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A Letter to 2016Dear 2016,
You are the equivalent of a toddler screaming and kicking for ice cream in the middle of Costco whose parents insist you're just "an energetic child." You are the equivalent of that toddler prompting shitting and barfing in the middle of a busy aisle. You are the equivalent of the parents from earlier laughing it off and not bothering to clean it up. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
What's your badass feminist goal for the day?
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Quail Bell Magazine Presents: A Pamphlet for Self-Care and Rebellion Under the Trump AdministrationCurated by Gretchen Gales @GGalesQuailBell Designed and Illustrated by Christine Stoddard QuailBellMagazine.com *Editor's Note: If you've been feeling helpless with the results of the election, you're not alone. But before we pick ourselves up to fight back, we encourage you to read the following written pieces by contributors that have a common sense of civil and rightful retaliation. Take care, Fledglings, and hop on over to the Unreal to see our fiction pamphlet by Julian Drury. Look below for both PDF and Word document versions and feel free to distribute! PDF Version:
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Media for My Anxiety, 2016I didn’t have a good year.
That’s not to say good things didn’t happen to me or that I didn’t enjoy myself at times. This was very much a year where a lot of things went wrong or led to disappointment. I was screwed over on the employment front and ended up leaving two jobs. I suffered creatively and produced very little. My health took a toll for the worst at times, including vomiting from stress, minor anxiety attacks, and nights where I could barely sleep eight straight hours. It was a year that led to me seeking a therapist and taking over-the-counter sleep medication. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
"The Frightening Fluency of Creation": Joanna Valente's Marys of the Sea is so Human, It's DivineWith the stormy political forecast, I don’t know of a better time I could have picked up Joanna Valente’s Marys of the Sea. Growing up with conservative and evangelical rhetoric, magic was considered a highly dangerous threat. To so many traditional politicians among others wanting to silence the narratives of women, Valente’s collection is their nightmare, as Jonathan Papernick (author of The Book of Stone) describes the authoress as “a sorceress who wields language with the frightening fluency of Creation.” Indeed, it doesn’t take long to be enchanted by the collection, starting with the gorgeous cover illustration that mimics holy imagery.
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Smithsonian’s new African American museum gears up for schools WASHINGTON - Whether it’s a class on early African American history, civil rights movements or black pop culture, there’s an exhibit for that at the Smithsonian’s newest museum.
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Grief: A True StoryHe led many lives in the sixty years he reigned over his kingdom on earth. One of his dozens of small paintings hangs in my living room. A still life, it shows the artist at his easel, a beret clapped on his head, a portrait of the Beatles behind him, a big fat mottled green watermelon that looks good enough to eat, and his wife’s mauve pump looking like Cinderella’s missing slipper. Yin had been a fashion buyer who traveled across the Atlantic to purchase distinctly European clothes and shoes to sell in her small boutique. Her husband, Patrick, was wonderfully supportive.
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'Death Comes to Pemberley' is to Die ForCraving a little Austen and looking for a quick Netflix binge? The BBC’s Death Comes to Pemberley — based off of the novel of the same name by mystery writer P.D. James — is a must-see.
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The Life and Times of a Male ChildminderMy childminding career lasted just over three years from July 2009 through to August 2012. My previous employment was as a Learning Support Assistant with children who had learning needs within a Primary School setting.
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Our DadWhen I was seven years old, we had the first Christmas tree in the neighborhood with miniature lights that flashed off and on.
My two brothers and I received more gifts than most kids. We were spanked more often and much harder, for sure. |
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