Cathy Robbins

The Wicked Witch of the Midwest and Proud of it. No good deed goes unpunished...

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@chipcoffey Sadness

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@knlt My hair is aqua and purple. #lovemyhair

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@RobRosen14 @MediumCindyKaza @travelchannel Love her #mediumcindykaza

[Voice of Reason @raggapegs]

#VoteBlueToStopTheStupid

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@mattliptoncomic Yep. I’d have known her anywhere #KarenAllen #beautiful

[Rogue Citizen One ☮️ 💔🌈 @RogueCitizenOne]

Congratulations Yusef Salaam!

Nearly 23 years after being wrongly convicted in the Central Park 5 rape and assault case, Yusef won the Democratic primary for New York's City Council seat representing Harlem.

The 9th Council District is solid... 1/

#TruBlue #wtpBlue #ProudBlue

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@adamlambert @pridelife @PrideInLondon Love this!

[Howard ✡. 🟦🇮🇱🎗🧡 @HowardA_AtLaw]

Karen Allen is trending because trash heap the daily mail is trashing her appearance. She’s a beautiful woman who aged gracefully, and disappointing she won’t be in the new Indy movie.

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Nope, can't do it!

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

My. Husband. Most. Certainly. Does.Not.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

They. Most. Certainly. Do. Not.

Donald Trump talking about having sex with his own daughter *should be* indefensible, but the goal posts keep moving.

These people are not ok.

[Michael Eric Dyson @MichaelEDyson]

This is the face of a man who climbed the ladder of affirmative action to his present perch of power only to help destroy the very ladder on which he ascended. This is not only the mark of deep ingratitude & disavowal of history, but a withering betrayal of justice & democracy.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Ted Cruz: “Heidi and I are incredibly excited over federal funding to boost broadband here in Texas.”

Me: “But senator, you voted against it. Senator where are you going? Senator come back. Senator?”

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@JohnELTenney Omg. PB Lettuce and mayo my fave!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.

She refused it.

"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it's Elvis. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley...' but I just couldn't do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn't. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood."

She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.

In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.

The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.

When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.

Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.

By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.

She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:

“I'm not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I'm not stupid... and I'm not really blonde either.”

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

“Many around the world closely followed the plight last week of five wealthy men who went missing aboard a Titanic-bound submersible. Meanwhile, researchers at the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) updated the number of migrants who have died trying to reach Europe by sea this year: nearly 2,000.”
https://t.co/x0E9zhB3wL

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@tasha032218 I love the METRO.

[Cathy Robbins @StrangeCathy]

@LakotaMan1 NO

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

A Harvard Law-educated Black man rose up and became one of the most popular Presidents in modern history, and folks decided they had to burn down Affirmative Action to stop that shit from happening again.

Disgraceful, America.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

The six Supreme Court Justices who voted to end affirmative action vs the three who did not.
Any questions?