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        omgcheckplease:

โ˜… Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Pleaseย โ˜…In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the collegeโ€™s traditional songsโ€”which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment weโ€™re conferred our degreesโ€”goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and donโ€™t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, youโ€™ve got the lyrics memorized and youโ€™re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with โ€œHow bright will seem, through memโ€™ryโ€™s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!โ€ still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE.ย The comicโ€™s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop.ย I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bittyโ€™s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up.ย Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I canโ€™t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldnโ€™t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but itโ€™s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, itโ€™s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you!ย Iโ€™m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives Iโ€™m working hard to develop.So with that, Iโ€™ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bittyโ€™s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, itโ€™s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!: omgcheckplease:

โ˜… Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Pleaseย โ˜…In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the collegeโ€™s traditional songsโ€”which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment weโ€™re conferred our degreesโ€”goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and donโ€™t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, youโ€™ve got the lyrics memorized and youโ€™re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with โ€œHow bright will seem, through memโ€™ryโ€™s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!โ€ still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE.ย The comicโ€™s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop.ย I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bittyโ€™s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up.ย Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I canโ€™t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldnโ€™t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but itโ€™s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, itโ€™s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you!ย Iโ€™m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives Iโ€™m working hard to develop.So with that, Iโ€™ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bittyโ€™s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, itโ€™s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!
        

            
            

                
                
                    omgcheckplease:

โ˜… Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Pleaseย โ˜…In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the collegeโ€™s traditional songsโ€”which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment weโ€™re conferred our degreesโ€”goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and donโ€™t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, youโ€™ve got the lyrics memorized and youโ€™re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with โ€œHow bright will seem, through memโ€™ryโ€™s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!โ€ still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE.ย The comicโ€™s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop.ย I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bittyโ€™s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up.ย Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I canโ€™t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldnโ€™t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but itโ€™s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, itโ€™s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you!ย Iโ€™m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives Iโ€™m working hard to develop.So with that, Iโ€™ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bittyโ€™s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, itโ€™s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!: omgcheckplease:

โ˜… Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Pleaseย โ˜…In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the collegeโ€™s traditional songsโ€”which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment weโ€™re conferred our degreesโ€”goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and donโ€™t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, youโ€™ve got the lyrics memorized and youโ€™re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with โ€œHow bright will seem, through memโ€™ryโ€™s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!โ€ still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE.ย The comicโ€™s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop.ย I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bittyโ€™s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up.ย Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I canโ€™t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldnโ€™t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but itโ€™s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, itโ€™s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you!ย Iโ€™m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives Iโ€™m working hard to develop.So with that, Iโ€™ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bittyโ€™s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, itโ€™s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!
                    
                
            

            
                
                
omgcheckplease:

โ˜… Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Pleaseย โ˜…In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergr...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        tkthegoddess:

okayysophia:

socialistexan:

warriormale:

dragonsrequiem:

whyyoustabbedme:
Men not being allowed to be emotional & rampant homophobia are the reasons men commit suicide 3.5x more than womenโ€ฆ most men are given no outlet to feel feelings. To the point that they kill themselves.

This is a strong man who has been pushed to his limit. There is no shame in this man weeping, just as there is no shame in getting comfort from his brother. This does not make him any less manly or any weaker. The strength in this video clip is stunningly, perfectly manly to me. @warriormale could you please chime in?

Showing emotions i.e. crying shows that youโ€™re human.
All humans cry.
Iโ€™ve seen very tough fighters cry.
Crying makes Men human.
WarriorMale

For context: NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham, the player that is crying, was brought to tears after seeing a teammate, linebacker Johnathon Casillas, sustain a pretty scary neck injury. 
The player consoling him is the Giants Punter, Brad Wing. The two are close friends and were teammates both in college at LSU and then professionally on the Giants.  
Odell is one of the best wide receivers in the league right now, potentially of all time, and a bunch of toxic men that did nothing with their lives wonโ€™t even let him have human emotion. Imagine what they do to each other.


They only talk about mental health when someone finally dies. Let people express their emotions. 


This is important.๐Ÿ’‹
: tkthegoddess:

okayysophia:

socialistexan:

warriormale:

dragonsrequiem:

whyyoustabbedme:
Men not being allowed to be emotional & rampant homophobia are the reasons men commit suicide 3.5x more than womenโ€ฆ most men are given no outlet to feel feelings. To the point that they kill themselves.

This is a strong man who has been pushed to his limit. There is no shame in this man weeping, just as there is no shame in getting comfort from his brother. This does not make him any less manly or any weaker. The strength in this video clip is stunningly, perfectly manly to me. @warriormale could you please chime in?

Showing emotions i.e. crying shows that youโ€™re human.
All humans cry.
Iโ€™ve seen very tough fighters cry.
Crying makes Men human.
WarriorMale

For context: NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham, the player that is crying, was brought to tears after seeing a teammate, linebacker Johnathon Casillas, sustain a pretty scary neck injury. 
The player consoling him is the Giants Punter, Brad Wing. The two are close friends and were teammates both in college at LSU and then professionally on the Giants.  
Odell is one of the best wide receivers in the league right now, potentially of all time, and a bunch of toxic men that did nothing with their lives wonโ€™t even let him have human emotion. Imagine what they do to each other.


They only talk about mental health when someone finally dies. Let people express their emotions. 


This is important.๐Ÿ’‹

        

            
            

                
                
                    tkthegoddess:

okayysophia:

socialistexan:

warriormale:

dragonsrequiem:

whyyoustabbedme:
Men not being allowed to be emotional & rampant homophobia are the reasons men commit suicide 3.5x more than womenโ€ฆ most men are given no outlet to feel feelings. To the point that they kill themselves.

This is a strong man who has been pushed to his limit. There is no shame in this man weeping, just as there is no shame in getting comfort from his brother. This does not make him any less manly or any weaker. The strength in this video clip is stunningly, perfectly manly to me. @warriormale could you please chime in?

Showing emotions i.e. crying shows that youโ€™re human.
All humans cry.
Iโ€™ve seen very tough fighters cry.
Crying makes Men human.
WarriorMale

For context: NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham, the player that is crying, was brought to tears after seeing a teammate, linebacker Johnathon Casillas, sustain a pretty scary neck injury. 
The player consoling him is the Giants Punter, Brad Wing. The two are close friends and were teammates both in college at LSU and then professionally on the Giants.  
Odell is one of the best wide receivers in the league right now, potentially of all time, and a bunch of toxic men that did nothing with their lives wonโ€™t even let him have human emotion. Imagine what they do to each other.


They only talk about mental health when someone finally dies. Let people express their emotions. 


This is important.๐Ÿ’‹
: tkthegoddess:

okayysophia:

socialistexan:

warriormale:

dragonsrequiem:

whyyoustabbedme:
Men not being allowed to be emotional & rampant homophobia are the reasons men commit suicide 3.5x more than womenโ€ฆ most men are given no outlet to feel feelings. To the point that they kill themselves.

This is a strong man who has been pushed to his limit. There is no shame in this man weeping, just as there is no shame in getting comfort from his brother. This does not make him any less manly or any weaker. The strength in this video clip is stunningly, perfectly manly to me. @warriormale could you please chime in?

Showing emotions i.e. crying shows that youโ€™re human.
All humans cry.
Iโ€™ve seen very tough fighters cry.
Crying makes Men human.
WarriorMale

For context: NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham, the player that is crying, was brought to tears after seeing a teammate, linebacker Johnathon Casillas, sustain a pretty scary neck injury. 
The player consoling him is the Giants Punter, Brad Wing. The two are close friends and were teammates both in college at LSU and then professionally on the Giants.  
Odell is one of the best wide receivers in the league right now, potentially of all time, and a bunch of toxic men that did nothing with their lives wonโ€™t even let him have human emotion. Imagine what they do to each other.


They only talk about mental health when someone finally dies. Let people express their emotions. 


This is important.๐Ÿ’‹

                    
                
            

            
                
                
tkthegoddess:

okayysophia:

socialistexan:

warriormale:

dragonsrequiem:

whyyoustabbedme:
Men not being allowed to be emotional & ramp...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        shed1nja:
salty-sadness22:

kintatsujo:

pretentioussongtitle:

disease-danger-darkness-silence:

captainroxythefoxy:

e-v-roslyn:

guu:

kuruluv:

catwithaknife:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzqpd9/heres-an-insane-story-about-a-rogue-music-teacher-cutting-a-kids-hair

what the fuck

iโ€™m just gonna take this post for a moment so i can rant but like
i Hate how entitled adults can feel over a childโ€™s hair!
it started when i was young myself, i wanted a mohawk, but my dad didnโ€™t approve of that look on a โ€œgirlโ€, and insisted iโ€™d regret such a bold cut. at 16 i was finally given full autonomy over my own head.
but then i have a son and everyone around us is trying to keep his hair short. when we finally moved out just me my partner and him, i told him he doesnโ€™t need to get any haircuts he doesnโ€™t want.
so he starts growing it out, itโ€™s still short but coming on mid-length. his teacher makes a point to tell me itโ€™s getting long as if i donโ€™t have eyes. i hear her walking out with him one day talking to him about haircuts, as if to coax him into one. eventually i get child services called on me for โ€˜forcing a transgender lifestyleโ€™ over what i can only assume is from a combination of me drawing cute ponies on his valentine box and letting him go to school in a ponytail.
he kept it short for awhile after but told me he wanted to grow it out again, so i let him of course. he comes home one day after getting a haircut at his grandpaโ€™s and tells me he didnโ€™t Want the haircut.
i ask why he got it then and learned he was bribed with a promise of a surprise IF he cut his hair.
tl;dr people need to back the hell up off of children and let them have owership of whatโ€™s on THEIR body! /rant


Same thing about getting a child to curl or straighten their hair. Or do anything with it. Just let kids have control over their bodies.


This happened to me when I was little too!! Growing up I had naturally tight Shirley Temple curls. The only problem was that you canโ€™t get a hair brush through it if your life depended on it until it grew out over a few years. 
but This One Lady from church decided that leaving my hair messy and curly was child abuse and threatened to call social services on my family every damn time she saw me until one day she was the designated kid watcher and ho boy my momma tells me i came out with tears in my eyes and greasy slicked down hair and thatโ€™s where she ends the story because i think my mother beat her ass but yeah.
Leave kids hair alone.

Iโ€™m going to be honest, parents who are super-controlling of their childrenโ€™s hair creep me the fuck out and Iโ€™m not entirely certain why except that I get a vague feeling they kind of relegate them to, โ€œannoying talking dollโ€ status.

I loved my daughterโ€™s long blond hair. It was thick and wavy and beautiful but when she told me she wanted it cut shortย โ€˜like a boyโ€™(she was four)ย  I took her to the salon and let her whack it off.ย 
The stylist was skeptical, โ€˜are you sure?โ€ and the thing is, she said this to me, not my daughter. So I asked my girlย โ€˜are you sure you want it cut short?โ€™ She was. The hair went. The stylist acted nervous most of the way through like she was waiting for one of us to burst into tears, but it looked cute! And my daughter loved it! (And itโ€™s been short ever since.)

Autonomy over your hair is bodily autonomy and we as a culture need to start holding bodily autonomy as sacred

My family, for years, wouldnโ€™t let me dye/cut my hair really short. I could understand the dye, but the shortest theyโ€™d let me go is a bob. They even let me dye my hair before letting me go that short. Iโ€™m finally in control of my hair and my hair is one of my favorite things about myself. Itโ€™s an easy way to express myself.  
 Let kids do what they want with their hair! Let them have fun with their hair before theyโ€™re told to grow up and have โ€˜professionalโ€™ hair! 

My mom had a monopoly over my hair. Wouldnโ€™t let me wear it natural, was obsessed with me having flyaways in the front and wouldnโ€™t let me get out of the car in the mornings until they were flat, permed it when I was 10, wouldnโ€™t let me cut it off for years after even though it was really damaged, vocally disapproved when I finally cut it as short as sheโ€™d let me.
When I moved out I stopped putting any heat in it and a few years later I cut it all off again. The second cut was my decision alone and it felt like a weight lifted off me, like no one could ever tell me what to do with it again or tell me โ€œI needed itโ€ to be pretty.



My stepfather and his stepfather forced a hair cut on me 10 years ago because they said i was too girly for their tastes.I grew my hair out ever since because ill never go fucking bald again like those two fucking neo nazis: shed1nja:
salty-sadness22:

kintatsujo:

pretentioussongtitle:

disease-danger-darkness-silence:

captainroxythefoxy:

e-v-roslyn:

guu:

kuruluv:

catwithaknife:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzqpd9/heres-an-insane-story-about-a-rogue-music-teacher-cutting-a-kids-hair

what the fuck

iโ€™m just gonna take this post for a moment so i can rant but like
i Hate how entitled adults can feel over a childโ€™s hair!
it started when i was young myself, i wanted a mohawk, but my dad didnโ€™t approve of that look on a โ€œgirlโ€, and insisted iโ€™d regret such a bold cut. at 16 i was finally given full autonomy over my own head.
but then i have a son and everyone around us is trying to keep his hair short. when we finally moved out just me my partner and him, i told him he doesnโ€™t need to get any haircuts he doesnโ€™t want.
so he starts growing it out, itโ€™s still short but coming on mid-length. his teacher makes a point to tell me itโ€™s getting long as if i donโ€™t have eyes. i hear her walking out with him one day talking to him about haircuts, as if to coax him into one. eventually i get child services called on me for โ€˜forcing a transgender lifestyleโ€™ over what i can only assume is from a combination of me drawing cute ponies on his valentine box and letting him go to school in a ponytail.
he kept it short for awhile after but told me he wanted to grow it out again, so i let him of course. he comes home one day after getting a haircut at his grandpaโ€™s and tells me he didnโ€™t Want the haircut.
i ask why he got it then and learned he was bribed with a promise of a surprise IF he cut his hair.
tl;dr people need to back the hell up off of children and let them have owership of whatโ€™s on THEIR body! /rant


Same thing about getting a child to curl or straighten their hair. Or do anything with it. Just let kids have control over their bodies.


This happened to me when I was little too!! Growing up I had naturally tight Shirley Temple curls. The only problem was that you canโ€™t get a hair brush through it if your life depended on it until it grew out over a few years. 
but This One Lady from church decided that leaving my hair messy and curly was child abuse and threatened to call social services on my family every damn time she saw me until one day she was the designated kid watcher and ho boy my momma tells me i came out with tears in my eyes and greasy slicked down hair and thatโ€™s where she ends the story because i think my mother beat her ass but yeah.
Leave kids hair alone.

Iโ€™m going to be honest, parents who are super-controlling of their childrenโ€™s hair creep me the fuck out and Iโ€™m not entirely certain why except that I get a vague feeling they kind of relegate them to, โ€œannoying talking dollโ€ status.

I loved my daughterโ€™s long blond hair. It was thick and wavy and beautiful but when she told me she wanted it cut shortย โ€˜like a boyโ€™(she was four)ย  I took her to the salon and let her whack it off.ย 
The stylist was skeptical, โ€˜are you sure?โ€ and the thing is, she said this to me, not my daughter. So I asked my girlย โ€˜are you sure you want it cut short?โ€™ She was. The hair went. The stylist acted nervous most of the way through like she was waiting for one of us to burst into tears, but it looked cute! And my daughter loved it! (And itโ€™s been short ever since.)

Autonomy over your hair is bodily autonomy and we as a culture need to start holding bodily autonomy as sacred

My family, for years, wouldnโ€™t let me dye/cut my hair really short. I could understand the dye, but the shortest theyโ€™d let me go is a bob. They even let me dye my hair before letting me go that short. Iโ€™m finally in control of my hair and my hair is one of my favorite things about myself. Itโ€™s an easy way to express myself.  
 Let kids do what they want with their hair! Let them have fun with their hair before theyโ€™re told to grow up and have โ€˜professionalโ€™ hair! 

My mom had a monopoly over my hair. Wouldnโ€™t let me wear it natural, was obsessed with me having flyaways in the front and wouldnโ€™t let me get out of the car in the mornings until they were flat, permed it when I was 10, wouldnโ€™t let me cut it off for years after even though it was really damaged, vocally disapproved when I finally cut it as short as sheโ€™d let me.
When I moved out I stopped putting any heat in it and a few years later I cut it all off again. The second cut was my decision alone and it felt like a weight lifted off me, like no one could ever tell me what to do with it again or tell me โ€œI needed itโ€ to be pretty.



My stepfather and his stepfather forced a hair cut on me 10 years ago because they said i was too girly for their tastes.I grew my hair out ever since because ill never go fucking bald again like those two fucking neo nazis
        

            
            

                
                
                    shed1nja:
salty-sadness22:

kintatsujo:

pretentioussongtitle:

disease-danger-darkness-silence:

captainroxythefoxy:

e-v-roslyn:

guu:

kuruluv:

catwithaknife:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzqpd9/heres-an-insane-story-about-a-rogue-music-teacher-cutting-a-kids-hair

what the fuck

iโ€™m just gonna take this post for a moment so i can rant but like
i Hate how entitled adults can feel over a childโ€™s hair!
it started when i was young myself, i wanted a mohawk, but my dad didnโ€™t approve of that look on a โ€œgirlโ€, and insisted iโ€™d regret such a bold cut. at 16 i was finally given full autonomy over my own head.
but then i have a son and everyone around us is trying to keep his hair short. when we finally moved out just me my partner and him, i told him he doesnโ€™t need to get any haircuts he doesnโ€™t want.
so he starts growing it out, itโ€™s still short but coming on mid-length. his teacher makes a point to tell me itโ€™s getting long as if i donโ€™t have eyes. i hear her walking out with him one day talking to him about haircuts, as if to coax him into one. eventually i get child services called on me for โ€˜forcing a transgender lifestyleโ€™ over what i can only assume is from a combination of me drawing cute ponies on his valentine box and letting him go to school in a ponytail.
he kept it short for awhile after but told me he wanted to grow it out again, so i let him of course. he comes home one day after getting a haircut at his grandpaโ€™s and tells me he didnโ€™t Want the haircut.
i ask why he got it then and learned he was bribed with a promise of a surprise IF he cut his hair.
tl;dr people need to back the hell up off of children and let them have owership of whatโ€™s on THEIR body! /rant


Same thing about getting a child to curl or straighten their hair. Or do anything with it. Just let kids have control over their bodies.


This happened to me when I was little too!! Growing up I had naturally tight Shirley Temple curls. The only problem was that you canโ€™t get a hair brush through it if your life depended on it until it grew out over a few years. 
but This One Lady from church decided that leaving my hair messy and curly was child abuse and threatened to call social services on my family every damn time she saw me until one day she was the designated kid watcher and ho boy my momma tells me i came out with tears in my eyes and greasy slicked down hair and thatโ€™s where she ends the story because i think my mother beat her ass but yeah.
Leave kids hair alone.

Iโ€™m going to be honest, parents who are super-controlling of their childrenโ€™s hair creep me the fuck out and Iโ€™m not entirely certain why except that I get a vague feeling they kind of relegate them to, โ€œannoying talking dollโ€ status.

I loved my daughterโ€™s long blond hair. It was thick and wavy and beautiful but when she told me she wanted it cut shortย โ€˜like a boyโ€™(she was four)ย  I took her to the salon and let her whack it off.ย 
The stylist was skeptical, โ€˜are you sure?โ€ and the thing is, she said this to me, not my daughter. So I asked my girlย โ€˜are you sure you want it cut short?โ€™ She was. The hair went. The stylist acted nervous most of the way through like she was waiting for one of us to burst into tears, but it looked cute! And my daughter loved it! (And itโ€™s been short ever since.)

Autonomy over your hair is bodily autonomy and we as a culture need to start holding bodily autonomy as sacred

My family, for years, wouldnโ€™t let me dye/cut my hair really short. I could understand the dye, but the shortest theyโ€™d let me go is a bob. They even let me dye my hair before letting me go that short. Iโ€™m finally in control of my hair and my hair is one of my favorite things about myself. Itโ€™s an easy way to express myself.  
 Let kids do what they want with their hair! Let them have fun with their hair before theyโ€™re told to grow up and have โ€˜professionalโ€™ hair! 

My mom had a monopoly over my hair. Wouldnโ€™t let me wear it natural, was obsessed with me having flyaways in the front and wouldnโ€™t let me get out of the car in the mornings until they were flat, permed it when I was 10, wouldnโ€™t let me cut it off for years after even though it was really damaged, vocally disapproved when I finally cut it as short as sheโ€™d let me.
When I moved out I stopped putting any heat in it and a few years later I cut it all off again. The second cut was my decision alone and it felt like a weight lifted off me, like no one could ever tell me what to do with it again or tell me โ€œI needed itโ€ to be pretty.



My stepfather and his stepfather forced a hair cut on me 10 years ago because they said i was too girly for their tastes.I grew my hair out ever since because ill never go fucking bald again like those two fucking neo nazis: shed1nja:
salty-sadness22:

kintatsujo:

pretentioussongtitle:

disease-danger-darkness-silence:

captainroxythefoxy:

e-v-roslyn:

guu:

kuruluv:

catwithaknife:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzqpd9/heres-an-insane-story-about-a-rogue-music-teacher-cutting-a-kids-hair

what the fuck

iโ€™m just gonna take this post for a moment so i can rant but like
i Hate how entitled adults can feel over a childโ€™s hair!
it started when i was young myself, i wanted a mohawk, but my dad didnโ€™t approve of that look on a โ€œgirlโ€, and insisted iโ€™d regret such a bold cut. at 16 i was finally given full autonomy over my own head.
but then i have a son and everyone around us is trying to keep his hair short. when we finally moved out just me my partner and him, i told him he doesnโ€™t need to get any haircuts he doesnโ€™t want.
so he starts growing it out, itโ€™s still short but coming on mid-length. his teacher makes a point to tell me itโ€™s getting long as if i donโ€™t have eyes. i hear her walking out with him one day talking to him about haircuts, as if to coax him into one. eventually i get child services called on me for โ€˜forcing a transgender lifestyleโ€™ over what i can only assume is from a combination of me drawing cute ponies on his valentine box and letting him go to school in a ponytail.
he kept it short for awhile after but told me he wanted to grow it out again, so i let him of course. he comes home one day after getting a haircut at his grandpaโ€™s and tells me he didnโ€™t Want the haircut.
i ask why he got it then and learned he was bribed with a promise of a surprise IF he cut his hair.
tl;dr people need to back the hell up off of children and let them have owership of whatโ€™s on THEIR body! /rant


Same thing about getting a child to curl or straighten their hair. Or do anything with it. Just let kids have control over their bodies.


This happened to me when I was little too!! Growing up I had naturally tight Shirley Temple curls. The only problem was that you canโ€™t get a hair brush through it if your life depended on it until it grew out over a few years. 
but This One Lady from church decided that leaving my hair messy and curly was child abuse and threatened to call social services on my family every damn time she saw me until one day she was the designated kid watcher and ho boy my momma tells me i came out with tears in my eyes and greasy slicked down hair and thatโ€™s where she ends the story because i think my mother beat her ass but yeah.
Leave kids hair alone.

Iโ€™m going to be honest, parents who are super-controlling of their childrenโ€™s hair creep me the fuck out and Iโ€™m not entirely certain why except that I get a vague feeling they kind of relegate them to, โ€œannoying talking dollโ€ status.

I loved my daughterโ€™s long blond hair. It was thick and wavy and beautiful but when she told me she wanted it cut shortย โ€˜like a boyโ€™(she was four)ย  I took her to the salon and let her whack it off.ย 
The stylist was skeptical, โ€˜are you sure?โ€ and the thing is, she said this to me, not my daughter. So I asked my girlย โ€˜are you sure you want it cut short?โ€™ She was. The hair went. The stylist acted nervous most of the way through like she was waiting for one of us to burst into tears, but it looked cute! And my daughter loved it! (And itโ€™s been short ever since.)

Autonomy over your hair is bodily autonomy and we as a culture need to start holding bodily autonomy as sacred

My family, for years, wouldnโ€™t let me dye/cut my hair really short. I could understand the dye, but the shortest theyโ€™d let me go is a bob. They even let me dye my hair before letting me go that short. Iโ€™m finally in control of my hair and my hair is one of my favorite things about myself. Itโ€™s an easy way to express myself.  
 Let kids do what they want with their hair! Let them have fun with their hair before theyโ€™re told to grow up and have โ€˜professionalโ€™ hair! 

My mom had a monopoly over my hair. Wouldnโ€™t let me wear it natural, was obsessed with me having flyaways in the front and wouldnโ€™t let me get out of the car in the mornings until they were flat, permed it when I was 10, wouldnโ€™t let me cut it off for years after even though it was really damaged, vocally disapproved when I finally cut it as short as sheโ€™d let me.
When I moved out I stopped putting any heat in it and a few years later I cut it all off again. The second cut was my decision alone and it felt like a weight lifted off me, like no one could ever tell me what to do with it again or tell me โ€œI needed itโ€ to be pretty.



My stepfather and his stepfather forced a hair cut on me 10 years ago because they said i was too girly for their tastes.I grew my hair out ever since because ill never go fucking bald again like those two fucking neo nazis
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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spacevinci:

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sheisraging:


Cindy:ย Heyโ€ฆ can I be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy: Can Iย be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย You really want this? Sincerely? Notย โ€˜cause this oneโ€™s trying to blackmail me for something stupid when I was 19 or for broccoli with your dinner? What is this for you?
Cindy:ย Honestly, I think I found my people. I was raised in a church where I was told to believe and pray. And if I was bad, Iโ€™d go to hell. And if I was good, Iโ€™d go to heaven. And if Iโ€™d ask Jesus, heโ€™d forgive me and that was that. And here yโ€™all are sayinโ€™ ainโ€™t no hell. Ainโ€™t sure about heaven. And if you do something wrong, you got to figure it out yourself. And as far as Godโ€™s concerned, itโ€™s your job to keep asking questions and to keep learning and to keep arguing. Itโ€™s like a verb. Itโ€™s like โ€ฆ you do God. And thatโ€™s a lot of work, but I think Iโ€™m in, as least as far as I can see it. I mean, maybe Iโ€™ll learn more and say fuck the whole thing, I mean, but I wanna learn more, and I think I gotta be in it to do that. You knowโ€ฆ Does that make sense? Shit, did I just talk myself out of it?
Rabbi:ย Ask me again.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย Yes.


I cried so hard during this scene.


First of all, this is beautiful.
Second of all, as a contextual note, the rabbi said no for a reason. In Jewish conversion, one of the steps is that you must be discouraged at least three times. This comes from the story of Ruth, where Naomi told her not to follow her back to the Jewish tribe three times before giving in.
Third of all, this is beautiful.


Adrienne KILLED it in those scenes. I wept with her!
โ€œItโ€™s like a verb.โ€ She wants to work on her faith continuously and that was gorgeous and so honest.


THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT DO U UNDERSTAND. We arenโ€™t a people who actively convert people. Youโ€™ll never see a Jewish person try to convert you. We believe in everyoneโ€™s right to believe what they want. But it was so nice to see someone who wasnโ€™t raised in it be able to see value in my faith. I have never seen anything like that on tv before  

Not only that?? Its one of the only times Iโ€™ve ever seen Judaism The Faith and Religion ever actually articulated on screen. What do we believe? We believe that You Choose To Do God. Thats why weโ€™re the Chosen People - because we Chose to Opt In To Doing God this particular way. I have never in my life before seen any form of media EVER express what Jews ACTUALLY BELIEVE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE out loud but OITNB did. And when people ask me? I always throw them here. Because itโ€™s dead on. You do God (Jewishly) and you have to choose it. Thatโ€™s what we believe. Thatโ€™s it. Thats the entire thing. And this is the only time we have EVER had ANY representation and I will cherish it always. And for those of you who didnโ€™t see the show? She got to bathe in a mikvah equivalent and convert fully so yes, Cindy is as Jewish as the whitest Ashkenazi Jew. More, because according to the sages, the convert is to be praised for their choice and their dedication. And as such, any children she has will be Jewish too. <3 Love for Cindy. Love to any religious Jews out there who feel unseen in media (youโ€™re right, we arenโ€™t seen). Love for any converts out there who donโ€™t feel Jewish enough (you are - no matter what branch you converted in). Extra love for all my Jews of Color (no addendum - just love to you all period). Stay strong out there yall. Write yourselves into some stories and talk about our faith okay? We deserve to be seen and known, even if we arenโ€™t converting. Demystification is part of the fight against antisemitism. 


All of this, but ALSOitโ€™s so rare to see black people get to be any other religion of Baptist Christian. Or to even talk about that not all of us believe in God in the way weโ€™re been taught. Most of what Iโ€™ve learned about Judaism I learned through the Jewish bloggers Iโ€™ve found here like @prismatic-bell @realsadjewishhours and @wetwareproblem among others, but even as an agnostic black woman, I was just as happy to see Cindy find her own way, and even happier to hear that they actually did right with the conversion process this time.


And @dancinbutterflyโ€™s last line is why, when my rabbi said I should go to rabbinic school, I saidโ€ฆ..no.Rabbi means teacher, and there are a ton of good Jewish teachers of Jews out there. But there arenโ€™t so many Jewish teachers of gentiles. Itโ€™s why I work at cons under the name Oy Vay Productions. I am like you, except where Iโ€™m not, and where Iโ€™m not should not have to be frightening or mysterious to you. And then, when someone is all โ€œwell the Jews are a bunch of wealthy lizards,โ€ you can remember me, think of me teaching you not just about anime but about the fact that Jews are just people out here doing how we do, and instead of โ€œthat seems possibly incorrect but I donโ€™t know enough about Jews to dispute it,โ€ you can say โ€œthat is not true, I have met and been befriended by a Jew, shared a meal and a class talked, and I know better.โ€I do my teaching by being a loud and proud Jew who is out here doing G-d an living my life. There are plenty of rabbis with skills I could only dream of having. But what I do is just as important to protecting and preserving Am Yisrael.: prismatic-bell:

kari-izumi:

dancinbutterfly:

edenfenixblogs:
the-omniscient-narrator:


spacevinci:

somethingratchet:


sheisraging:


Cindy:ย Heyโ€ฆ can I be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy: Can Iย be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย You really want this? Sincerely? Notย โ€˜cause this oneโ€™s trying to blackmail me for something stupid when I was 19 or for broccoli with your dinner? What is this for you?
Cindy:ย Honestly, I think I found my people. I was raised in a church where I was told to believe and pray. And if I was bad, Iโ€™d go to hell. And if I was good, Iโ€™d go to heaven. And if Iโ€™d ask Jesus, heโ€™d forgive me and that was that. And here yโ€™all are sayinโ€™ ainโ€™t no hell. Ainโ€™t sure about heaven. And if you do something wrong, you got to figure it out yourself. And as far as Godโ€™s concerned, itโ€™s your job to keep asking questions and to keep learning and to keep arguing. Itโ€™s like a verb. Itโ€™s like โ€ฆ you do God. And thatโ€™s a lot of work, but I think Iโ€™m in, as least as far as I can see it. I mean, maybe Iโ€™ll learn more and say fuck the whole thing, I mean, but I wanna learn more, and I think I gotta be in it to do that. You knowโ€ฆ Does that make sense? Shit, did I just talk myself out of it?
Rabbi:ย Ask me again.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย Yes.


I cried so hard during this scene.


First of all, this is beautiful.
Second of all, as a contextual note, the rabbi said no for a reason. In Jewish conversion, one of the steps is that you must be discouraged at least three times. This comes from the story of Ruth, where Naomi told her not to follow her back to the Jewish tribe three times before giving in.
Third of all, this is beautiful.


Adrienne KILLED it in those scenes. I wept with her!
โ€œItโ€™s like a verb.โ€ She wants to work on her faith continuously and that was gorgeous and so honest.


THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT DO U UNDERSTAND. We arenโ€™t a people who actively convert people. Youโ€™ll never see a Jewish person try to convert you. We believe in everyoneโ€™s right to believe what they want. But it was so nice to see someone who wasnโ€™t raised in it be able to see value in my faith. I have never seen anything like that on tv before  

Not only that?? Its one of the only times Iโ€™ve ever seen Judaism The Faith and Religion ever actually articulated on screen. What do we believe? We believe that You Choose To Do God. Thats why weโ€™re the Chosen People - because we Chose to Opt In To Doing God this particular way. I have never in my life before seen any form of media EVER express what Jews ACTUALLY BELIEVE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE out loud but OITNB did. And when people ask me? I always throw them here. Because itโ€™s dead on. You do God (Jewishly) and you have to choose it. Thatโ€™s what we believe. Thatโ€™s it. Thats the entire thing. And this is the only time we have EVER had ANY representation and I will cherish it always. And for those of you who didnโ€™t see the show? She got to bathe in a mikvah equivalent and convert fully so yes, Cindy is as Jewish as the whitest Ashkenazi Jew. More, because according to the sages, the convert is to be praised for their choice and their dedication. And as such, any children she has will be Jewish too. <3 Love for Cindy. Love to any religious Jews out there who feel unseen in media (youโ€™re right, we arenโ€™t seen). Love for any converts out there who donโ€™t feel Jewish enough (you are - no matter what branch you converted in). Extra love for all my Jews of Color (no addendum - just love to you all period). Stay strong out there yall. Write yourselves into some stories and talk about our faith okay? We deserve to be seen and known, even if we arenโ€™t converting. Demystification is part of the fight against antisemitism. 


All of this, but ALSOitโ€™s so rare to see black people get to be any other religion of Baptist Christian. Or to even talk about that not all of us believe in God in the way weโ€™re been taught. Most of what Iโ€™ve learned about Judaism I learned through the Jewish bloggers Iโ€™ve found here like @prismatic-bell @realsadjewishhours and @wetwareproblem among others, but even as an agnostic black woman, I was just as happy to see Cindy find her own way, and even happier to hear that they actually did right with the conversion process this time.


And @dancinbutterflyโ€™s last line is why, when my rabbi said I should go to rabbinic school, I saidโ€ฆ..no.Rabbi means teacher, and there are a ton of good Jewish teachers of Jews out there. But there arenโ€™t so many Jewish teachers of gentiles. Itโ€™s why I work at cons under the name Oy Vay Productions. I am like you, except where Iโ€™m not, and where Iโ€™m not should not have to be frightening or mysterious to you. And then, when someone is all โ€œwell the Jews are a bunch of wealthy lizards,โ€ you can remember me, think of me teaching you not just about anime but about the fact that Jews are just people out here doing how we do, and instead of โ€œthat seems possibly incorrect but I donโ€™t know enough about Jews to dispute it,โ€ you can say โ€œthat is not true, I have met and been befriended by a Jew, shared a meal and a class talked, and I know better.โ€I do my teaching by being a loud and proud Jew who is out here doing G-d an living my life. There are plenty of rabbis with skills I could only dream of having. But what I do is just as important to protecting and preserving Am Yisrael.
        

            
            

                
                
                    prismatic-bell:

kari-izumi:

dancinbutterfly:

edenfenixblogs:
the-omniscient-narrator:


spacevinci:

somethingratchet:


sheisraging:


Cindy:ย Heyโ€ฆ can I be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy: Can Iย be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย You really want this? Sincerely? Notย โ€˜cause this oneโ€™s trying to blackmail me for something stupid when I was 19 or for broccoli with your dinner? What is this for you?
Cindy:ย Honestly, I think I found my people. I was raised in a church where I was told to believe and pray. And if I was bad, Iโ€™d go to hell. And if I was good, Iโ€™d go to heaven. And if Iโ€™d ask Jesus, heโ€™d forgive me and that was that. And here yโ€™all are sayinโ€™ ainโ€™t no hell. Ainโ€™t sure about heaven. And if you do something wrong, you got to figure it out yourself. And as far as Godโ€™s concerned, itโ€™s your job to keep asking questions and to keep learning and to keep arguing. Itโ€™s like a verb. Itโ€™s like โ€ฆ you do God. And thatโ€™s a lot of work, but I think Iโ€™m in, as least as far as I can see it. I mean, maybe Iโ€™ll learn more and say fuck the whole thing, I mean, but I wanna learn more, and I think I gotta be in it to do that. You knowโ€ฆ Does that make sense? Shit, did I just talk myself out of it?
Rabbi:ย Ask me again.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย Yes.


I cried so hard during this scene.


First of all, this is beautiful.
Second of all, as a contextual note, the rabbi said no for a reason. In Jewish conversion, one of the steps is that you must be discouraged at least three times. This comes from the story of Ruth, where Naomi told her not to follow her back to the Jewish tribe three times before giving in.
Third of all, this is beautiful.


Adrienne KILLED it in those scenes. I wept with her!
โ€œItโ€™s like a verb.โ€ She wants to work on her faith continuously and that was gorgeous and so honest.


THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT DO U UNDERSTAND. We arenโ€™t a people who actively convert people. Youโ€™ll never see a Jewish person try to convert you. We believe in everyoneโ€™s right to believe what they want. But it was so nice to see someone who wasnโ€™t raised in it be able to see value in my faith. I have never seen anything like that on tv before  

Not only that?? Its one of the only times Iโ€™ve ever seen Judaism The Faith and Religion ever actually articulated on screen. What do we believe? We believe that You Choose To Do God. Thats why weโ€™re the Chosen People - because we Chose to Opt In To Doing God this particular way. I have never in my life before seen any form of media EVER express what Jews ACTUALLY BELIEVE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE out loud but OITNB did. And when people ask me? I always throw them here. Because itโ€™s dead on. You do God (Jewishly) and you have to choose it. Thatโ€™s what we believe. Thatโ€™s it. Thats the entire thing. And this is the only time we have EVER had ANY representation and I will cherish it always. And for those of you who didnโ€™t see the show? She got to bathe in a mikvah equivalent and convert fully so yes, Cindy is as Jewish as the whitest Ashkenazi Jew. More, because according to the sages, the convert is to be praised for their choice and their dedication. And as such, any children she has will be Jewish too. <3 Love for Cindy. Love to any religious Jews out there who feel unseen in media (youโ€™re right, we arenโ€™t seen). Love for any converts out there who donโ€™t feel Jewish enough (you are - no matter what branch you converted in). Extra love for all my Jews of Color (no addendum - just love to you all period). Stay strong out there yall. Write yourselves into some stories and talk about our faith okay? We deserve to be seen and known, even if we arenโ€™t converting. Demystification is part of the fight against antisemitism. 


All of this, but ALSOitโ€™s so rare to see black people get to be any other religion of Baptist Christian. Or to even talk about that not all of us believe in God in the way weโ€™re been taught. Most of what Iโ€™ve learned about Judaism I learned through the Jewish bloggers Iโ€™ve found here like @prismatic-bell @realsadjewishhours and @wetwareproblem among others, but even as an agnostic black woman, I was just as happy to see Cindy find her own way, and even happier to hear that they actually did right with the conversion process this time.


And @dancinbutterflyโ€™s last line is why, when my rabbi said I should go to rabbinic school, I saidโ€ฆ..no.Rabbi means teacher, and there are a ton of good Jewish teachers of Jews out there. But there arenโ€™t so many Jewish teachers of gentiles. Itโ€™s why I work at cons under the name Oy Vay Productions. I am like you, except where Iโ€™m not, and where Iโ€™m not should not have to be frightening or mysterious to you. And then, when someone is all โ€œwell the Jews are a bunch of wealthy lizards,โ€ you can remember me, think of me teaching you not just about anime but about the fact that Jews are just people out here doing how we do, and instead of โ€œthat seems possibly incorrect but I donโ€™t know enough about Jews to dispute it,โ€ you can say โ€œthat is not true, I have met and been befriended by a Jew, shared a meal and a class talked, and I know better.โ€I do my teaching by being a loud and proud Jew who is out here doing G-d an living my life. There are plenty of rabbis with skills I could only dream of having. But what I do is just as important to protecting and preserving Am Yisrael.: prismatic-bell:

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Cindy:ย Heyโ€ฆ can I be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy: Can Iย be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย You really want this? Sincerely? Notย โ€˜cause this oneโ€™s trying to blackmail me for something stupid when I was 19 or for broccoli with your dinner? What is this for you?
Cindy:ย Honestly, I think I found my people. I was raised in a church where I was told to believe and pray. And if I was bad, Iโ€™d go to hell. And if I was good, Iโ€™d go to heaven. And if Iโ€™d ask Jesus, heโ€™d forgive me and that was that. And here yโ€™all are sayinโ€™ ainโ€™t no hell. Ainโ€™t sure about heaven. And if you do something wrong, you got to figure it out yourself. And as far as Godโ€™s concerned, itโ€™s your job to keep asking questions and to keep learning and to keep arguing. Itโ€™s like a verb. Itโ€™s like โ€ฆ you do God. And thatโ€™s a lot of work, but I think Iโ€™m in, as least as far as I can see it. I mean, maybe Iโ€™ll learn more and say fuck the whole thing, I mean, but I wanna learn more, and I think I gotta be in it to do that. You knowโ€ฆ Does that make sense? Shit, did I just talk myself out of it?
Rabbi:ย Ask me again.
Cindy:ย Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:ย Yes.


I cried so hard during this scene.


First of all, this is beautiful.
Second of all, as a contextual note, the rabbi said no for a reason. In Jewish conversion, one of the steps is that you must be discouraged at least three times. This comes from the story of Ruth, where Naomi told her not to follow her back to the Jewish tribe three times before giving in.
Third of all, this is beautiful.


Adrienne KILLED it in those scenes. I wept with her!
โ€œItโ€™s like a verb.โ€ She wants to work on her faith continuously and that was gorgeous and so honest.


THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT DO U UNDERSTAND. We arenโ€™t a people who actively convert people. Youโ€™ll never see a Jewish person try to convert you. We believe in everyoneโ€™s right to believe what they want. But it was so nice to see someone who wasnโ€™t raised in it be able to see value in my faith. I have never seen anything like that on tv before  

Not only that?? Its one of the only times Iโ€™ve ever seen Judaism The Faith and Religion ever actually articulated on screen. What do we believe? We believe that You Choose To Do God. Thats why weโ€™re the Chosen People - because we Chose to Opt In To Doing God this particular way. I have never in my life before seen any form of media EVER express what Jews ACTUALLY BELIEVE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE out loud but OITNB did. And when people ask me? I always throw them here. Because itโ€™s dead on. You do God (Jewishly) and you have to choose it. Thatโ€™s what we believe. Thatโ€™s it. Thats the entire thing. And this is the only time we have EVER had ANY representation and I will cherish it always. And for those of you who didnโ€™t see the show? She got to bathe in a mikvah equivalent and convert fully so yes, Cindy is as Jewish as the whitest Ashkenazi Jew. More, because according to the sages, the convert is to be praised for their choice and their dedication. And as such, any children she has will be Jewish too. <3 Love for Cindy. Love to any religious Jews out there who feel unseen in media (youโ€™re right, we arenโ€™t seen). Love for any converts out there who donโ€™t feel Jewish enough (you are - no matter what branch you converted in). Extra love for all my Jews of Color (no addendum - just love to you all period). Stay strong out there yall. Write yourselves into some stories and talk about our faith okay? We deserve to be seen and known, even if we arenโ€™t converting. Demystification is part of the fight against antisemitism. 


All of this, but ALSOitโ€™s so rare to see black people get to be any other religion of Baptist Christian. Or to even talk about that not all of us believe in God in the way weโ€™re been taught. Most of what Iโ€™ve learned about Judaism I learned through the Jewish bloggers Iโ€™ve found here like @prismatic-bell @realsadjewishhours and @wetwareproblem among others, but even as an agnostic black woman, I was just as happy to see Cindy find her own way, and even happier to hear that they actually did right with the conversion process this time.


And @dancinbutterflyโ€™s last line is why, when my rabbi said I should go to rabbinic school, I saidโ€ฆ..no.Rabbi means teacher, and there are a ton of good Jewish teachers of Jews out there. But there arenโ€™t so many Jewish teachers of gentiles. Itโ€™s why I work at cons under the name Oy Vay Productions. I am like you, except where Iโ€™m not, and where Iโ€™m not should not have to be frightening or mysterious to you. And then, when someone is all โ€œwell the Jews are a bunch of wealthy lizards,โ€ you can remember me, think of me teaching you not just about anime but about the fact that Jews are just people out here doing how we do, and instead of โ€œthat seems possibly incorrect but I donโ€™t know enough about Jews to dispute it,โ€ you can say โ€œthat is not true, I have met and been befriended by a Jew, shared a meal and a class talked, and I know better.โ€I do my teaching by being a loud and proud Jew who is out here doing G-d an living my life. There are plenty of rabbis with skills I could only dream of having. But what I do is just as important to protecting and preserving Am Yisrael.
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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Free speech applies to government. Companies can ban whoever they want, provided they arenโ€™t a protected class. Nazis are far from a protected class. So suck it, Nazi scumbags. ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿป


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Conservatives: We need a free market where companies can do what they want
Companies: *does exactly that by ban white supremacists and nazis*
Conservatives: Not like that, Iโ€™m being oppressed, my first amendment is being attacked!

Free speech also only means the government canโ€™t punish/censor you for expressing your views UNLESS your views fall under hate-speech or you express them with violence - both things that white supremacy falls under. So if the government wanted they totally could punish every last neo nazi bastard for sharing their beliefs in public
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Free speech applies to government. Companies can ban whoever they want, provided they arenโ€™t a protected class. Nazis are far from a protected class. So suck it, Nazi scumbags. ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿป


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Conservatives: We need a free market where companies can do what they want
Companies: *does exactly that by ban white supremacists and nazis*
Conservatives: Not like that, Iโ€™m being oppressed, my first amendment is being attacked!

Free speech also only means the government canโ€™t punish/censor you for expressing your views UNLESS your views fall under hate-speech or you express them with violence - both things that white supremacy falls under. So if the government wanted they totally could punish every last neo nazi bastard for sharing their beliefs in public

        

            
            

                
                
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Conservatives: We need a free market where companies can do what they want
Companies: *does exactly that by ban white supremacists and nazis*
Conservatives: Not like that, Iโ€™m being oppressed, my first amendment is being attacked!

Free speech also only means the government canโ€™t punish/censor you for expressing your views UNLESS your views fall under hate-speech or you express them with violence - both things that white supremacy falls under. So if the government wanted they totally could punish every last neo nazi bastard for sharing their beliefs in public
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Free speech applies to government. Companies can ban whoever they want, provided they arenโ€™t a protected class. Nazis are far from a protected class. So suck it, Nazi scumbags. ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿป


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Conservatives: We need a free market where companies can do what they want
Companies: *does exactly that by ban white supremacists and nazis*
Conservatives: Not like that, Iโ€™m being oppressed, my first amendment is being attacked!

Free speech also only means the government canโ€™t punish/censor you for expressing your views UNLESS your views fall under hate-speech or you express them with violence - both things that white supremacy falls under. So if the government wanted they totally could punish every last neo nazi bastard for sharing their beliefs in public

                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called โ€œkawaii cultureโ€. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.
And what many people donโ€™t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.
So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girlsโ€™ school notebooks <3

!!!!!
NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!
This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them โ€œyouโ€™ll never find a husband if you dress that way!โ€ to which they began to reply โ€œGood!โ€
All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day youโ€™ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)
Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and โ€˜oddโ€™ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.ย  ย 

so are you telling me that Japanโ€™s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

Kawaii is so goth 


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 

I did not know this but I love this form of feminism!ย 
-FemaleWarrior, She/Theyย 

Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 



: In the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls
 developed such excessively cute
 handwriting that it was banned in
 schools due to illegibility.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called โ€œkawaii cultureโ€. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.
And what many people donโ€™t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.
So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girlsโ€™ school notebooks <3

!!!!!
NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!
This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them โ€œyouโ€™ll never find a husband if you dress that way!โ€ to which they began to reply โ€œGood!โ€
All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day youโ€™ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)
Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and โ€˜oddโ€™ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.ย  ย 

so are you telling me that Japanโ€™s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

Kawaii is so goth 


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 

I did not know this but I love this form of feminism!ย 
-FemaleWarrior, She/Theyย 

Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 




        

            
            

                
                
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THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called โ€œkawaii cultureโ€. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.
And what many people donโ€™t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.
So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girlsโ€™ school notebooks <3

!!!!!
NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!
This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them โ€œyouโ€™ll never find a husband if you dress that way!โ€ to which they began to reply โ€œGood!โ€
All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day youโ€™ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)
Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and โ€˜oddโ€™ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.ย  ย 

so are you telling me that Japanโ€™s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

Kawaii is so goth 


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 

I did not know this but I love this form of feminism!ย 
-FemaleWarrior, She/Theyย 

Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 



: In the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls
 developed such excessively cute
 handwriting that it was banned in
 schools due to illegibility.
 ใชใŠใกใ‚ƒใ‚“
 ยทใ‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใณใซ
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Sourceย 

THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called โ€œkawaii cultureโ€. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.
And what many people donโ€™t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.
So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girlsโ€™ school notebooks <3

!!!!!
NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!
This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them โ€œyouโ€™ll never find a husband if you dress that way!โ€ to which they began to reply โ€œGood!โ€
All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day youโ€™ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)
Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and โ€˜oddโ€™ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.ย  ย 

so are you telling me that Japanโ€™s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

Kawaii is so goth 


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 

I did not know this but I love this form of feminism!ย 
-FemaleWarrior, She/Theyย 

Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:


Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace 




                    
                
            

            
                
                
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1. โ€œState the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.โ€ Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹
2. โ€œRephrase in a positive manner,โ€ as in It is good to play where it is safe.
3. โ€œRephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.โ€ As in, โ€œAsk your parents where it is safe to play.โ€
4. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.โ€ In the example, thatโ€™d mean getting rid of โ€œaskโ€: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.
5. โ€œRephrase any element that suggests certainty.โ€ Thatโ€™d be โ€œwillโ€: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.
6. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.โ€ Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.
7. โ€œAdd a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.โ€ Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.
8. โ€œRephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.โ€ โ€œGoodโ€ represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.
9. โ€œRephrase your idea a ๏ฌnal time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.โ€ Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.
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1. โ€œState the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.โ€ Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹
2. โ€œRephrase in a positive manner,โ€ as in It is good to play where it is safe.
3. โ€œRephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.โ€ As in, โ€œAsk your parents where it is safe to play.โ€
4. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.โ€ In the example, thatโ€™d mean getting rid of โ€œaskโ€: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.
5. โ€œRephrase any element that suggests certainty.โ€ Thatโ€™d be โ€œwillโ€: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.
6. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.โ€ Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.
7. โ€œAdd a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.โ€ Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.
8. โ€œRephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.โ€ โ€œGoodโ€ represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.
9. โ€œRephrase your idea a ๏ฌnal time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.โ€ Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.
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1. โ€œState the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.โ€ Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹
2. โ€œRephrase in a positive manner,โ€ as in It is good to play where it is safe.
3. โ€œRephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.โ€ As in, โ€œAsk your parents where it is safe to play.โ€
4. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.โ€ In the example, thatโ€™d mean getting rid of โ€œaskโ€: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.
5. โ€œRephrase any element that suggests certainty.โ€ Thatโ€™d be โ€œwillโ€: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.
6. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.โ€ Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.
7. โ€œAdd a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.โ€ Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.
8. โ€œRephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.โ€ โ€œGoodโ€ represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.
9. โ€œRephrase your idea a ๏ฌnal time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.โ€ Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.
Source: [x]
Click HERE for more facts
: Mr. Rogers used a set of 9 simple rules
 when talking to children. He did this to be
 more inclusive and avoid confusion
 because he knew children would often
 hear things literally.
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1. โ€œState the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.โ€ Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹
2. โ€œRephrase in a positive manner,โ€ as in It is good to play where it is safe.
3. โ€œRephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.โ€ As in, โ€œAsk your parents where it is safe to play.โ€
4. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.โ€ In the example, thatโ€™d mean getting rid of โ€œaskโ€: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.
5. โ€œRephrase any element that suggests certainty.โ€ Thatโ€™d be โ€œwillโ€: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.
6. โ€œRephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.โ€ Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.
7. โ€œAdd a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.โ€ Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.
8. โ€œRephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.โ€ โ€œGoodโ€ represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.
9. โ€œRephrase your idea a ๏ฌnal time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.โ€ Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.
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1. โ€œState the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.โ€ Example: It is dang...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        ellieintheskywithdiamonds:
newhologram:


fierceawakening:

erikkillmongerdontpullout:

gahdamnpunk:
This is actually so messed upโ€ฆMaking African women use substandard hygiene products is absolutely ridiculous

People are mad about them taking the female symbol off the package but are silent about this. 


๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ 
what the hell

Hold up, some time last year I totally bought some really cheap Always bc I was low on money, and I ended up with a really horrible red painful rash like my bare ass had been dragged across asphalt. I couldnโ€™t even get into the bath it was so painful.ย 


iโ€™ve had problems with this brand in bulgaria, made me itchy af, but so far i havenโ€™t had a problem with them in germany and itโ€™s p much an open secret eastern europe gets lower quality products than the west. iโ€™d wager itโ€™s way worse in africa. those poor womenโ€ฆ 


Fuuuuuuuck: B0BBC News Africa
 Follow
 NEWS
 @BBCAfrica
 Kenyan women are using the Twitter hashtag
 #MyAlwaysExperience to express outrage
 over the Always brand of sanitary pads, which
 they say causes rashes, burns and discomfort
 bbc.in/2F4jrT4
 9:43 AM 13 Mar 2019
 4,033 Retweets 4,345 Likes

 Airhorn Ren
 Follow
 @AirhornRen
 The pads they sell in the West are very
 different from the ones they sell in
 Africa. I've used both. They save their
 substandard products for the African
 market knowing they'd be sued to
 bankruptcy if they tried this in America.
 #MyAlwaysExperience
 BBC News Africa@BBCAfrica
 Kenyan women are using the Twitter hashtag
 #MyAlwaysExperience to express outrage over the Always
 brand of sanitary pads, which they say causes rashes,
 burns and discomfort. bbc.in/2F4jrT4
 3:51 PM
 - 21 Oct 2019
 11,791 Retweets 19,836 Likes
ellieintheskywithdiamonds:
newhologram:


fierceawakening:

erikkillmongerdontpullout:

gahdamnpunk:
This is actually so messed upโ€ฆMaking African women use substandard hygiene products is absolutely ridiculous

People are mad about them taking the female symbol off the package but are silent about this. 


๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ 
what the hell

Hold up, some time last year I totally bought some really cheap Always bc I was low on money, and I ended up with a really horrible red painful rash like my bare ass had been dragged across asphalt. I couldnโ€™t even get into the bath it was so painful.ย 


iโ€™ve had problems with this brand in bulgaria, made me itchy af, but so far i havenโ€™t had a problem with them in germany and itโ€™s p much an open secret eastern europe gets lower quality products than the west. iโ€™d wager itโ€™s way worse in africa. those poor womenโ€ฆ 


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                    ellieintheskywithdiamonds:
newhologram:


fierceawakening:

erikkillmongerdontpullout:

gahdamnpunk:
This is actually so messed upโ€ฆMaking African women use substandard hygiene products is absolutely ridiculous

People are mad about them taking the female symbol off the package but are silent about this. 


๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ 
what the hell

Hold up, some time last year I totally bought some really cheap Always bc I was low on money, and I ended up with a really horrible red painful rash like my bare ass had been dragged across asphalt. I couldnโ€™t even get into the bath it was so painful.ย 


iโ€™ve had problems with this brand in bulgaria, made me itchy af, but so far i havenโ€™t had a problem with them in germany and itโ€™s p much an open secret eastern europe gets lower quality products than the west. iโ€™d wager itโ€™s way worse in africa. those poor womenโ€ฆ 


Fuuuuuuuck: B0BBC News Africa
 Follow
 NEWS
 @BBCAfrica
 Kenyan women are using the Twitter hashtag
 #MyAlwaysExperience to express outrage
 over the Always brand of sanitary pads, which
 they say causes rashes, burns and discomfort
 bbc.in/2F4jrT4
 9:43 AM 13 Mar 2019
 4,033 Retweets 4,345 Likes

 Airhorn Ren
 Follow
 @AirhornRen
 The pads they sell in the West are very
 different from the ones they sell in
 Africa. I've used both. They save their
 substandard products for the African
 market knowing they'd be sued to
 bankruptcy if they tried this in America.
 #MyAlwaysExperience
 BBC News Africa@BBCAfrica
 Kenyan women are using the Twitter hashtag
 #MyAlwaysExperience to express outrage over the Always
 brand of sanitary pads, which they say causes rashes,
 burns and discomfort. bbc.in/2F4jrT4
 3:51 PM
 - 21 Oct 2019
 11,791 Retweets 19,836 Likes
ellieintheskywithdiamonds:
newhologram:


fierceawakening:

erikkillmongerdontpullout:

gahdamnpunk:
This is actually so messed upโ€ฆMaking African women use substandard hygiene products is absolutely ridiculous

People are mad about them taking the female symbol off the package but are silent about this. 


๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ 
what the hell

Hold up, some time last year I totally bought some really cheap Always bc I was low on money, and I ended up with a really horrible red painful rash like my bare ass had been dragged across asphalt. I couldnโ€™t even get into the bath it was so painful.ย 


iโ€™ve had problems with this brand in bulgaria, made me itchy af, but so far i havenโ€™t had a problem with them in germany and itโ€™s p much an open secret eastern europe gets lower quality products than the west. iโ€™d wager itโ€™s way worse in africa. those poor womenโ€ฆ 


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