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"To love, and lose and still be Kind."
I quote these beautiful words of Warsan Shire to myself, every time I feel displeased.
This was something i once read and felt like it was engraved in my mind. Flowing through my veins was a passion, to never let go of this and to always live by this.
In the era we are living in, Kindness, compassion, tenderness, empathy, affection, all these artistic sensibilities are becoming extinct like they are some variety of flora and fauna, disappearing because of climatic conditions except it's because of the changing tendency of human beings.
You don't have to think, you don't ever think that i did this, i did that and this is how im paid. You give and give because life and love is about giving and giving as much as you have got. Because someone is always watching, and that reflects upon them. We often fail to notice but the kindness we show towards someone, it reflects upon people around you too, not only on you and person you have been kind to. I have felt this urge to become cold, to never be nice to anyone but that's not who I am. The world is cruel, therefore, I won't be.
Your generosity can never be your enemy. It takes strength to be tender in the wild. And I'm proud of everyone who's brave enough to smile and be empathetic towards the other, regardless of the situation of his heart. Respecting others' feeling is as important as respecting yours. But it doesn't mean that you can't put yourself first. It's okay to let go of toxic friends and partners. It's okay to let go if it's hurts too much in holding on. But when you do it, do it on good terms, forgive them and never speak to them. End it, for once & all. Don't carry that within you so that it can hinder your future bonds.
On my way through life, i have let go of people and some have let me go. Each time i learnt a new lesson. I have never regretted the love that i gave away, instead i thought, "If i could love the wrong person with such intensity then what do i have in store for the right person?"
This is why, you give and give because one day, all this love will come back to you in the way you never imagined. Someone would be kind to you, or your family or your friends and you'll realize that, you also had a lil contribution in that because you always held on to that thread.
Your Compassion, your affection and your generosity is your strength. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#excerpt from sarah's diary#i wanted to post it from soo long#it's all about love#Warsan Shire#quotes#spilled feelings#love and kindness#writerblr#writer community#sarah writes#girlblogging#spilled thoughts#english literature#light academia#writers on tumblr#txt post#.🌸
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Callie in Parents are People? Is that you?
#yellowjackets#yellowjackets fanfic#callie sadecki#sarah desjardins#Shauna Sunday#Dear diary it's my day and people are thirsty over a gif od my daughter#(Actual excerpt from Shauna's diary).
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list of pdfs on my phone because i know everyone wants to find out
race, discourse, and the origin of the americas: a new world view (many authors. i'm not writing all that)
what is to be done? (vladimir lenin)
"chemistry and the 19th-century american pharmacist" (gregory j. higby)
the torture garden (octave mirbeau)
"the vane sisters" (vladimir nabokov) + questions for discussion
"the tell-tale heart" (edgar allan poe)
"the lottery" (brainerd duffield)
slideshow about different english cities during the industrial revolution
the compleat works of nostradamus
"terms of endearment in english" (julia landmann)
"speech reflections in late modern english pauper letters from dorset" (anne-christine gardner)
"slopjank prographilose" (rose q. drifting & magnesium oxide)
a few pages of the 1897 sears, roebuck & co. catalog + some other related things
orientalism (edward said)
"in event of moon disaster" (bill safire)
ragtime (e. l. doctorow)
enough to make you blush: exploring erotic humiliation (princess kali)
"you're a mean one, mr. grinch" (dr. seuss) + close reading questions
merry muses of caledonia (robert burns)
"women and the english civil wars" lesson outline
"the concept of the left" (leszek kołakowski)
"kids in the early 1900s" (betty debnam)
"heterosexualism and the colonial/modern gender system" (maría lugones)
"for heidi with blue hair" (fleur adcock)
"flowers for algernon" (daniel keyes)
excerpt of the beginning of m*a*s*h (tim kelly)
tristan tzara poetry collection
"the nature of the beast: the portrayal of satan in the ballads of seventeenth century england" (christopher bailey)
"all the king's horses" (kurt vonnegut)
"conditional divorce in ottoman society: a case from seventeenth-century erzurum" (bilgehan pamuk)
"gender oppression in the enlightenment era" (barbara cattunar)
who's afraid of virginia woolf? (edward albee)
"visual difference & disfigurement in the arts"
"trans-misogyny primer" (julia serano)
the brothers karamazov (fyodor dostoyevsky)
the other victorians: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteeth century england (steven marcus)
the mistborn trilogy (brandon sanderson)
"the life of an unknown assassin: leon czolgosz and the death of william mckinley" (cary federman)
the brothers karamazov (fyodor dostoyevsky) again
spanish idioms with their english equivalents: embracing nearly ten thousand phrases (sarah cary becker & federico mora)
a sensation novel (w. s. gilbert)
basic principles of marxism–leninism: a primer (jose maria sison)
russia under the old regime (richard pipes)
tristan tzara: dada and surrational theorist (elmer peterson)
pan tadeusz (adam mickiewicz)
psycho nymph exile (porpentine heartscape)
1984 (george orwell)
neath to reach zine: the traveler's guide to [illegible] (i am not writing all that!!)
the dada painters and poets: an anthology (i continue to not write all that)
machine of death (still not writing all that)
"merchants, proto-firms, and the german industrialization: the commercial determinants of nineteenth century town growth" (gavin greif)
"introduction to the history of
mental illness"
"girl detective & the mystery of the sap-stained skirt" (porpentine heartscape)
gadsby (ernest vincent wright)
feeling very strange: the slipstream anthology (authors galore.)
english women's clothing in the nineteeth century (c. willett cunnington)
socialism: utopian and scientific (friedrich engels)
the waste land (t. s. eliot)
"debility and disability in edith wharton's novels" (karen weingarten)
death of riley (rhys bowen)
"the black vampyre: a legend of st. domingo" (uriah derick d'arc)
raoul hausmann and berlin dada (timothy o. benson)
flight out of time: a dada diary by hugo ball
art and production (boris arvatov)
"the culture industry: enlightenment as mass deception" (theodor adorno & max horkheimer)
a gilded lady (elizabeth camden)
"changing narratives of martyrdom in the works of huguenot printers during the wars of religion" (byron j. hartsfield)
112 gripes about the french
"the spelling of the country name "romania" in british official usage: from uncertainty to standardization" (paul woodman)
"sarajevo 1914: trial process against young bosnia – illusion of the fair process" (veljko m. turanjanin & dragana s. čvorović)
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pierced petal 💞
which line of prose or poetry would you have inked into your skin without hesitation ?
“She was like a flaming rose. I thought that she would burn away into perfume” - Heinrich Heine, from The Selected Prose Writings; “Reisebilder,”
“The flowers full of night… like sacred smoke” - Nina Cassian, from “Part of a Bird”
“Only fallen blossoms know the heart of those who roam.” - Su Shi, from Selected Poems of Su Shi; Silk-washing Stream.
“A flower of flame. A blossom of blood.” - Cecilia Woloch, from Reign of Embers.
“The world did not begin with me / it will not end with me / I am / one pulsebeat in the throbbing river” - Octavio Paz, from “Identical Time”
“We will meet again in the lake you as water I as lotus blossom You will carry me I will drink you” - Rose Ausländer, Love VI
“Dew-drinker, opium-eater, […]” - Bethany van Rijswijk, from ‘Opium-eater’
“… your flesh is lilies / Under a frozen moon,” - Arthur Symons, from Poetry & Prose; “Morbidezza”
“The moon-drunk, haunted, pierced soul,” - Isaac Rosenberg, from The Collected Poems; “Midsummer Frost,”
“—everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin’s bow, which draws one voice out of two separate strings.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, excerpt of “Love Song”
“I bow to the daydreams I buried myself in,” - Hannu Mäkelä, from Contemporary Finnish Poetry: “Dream On Happiness Number 5,”
“Out of jasmine the night’s blood streams white.” - Mahmoud Darwish, from Sonnet V; The Butterfly’s Burden: Selected Poems
“You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“I’m making myself. I’ll make myself until I reach the core.” - Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life
“ […] so that roses may bloom in the blood of our wound.” - George Seferis, from The Cistern
“you were the bride of mysteries adorned with lilies of shadow” - Nelly Sachs, from Night, night; O the Chimneys: Selected Poems.
“And no one is me. No one is you. This is solitude.” - Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
“The shadow is a narrow ribbon. I dip my hand in it as if I were immersing it in water.” - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, from Marine Rose; “The Art of Poetry”
“You bring the siren note, the lotus-land;”— H.D., from “Morpheus”
“Walk with me and sometimes cover your shadow with mine.” - Milton Acorn, from “Live with Me on Earth under the Invisible Daylight Moon,”
Orpheus: how will you remember?
Eurydice: that I love you?
Orpheus: yes
Eurydice: that’s easy. I can’t help it.
- Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
“Your heart is uncut jade,” - Han Yong-un, from The Silence of Love: “I Love Love”
“I walk with my dream unfurled, and lose myself in my own labyrinths, and the dream unfurled carries me.” - Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. II
“You and I have almost achieved that which is never achieved: we sit in each other’s souls.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay, from a letter to Arthur Davison Ficke
“I am captured in dreams of pearl,” - Maximilian Voloshin, from “I Looked Eye to Another Eye,”
#replied#would I get all of this? probably not. But am I extremely indecisive and couldn’t just pick one? yes.#also this is a good way for me to keep all my fave fragments—#but I would definitely get a couple of these as tattoos!#thank you for asking 🖤#fave
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🔴 𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 - Tuesday 7 May at 7:00 pm (CEST) - usmaradio.org
USMA for radioart106
𝟭𝟰𝟮 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗬𝗟𝗩𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗛'𝘀 𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮) [63 min.]
Audio experiment EXCERPTS FROM SYLVIA PLATH's UNABRIDGED DIARIES is a sound journey through mental lands of the poet, transposed and imprinted in sonic improvisations between artists/musicians Lena Kocisova (Akkamiau) and Sarah Martinus. Lena and Sarah, both residing in Berlin, are active members of female:pressure, the international creative community.
Together we invite you on this sound journey: hoping the insights, trials and tribulations of the honest accounts from Sylvia’s life allow you to explore the deep and creative energy of what is female within all of us.
Selected chapters are narrated by Sarah and accompanying soundscapes originate from collaborative improvisations between the artists. The first part features two tracks, Perhaps by akkamiau and Broke by Sarah Martinus. The soundtrack in complete was compiled and produced by Akkamiau and credits for the graphics go to Sarah Martinus.
Credits:
Lena Kocisova (sonic improvisations, concept and production)
Sarah Martinus (sonic improvisation, narration and cover collage)
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I want to share this excerpt from my diary (it was my senior year in highschool):
Monday, September 26th, 2016
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I learned on Friday that as long as I focus on God, He will give me time to get my school work done. I had spent so much time last week practicing my violin at home for youth group, Chinese and reading Dr. Neal's book [titled, "To Heaven and Back"] that I didn't really work hard on my AVID binder check. So I turned in my binder thinking one crummy grade won't kill me and somehow I'll recover. At the end of class when I went to go pick up my binder, Ms. Sarah, the TOPS cordinator, told me that somehow my binder never got graded and that I can turn it in again on monday. I was feeling pretty happy and surprised at finding this. Sometimes it may not seem like it, but God does care about our schooling.
May I continue to see God working in my life in the small ways.
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Beginning with a boom: Bibliographic essay for last six posts
I excerpted this from the original post on the WordPress version of this blog, where this, and the previous post are in one document.
For this chapter, I used Nathan D. Jensen’s page on frenchempire.net, “French Expeditions to Ireland 1796-1798,” to give a description of the French invasions in Ireland. Other sources which can be helpful in learning more about this are a “Diary of an expedition [of] Humbert’s Army of Ireland, 1798” on http://www.iol.ie/~fagann/1798/conaught.htm, and Edwyn Jones’s An Invasion that Failed: The French Expedition to Ireland, 1796 to name two possible sources. On the French invasion, I also used information noted on page 89 of DK’s World History Atlas. For the description of County Tipperary in 1805 I extrapolated from the map titled “Trade and industry in the 18th century” on page 82 of the Times Concise Atlas of World History to form a description of that area. I also used information from the Wikipedia page of Ballysheehan not because I trust Wikipedia but because I put together the page in late November 2017, so I know it is accurate.
I used a number of original sources for this chapter derived from records requested from the Warren County Record Center including photocopies of: the 1865 and 1875 state censuses, specifically for Chester, Warren County, NY; page 540 of Smith’s 1885 History of Warren County, pages 181-183 of Bridging the Years – Glens Falls with photos of the Methodist Episcopal Church; cover page for case to NY Supreme Court of Samuel T. Guilford v. Joseph B. Mills, Feb 5, 1892; Warren County Court of Minutes of Common Pleas, pp 389 relating to Thomas and John Mills; Warren County Court of Minutes of Common Pleas, p 562; John Mills application for naturalization, Apr 17, 1838; John Mills affidavit for naturalization, Sept 18, 1841; John Mills application for naturalization, Apr 17, 1838; Edward Mills affidavit for naturalization, Oct 16 1841; Margaret E Mills naturalization agreement, Apr 21, 1864; Benjamin Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 2 1844; Edward Mills affidavit for naturalization, Sept 2 1842; George Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 17, 1844; Robert Bibby application for naturalization, Aug 9, 1840; and Robert Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 16 1844.
I also rely on records digitized by Family Search within their Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1814-1855 collection. Specifically see: microfilm no #256672 for Owen Bibby in Newcastle, Newcastle, Tipperary, Ireland; microfilm no #256669 for Samuel Bibby in Moyaliff, Drumbawn, Tipperary, Ireland and for Thomas Biby in Mowney, Gortanacy, Tipperary, Ireland; microfilm no #256,661 for Thomas Biby in Mowney, Gortanacy, Tipperary, Ireland; and microfilm no #256494 for Nicholas Bibby in Crohane, Terma & Garrysalla, Tipperary, Ireland. All of these are within their “Applotment books, abt. 1824-1840” on the Family History Catalog.
For the paragraph on family names, I used the online database of the “Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland” on Oxford Reference and webpages on the British Surnames’s website for “Bibby” and “Mills.” For other information on the Bibby family I used information provided by certain resarchers on the Find A Grave entries for Thomas Lyndop Bibby (memorial #13693709), Margaret Johanna Shaw (memorial #13694080), Elias Bibby (memorial #67270336), Thomas Bibby (memorial #13694111), his wife Anne (memorial #20505398), entries for Thomas and Ann’s son, Samuel B. (#74875511), Eliza (#67203817) (her husband John Oliver Richards #148230281, son Nicholas Dennis #123356488 and his wife Margaret #123356191), Benjamin (#100856163), and Robert Jacob (#74522529). The same goes for his wife Rachel (#74523420), their daughter Ann (#67270337), Joseph Byron (#67070994), and William John (#74492369). I also used the memorials of Mary Elmina “Mae” Gaffield (#67071006), Sarah Anna Bibby (#111047408) who married Alvin Snell (#111028709), Martha Jane “Mattie” Bibby (#67070988) who married Edgar Wells (#67071008), Leona Fern Wells (#86703244), Gordon H. Wells, Sr. (#86703231), Arlo A. Wells (#86703214), Jean Tiffany (#86703237), and Edward Mills Bibby (#67070998). For the Bibby family also helpful was genealogy.com’s forum entries for the Bibby family.
For the information on the Mills family, I used Find A Grave memorials of the following people: Margaret A. Bibby (#67244813), John Rand Mills (#67244534), Thomas M. Mills (#67056977), Margaret Gray (#89274750), and Isaac Mills II (#67245035). I also used Family Research Group webpage titled “Emigration, Immigration & Naturalization Records,” and well-sourced Ancestry family trees were also used, but not too often!
For original records, I also used the “County Tipperary Records,” specifically the index of the 1766 religious census & transcript of the Tithe Applotments for Ballysheehan Civil Parish in 1827, The Irish National Archives’s PDF titled “Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine,” within this narrative, and the “surname index by Surname” provided by connorsgenealogy, among other sources. I also used a page on the Warren County Historical Society’s website titled “History of Warren County” for some background and for information about the Common Pleas Court I used information on the Warren County Records Center’s website on pages titled “Common Pleas Actions” and “Minutes of Common Pleas.”
For the paragraph on Cashel, I used information from a webpage titled “Cashel” on Ask About Ireland’s website, which derives its information from George Henry Bassett’s County Tipperary 100 years ago: a guide and directory, 1889; Ireland Genealogy Project’s webpage “Tipperary Genealogy”; Connemara Tourism’s “Cashel” webpage; enjoy-irish-culture’s “Ireland History-Crucial Moments In The 1,000 Year History Of The Rock Of Cashel”; Tipperary Tourism Company’s “Rock of Cashel” webpage; Heritage Towns of Ireland webpage titled “Cashel, Co. Tipperary”; Encyclopaedia Brittanica’s “Cashel, Ireland” entry; pages about Cashel on the Dublin City University website; and Heritage Ireland’s “Cashel Heritage Town Cashel, Co. Tipperary.”
It is also worth noting that I used the National Library of Ireland’s Catholic Parish Registers, specifically those for the Diocese of Cashel and Emly in County Tipperary. I looked through Microfilm 02501 / 03 for marriages in Cashel and Emly Cashel from Jan 6, 1793 to May 16, 1831, finding no mention of any Millses by 1821. I also looked through Microfilm 02501 / 02 for births in Cashel and Emly Cashel from 11 Nov 1793 to 19 July 1831. I again found no mention of the Millses, even specifically looking for the years 1802-1806 for the birth of John Mills or any other Mills individual. I also searched the years 1824-1825 for Margaret Bibby and came up dry. I did not examine the other microfilms, ranging from 27 July 1831 to 12 Jan 1881 because they do not cover the appropriate time period for this family history.
For the graphics in this chapter, they are from: pages 86, 200, and 202 of DK’s World History Atlas; pages 375, 392 of the 21st Century World Atlas, and page 90 of the Times Concise Atlas of World History. I also created my own graphics from varying sources.
I, of course, also examined the page on from-ireland.net titled “Tipperary Genealogy,” used the “Inventory of Warren County Historian’s Office” for information on family files held by the Warren County Historian’s Office, looked at the page maintained by the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly titled “Genealogical Research in Cashel and Emly,” and looked at links for ireland.com’s page on genealogy and ancestry relating to Cashel. Additionally, I read through the Ireland Genealogy Projects’s webpage(s) relating to genealogy in Tipperary, including a surname index showing that there is no one currently in that county that is a researcher for the Mills or Bibby family names, looked at the resources provided by GENUKI’s webpage titled “County Tipperary,” webpages of the Tipperary Studies website titled “Genealogy,” “Gravestone Inscriptions,” and “About.” Also helpful was the Irish Genealogy Rootkit website titled “Roman Catholic baptism, marriage and burial records,” a page on failteromhat.com titled “Land Owners in Ireland 1876” showing individuals with the Mills and Bibby surname living in Ireland at the time, the Government of Ireland’s webpage on “Irish Genealogy,” irishroots.org’s webpage titled “Finding Your Roots in Ireland,” the Association of Church Archives in Ireland’s webpage titled “Cashel and Emly Diocesan Archives.” Beyond this, Paul McCotter’s article on IrishAbroad titled “The Anglo-Norman Surnames of Ireland (Part II),” wikitravel.org’s webpage titled “Cashel,” searching a book titled A Genealogy history of Irish families: with their crests and armorial bearings, a page by the Irish Genealogical Society International titled “requesting research help,” and the UCD Digital Library for which I found no results on the Mills family.
I also looked at maps of the Hudson River, especially one titled “Hudson River Watershed,” showing how Glens Falls is at the edge of the watershed in the north, which covers a significant part of Warren County.
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excerpts from Ongoingness: The End of a Diary by Sarah Manguso
#recently started trying to take journaling seriously#and am finding this book interesting#I think that last part really hits at why I wanted to start#my posts#books#time
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Excerpts from Korean comfort woman Mun Ok-chu’s memoir
The following are excerpts from Korean comfort woman Mun Ok-chu’s memoir. It shows what it was like to be a comfort woman in Burma. (Translated)
버마전선 일본군 위안부 문옥주 문옥주 할머니 일대기
역사의 증언 두번째 이야기
모리카와 마치코 지음
김정성 옮김
2005년 08월 08일 출간
▲ Mun Ok-chu
“Myself as a comfort woman for Tate Division deployed in Burma”
by Mun Oku-chu
(published August 2005)
(In Mandalay, Burma)
page 63
The soldiers and we had the same thoughts, that is, we must work hard for our emperor. The soldiers gave up their wives, children and their own lives. Knowing how they felt, I did my best to solace them by having conversation with them.
page 68
I prayed for safety of Ichiro Yamada. After two or three of months, the troop unit to which Yamada belonged returned from the front. Yamada returned in good health. He immediately came to the comfort station. He said “I, private first class soldier Yamada, have just come back from the front.” Yamada gave a salute to me. We hugged in full of joy. Such a day was so special that the comfort station owner Matsumoto (a Korean from Daegu) closed business for the day. The comfort station was full of excitement, and we, comfort women, contributed 1 yen per woman to hold a big party for them.
page 75
I saved a considerable amount of money from tips. So I asked a clerical staff whether or not I could have a saving account and put the money in the account. His reply was positive. I knew that all the soldiers put their earnings in the saving accounts in the field post office, so I decided to put my money in the saving account. I asked a soldier to make a personal seal and put 500 yen in the account. I got my savings passbook and found 500 yen written on the passbook. I became the owner of the savings passbook for the first time in my life. I worked in Daegu as a nanny and a street seller from the childhood but I remained poor no matter how hard I worked. I could not believe that I could have so much money in my saving account. A house in Daegu cost 1,000 yen at the time. I could let my mother have an easy life. I felt very happy and proud. The savings passbook became my treasure.
page 98
Ichiro Yamada came to see me once a week and I was in a great mood on that day from the morning. But if he did not show up on his once a week holiday, I became so worried wondering if he was killed by the enemy that I could not work properly. He made me worry so much.
(In Rangoon, Burma)
pages 106~107
I was able to have more freedom in Rangoon than before. Of course, not completely free but I could go out once a week or twice a month with permission from the Korean owner. It was fun to go shopping by rickshaw. I can’t forget the experience of shopping in a market in Rangoon. There were lots of jewelry shops because many jewels were produced in Burma, and ruby and jade were not expensive. One of my friends collected many jewels. I thought I should have a jewel myself, so I went and bought a diamond.
page 107
I often went to see Japanese movies and Kabuki plays in which players came from the mainland Japan. I enjoyed watching players change costumes many times and male players portray women’s roles. I became a popular woman in Rangoon. There were a lot more officers in Rangoon than near the frontlines, so I was invited to many parties. I sang songs at parties and received lots of tips.
(In Saigon, Vietnam)
pages 115~118
It was finally time to return home. I went to Saigon via Thailand. The ship was to depart from Saigon. Then Tsubame said “I had a nightmare in the morning about my mother vomiting blood. I am afraid that something unlucky will happen, so I will not return to Korea.” Hiroko, Kifa and Hifumi agreed with Tsubame saying “We will not go back to Korea, either.”
page 120
When I went to a cabaret where Japanese military men hung out, navy pilots were there. Some of them asked me “Why are you still here?” I replied “I am still here because I don’t want to go home. I want to go back to Rangoon.”
page 121
I put on a pair of high heels, a green coat and carried an alligator leather handbag. I swaggered about in a fashionable dress. No one could guess that I was a comfort woman. I felt so happy and proud.
(Back In Rangoon)
page 123
A military man came on a bicycle and asked me “Hi Yoshiko, can you ride a bicycle?” I replied “No, I can’t.” He asked “Would you like to learn how to ride?” I learned with pleasure. I rode it smoothly through the town of Rangoon. I didn’t see any other women on bicycles. People on the street looked back at me. It was fun for me to go to the town of Rangoon. I talked with people in Burmese, Japanese and Korean. I had no difficulty communicating when I shopped.
page 126
I killed a non-commissioned officer who was drunk and held the sword against me. I won acquittal as legitimate self-defense, and many military men were pleased with that court decision.
page 137
I withdrew 5,000 yen from my saving account and sent it to my mother.
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Mun Ok-ju worked in Burma during the period of two years and three months between June 1943 and September 1945. She accumulated total savings of 26,145 yen in deposits at the military post office (Japan’s post office has banking functions). With interest, she earned 50,000 yen from her business. In the 1940s, 5000 yen would have been enough to purchase a house in Tokyo.
http://scholarsinenglish.blogspot.jp/2014/10/former-korean-comfort-woman-mun-oku.html
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Psychological Terrorism by The Unification Church at Cheongpyeong
Understanding Sun Myung Moon’s attitude to sex by taking a look at Korean history
Almost all these Comfort Station managers / owners were Korean
Koreans who experienced the Japanese annexation of Korea explain some facts
The Comfort Women controversy
Contents of the webpage:
1. Meet Miki Dezaki, Director of the film, Shusenjo: The Main Battleground Of The Comfort Women Issue.
2. Thousands of Korean men and women tricked, kidnapped or forcibly abducted Korean girls to be ‘comfort women’. Statistical Yearbook of the Governor-General of Korea, from 1931-1943.
3. U.S. military documents featuring Korean POW testimony discovered at U.S. National Archives
4. Korean testimony documents highlight ethnic and gender discrimination under Japanese colonial rule
5. “The Comfort Women” (2008) book by Professor C. Sarah Soh (352pp)
6. “Comfort Women of the Empire” the battle over colonial rule and memory (2014) 帝国の慰安婦 植民地支配と記憶の闘い by Professor Park Yu-ha, 박유하, 朴裕河 (336pp)
7. Mun Ok-chu’s memoir
8. Chart of Comfort Station managers, revealing they were Korean
9. The Korean “Comfort Station Manager’s Diary”
10. Comfort Women Urgently Wanted – Ads in Korean newspapers
11. Comfort Women rescued by Japanese military police
12. Kim Tŏk-chin was recruited by Koreans at 17 to be a ‘comfort woman’
Various historical documents and oral histories
13. In 1965 Japan gave $800 million as reparations for Korean occupation
14. Military commentator Ji Man-won raised “fake comfort women” question
Footnotes
1. Interview with Professor C. Sarah Soh
2. Extract from a presentation by Professor Soh
3. Behind the Comfort Women Controversy: How Lies Became Truth by Professor Nishioka Tsutomu
4. No Organized or Forced Recruitment: Misconceptions About Comfort Women and the Japanese Military by Hata Ikuhiko Professor Emeritus, Nihon University
5. GSOMIA lives, but what’s next for Japan and South Korea ties?
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Japan gave $800 million in 1965 as reparations for Korean occupation
The Japanese government supported Korea with $800million in 1965, $400m in 1983 and over $10 billion in 1997.
The Japanese Role in Korea’s Economic Development
“About 100 Korean women were abducted by Korean prostitution brokers but were rescued by the Japanese military police.”
Japanese woman recruited by the Unification Church and sold to an older Korean farmer
6,500 Japanese women missing from Sun Myung Moon mass weddings
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Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter by Cecile Brun, Olivier Pichard, translated by Marie Velde
The art in this book is STUNNING. The gorgeously handled watercolors over penciled line art are wonderful, a style I really enjoy and would like to practice more myself. The story is a bit on the loose side, and falls into some tropes of a Western gaze on Japan and specifically Japanese ghost mythology. Based somewhat on a true story, two French tourists return to Niigata prefecture, a place they have stayed before, so have pre-established relationships with some of the townspeople. On a trip to a small town to see a local festival, they wander into a curious shop and are talked into buying a cheap camera which supposedly can take photos of Yokai- ghosts and other spirits. The rest of the book tells of various trips to different locations, attempting to catch supernatural creatures on the 8 pictures on the camera's roll of film. The narrative sometimes shifts abruptly, scenes being cut off without conclusion. There are multiple times that it's implied the Japanese people the tourists talk to ARE ghosts, in a human disguise. I wasn't bothered as much by the fragmented narrative as by the decision to portray all of the Japanese characters differently, with a much greater degree of realism, than the French characters. I think the authors might have been trying to honor the people they actually met (some of whose photos are included in the appendix) with realistic portraits, but it gives the book a weird tone.
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
A very delightful collection of 102 "essayettes" by poet, teacher, and enthusiastic gardener Ross Gay. He begins the project on his 42nd birthday when he decides to write about something that delights him everyday for a year. Well, some days get missed, and likely a few of the pieces were edited out, but the hundred and change which are included here are sweet, short, reflective, rambling, occasionally educational, and often very funny. Gay is the kind of man who will carry a tomato plant onto an airplane, to notice and appreciate little moments of kindness and acknowledgement between humans, who carefully observes the natural world and feels kindship with it. I recommend this as small anecdote to the year 2020.
Year of Zines by Sarah Mirk
I am a HUGE fan of Sarah Mirk, and this zine series captures her tone perfectly- witty, poignant, political, timely. She posted these comics almost daily on instagram for a year, and I enjoyed them so much. Highly recommend reading these stories, either in book form or online, and looking into her other work.
The Art of Gathering: How we meet and why it matters by Priya Parker read by Bernadette Dunne
Priya Parker is a consultant on and creator of the kind of gatherings that people remember for the rest of their lives. Her specialties include designing rituals to enter people into and gracefully release them from social spaces and helping people open up to the kind of rich, deep, vulnerable conversation that makes us feel seen and less alone. This book is woven through with dozens of delightful stories of gatherings from around the world, ranging from weddings, funerals, dinner parties, live theater, work conferences, international political negotiations to picnics out with friends. If you have a big gathering to plan in your own life, or are just interested in the subject of why humans gather and how to make gatherings meaningful I recommend this book. It hits especially hard in 2020, the year in which non of us can gather in person safely.
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
This reads like a series of diary excerpts mixed with sketchbook pages. One of my favorite sections tells of Crewes's teenage love for the character of Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, which somehow did not tip her off to the fact she was gay, though maybe it should have. Crewes describes the self-knowledge of her own queerness as a secret envelope that she gave to herself, a message that took her a long time to open. She came out once in the high of a good New Year's party to friends, but then retreated from it. When she finally got to the place of fully accepting herself, it made so many things fall into place. I really liked the art, which is loose and sketchy, though I almost wished the book were longer, or that a bit more had been pack into it's pages.
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley
Short and sweet. Jen is a city kid, used to the noise and bustle of New York. When her parents divorce, Jen is pulled a long with her mom's dream to live on a small farm upstate. Jen is saddled with feeding chickens, yard work, and helping run the booth at the weekly farmer's market. Also, every weekend her mom's boyfriend's two daughters arrive to share Jen's bedroom. It's hard to get used to all of these changes! But the tensions are all resolved fairly quickly. I really enjoyed the very charming illustrations of chicks, farm cats, frogs, snakes and owls.
Commute: An illustrated memoir of female shame by Erin Williams
An extremely raw and honest memoir with meditations on alcohol addition, rape, bad sex, and the low level sexual harassments the author faces daily as a woman who commutes in New York. Williams has a powerful voice, weaving together memories and quotes from books with observations and admissions. I heard the author speak last year and was very impressed, but procrastinated on reading the book because of the heavy subjects. But it was a faster and less painful read than I feared- the humor and self-insight kept me turning the pages. I read it all in one sitting.
Penny Nichols by Mk Reed, Greg Means and Matt Wiegle
Penny hates her temp job, hates her roommate, loves but clashes often with her only sister, and at 26 has not figured out what she wants to do with her life. She's working at her sister's health juice booth at a convention when she meets two enthusiastic nerds who make short horror films. Their budgets are as small as their hearts are large, but Penny decides to sign on to the project and is soon helping with almost every aspect: scriptwriting, scheduling, casting, making props, lights, sound, acting, directing. It's wonderful to watch her discover a group of oddballs with whom to laugh, plan, and splash fake blood. They are working on a deadline: they want to submit the film to Splattercon, a local horror film fest, so they need to finish a full cut of the film in two months. Will they make it? (Even if they don't, the real win is the friendships they make a long the way.)
The Nib Magazine issue 6: Power
The Nib continues to publish some of the very best comics. Of personal local interest to me was the piece by Sarah Mirk, Vreni Stollberger and Joyce Rice about PG&E's involvement in the last few California Wildfires seasons and their subsequent "defensive blackouts". In October 2019 they cut power to 2.8 million people, many of my family members included. I have hosted friends who had to evacuate from fires 3 of the past 4 years.
A Quick and Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman
Another education guide from Isabella Rotman, a very good companion (though aimed at older readers) to Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up.
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Yeah sure stargazing, long walks together, dates and all sounds good but, can we go cycling together, amidst tea gardens, under grey skies?!
#cycling together 😭🩷#to do list#one day InshaAllah 🙂↕️#girlblogging#delulu me#excerpt from sarah's diary#.🌸
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Thomas Jefferson, was a bad person.
Sure, he did some good things for the Colonies, but that's really all he did. He also raped his slave, Sally Hemings. A 14 year old child. Meaning that he impregnated her, leading her to give birth to his son. Although people often say there is no proof that he raped Sally, there is evidence of the crime. In 1784 to 1789, Jefferson lived in France as he was the US Envoy and Minister to France. Whilst moving there, he took a few of those he enslaved, including James Hemings.
Two years after moving to France, Jefferson had requested that his daughter Polly was sent there as well, so that meant Polly would bring her enslaved chamber-maid, 14 year-old Sarah “Sally” Hemings - James’ younger sister. The siblings were both off-spring of Jeffersons’ father-in-law, John Wayles. This means that the two Hemings were half-siblings to Jeffersons’ late wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. So Thomas, after raping Sally a multitude of times impregnated her in Paris. Her first child had died after her return to America.
She had six other children of Thomas’ in Monticello.
January of 2000, a report done by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundations’ Research Team had managed to conclude that through DNA studies, both primary and secondary documents, as well as oral histories of Jefferson and Hemings descendants and nationally renowned scholars, that there is in fact, a “high probability that Thomas Jefferson fathered Eston Hemings and that he most likely was the father of all six of Sally Hemings’ children appearing in Jefferson’s records.”
As a result of Thomas’ perverted lust for a black child, many during the time period were confused on why he promoted the “Back to Africa” movement. Most who truly knew him as a person knew that he didn’t enjoy the idea of black people going back to their motherland, and gaining independence. The only reason he promoted it was to cover up Hemings’ children, who were, as he called them- his “Shadow family.”
Thomas’ criminal lust after a child of color doesn’t truly affect his character, as in 1776, the time period he wrote the Declaration of Independence, he held 175 black men, women, and children in his ‘custody.’ That number grew to 267 by 1822. Jefferson wasn’t just a slave-holder racist, he was also a legislative racist (legislative - having the power to make laws). As it was pointed out by Joyce Oldham Appleby, Professor Emerita of History at UCLA and former President of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association, as well as Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., former Professor of History at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at CUNY Graduate Center. It is said that Jefferson had opposed the practice of slave-holders freeing their slaves as it would incite ‘rebellion.’ Though as pointed out by John E. Ferling, after Thomas had been elected to the Virginia House of Burgess in 1769, he had proposed a law to make it so free people of color were banned from entering and exiting the state, and banish children whose fathers were of African descent. He had also attempted to expel white women who had had children with black men.
Going through all this information, you would think that it couldn’t get much worse than this. Apologies, but it does. As Jefferson was an international racist as well. In his cabinet position as Secretary of State in 1795, he gave 40,000 dollars as well as one thousand firearms to colonial French slaveholders in Haiti as an attempt to thwart Toussaint L’Ouverture’s slave rebellion. Later on as president, lending the French 300,000 dollars “for relief of whites on the island,” as he supported their plans to resume power.
Along with being an international, perverted, and legislative racist, Jefferson was also an ignorant racist. In his book written in 1785, labeled “Notes on the State of Virginia,” he had written “the preference of the ‘oran-outan’ (i.e., an ape-like creature) for the Black women over those of… (its) own species.” He then went on to say that blacks had “a very strong and disagreeable odor” and that they “are inferior to the whites....”
The mistake I made in this is the fact that I am only showing one side of this argument, I am not giving a chance for the other side to make their case, so I will let them. On March 4th, 2018 10:20 AM, a Guest commented on an article that exposed Thomas, they said “What is the point of accusing someone over 200 years ago of being a pedophile? We know that slavery existed, we also know that it was written out of law in 1863. Even with Sally being a slave, who is to say that she did not care for Thomas? Do we have Sally's diary or other written documentation as to how she truly felt about her circumstances? Why are you assuming the status of their relationship (when it is even a crime to assume someone's gender in present times lol)? What is the true purpose of this slanderous article, if only to poke at people who lived over 200 years ago, and to drag Sally and Thomas' descendants through the mud? I'd encourage you to live your life for *today* based on upon your own critical research. Would you want people in 2200 to look back on your life and call you a racist, ignorant, intelligently inferior snowflake - because that's exactly what they are going to do after reading your comments!”
Another guest commented on August 22nd, 2018 at 2:20 AM, “During that time it was common for 14 year olds to marry and have children. So knock off the pedophile bullshit. You assume that Sally and Thomas were not in love with one another, yet have no proof. Twisting bits and pieces of history to suit your pathetic needs. Truly the act of a Coward a.k.a. Coar. Perhaps you should do a bit more research about slavery in Africa and note that the first slave owner in the Americas was black. Perhaps you could also acknowledge the whites who died fighting against slavery during the Covil War and the many whites that marched and died during the civil rights movement. But no, none of that would suit your Racist needs.”
Wow, okay, saying that we don’t acknowledge the whites who died in the ‘Covil War,’ is not true. It is more likely that we acknowledge them more than we do the actual slaves who died during the time period, or the 100 year gap that took place after the war when organizations such as the KKK began. And yes, although it was common for 14 years olds to already be married and have children, it doesn't make it better. We have evolved from that time and have finally realized that kids shouldn’t have sex with adults.
“Who is to say that she did not care for Thomas?” She was a slave to his daughter, even if she did have some sort of positive feelings for him - which as you said we have no proof that she felt any feelings towards him, as we don’t have her diary, but we do have excerpts from her son, Madison Hemings book, Life Among the Lowly. In which he said “He wished to bring my mother back to Virginia with him but she demurred. She was beginning to understand the French language well, and in France she was free, while if she returned to Virginia she would be re-enslaved. She refused to return with him.”
But, as you said random commenter, we obviously don’t know how she felt. But, one could assume that due to the fact that she refused to return with him, her feelings towards him were negative.
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MAY 2021
The Rib Page
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George Takei is sweatin’ with the oldies. He stars in a fitness app for gay seniors, Bar Belles. It was his April Fool’s day joke.
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Fox will bring us Crime Scene Kitchen on May 26 with host Joel McHale.
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Joel Hodgson has launched a new kick starter to create a new independent season of MTS3K, The goal is $2mil.
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Bob Odenkirk will release: Comedy, comedy, comedy, drama: A Memoir on Jan. 18 2022
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Leslie Jones will host the 2021 MTV Awards.
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$3 mil was raised for Next for Autism with help from Conan, Kimmel, Charlize, Chris Rock, Jack Black and Sarah Silverman.
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Have ya noticed that Gayle King looks great in yellow.
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Some people are not too happy that Elon Musk will host SNL on May 8. Miley Cyrus is the musical guest.** Musk tweeted: Let’s find out just how live SNL really is. Cast member Bowen Yang tweeted back, : What the Fuck does this even mean?
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Oh Seth Meyers: Every time I see the sea captain on your show, I miss him so much!!
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There is a spotlight on Foxconn which made a big splash for Trump at the start of his presidency. The company has done a lot of nothing but still gets tax cuts. Homes were demolished, roads were widened to nowhere and money was spent. Wisconsinites are upset that this big business is just folly and a big glass orb.
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Mike Lindell is a kook but he did try to appear to be a good sport on Kimmel.
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When will weed be legal on a federal level? When will drug testing for employment be illegal? We hear so much about personal rights with the gun laws and vaccines and masks. What about the right to do what we want with our bodies when we are not at work. Think of the administrative costs that could be saved if we just removed drug testing. Our experience and work ethic should mean more that what we do with our free time. This is not a problem at all companies. There are places in this country where it is near impossible anywhere in your area to get hired without a drug screening. One joint on a random Saturday night could keep someone from a great opportunity. A person in pain who reaches for an edible might miss out on the job that saves their lives.
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NASA sent the first flight to another planet. The Mars flight made history with the 30 sec feat.
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What? The Menendez brothers are popular again? From the Ramsey case to the Manson murders or Bundy, it all comes back around again.
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The Lizzie Borden house just sold for $2mil to Lance Zaal of U. S. Ghost Adventures.
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Quarantine and so much television et al proves one thing, the pharmaceutical and insurance companies have way too much $.
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Trump told everyone to boycott Coke and is later seen drinking diet Coke.** Trump sent out a statement about how bad the Oscars are. They threw it right back in his face. ** Federal agents have searched Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment. It stems from the 2 year investigation into activities in Ukraine.
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X-VP Pence is said to have pressured the Navy to reinstate former Mo. Gov. Eric Greitens. Greitens was accused of tying up, blindfolding, taking explicit photos of and blackmailing a woman.
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There is a crisis in schools with the lack of civics and history being taught.
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Hulk Hogan was hit with a chorus of Boo’s at his latest event.
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The latest sexual harassment news: Matt Gaetz is being looked into for sex with a minor and sex trafficking. Bill Barr opened the investigation.** Tom Reed has been accused of sexual misconduct by former lobbyist, Nicolette Davis.** Marilyn Manson has been sued by Game of Thrones, Esme Bianco for sexual abuse.
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What is going on with Bank of America? I am hearing from multiple people that often they do not get their statement in the mail. Is this a bad Postal service? Is this bad business practice? How many late fees had to be paid because of this? Not everybody wants to pay their bills online.
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Jack Hanna has revealed that he has dementia.
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Tiny Tim : King for a day is a new doc I must see. The film contains footage shot from Warhol’s Factory. There are excerpts from Tim’s diary read by Weird Al Yankovic and the story of how Tiny’s friend, Bob Dylan wanted to make a film with him.
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Lindsay Lohan’s Father, Michael has been charged with 5 counts patient brokering and 1 count of attempted patient brokering. This is an apparent scam of steering addicts into rehab for cash.
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Aaron Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova are dating. Pete Davidson and Phoebe Dynevor are dating.
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JB Smoove has a new podcast brought to you by TeamCoco.
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Hey.. People working on the new Law and Order: Organized Crime….. TOO MUCH MELONI!!
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Zach Avery, actor, was arrested for his participation in a $690 mil Ponzi scheme.
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President Biden has restored aid to the Palestinians.
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MLB put up a wall in Georgia but the Masters stayed.
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Hank Azaria has brought Brockmire to a new podcast.
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Tommy Chong isn’t allowed on FB because of his weed posts but they allow an imposter to use his name to sell weed.
Pennsylvania is trying to push thru 14 voter suppression bills.
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Joe Manchin. Ugh!!** Marjorie Taylor- Greene has let go of her America First caucus.** Ted Cruz has allegedly used $154, 000 of his campaign funds to buy up copies of his book to boost sales. This is an old trick but still illegal.
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For the first time, The Carter Center became involved in a U.S. election. They published videos and live webcasts as well as deploying observers across Georgia.
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Most health programs in Uganda, Nigeria and Ethiopia have resumed after Covid.** Tom Vilsack from the Dept. of Agriculture has announced the USDA will provide assistance to 30 million kids.** It is sad to me that we have to entice people to vaccinate. Football games, Church’s and shot for shot in bars?? Really? Saving the lives of others should be enough. WTF?
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Alec Baldwin, Alec Mapa and Kelsey Grammer are shopping around a new comedy that ABC decided to pass on.
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Chauvin was found guilty.
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Days alert: C’mon Ben, calm the fuck down! Don’t prove how out of control you are like everybody thinks. ** Xander is so funny right now.** How many people will Kristen be and how many times can one person melt down?? **Bring Carrie back!! **Jackee’ seemed a bit nervous in the beginning but she is fitting right in. More!
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The SAG awards came and went. With the Trial of the Chicago 7 winning best ensemble, Michael Keaton is the first person to be in 3 best casts for SAG’s.** Other winners include Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Kaluuta, Youn Yuh-Jung, Mark Ruffalo, Anya Taylor- Joy, Jason Bateman, Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek and The Crown.
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The Oscars were held on April 25. It was a bit of a yawner and why would a show set themselves up for an awkward end?? There was a commercial from P&G right before the broadcast that stated, “ Widen the screen so we can widen our view.” Nice sentiment. Mank had so many noms and only 2 wins. People looking their best to me were Leslie Odom Jr., Glenn Close, Riz Ahmed, LaKeith Stanfield, Colman Domingo, John Batiste, Mia Neal, Questlove (gold crocs and a mask!), Desmond Roe, Travon Free, Trish Summerville, Marlee Matlin, The Lucas Brothers, Andra Day, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Nicolette Robinson, Regina King and Margot Robbie. Laura Dern looked like Big Bird, there were just too many feathers. Tiara Thomas had feathers but they looked great. Angela Bassett had some power sleeves and Tyer Perry looked like a little boy. Hooray for Emerald Fennell for her win for original screenplay but not sure about the dress. And Viola Davis?? Dana Murray?? Ashley Fox?? Hmm?? Winners seemed to have trouble getting to the stage. They often refused the steps or the walkway and sort of climbed up the side. I did love the intimate setting and it did remind me of the old clips of years before. Sound of metal and Ma Rainey both won. Tyler Perry and for the first time, an organization, the motion picture and television fund, took home the humanitarian award. I was thrilled to see My Octopus Teacher win for Doc. I loved Crip Camp too, that was a hard category. The acting winners went in all directions. Many critics complained that the films were real downers . Nomadland won best picture. Michael Moore put it best I think. Of the films this year, he said, “They force you to look backward with 2021 eyes.”
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Why the Fuck do we need a militarized police force?
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R.I.P. victims of the multiple mass shootings, victims of police shootings, the crush in Israel, Cosette Brown, Midwin Charles, DMX, Paul Ritter, Ethel Gabriel, G. Gordon Liddy, Buddy Peppenschmidt, Prince Philip, Anne Beatts, Diane Adler, Vartan Gregorian, Monte Hellman, Jim Steinman, Michael Collins, Michael wolf Snyder, Johnny Crawford, Eli Broad and Walter Mondale.
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Splatoon 2 Shifty Station References
So you all (or at least most of you) have seen the names of the Shifty Station. This is in case you do not know the reference. Each of the Shifty Stations names are parodies and references to book titles,series,or franchises that had their start in literary works.
Wayslide Cool
Wayslide Cool is a parody of the Wayside School books by Louis Sachar,which were adapted into hour long television special,then a cartoon show that aired on Nickelodeon in the US and Teletoon in Canada from 2007 to 2008.
The Secret of S.P.L.A.T
The Secret of S.P.L.A.T is a parody of The Secret of NIMH film that was an adaptation on the Rats of NIMH series (specifically Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) and by Robert C.O’Brien. The film was directed by Don Bluth and distrbuted by MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc).
Goosponge
By far my favorite of the references. Goosponge is a parody of Goosebumps,a children’s horror fiction novellas by R.L Stine. The picture shows only just a few of the most popular and iconic books of the original series consisting of 62 books running from 1992 to 1997. The series was so popular it spawned spin off series, (2000,Give Yourself Goosebumps,Short Stories,etc),a Canadian produced live action TV series,loads of merchandise,and 2 movies.
Windmill House on the Pearlie
Windmill House on the Pearlie is a parody of Little House on the Prairie,part of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is the third novel in the Little House series,published in 1935. The book and the series have been adapted for stage and the screen several times. One of the successful being the Little House on The Prairie television series that ran from 1974 to 1983. It even got an anime (Laura,the Prairie Girl),different kinds of books (such as cookbooks),among other things.
Fancy Spew
Fancy Spew is a parody of Nancy Drew,the character and original series was created and published by Edward Stratemeyer. Nancy Drew was made as the female counterpart to the Hardy Boys. The books were ghostwritten by several authors,all published under the name “Carolyn Keene”. Nancy Drew became popular worldwide,featuring in five films,two TV shows,and a whole slew of computer games.
Zone of Glass
Zone of Glass is a parody of Throne of Glass,a series of young adult (12-18) fantasy book series by Sarah J.Maas released in August 2012. Beginning with the novel of the same name. The series consisted of 7 other books,one being a collection of stories set prior to Throne of Glass. In September 2016,It was announced there would be a hulu series based off the series called Queen of Shadows,after the 4th book.
Cannon Fire Pearl
Cannon Fire Pearl is a parody of The Campfire Girls series,a series of children’s books made by various authors. The book series ran from 1900 to 1936,there isn’t much information about it,sadly.
The Bunker Games
This one was the most obvious of the parodies,but I’m gonna talk about anyway. The Bunker Games is a parody of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins,the three books were published from 2008 to 2010 with an untitled prequel currently in the works in cited to release in 2020. The books were adapted into films distributed by Lionsgate.
Grapplink Girl
Grapplink Girl is a parody of Gossip Girl,a series of novels written by Cecily Von Ziegesar,the series ran from 2002 to 2011. The series later got an teen drama television adaptation running from September 19th 2007 to December 17th 2012 with 6 seasons and 121 episodes.
Zappy Longshocking
Another rather obvious reference,Zappy Longshocking is a parody of the Pippi Longstocking (known as Pippi Langstrump in Sweden) series by Astrid Lindgren,the three books were published from 1945 to 1948 followed by three short stories,excerpts from the original books were made into picture books. Pippi Longstocking has been adapted into film and TV several times.
A Swiftly Tilting Balance
A Swiftly Tilting Balance is a parody of A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle,first published in 1978. It was adapted into an audio CD version narrated by actress Jennifer Ehle in January 2012.
Sweet Valley Tentacles
Sweet Valley Tentacles is a reference to the Sweet Valley High series attributed to Francine Pascal. The series ran from 1983 to 2003 consisting of 181 books,later on creating a spinoff series called Sweet Valley Kids. A TV series based on the books ran for 88 episodes between 1994 and 1997. In July 2017,a film adaptation of the novel began production.
The Switches
The Switches,though sounding like a bland name,is a parody of The Witches by Roald Dahl,published in 1983. The book was later adapted into a film in 1990 (the year Roald Dahl died),2008 it was adapted into a radio drama,and opera also in 2008,a stage musical in September 2017,and a new film adaptation is to be released in 2020.
The Bouncy Twins
The Bouncy Twins is a parody of The Bobbsey Twins penned under the pseudonym,Laura Lee Hope. The first series of 72 books were published from 1904 to 1979,another series of 30 books were published from 1987 to 1992,the books went under several rewrites.
Railway Chillin’
Railway Chillin’ is a parody of the Railway Children by Edith Nesbit,first it was serialized in 1905 then published as a book in 1906. It has been adapted into a BBC radio drama serialized into five episodes in 1940,BBC Television series,a film in 1970,and into another film in 1999.
Gusher Towns
Gusher Towns is a parody of Paper Towns by John Green,published on October 16th,2008. The book was later adapted into a film that released on July 24th, 2015.
The Maze Dasher
The Maze Dasher is a parody of The Maze Runner by James Dashner,the series consisted of the original,two sequels,two prequels,and a companion book. The books were published from 2009 to 2016. The first 3 books were adapted into films,the film of the first book released on September 19th,2014,the film of the second book released September 18th,2015,and the film of the third book released January 26th,2018.
Flooders in he Attic
Flooders in the Attic is a parody of Flowers in the Attic by V.C Andrews and the first book in the Dollanganger series,said series was published between 1979 and 1986,with this book being published in November 1979. It was adapted into film twice,once in 1987 and the other on January 18th,2014. It was adapted into a stage play,releasing on October 2014 and playing its world premiere production in August 2015 at New Orleans,Louisiana.
The Splat in our Zones
The Splat in our Zones is a parody of The Fault in Our Stars also by John Green,published on January 10th,,2012. The book was adapted into a film thar released on June 2014. There is even a scheduled Hindi adaptation said to be released November 2019.
The Ink is Spreading
The Ink is Spreading is a parody of The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper,specifically parodying the second book in the series,the series went from 1965 to 1977. The series got a film adaptation released on October 5th,2007 that unfortunately didn’t do well in the US and UK.
Bridge to Tentaswitchia
Bride to Tentaswitchia is a parody of Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson,published on October 21st,1977. The book was adapted to film twice,one a PBS TV movie in 1985 and the other a theatrical film released on February 16th 2007. It was adapted into a musical stage production,cataloged by the Library of Congress in 1993.
The Chronicles of Rolonium
The Chronicles of Rolonium is a parody of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S Lewis,the series was published from October 16th,1950 to September 4th,1956. The series has been adapted into film,stage,radio,and television,many times.
Furler in the Ashes
Furler in the Ashes is a parody of An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir,published on April 28th,2015 and part of a series. The second book,A Torch Against the Night was released August 30th,2016 and the third book A Reaper at the Gates was released June 12th,2018.
MC.Princess Diaries
MC.Princess Diaries is a parody of The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot,the first book being released October 2000,the latest book in the series being released in 2015 and a spin off series released in May of that same year. Two films were produced by Walt Disney Pictures,the first film,The Princess Diaries in 2001 and Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement in 2004.
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Just a Puppy Crush
Chapter Five
Ship(s): Clementine/Violet
Media: The Walking Dead Game (Season 4)
Lee had brought down a couple bowls of snacks to the kids, earning an angry hiss from Clem when he stepped between her and the projected movie. Louis wasted no time digging his hands into the bowl of Cheetos, orange dust covering his lips and the tips of his fingers.
Brody looked over at her friend as Clementine turned the lights back on, sighing before taking a napkin and wiping his face. “My God, Lou.”
Violet felt herself yawn before she could stop it. The warmth from the huge fluffy blanket that Carley had brought down to them plus the warmth of Brody and Clementine beside her was enough to put her to sleep there.
She rubbed her eyes, blinking furiously to wake herself up. Clem watched her with a tired smile, softly humming as she wrapped the blanket around herself.
“Nope. It’s not even eleven, you guys can’t go to sleep yet.” Louis lightly shook Violet’s shoulders, and she gave an annoyed hum, eyes opening reluctantly.
Brody groaned as Louis started rummaging through his bag, pulling out a deck of cards. “Let’s kick it off with a classic. Truth or dare.”
Violet rolled her eyes, but took a card from the top of the pile when Louis passed it to her. “You don’t use cards in truth or dare.”
“You do in this version,” Louis grinned, raising his eyebrow at his card. You’d never expect it, but Louis had a pretty good poker face when he wanted to. “Highest card gets to ask. Lowest card has to answer. You only get one question or dare per turn, so use it wisely.”
Violet looked down at her card, and her heart dropped. A four. A lump formed in her throat as Louis started waggling his eyebrows, mischief in his smile.
Brody smiled down at her card, slamming it down on the table once Clem had taken her card. A queen.
Louis cleared his throat before lightly setting his card face-up on the coffee table. A King. Brody scowled.
Clementine reluctantly placed her card down with a comically adorable pout on her face, raising her eyebrow at Louis as to challenge him. “Do your worst.”
Louis’ glance flipped between Violet and Clem, stroking his nonexistent beard in thought. He raised his finger victoriously in the air. “I got it. Dare, obviously. I dare you to....”
Violet and Louis met eyes, and her heart jumped in her chest. Oh, god.
What was he going to do?
“Get me some of James’ hair.”
As weird as it was, Violet exhaled in relief, her muscles relaxing as Clementine scoffed, and kicked his shin under the table.
“I’m not helping you clone my brother,” Clem rolled her eyes, brushing a strand of hair out of her eyes. “Pick something else.”
Louis huffed, disappointed. He pursed his lips in thought, then dropped his eyesight on Violet.
“Truth, then... Ever have a boyfriend?”
Clementine couldn’t cup her hand over her mouth fast enough to stifle her cackling, pulling her knees to her chest.
“No- no, no boyfriend...” Clementine managed to utter between laughing fits. “Absolutely not.”
Louis cocked his head, cupping the sides of his face in sudden interest. “How about a girlfriend?”
Clem rolled her eyes, picking up the deck of cards and setting her other card in the center of the table. The other kids followed suit. “You said one question per turn. Your rules, not mine.”
She passed the deck down to Brody, frowning down at her card. Brody was undeniably jubilant, holding the Ace between her fingers for all to see.
Violet took a card from the stack, eyes flicking down to it. She twisted the card away from Brody, who was making obvious attempts at looking at everyone’s cards.
Clementine reluctantly set her card down on the table, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently.
“Oho, what are the chances?” Louis teased, picking up Clem’s two, a big shit-eating grin on his face.
“Howzaboutit, Clem? Have you ever had a girlfriend?” Brody asked, chewing on the edge of her card.
Clementine’s expression dropped, and she let her head rest on her knees. She closed her eyes for a second before taking a shaky breath.
Violet nudged an already regretful Brody, who’s goofy demeanor quickly changed as she saw Clem lose her spark. “I’m sorry... you don’t have to answer, I’m really sorry. How about... um... what’s your favorite color?”
Clem raised her head, a soft smile tugging at the corners of her lips. “Don’t sweat it, Brody. I’ve never had a girlfriend, either. There was.. this girl I liked back at the home I was in, a long time ago. Her name was Sarah.. Her biological father regained custody of her before we could really get that close.”
Violet pursed her lips, before she set her card down on the scrap pile in the center. “Purple.”
“What?”
Clementine rolled her eyes, shifting into a criss-cross applesauce position. “You asked about my favorite color. It’s purple.”
Violet felt a kick under the table, and didn’t have to look up from the card in her hands to know it was Louis.
Brody snorted, taking a card from the top of the pile. Clementine groaned, throwing her card over her shoulder. “Your cards are fucking rigged, Lou.”
“The cards just aren’t in your favor, Clem.” Louis sneered, placing his Jack down on the table. Violet grimaced as he held up the card she’d tossed. A three.
“Just get it over with.” Clementine sighed with annoyance, resting her head on her hands.
Louis brightened up instantly, his posture straightening as he tapped his finger on his chin. His gaze flashed towards Violet, with a quick wink.
“Clem, you’ve been at Ericson’s for a little while. Anybody here you like-like?”
Violet scoffed at his word choice, taking the pressure off of Clem as she stared at the card in her hand. “Seriously? ‘Like-like’? What are you, six?”
“Seven, thank you.” Louis grinned, resting his hand on his leg and tapping his knee.
Clementine’s voice was soft and cautious, but almost a little bit exhilarated, like she’d been waiting to say something.
“Yeah, I’ve definitely got feelings for someone.” Clem practically whispered, before scratching the back of her head.
“Oho! Who is it?” Louis pretty much squealed like he won the lottery, and a quick smile that Clementine couldn’t hide took over her face.
“Nope, not telling.”
She said that, but there was an overwhelming feeling in Violet’s stomach that she already knew who it was, and that someone was sitting across from her, twirling one of his dreadlocks in his fingers.
Violet cleared her throat before taking another card from the pile, hiding her disappointment behind a phony smile. “I win.” She set down her Ace card.
“And poor Brody loses.” Louis noted, nudging the red-headed girl beside him. Brody smiled encouragingly at Violet, hands folded together.
“Alright, I’ve got one,” Violet said, tapping her nails on the coffee table. “Brody, you document everything and you’ve been here the longest. How about you tell us what you thought of us when we first got here? First impressions, that kinda stuff.”
Brody brightened up, digging into her backpack and pulling out a diary, so worn out you couldn’t even make out her name on it anymore. Louis winced, ducking his head as she started flipping pages.
Brody, barely able to hold in her excitement, cleared her throat, her finger tracing one of the first pages of her journal.
“First up, Louis,” Brody grinned, holding the journal under the light so she could read the old, scraggly handwriting. “‘A new kid was dropped off today. He seems nice. Kinda loud, but it’s not his fault.’” She flipped a couple pages forward.
“‘So, the new kid is... interesting. They let him on the announcements because he said he was going to advertise his idea for a new music club. I guess they trusted him enough to let him in the room alone. Marlon was taking him under his wing, and the faculty trusts Marlon. So, he locks the door behind him, right?’”
“Then, he says ‘This one goes out to Mrs. Bradley for failing me on my math test.’ Then all of the sudden, this really profane song blasts through the speakers, while he screams along to it. You could hear everyone trying to get in, yelling and pounding on the door. It cut off with the sound of the door slamming open and a really girly scream. I like the new kid.’”
Violet and Clementine couldn’t hold in their laughter, as a flustered Louis groaned into his hands. “Marlon got in so much trouble for that. It was dumb of me.”
“Oh, Mrs. Bradley totally deserved it, dude. I stayed post for her, and she refused to be alone in the same room as me.” Violet recalled, ancient anger sparking alive in her eyes. “She found out I was gay, and said she wasn’t comfortable being around me.”
Louis scoffed, his eyes narrowing again. “In that case, I don’t feel bad for her. Glad her ass got fired.”
Clementine pursed her lips as Brody flipped through a couple dozen pages, tapping the page once she reached an excerpt from January.
“This one’s about Violet,” Brody explained, squinting her eyes to focus on the chicken scratch. “‘They stuck me with the new girl, and now we’re rooming together. She’s tough and kinda angry, but who wouldn’t be?’”
Clementine’s eyes landed on Violet, Brody’s words sounding like a distant murmur as she studied her features. How she raised her eyebrows at points she recollected, how she chewed on her bottom lip when being reminded of her past self. Her eyebrows knit together, the birthmark that was only visible because she was in a T-shirt.
Violet’s eyes snapped upwards in a second, meeting hers, and Clem craned her head to the side, feigning interest in Brody’s story. Through her peripheral vision, she saw Vi take a deep inhale, one that moved her entire body. She saw her lean her head on Brody’s shoulder, a small smile on her face as she read aloud.
Clementine wasn’t listening anymore. She was focused on the way Violet tucked her forehead into Brody’s collarbone. She was talking but Clem couldn’t make anything out. They both laughed.
Fuck.
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