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Jan. 15th, 2018 02:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* "Rep. John Lewis: ‘Frightening’ To Hear President Of U.S. Make ‘S***hole’ Comment In 2018:"
* "Haitian-American GOP Rep. demands Trump’s apology:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mia-love-haitian-american-gop-rep-wants-trump-s-apology-1136947779885?v=a
* "Waters: We’re going to fight this president and his racism:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/maxine-waters-trump-waters-skipping-trump-state-of-the-union-1136955971961?v=a
* They were too lazy to run drills. "False Hawaii missile alert flags Trump admin. issues:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/hawaii-false-missile-alert-revealed-poor-protocols-1136985667579?v=a
* "Trump administration is trying to hide the $5.8 billion its tip-stealing plan would cost workers:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/21/1726581/-Trump-administration-is-trying-to-hide-the-5-8-billion-its-tip-stealing-plan-would-cost-workers
* TW: Rape "Can We Make 2018 The Year We Free Ky Peterson?:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/can-we-make-2018-year-we-free-ky.html
* "A Forgotten Gay Jewish Pioneer Rises Again:" http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/252136/gay-jewish-pioneer-leo-skir
* "Fannie Quigley, the Alaska Gold Rush's All-in-One Miner, Hunter, Brewer, and Cook:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fannie-quigley-alaska-gold-rush
* This was my favorite this year. "Mummers 2018 Fancy Brigade 11 South Philly Vikings:"
* This one isn't as elaborate but oh so relevant to my interests. "Mummers 2018 Fancy Brigade 12 Spartans:"
* "Trump Sings The National Anthem:"
* "Sen. Dianne Feinstein Gives No F's (Except For Fusion GPS's Testimony):"
* "Future Presidents (Oprah) And Past Presidents (Bannon):"
* "Stephen Gets In A Few Words Before Trump's Libel Crackdown:"
* "Trump Does A 'Jekyll And Hyde' On DACA:"
* This is what the classic parade looked like. There are no cis women in the parade yet, though there were by the time I was old enough to notice. This was one of the few safe places for drag queens and trans women to appear openly in what was a still a violently homophobic and transphobic city by the time I was old enough to leave it. I often struggle to describe the challenge traditional back pieces pose. They are very heavy and you can see some of them struggling with the winds. Weather postponements are rare as it's hard for working class people to get the extra time off, but when there is a postponement, it's usually for high winds, not cold or snow. There is some as embarrassing as fuck cultural appropriation going on here and there, unfortunately, and though that's still a problem, there's been a lot of improvement and some of the mother Clubs are doing sensitivity training in hopes of fixing it. I think it's a huge help in the earlier portion of the parade that it's been getting more diverse, but fancy Clubs are still very white and prone to doing terrible things periodically. The guys in the one man floats with a bunch of people in costume holding up a massive cape are captains. The captain's capes were eventually banned because some of them got to be the length of a city block and were causing the obvious problems as a result. My dad adored them though, and never forgave them for banning. I suspect my father's life long fascination with drag started with the Mummer's parade. "1958 Mummers Parade:"
* This is a captain's display, hence the looser rules on things like the motor making the steam, the more than three people and the extra dancers. "Mummers Parade 2008 Golden Sunrise Space Oddity 1st Place:"
* When I say individual hand drawn floats, I mean a single person is moving this all the way up the looooong parade route without help or aid of an engine. These things are heavy. Yes, that is a whole other person up on the float he is pulling by himself, though odds are they walked on their own most of the way. Some of these will have small children in them, though, and in those cases they generally ride. "Mummers Parade 2008 Golden Sunrise :"
* So here's where I am physically: I'm feeling significantly less crap and my lungs are almost my average. At the same time, I'm sluggish and foggy and need 10ish hours of sleep and hours and hours of bed rest on top of that to function. Clearly, something is still not right. I've also been falling down on phone bureaucracy and keep forgetting to get my routine bloodwork. I still haven't prepped and posted the auction I need to cover this month's bills (they called three times over the weekend), let alone gathered anything like enough to sell to cover property taxes which are coming up. Ugh. So I'm well enough to cover subsistence basics (dressing myself, cat and fish food and maintenance, feeding and bathing myself, etc.) but I'm falling down on shit that also needs doing urgently but is not immediate core survival for me and the plants and animals in my care. I want to make absolutely clear that the cats, the fish, and I are eating. I know some people worry.
It is very annoying, whatever slow burning ick this is. It's also why I haven't even tried to do archaeology/history news this month. It's taking me a lot longer to handle the routine things going on in the world articles and the like. I did very nearly catch up this weekend, but that'll be out the window when I wake up tomorrow. I want to apologize for not being up to my usual standards this month. It's not that I'm not trying, but I need to spend most of the day lying still.
* "It's A Sweet Day For A Winter Wedding:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2018/1/14/its-a-sweet-day-for-a-winter-wedding.html
* I really loved Freddie who was FTW. "The Librarians, Season 4, Episode 8 and the Hidden Sanctuary:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/01/the-librarians-season-4-episode-8-and.html#more
* I love this show so much. "Superstition, Season 1, Episode 10: Green on Blue:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/01/superstition-season-1-episode-10-green.html
* Rob Stark and the no win situation. "Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Catelyn III, ASOS:" https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/chapter-by-chapter-analysis-catelyn-iii-asos/
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* "Haitian-American GOP Rep. demands Trump’s apology:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mia-love-haitian-american-gop-rep-wants-trump-s-apology-1136947779885?v=a
* "Waters: We’re going to fight this president and his racism:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/maxine-waters-trump-waters-skipping-trump-state-of-the-union-1136955971961?v=a
* They were too lazy to run drills. "False Hawaii missile alert flags Trump admin. issues:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/hawaii-false-missile-alert-revealed-poor-protocols-1136985667579?v=a
* "Trump administration is trying to hide the $5.8 billion its tip-stealing plan would cost workers:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/21/1726581/-Trump-administration-is-trying-to-hide-the-5-8-billion-its-tip-stealing-plan-would-cost-workers
* TW: Rape "Can We Make 2018 The Year We Free Ky Peterson?:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/can-we-make-2018-year-we-free-ky.html
* "A Forgotten Gay Jewish Pioneer Rises Again:" http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/252136/gay-jewish-pioneer-leo-skir
* "Fannie Quigley, the Alaska Gold Rush's All-in-One Miner, Hunter, Brewer, and Cook:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fannie-quigley-alaska-gold-rush
* This was my favorite this year. "Mummers 2018 Fancy Brigade 11 South Philly Vikings:"
* This one isn't as elaborate but oh so relevant to my interests. "Mummers 2018 Fancy Brigade 12 Spartans:"
* "Trump Sings The National Anthem:"
* "Sen. Dianne Feinstein Gives No F's (Except For Fusion GPS's Testimony):"
* "Future Presidents (Oprah) And Past Presidents (Bannon):"
* "Stephen Gets In A Few Words Before Trump's Libel Crackdown:"
* "Trump Does A 'Jekyll And Hyde' On DACA:"
* This is what the classic parade looked like. There are no cis women in the parade yet, though there were by the time I was old enough to notice. This was one of the few safe places for drag queens and trans women to appear openly in what was a still a violently homophobic and transphobic city by the time I was old enough to leave it. I often struggle to describe the challenge traditional back pieces pose. They are very heavy and you can see some of them struggling with the winds. Weather postponements are rare as it's hard for working class people to get the extra time off, but when there is a postponement, it's usually for high winds, not cold or snow. There is some as embarrassing as fuck cultural appropriation going on here and there, unfortunately, and though that's still a problem, there's been a lot of improvement and some of the mother Clubs are doing sensitivity training in hopes of fixing it. I think it's a huge help in the earlier portion of the parade that it's been getting more diverse, but fancy Clubs are still very white and prone to doing terrible things periodically. The guys in the one man floats with a bunch of people in costume holding up a massive cape are captains. The captain's capes were eventually banned because some of them got to be the length of a city block and were causing the obvious problems as a result. My dad adored them though, and never forgave them for banning. I suspect my father's life long fascination with drag started with the Mummer's parade. "1958 Mummers Parade:"
* This is a captain's display, hence the looser rules on things like the motor making the steam, the more than three people and the extra dancers. "Mummers Parade 2008 Golden Sunrise Space Oddity 1st Place:"
* When I say individual hand drawn floats, I mean a single person is moving this all the way up the looooong parade route without help or aid of an engine. These things are heavy. Yes, that is a whole other person up on the float he is pulling by himself, though odds are they walked on their own most of the way. Some of these will have small children in them, though, and in those cases they generally ride. "Mummers Parade 2008 Golden Sunrise :"
* So here's where I am physically: I'm feeling significantly less crap and my lungs are almost my average. At the same time, I'm sluggish and foggy and need 10ish hours of sleep and hours and hours of bed rest on top of that to function. Clearly, something is still not right. I've also been falling down on phone bureaucracy and keep forgetting to get my routine bloodwork. I still haven't prepped and posted the auction I need to cover this month's bills (they called three times over the weekend), let alone gathered anything like enough to sell to cover property taxes which are coming up. Ugh. So I'm well enough to cover subsistence basics (dressing myself, cat and fish food and maintenance, feeding and bathing myself, etc.) but I'm falling down on shit that also needs doing urgently but is not immediate core survival for me and the plants and animals in my care. I want to make absolutely clear that the cats, the fish, and I are eating. I know some people worry.
It is very annoying, whatever slow burning ick this is. It's also why I haven't even tried to do archaeology/history news this month. It's taking me a lot longer to handle the routine things going on in the world articles and the like. I did very nearly catch up this weekend, but that'll be out the window when I wake up tomorrow. I want to apologize for not being up to my usual standards this month. It's not that I'm not trying, but I need to spend most of the day lying still.
* "It's A Sweet Day For A Winter Wedding:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2018/1/14/its-a-sweet-day-for-a-winter-wedding.html
* I really loved Freddie who was FTW. "The Librarians, Season 4, Episode 8 and the Hidden Sanctuary:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/01/the-librarians-season-4-episode-8-and.html#more
* I love this show so much. "Superstition, Season 1, Episode 10: Green on Blue:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/01/superstition-season-1-episode-10-green.html
* Rob Stark and the no win situation. "Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Catelyn III, ASOS:" https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/chapter-by-chapter-analysis-catelyn-iii-asos/
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
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