Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings

Okay seriously do you still care about this? Because it contributed to so much drama when I was a kid. "Oh Dear God, no more Merry Christmas? It's Blessed Yule now?" Bitch please, it was Blessed Yule for close to five thousand years before Christmas just "popped up," so like, could we not? This idea … Continue reading Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings

Little Boys And Girls Who Learn To Fight Back, Are The Most Terrifying Creatures On This Planet

In grade two or three, three I think, we had to write the every few year dumbass exam that told the province how smart, stupid, or in the middle they thought we were according to standards that our brains shouldn't really have been able to understand. In one of the sections we had to write … Continue reading Little Boys And Girls Who Learn To Fight Back, Are The Most Terrifying Creatures On This Planet

In Defense of “HER” “Him” “They” “Them”: This is a Reminder Of Why We Don’t Report – #TRIGGERWARNING

WARNING: THIS POST contains detailed images of domestic abuse and trauma: please practice self care when reading and after. if you need to take a moment before you comment or you choose not to comment at all i understand. I've been thinking a lot about mental health for a long time, but specifically this morning, … Continue reading In Defense of “HER” “Him” “They” “Them”: This is a Reminder Of Why We Don’t Report – #TRIGGERWARNING

Dear (White) Men, I am Not Now, I Have Never Been, And I Will Never Be, Your Property

WARNING: This post contains conversations about slavery, abuse, rape, torture, and trauma. Please practice self care when reading this post. 400 years ago, white men and women trapesed across the seven seas on giant shipping boats, that they then filled with the human bodies of Black men, women, and children. They forced those bodies to … Continue reading Dear (White) Men, I am Not Now, I Have Never Been, And I Will Never Be, Your Property

I Was Not Born To Bow or Curtsy To a White Woman…Happy #InternationalWomensDay

White Power. When I was sixteen, I was raped by a Latino man. When I went to a friend's house to talk to her about it, her white brother said "white power," while raising his fist. When I looked at him with shock, and said "excuse me?" he responded with "That's what you said to … Continue reading I Was Not Born To Bow or Curtsy To a White Woman…Happy #InternationalWomensDay