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5 Tips For Calling Out Transphobia Let me give you an idea of what it’s like to be a transgender woman. A few months ago, I decided to try watching Conan O’Brien’s show again. Maybe his 2012 apology for telling an anti-trans joke had been sincere after all. It would be safe for me now, right? But in the opening monologue, he told this joke: “DC Comics introduced its first-ever transgender character. How to Make Your Apartment Look Bigger If your studio apartment is starting to feel more claustrophobic than cute, listen up. Without the cost of moving, the hassle of remodeling, or an increase in rent, it is possible to score a "bigger" place. Following a few dos and don'ts, you can (almost) instantly create the illusion of a spacious interior without breaking the bank. Do declutter: If you've been in your space for some time, it's likely you've accumulated some clutter (no judgment!). To make your apartment feel bigger, give it a clean sweep, and limit your use of accessories.

GOLDRUST But I cant stop thinking about this amazing piece of clothing which has an unfortunate name. It comes in XL! I’m getting so used to my prosthetic that my brain is having a hard time comprehending not walking all the time. 30+ years minus one. 10 Truly Strange Ways To Read Your Fortune Weird Stuff Throughout history, believers have consulted fortune-tellers for guidance. For their part, those mystics have claimed a number of methods to glimpse the future. Some, though, are completely bizarre. 10Alectryomancy Artist Feature: Richard Olmsted [Mount Vernon, Washington] If you live in the Northwest and have an interest in art, you probably about Mount Vernon-based artistic mastermind/wizard Richard Olmsted. Specializing in pencil drawings, relief printmaking, and etching, Richard’s work has a classical element to it; while the subject matter is more conceptual, the execution harkens back to an old school of artistry — something like H.R. Giger meets Albrecht Dürer.

A Stray Dog In Need Walked Up To A Man Going Through Tough Times... And The Rest Is History Posted on July 24, 2014 / Sunny Skyz A little over a year ago, my wife and I lost two children back-to back through miscarriage. At this point in our new marriage we had already dealt with so much and losing those potential lives served as a bottomless pit; a hole that seemed unlikely we would ever fill. I was working at a wood flooring factory a couple months after. Femme is inspiration, femme is Dainty Dainty Smith seems to love the stage and we love seeing Dainty up there. She is a talented performer, actress and writer working hard in the city of Toronto. I had never seen a woman of colour perform burlesque before Dainty. 51st Day Without Food, CDCR Continues to Crack Down on Prisoners’ Peaceful Protest, Forcibly Relocate Strikers, Stonewall Mediation Team As prisoners mark day 51 of their hunger strike, lawyers and advocates continue to express outrage at the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) attacks on prisoners’ peaceful protest. After being internationally lambasted in the media last week for threatening prisoners with force feeding as well as ignoring their medical wishes, the CDCR continued to punish strikers by moving as many as 50 prisoners from Pelican Bay to other prisons. The CDCR issued a confusing press release on Monday evening, claiming it had met the demands of the strikers, while also maintaining it did not recognize the legitimacy of their protest, nor would it negotiate with them. Attempts by the strikers’ mediation team to keep open dialogue with the strikers and prison officials have been rebuffed by CDCR.

Changing The Creepy Guy Narrative — chrisbrecheen.blogspot.com.au How being a writer helped me rewrite a sexist trope...for real. [Edit 3 (7/25/13): I speak to some of the more common comments, questions, and criticisms I've recieved in this Mailbox article. Edit 2 (7/18/13): Continue comments at the dedicated entry for the continuation of comments if you want a reply from me.Edit 1 (7/16/13): This post has gone viral and it now accounts for over half the traffic that this blog has ever received since I started it in February of 2012.

PERSPECTIVE - Introvert in Wonderland Susan Cain, author of ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’. I can’t, for the life of me, make small talk. And it hinders my social life, earns me labels of ‘socially-awkward’, ‘culturally-backward’ and inundates me in advice about dating, pop-culture and conversation-starters. High Plains Reader Last Monday, local artist and Fargo cultural magistrate, Modern Man, held the opening of his first show in more than a decade. The last one was in at the Soap Factory in Minneapolis in the mid-90’s, but this time the HoDo and its staff were kind enough to suspend dinner service and focus on the art of the mind rather than art for the stomach for a couple of hours. The show will last through the end of May and there is a special closing Wednesday the 28th from 5-7.

Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S.

“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control Sal Culosi is dead because he bet on a football game — but it wasn’t a bookie or a loan shark who killed him. His local government killed him, ostensibly to protect him from his gambling habit. Several months earlier at a local bar, Fairfax County, Virginia, detective David Baucum overheard the thirty-eight-year-old optometrist and some friends wagering on a college football game. “To Sal, betting a few bills on the Redskins was a stress reliever, done among friends,” a friend of Culosi’s told me shortly after his death. “None of us single, successful professionals ever thought that betting fifty bucks or so on the Virginia–Virginia Tech football game was a crime worthy of investigation.”

MYSTICMAMMA.COM : consciousness, spirituality, wisdom, inspiration On September 19th we will have a Harvest Full Moon in the mystical sign of Pisces! Here are the MYSTIC MAMMA Astral Insights on the collective energy that will be illuminated… First from the always wonderful Kelley Rosano: “The Pisces Full Moon on Sept 19 is a powerful portal for your spiritual growth. This is the Harvest Moon.