Every time I start a new edit, I tear up a little, knowing an author has trusted me to read their work and find all the areas where small changes can make a difference in reader comprehension and opinion. Frankly, it's overwhelming.
@enbyinjail Great thread. Speaking as an owner of breasts, I've long endured unsolicited comments or opinions from blokes. Guys, if your buddy does this then EDUCATE HIM because it's NEVER OK... women can shout about this forever but support from male allies is needed.
@LucyMason217 I find weaving in ends is soothing. But then, I haven't done any knitting in the last year. It's like my brain has rebelled against doing any fiber arts this last year. It's such a bummer because my stash is finally nicely organized.
@erbrooker@NatasciaMF Hospitalised last summer in a single room. Took in my own hepa filter. Almost every member of staff asked me what it was which I found surprising. Just down the corridor many had Covid. Yet staff keen to tell me I didn’t need to wear a mask when I had to be in the corridor!
@Nancy87276179@CarissasNewLife Same, Nancy. They thought they were caring, but nope. Instead, they gave me an eating disorder. I'm in my 40s and haven't gotten over the food insecurity issues. Oh, and I'm way fatter than I was back then.
@Olas_Truth "They were born in a different time only means that they've lived through every single civil rights movement we've had, and didn't learn a GD thing."
Alzheimer's, dementia, mental illness, any other disability, or old age does not make you shoot Black children for ringing your doorbell. Regardless of a white male's age, that will always be used to exonerate them from racism. #DisabilityTwitter#BlackTwitter
@CarissasNewLife @ReadsA_lot The exoticism of the name. Vashti is too much like Jezebel, like Bathsheba. Only Mary and Martha and Elizabeth and Rebecca - good ENGLISH names - are honorable, and by that reckoning, the people who hold them.