This video is, of course, bullshit. I just want to remind everybody that eye glasses are one of the greatest disability accommodation success stories in human history. Wear your glasses.
We caretake because we’re desperate to be taken care of for once.
We see the best in people because we’re desperate for people to see the best in us.
We want to protect vulnerable people because we were once that vulnerable person unprotected.
Our younger self always remembers.
One of the things about “just Google it” or “do your own research” (no shade or shaming anyone, I’ve done it often) is that the lack of media literacy means people don’t have fully developed research skills nor the practiced discernment to separate out quality information.
Harm reduction is:
Not sharing needles • Snorting vs. injecting • Knowing your dealer • PrEP • Not ripping condom packets • Not brushing/flossing right before or after unprotected oral sex • Not sharing cups in college • Fentanyl test strips
Overdose Awareness Day (8/31)
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Kindness. A thread on paying it forward.
When I was 18, I had to go to work immediately after being kicked out of the homeless youth program that I’d been staying in. I was ~5 mo pregnant & was “too pregnant” to stay there anymore.
hey, east coast friends, i'm so sorry you're dealing with awful wildfire smoke. here are a few reasonably inexpensive things my family has used in our home over the past few years to help us cope with west-coast fires (and they can be useful year round). 🧵
This is the Queen's Stepwell in Gujarat, India, built nearly 1,000 years ago.
It is beautiful, but it isn't unique — India is filled with hundreds of stepwells just like it.
Here is the story of the world's most extraordinary underground architecture...
I still recall every art teacher I have had. I carry a lot of gratitude for them all. After my first semester of graduate school I knew I needed something to break up the overload of information. I could have never imagined getting the opportunity to learn at this level.
A few modern day truths:
1. We have an abundance of ways to distract ourselves (both good and bad).
2. We can be distracted to the point of not feeling emotions fully (or at all).
3. We might think we’re further along in our healing journey (than we actually are) as a result.
So you can buy $3 million in medical debt for $15k and I’m sure some economist can explain how this makes sense but I’m just gonna default to money only being real for poor people.
When people talk about professors and our ivory towers they never think of schools like mine - regional state college, open access, majority first gen. Besides teaching class today, I: helped a student find tax assistance at the public library, helped a student (1/3)