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Forgive And Forget? Let’s Talk about Cancel Culture Without the Vulturing Okay?
“Sadly, you cannot convert fame to intelligence.”― Jack Freestone So someone, and I won’t say who, came out and apologized for being wrong about covid, and it got me thinking. At what point do we give grace to those who apologize? “But Devon, they don’t apologize, and they don’t forgive or forget, so why should we?”…
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Celebrate Yourself
I used to think that originality is dead, but it’s not that it’s dead, it’s that we don’t appreciate it when we see it. Having a white man (a cop) call me a loud-mouth brown bitch isn’t new, I’ve heard that before. But “I” am the one that took that phrase and turned it into…
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Loud Mouth’s War Time Photo Shoot
You can’t really tell in this photo, but I am really uncomfortable. It was the first shot of the test shots, and I had just, literally just, found out about the shooting in Colorado Springs. I couldn’t focus, this time another shooting, on an LBGTQ2S+ space, where the patrons of the club are the ones…
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What if No One Reads it? #BloggersLife
One of the first thoughts that I refused to think about, was what would happen if no one read my story on this website. My life depended – at least to my crazy at the time stressed PTSD mind – on me telling my story and making sure as many people read or heard it,…
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How Often Do #Creative Types #Ask For What They Want? I’m Only Just Starting To Do This, And It Feels Amazing
It occurred to me recently that the first time I asked for anything, it was the day I demanded someone else clean my house. It was also the same day I finished writing Uncomfortable II: Fundamental Foundations for Mental Health Content Creators. Maybe The Problem Is That You Just Didn’t Ask.- Devon J Hall I’ve…
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I Have Thoughts, I Can Write Let Me Put These Skills Together
What skills do you have those other folks don’t have access to? What have you learned, that you can share with the world, in a way that provides for you and your family? See this is the fundamental lesson teachers failed to impart to me. Anyone can be a teacher, you just have to know…
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Take Some Time in The Morning
Yup. Embarrassing fact three hundred and two thousand, my mother wakes me up in the morning not because I ask her to, but because she needs help and we often have different routines. If I had my way I’d sleep in until I woke up, I’d make some coffee, listen to some music, take a…
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Make a Decision
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet Valerie Bertinelli is an international treasure for this film alone. There’s a scene in the film where her character asks Jojo’s character, “what do you want?” No one had ever asked me that question before, I was always asking what other people wanted from me, or needed, and doing…
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You Should Have Killed Me When You Had The Chance
There are days when I genuinely just want the day to be over. Another day of working my ass off from home, from the same living space I see every day all day can make you feel like you’re living in a prison, believe me I know. But today was different. Today I signed my…
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#SurreyBC Needs More Help Not Less
I’ve had the privilege of working with some really amazing police officers and RCMP officers, but when it comes to telling my own story, I’ve found often the RCMP is quick to pull the “this person is crazy” line instead of the “this person needs us to find the truth” line of things. Right now,…
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Do Not Project Your Negativity And Fear Onto Me – I Don’t Feel What You Do
So something good happened to someone I care about, and people around me are acting like I’m freaking out because I’m not freaking out, but I’m genuinely happy for this person, and it took me a long time to get here, so let me enjoy the moment okay? A Good Thing For Me Is Not…
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