Urbanist, lover of stories, man of faith | Mormon, INFJ, Twitter user #614 | π³οΈβπ π΅πΈ πΊπ¦π»πͺπ¬π± | Views are my own. Also:
@boisdulac_ When I was in elementary, PE was mandated and group showers were enforced. This got kids used to communal nudity and helped them build the skills needed to police those spaces.
Weβve definitely lost something here. And the rest of the world looks at us as anxious and fragile.
@boisdulac_ Two major drivers of the change:
Wool swimsuits shed lint and damaged pool pumps. Solution: Swim naked. Better pumps and modern fibers made this a non issue.
American toxic individuality and the enshrinement of discomfort. Naked is embarrassing so naked must be wrong. π
This cartoon isn't an exaggerationβnot even 1% an exaggeration.
Weeks ago it seemed this far-right Supreme Court would still block any map intentionally authored to be racist.
We just learned that that's no longer true.
We have reentered Jim Crow, and it's a national disgrace.
#NEW: The Utah County Clerk has tapped 23-year-old outspoken College Republican activist, @KaiSchwemmer, to be his second in command as Deputy County Clerk. Schwemmer has made past comments about being an "anti-universal suffrage guy," but tells me he does not believe in taking anyone's right to vote.
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Opening my Pride Month LGBTQ+ legend's posts with Audre Lorde. 1934-1992 π³οΈβπ
Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian poet, feminist and activist who wrote fiercely about justice, identity and survival. She taught us that silence will not protect us - and her words still matter.
Pride Month legend 3: Alan Turing π³οΈβπ
His work cracking enigma is estimated to have saved 14 million lives & shaved 6 years off WW2. He was rewarded for his efforts by being arrested & chemically castrated for being gay
He received a posthumous pardon from the UK govt in 2013