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In a way, bullying is an ordinary evil. It’s hugely prevalent, all too often ignored – and being ignored, it is therefore condoned. Trudie Styler The first time I remember being bullied until I was in hysterical sobs, I was four years old. Several little...
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“Well, you do have all those gray hairs.” I point to the few silver strands coming through. “They’re not gray,” Mom barks at me as she opens her door. “They’re strands of glittery goodness.” Margaret McHeyzer, Dying Wish I knew it was coming. It comes...
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Elenora sighed and threw back the thin covers, exposing her skinny, dirty legs to the rushing cold. Around her, the other Barrens emerged from their inadequate cocoons against the elements that blew in without resistance from the walls that defined the bounds of their existence....
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead A reckoning is coming. I can feel it. At first, I could not see that it was possible. Our nation was...
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“Even when I am not strong, I am never weak.” Me Recently, my glorious middle daughter made me a healing pouch. She made a gorgeous, batik bag with a crocheted top and into it, she lovingly tucked stones, runes, herbs, affirmations, tiny figures and everything...
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The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back. Abigail Van Buren Yeah, Trump voters, it’s me again with another probable exercise in futility, but I am...
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Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. Alveda King...
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The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense – the kindest way to put it. A sterner way to put...
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They want me dead. They want to throw me into a heap with all people of color, Muslims, gay people and anybody else who doesn’t fit into their tiny, Judeo-Christian white, patriarchal world. Then they want to douse us with gasoline and watch our dead bodies burn.
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