Believe Survivors You Cuck! Save. Start a side hustle, knitting, sewing, laundry, whatever it might be, if you're already working, start saving for escape time. Ask your boss/manager for a raise, explain you have tight times at home. DO NOT UNLESS YOU TRUST THEM IMPLICITY tell them why, they will be one of the first places your abuser goes looking.

Believe Survivors You Cuck!

Save. Start a side hustle, knitting, sewing, laundry, whatever it might be, if you're already working, start saving for escape time. Ask your boss/manager for a raise, explain you have tight times at home. DO NOT UNLESS YOU TRUST THEM IMPLICITY tell them why, they will…

The Importance of Self-Discovery in Relationships Providing that you're even given a choice, as so many of us are not, I beg of thee, choose wisely. Choose not someone who will fight your battles for you, but with you. Choose someone so brilliant that they light you up every time you look at them. Don't just choose someone who claims to want to love you; choose the person who wants to do the work it takes to learn HOW to love you.

I've been thinking about dating, and today I have advice for my younger self, that I didn't know how to use when I was younger. Maybe there's a teardrop of wisdom for you, because we deserve to know what we want and need, and we deserve to cultivate a life filled with everything of both.

“Collective Unknowing”: Banksy Will Remain Anonymous I've been on the internet for nearly thirty years, to the date. That being said, I've never seen a more protected cultural icon than that of the identity of a person who goes by the name of Banksy. If I'm being 100% honest, I can't actually remember a time before Banksy existed. I don't remember the world before Banksy, I do remember darkness, I do remember that before Banksy, my personal life was a wrecking ball.

“Collective Unknowing”: Banksy Will Remain Anonymous

I've been on the internet for nearly thirty years, to the date. That being said, I've never seen a more protected cultural icon than that of the identity of a person who goes by the name of Banksy. If I'm being 100% honest, I can't actually…

So Much So Fast So mom got sick this year. Badly, and I had to step up and go back to work. I don't and did not mind; it's been on my mind for years, I just didn't know where in the world I fit, or where to start looking. At the church, I was pretty high up, but I was treated like dirt, not just by mom/boss, but by the people who figured I was "Just" instead of as someone who worked hard to help some of the most vulnerable people in the community.

Just a wee update about where I've been for those who don't know.
I think there's a gem or two of wisdom in this one so come see

This Is Why My Stuff is Free So I went over to my old haunt on Medium.com to see if there were any messages I needed to immediately respond to. There was not, but there was an article that said that websites were dead - all because the author didn't get the traction he thought he'd get, right off the bat. Here's the thing, the thing about "If you build it, they will come," is that although it works, people often negate that it takes to make that philosophy work.

This Is Why My Stuff is Free

So I went over to my old haunt on Medium.com to see if there were any messages I needed to immediately respond to. There was not, but there was an article that said that websites were dead - all because the author didn't get the traction he thought he'd get, right off…

Oh, So That’s Why I Smoke… LEGAL NOTE: You must be of legal age, or have a signed doctor's permission to use Cannabis or other mind-altering drugs in this country. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please reach out, and I will personally help connect you to services you can access. Drugs are not the crime. The Crime is Allowing Dirty Drugs To Kill Innocent People Who At Their Core, Are Just Looking For A Way To Deal With The A Life They Didn't Choose & Can't Escape.

Oh, So That’s Why I Smoke…

LEGAL NOTE: You must be of legal age, or have a signed doctor's permission to use Cannabis or other mind-altering drugs in this country. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please reach out, and I will personally help connect you to services…

You Don’t Get What You Don’t Ask For… If that makes sense to you, then at some point in your life, you or someone you know has asked for help, probably more than once. I was taught to never ask for help, no matter what. Which precisely explains why I didn't speak out when I had the rare opportunity to do so, until it was so long past too late, that everyone I told decided not to believe me.

You Don’t Get What You Don’t Ask For…

If that makes sense to you, then at some point in your life, you or someone you know has asked for help, probably more than once. I was taught to never ask for help, no matter what. Which precisely explains why I didn't speak out when I had the rare…

Dear White Women, Clean Up Your Own Mess This letter isn't for "Every white woman who ever existed," It's for those who directly and ignorantly benefit from the white supremacist based colonial system that is destroying millions of lives a day. If this offends you, please ask yourself why before you come at me with "But not me," comments.

Dear White Women, Clean Up Your Own Mess

This letter isn't for "Every white woman who ever existed," It's for those who directly and ignorantly benefit from the white supremacist based colonial system that is destroying millions of lives a day. If this offends you, please ask yourself why before…

January Artist Feature: fae swinamer This year I am highlighting 12 Canadian artists from around the country who are making their own dreams come true. The first artist is fae swinamer, a Two-Spirit Artist out of NB, by way of Nova Scotia. Please come check out her/his profile and show some support for fae swinamer!!!!!

January Artist Feature: fae swinamer

This year I am highlighting 12 Canadian artists from around the country who are making their own dreams come true. The first artist is fae swinamer, a Two-Spirit Artist out of NB, by way of Nova Scotia. Please come check out her/his profile and show some…

There Is So Much Work to Do… Random update about my thoughts right now. Read at your own risk (ha ha), also TRIGGER WARNING VIOLENT CSA, so please read with caution.

There Is So Much Work to Do…

Random update about my thoughts right now. Read at your own risk (ha ha), also TRIGGER WARNING VIOLENT CSA, so please read with caution.

The “Mental Health” Digital Archive Is Both Massive And Vast Just some thoughts on why so many of us struggle with #MentalHealth and #MedicalGaslight(ing), maybe leave a comment if you agree?

The “Mental Health” Digital Archive Is Both Massive And Vast

Just some thoughts on why so many of us struggle with #MentalHealth and #MedicalGaslight(ing), maybe leave a comment if you agree?

Ugly Food Diaries Ugly Delicious Food For Fat Girls Skip to Recipe So one of the things I *love* doing for myself is cooking. I absolutely believe that food is my love language. If I cook for you, it means to me you are family and that by giving you food, I am nourishing both your stomach and your heart. At least, that is my intent. So, to that end, I made something this week, and I decided that I want to continue to share my food with the world.

Ugly Food Diaries Ugly Delicious Food For Fat Girls

Skip to Recipe So one of the things I *love* doing for myself is cooking. I absolutely believe that food is my love language. If I cook for you, it means to me you are family and that by giving you food, I am nourishing both your stomach and your…

Navigating Mental Health: Why Cannabis Works for Me Hey #Stoners, do you agree that #Cannabis helps with your #MentalHealth, among other issues you deal with? I wrote a short rant about how cannabis helps me, I'd love if you'd give it a read.

Navigating Mental Health: Why Cannabis Works for Me

Hey #Stoners, do you agree that #Cannabis helps with your #MentalHealth, among other issues you deal with? I wrote a short rant about how cannabis helps me, I'd love if you'd give it a read.

I ♥ Loud Girls I love loud girls. I can't stand when girls are quiet, shy, and inhibited by what they think society wants from them. I grew up like that, constantly wondering who I was supposed to be, instead of knowing who I wanted to be. Until fifteen years ago, it didn't actually occur to me to look in the mirror and ask myself who I wanted to be.

I ♥ Loud Girls

I love loud girls. I can't stand when girls are quiet, shy, and inhibited by what they think society wants from them. I grew up like that, constantly wondering who I was supposed to be, instead of knowing who I wanted to be. Until fifteen years ago, it didn't actually occur to me to…

“What Did I Do?” Even Traveling Isn’t Safe in BC Trigger warning, this post contains conversations of trauma, abuse, healing, and white supremacy.

“What Did I Do?” Even Traveling Isn’t Safe in BC

Trigger warning, this post contains conversations of trauma, abuse, healing, and white supremacy.

Mental Health Is a Baby Science: Patient’s Aren’t Crazy, You Just Don’t Want To Believe I've said before that the term "Trauma-Informed" is an umbrella term that doesn't really explain what you are informed about. Lots of people say it, but then when you push and explain that you have been tortured, they don't fully grasp the idea, because most people living today have no concept of what the word "Torture" actually means. I mean, drugged for days on end, out of my mind, to the point that I was a willing participant in my rape,s not only because it was the only way to survive, but because, as I said, I was drugged out of my mind by grown-ass men who knew better.

Mental Health Is a Baby Science: Patient’s Aren’t Crazy, You Just Don’t Want To Believe

I've said before that the term "Trauma-Informed" is an umbrella term that doesn't really explain what you are informed about. Lots of people say it, but then when you push and explain that you have been…

Regarding ICE I cannot be a "Good Canadian" if I do not say without a shadow of a doubt that I stand beside the American people, who want a free America for all Americans, not just the chosen few. - Devon J Hall First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Regarding ICE

I cannot be a "Good Canadian" if I do not say without a shadow of a doubt that I stand beside the American people, who want a free America for all Americans, not just the chosen few. - Devon J Hall First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a…

Black, Brown, And Indigenous Mental Health Is Imperative, Not Expendable We Deserve to Live Too. You Can't Only Be Mad When It's White People. You Have to Be Mad EVERY Time They Take One of Us. You're Not Special "Just Because You're White."

Black, Brown, And Indigenous Mental Health Is Imperative, Not Expendable

We Deserve to Live Too. You Can't Only Be Mad When It's White People. You Have to Be Mad EVERY Time They Take One of Us. You're Not Special "Just Because You're White."

“She Ain’t Loyal….” To Pedophiles? L-O-L, Nah, I Ain’t I was fourteen. I have no idea how I got to that house, or why I was there, but I distinctly remember him. W. He was tall with long black hair and a trucker's hat. I remember the smell, weed, beer, and something I couldn't identify cooking in the kitchen beyond the living room entrance. There were half a dozen kids there, a couple of girls.

“She Ain’t Loyal….” To Pedophiles? L-O-L, Nah, I Ain’t

I was fourteen. I have no idea how I got to that house, or why I was there, but I distinctly remember him. W. He was tall with long black hair and a trucker's hat. I remember the smell, weed, beer, and something I couldn't identify cooking in…

A Letter to The Women Of The Men Who Raped Me… It's been NINE years since I was abused, traumatized, and hurt after decades of the same. Nine years out of 42 of freedom, it's not much but its' mine and you can't have it.

A Letter to The Women Of The Men Who Raped Me…

It's been NINE years since I was abused, traumatized, and hurt after decades of the same. Nine years out of 42 of freedom, it's not much but its' mine and you can't have it.

Mental Health Issues Build Over Time, Not Overnight I don't think even doctors are fully aware that people are not "Born" with mental health issues. We are taught to have mental health issues by witnessing the behavioural patterns of those around us. From what I am able to remember, I was mostly a happy child until I wasn't. And the reason I wasn't was that I didn't have the words to say "The bad men hurt me..." and no one, and I mean -no one- asked.

Mental Health Issues Build Over Time, Not Overnight

I don't think even doctors are fully aware that people are not "Born" with mental health issues. We are taught to have mental health issues by witnessing the behavioural patterns of those around us. From what I am able to remember, I was mostly a…

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I'm an OTG activist in LA who builds whistle kits. I could use gas money most urgently.

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Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces, I was subjected to repeated physical and sexual abuse. During a forced strip search, I was raped by Israeli female guards. I am coming forward not for myself, but for all the women who have endured sexual violence and sexual torture in Israeli prisons—for those who did not survive these attacks, for those who are experiencing this abuse now, and for those who cannot speak about it.” Vincenzo: “On three separate occasions, I was ordered to enter a small, specially arranged room where I was completely stripped and subjected to invasive and painful anal searches. I remained silent each time to avoid provoking further violence and to deny the guards the satisfaction of my suffering. During the third search, the pain became unbearable and was compounded by mockery, verbal abuse—including the words, ‘Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?’—and the photographing of my body. I am still unable to find peace because if they were willing to do this to me, I can’t imagine what they’ve done – and continue to do – to the Palestinians under their complete control.” Surya: “I was stripped naked and sexually assaulted by Israeli officers while being held hostage. One held a gun to my head, angrily threatening that he would kill me, while the other yanked and pulled on my genitals, perversely and almost gleefully. While there is a psychic cost to this experience, I absolutely refuse to feel shamed, lessened, or stained by it, as these all belong solely to the perpetrators. This small taste of the sadism that Zionist colonisers inflict en masse on Palestinians has not weakened my commitment, but rather strengthened my resolve to work toward liberation.“

"Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?"

Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.

He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.

It's time to watch some #BeyondTheGates in the #ChronicLoaf stream

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#TheGates #BTG #BTGBinge #neisvoid #ForTinu #spoonie #mmj #cannabiscommunity #soapopera #soaptv

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Sometimes, I wish life was as simple as these movies. Everything always works out in the end, and if it hasn't worked out, there's always a sequel and a prequel and a remake,
then a spinoff series

dear docs, think twice before ignoring the next chronic illness patient who is clinging to life and sanity --almost all my patients today had medical-PTSD. before sneering at the next one, remember --it could just as easily be you, or someone you love. rule number 1 -- listen to them

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