I know that I have unanswered messages and un-replied to comments, but...

I know that I have unanswered messages and un-replied to comments, but I'm not feeling social media today.  It's got my anxiety up and that is the last thing I need considering that I woke up at 7 (on a freaking Saturday!) with a migraine brewing.  I haven't been able to get right all day.  I feel drowsy but can't nap (I've tried), my head is swimmy so studying is right out, and in general my body feels blah.  The most I've done today is binge watch the TwinisthenewTrend YouTube channel and binge eat chocolate chip cookies.  I don't know what I'm off to do, but I'm off.  Later, friends.

I dissent.

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If she had lived 100 years it would have been too few.

In a world where women are expected to comply, she said "I dissent."

In a world where love has been kept in a box with rules, she said "I dissent."

In a world where borders are drawn tighter and walls are built higher, she said "I dissent."

In a world where fiction is told as truth and facts are twisted into lies, she said "I dissent."

And so, on a night when it feels like the pendulum has swung off its fulcrum, like there is no place to make a U-turn, like the darkness is winning, I will say - loudly so as to convince myself - I dissent.

For decades she stared unafraid into the faces of misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, and bigotry, daring them to blink. She wrote reams and spoke volumes and did push-ups while her detractors... I don't know, ate cheeseburgers or whatever.

So because she did, I can. Because she did, I will.

Tonight feels like the end of something, but it doesn't have to be. This is a moment that, instead of being the death of hope, can be the birth of a renewed zeal. Giving up feels very easy, even warranted, but it also feels disrespectful to her memory. We can take this moment and turn it into a movement. We can, like the Notorious RBG, dissent. We can, like her, dissent until the very breath leaves our bodies.

Thank you, Honorable Justice Ginsburg. You fought harder and longer than you should have had to, for us, and we are so grateful. Rest well; you earned it.

Oyez, oyez, oyez.

Tonight, we cry. But tomorrow, we rise.

#NotoriousRBG #toomuch2020 #idissent

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By Lindsey Keirsey

Shedding tears for Ginsburg.

Shedding tears for Ginsburg. She was so badass and tried so hard. My heart is broken, and I'm scared for what her death means for America.

If you disagree, I'm sorry, but absolutely fuck off right now. I am not in the mood.

People with uteri can’t find doctors...

People with uteri can’t find doctors to perform sterilization because “they might marry a man who wants to have children” or “they may change their mind later.” I know this from experience.

Meanwhile, doctors are currently sterilizing brown women (who are being held captive) without informed consent.

Do ALL LIVES MATTER yet?

Are you still pro-life?

Yesterday and today have been actually good.

Yesterday and today have been actually good.  It's great to be able to say that!

I watered a bunch of plants yesterday.  I also did that today, along with moving some around and chopping some heads.  Now if I can water my itty bitty baby plants in the next day or so I'll be done and me and the plants will be happy for a bit.  Well, until I get a few more pots and some dirt that are due to arrive from Amazon soon.  Then I'll be repotting a few and probably moving them again.  😂

Another thing I did today was take the EPP (a test you have to take before you can graduate from JSU).  It was reminiscent of the SAT tests I took in high school.  It opened up to be taken yesterday and is open until mid-November, but I wanted to get it done.  Now the only things I have to do are 1)  Pass my class and 2)  Do the exit interview, and I'll be graduating in December.  Some days that feels really far away, but other days (like today) it seems super soon.  Time is weird.

Well, this chilly and rainy weather has me in the mood for soup, so I'm off to have a late dinner.  I hope you all are doing well.  ❤

We saw the kids today.

We saw the kids today.  Shadow has been drawing and he's gotten really good.  Kira came over wearing flip flops without socks for the first time in a while.  She's been wearing socks with them lately and saying "Look at my hoof" while showing me her foot.  Honestly, I dig the hooves. 😂😂😂  I love those two.  ❤️

I don't think I did too great on my quiz.

I don't think I did too great on my quiz. I felt ready, but clearly I was not.

Thankfully, I don't feel like the world is over because of this. I'll just try harder next time.

For now, I'm going to give my brain a break and my plants some water. Things will probably be ok.