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The Wanderground

Hello, reader–how are you doing?  You know how you read some books when you were young that shook your world and changed you forever?  For me The Wanderground by Sally Miller Gearhart was one of those books. I read this speculative fiction when I was a teenager–like most of what I read at the time,… Read More »

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videos lately

Hello, reader.  How’ve you been?  Do you need much entertainment?  I like reading memes on instagram and harvesting them to share with a meme chat I’m on.  Otherwise, I don’t see shows or videos much.  But I watch videos on YouTube sometimes, often videos that help me learn something.  Here are some favorite videos lately.… Read More »

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Laura-Marie lately

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  Thought you might enjoy learning about Laura-Marie lately.  Let me tell you what I’m up to. home Ming and I are safely housed.  We live in a new housing co-op since late January that’s much larger than our previous.  We have our own private space that looks like a… Read More »

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my worth is not determined by my ability to make money

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  Ming and I made statements about disability for a local church.  I thought you might enjoy them.  Ming’s is brief but 100% important ideas.  I like when he says, “My worth is not determined by my ability to make money.”  Being disabled allows him to do mutual aid work… Read More »

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open letter to YouTube

This open letter to YouTube is asking for justice for poor and disabled people who have different sensory needs because of autism. Dear YouTube: Thank you for gathering so much music into one place.  I’ve used your website for many years, steadfast as friends went to spotify–even before then, as friends used Pandora.  I like… Read More »

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what I’ve learned from Lex

Hello, I want to tell you what I’ve learned from Lex.  Lex is an app for friend finding, date finding, and events sharing for queers.  So there are queer women, trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people on there. I joined because a new friend of mine was talking about Lex, and I felt curious.  My friend… Read More »

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how I can dance in public

I made a new ecstatic dance video.  A friend asked me how I can dance in public, so I made this video to answer her question.  Felt great to talk about some of my favorite topics: choosing my values, dance ministry, creating the world I want to live in, shedding shame, fat validity, being a… Read More »

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moon option

media difference If you know me, you know I don’t watch tv or movies.  I don’t care for them 99% of the time.  Writing and reading are pretty easy for me–watching a movie or show is hard work.  My mind just doesn’t want to do that. I get the characters mixed up–they usually all look… Read More »

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media reform

The National Conference for Media Reform is this weekend. http://www.freepress.net/conference/