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July 20, 2016
10 Articles To Blow Your Mind – Sh*t You Should Read Wednesday
Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism
Policing isn’t working for cops either
Video: White Boy Privilege Is Everything (8th Grader Wins First Place for This Poem)
Randomly Cool Shit
This plant can charge your phone!
Using Our Powers For Good
The Italian Region Where Co-ops Produce a Third of Its GDP
Erykah Badu Donating Concert Proceeds to Clear Detroit Rape-Kit Backlog
Through a drag king troupe, Teddy Mars reaches those who need support
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July 19, 2016
Audio: Legacy – An Old Republic Novel Chapter 8
Happy creative Tuesday! Up this Tuesday another installment of my Star Wars Fan Fic turned novel, Legacy. If the excitement is just too much and you must find out what happens next it is obviously completely free for you to read. Just grab it.
Legacy An Old Republic Novel - Chapter 8
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July 18, 2016
Procrastinate With Me Monday – Episode 3
Funny Sh*t
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July 14, 2016
Have you been listening? Latest Radio Shows Archives
If you missed my radio shows this week, have no fear, they are here! My latest Sunday show Women in Hoodies with my amazing co-host Julie Plucky Myers, and Skywatchers Radio, Tuesday nights with my mens, Angel, the Other guy, and Chris J Brown.
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July 13, 2016
Educate Yo Ass Wednesday
I’ve been very involved lately in current events, for good enough reason. I know you’re missing Procrastinate with me Monday and creative Tuesday. I’ve got them in the pipe for the rest of the month so stay tuned. But I spent the last few days involved in a few other things that I will blog about. So! Today instead I have a different treat for you all – Educate Yo Ass Wednesday.
Check out the links below and when a title resonates with you, check it out. There a few heart helping videos too.
More Hard Hitting Words From The Dalai Lama About The Mass Brainwashing Of Society
Marc Lamont Hill & Mychal Denzel Smith: We Must End State Violence Against Black Bodies
The Black Lives Matter policy agenda is practical, thoughtful — and urgent
Baton Rouge killing: Black Lives Matter protest photo hailed as ‘legendary’
The Resurgence of Black Farmers
What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
Black Lives Matter and America’s long history of resisting civil rights protesters
Campaign Zero
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July 12, 2016
Mind Blowing Tuesday
I was heavily involved Monday deep listening and trying to educate, hence why no procrastinate. And a blog post about that is coming. But since I’ve collected a very large gallery of some pictures on the subject of current events let’s get deep this Tuesday and do some mind blowing. Share em, gimmie your own, talk about in the comments. Yes, #BlackLivesMatter #AltonSterling #philandocastile
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July 8, 2016
#AllLivesMatter, What about Black on Black Crime? – This One’s For You
You’re in a safe space here.
You can read these words from the comfort of where ever you are. No one else is watching you, judging your reaction, none of that here. You can be utterly open and honest.
I’m going to be. I don’t know how to reach you. I want to be respectful of your journey, of your opinions. I don’t want to sit from the comfort of my home and angrily hit the block button, or mute a tweet because I don’t agree with what you’re saying. I’m trying to see you, I’m trying to understand why you would make comments that I don’t think you realize can be hurtful and cause harm.
I’m not going to get into a statistics debate with you. That isn’t what this is. I want you to ask yourself a few questions. I want to gain a better understanding. I want you to take just the smallest peek at another perspective. Don’t worry, you don’t have to stay here.
When you say, #AllLivesMatter what does that mean to you? Take a moment and really think about it. What does it mean to you? When do you use it? Do you use it when you hear about the bombings in Baghdad? The problems in Giza? Do you use it when you watch the news and hear about a shooting, or read the paper and find out someone has been murdered in an act of senseless violence? Do you only use it when you see #BlackLivesMatter? Why?
What are you afraid of? What do you find threatening about #BlackLivesMatter? What bothers you so much about it? Why don’t you want to acknowledge that just maybe, they have a point. That just maybe one person murdered by police is too many? What in your belief system will break if you acknowledge that institutionalization racism exists? Take a second, really think about that. Are your shoulders rising? Are you suddenly uncomfortable? Have these written words inspired anger? Do you want to immdieatly proclaim bullshit? Why? What in you breaks if your perspective changes?
That’s the problem you know. And it’s not really a problem so much as it’s truly hard for people to understand the things they don’t experience. I’m a big believer that I can’t really help people if I’ve never walked in their shoes. I think it’s why I can take the trauma I’ve experienced, the hardships in my own life, and on good days look at them and say; “these wounds will help me reach someone one day. I’ll be able to look at someone and say with utter honesty and a deep understanding I’ve been there.”
But you haven’t been there. In the issue we’re talking about, you’ll probably never be there. You can’t see it. It’s not your world. Can you recognize that? Does something within you break,or shift in an uncomfortable manner if you were to acknowledge that your reality isn’t someone elses? Is the pain of that too great? I understand, you’re a good person. You know what love is, you know what love of other people are. You remember. And I think, if you are to acknowledge what’s broken, that opens the damn, the flood gates and lets in a lot of pain, a lot anguish, a lot of shattering of perception. Basically your bubble will get fucked up, and you’re not ready for that.
I get it. That’s okay. Really, it is.
But here’s the deal. Your world isn’t someone elses world. Someone elses words is pain and fear on a different level than yours. And because of it, they’re asking for change. They’re marching for it, crying for it, in same cases their shoving it in your face when they block traffic and make you late to work. You can be annoyed. But you also should quietly acknowledge, my world isn’t their world. Maybe, they have a point. They’re fighting a fight you don’t want to fight, you can’t you’re not ready. That’s okay.
Then be silent. You speak out of fear, not hate. You throw around that hashtag because you really do believe that, that all lives matter. We all do. But you’re not in a place to understand what you’re taking away from when you use in the manner that you use it. You’re not in a place to understand the truth of the situation, you are not ready on your journey to acknowledge what’s broken. Which is fine.
Be silent. Unplug instead. Spend time with your family. Spend time with yourself. If you cannot see the problem, don’t become it to defend your own perspective because there’s no need. No one is attacking you. What’s being attacked is something that is broken. Not you. Something else. You will heal, you will grow, you’ll fight your own battles, personal or larger. Please. Be silent. Spread love.
And if or when you think you just might be ready to take another step, if you feel like you’re surrounded by only one opinion but you’re a little afraid to try and get another, maybe some additional reading can help.
I hope it can. Because just an acknowledgement causes a ripple that can heal a wound. One tiny little thing, is a huge thing.
Thank you.
Why is it so controversial when someone says “All Lives Matter” instead of “Black Lives Matter”?
11 Major Misconceptions About the Black Lives Matter Movement
Here’s How You Can Be Pro-Cop and Pro-Black Lives Matter, in One Tweet
Communities United for Police Reform
A Guide to Taking Action on Police Reform
Why aren’t the good one’s speaking up?
Black female police officer speaks out about the Alton Sterling shooting
Why #BlackLivesMatter Protests Are Happening Across the Country
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June 30, 2016
The WooWoo Hour with Alex Trenoweth
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Welcome back WooWoo Hour Podcast! In this podcast I interview educator, astrologer, author and such a pleasure to talk too, Alex Trenoweth. Alex and I discuss astrology, what it is and how it can be used as a tool in the day to day. We delve into her book Growing Pains in which Alex talks about how astrology can be used in the classroom as a tool to help Teachers navigate and students learn more effectively in a way that really hones in their unique and individual needs.
If you’re really interested in learning more about astrology have a listen to the interview I did with astrologer Anne Ortelee a few years ago!
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June 28, 2016
Audio: Legacy – An Old Republic Novel Chapter 7
Legacy An Old Republic Novel - Chapter 7
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Are you ready for more audio chapters? I hope so because that’s what you’re getting! Chapter 7 of my Star Wars Fan Fic turned novel, Legacy An Old Republic Novel. If you’ve missed the first five chapters you might want to give them a listen.
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June 21, 2016
Audio: Legacy – An Old Republic Novel Chapter 6
Legacy An Old Republic Novel - Chapter 6
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Let’s switch it up a little this week. As you may or may not know I use to play the MMO, Star Wars The Old Republic. I enjoyed the story so much (the first 50 levels anyway) I wrote a fan fiction. It got entirely too long and the author in me just had to do a little more with it. I polished it up a little, and hired an amazing cover artist. Thus was born, Legacy An Old Republic Novel. I’ve already recorded the first five chapters and now here’s Chapter 6 for those of you that like to listen.
The difference between this Chapter and the first 5 are I didn’t any audio. Sound off in the comments and tell which version you like better? To soundtrack or not to soundtrack, that is the question.
I do have in my brain the idea of another fan fic, and one that combines the current state of SWTOR with TFA. True story. I’ll be writing that one soon.
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