon outback, while listening to Wolves in the Throne
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The Trump you are seeing now is exactly the same Trump he has been for his entire presidency. I'm glad many are realizing that he is a toxin to our
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Reflecting on Orwell's 1984, it is strange most of the focus of it in current contexts is doublespeak and surveillance.I personally think that misses the ultimate point of the text#COVIDー19.
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The past few months have been terribly toxic in the Welsh independence movement. The divisiveness, the bullying, the intimidation, the threats have been sickening and made me question whether we
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