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There Are Consequences For Your Actions
Today I sat down to watch Will Smith’s Red Table Talk Take Over, and I did it, because I genuinely adore Will Smith and I love him in ways that only a true fan of his can understand. For years, no matter what the rumors, no matter what the stories, I ignored them all and…
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The Warning Signs Where There…The Fact That You Ignored Them…For Decades, Is on You, not Donald Trump
Donald Trump is not innocent when it comes to what is happening in America, but he’s by no means guilty alone. There is an entire society in American culture that helped to cultivate the monster that has become of Donald J. Trump. At one point I am sure he was a very adorable child, but…
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I Want To Be A Writer When I Grow Up: Advice For Those About To Write
If you want to be a writer, start fucking writing something. Stephen King says that if you don’t read books you can’t be a good writer, and to a certain extent I believe that, but I also believe at a certain point it’s time to stop reading books, and it’s time to start writing them.…
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On Behalf of Soldiers Around The World…Away From Their Families
This post made me really sad. I think about Soldiers all the time, largely because so many of them lived on the army base across the street from where I grew up. Many of their children went to school with me, and I saw the toll it took on kids whose parents couldn’t be at…
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Dear Teachers Of British Columbia…I Just Want To Say Thank You #CdnPoli
Back in my day, teachers were assholes. I will never forget my 4th grade teacher going out of her way to humiliate me in front of the class, by making fun of my writing, and getting off on the fact that the other kids laughed. Now that I am older I realize they were probably…
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When We’re Talking About Mental Health…We’re Talking About Survival Over Skill
Growing up in the 90’s, Mental Health was not a thing. It wasn’t discussed, if you had “mental health issues” you were locked away from the world or fed pills until you learned to hide the symptoms of what you’re experiencing. It’s only been in the last five to ten years that mental health has…
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Loud Mouth Brown Girl Spotlight: Anya Nicola
This is my very first Spotlight, on any woman in particular, and I am so proud to introduce you to this amazing woman who I met just a few months ago, during what I thought was the worst emotional roller coaster of my life. In the middle of a pandemic, I felt like my voice…
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Sometimes An Apology Is The Last Thing I Want or Need…Sometimes I Just Need You To Fuck Off and Give Me Space
So this is coming up because I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want from the men that abused me. The last thing I need or want is a fucking apology, what I want is for them to go to prison and rot there until they come out better human beings then they went…
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Friday The 13th In The Year 2020, In The Middle Of A Pandemic…is World Kindness Day?
Today is world kindness day, and I think that it means that today of all days, it’s okay to be kind to yourself. I woke up this morning with the usual voices telling me that I am a loser and a douchbag and for the first time in awhile, I was still feeling good about…
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Dear Men…Is It Permission You Need? I Hereby Grant You Permission, Not To Be An Asshole
It’s 2020, there is no more excuse. We are evolved enough as a society, that it’s time that we start taking responsibility for our actions. Yesterday a single mother of two posted to me on Twitter and asked if I could help her raise some funds to take care of her kids. Unfortunately the only…
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Comfortably Uncomfortable Conversations: November 7th 2020, Mental Health and Women
One of the reasons that I genuinely love doing podcast work is that, I get to have conversations with people from around North America and the world that I wouldn’t get to have otherwise. I actually bought and paid for a monthly Zoom account so that I could have these conversations and I will honestly…
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I’m A Little Off Today
On days when I don’t have to do podcast interviews, my focus is on providing content for this website, or for Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. Today I am not feeling so hot, I am definitely low energy, which saddens me, because yesterday to celebrate November 11th my Budsista’s got together to do a “reset ceremony.”…
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