Wow!… just WOW!
In 1994, there was no television on the island of Fiji; there were also no eating disorders. British and American television were brought to the island in 1995. By 1998, 29 percent of the girls had developed severe eating disorder symptoms. Thirteen percent developed these symptoms within one month of the introduction of television.”
— Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski a.co/esVFwG0
A God in the window of a gallery.
January 4, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
If DOJ manages to put him in jail he’s never coming out.
The first article of the U.S. Constitution reads: “[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument [that is, salary, fee, or profit], Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
January 4, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
The Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released a 156-page report showing that when he was in the presidency, Trump received at least $7.8 million from 20 different governments, including those of China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Malaysia, through businesses he owned.
Empty Marlboro cigarette pack illuminated by streetlights.
Stars in the frost on the hood of a car.
Christmas lights in a shop window.
Chinese restaurant sign early morning…
2023: A Bad Year for Drag Queen Foes
Interesting look at anti-drag legislation that isn’t succeeding in the courts this year.
This was the year Republican lawmakers went all-in on targeting drag performers–and got a resounding _nope _from federal courts. In all four states where anti-drag laws were challenged this year, federal judges ruled them unconstitutional.
From early in December.
Merry Christmas!
Nothing like an aching wisdom tooth to spoil the holidays…
Trump disqualified from running for President in Colorado. If SCOTUS upholds, he’s toast in all 50 states.
December 17, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
In the United States, that undercurrent has created a movement of people who are willing to overthrow democracy if it means reinforcing their traditional vision. Christian nationalists believe that the secular values of democracy are destroying Christianity and traditional values. They want to get rid of LGBTQ+ rights, feminism, immigration, and the public schools they believe teach such values. And if that means handing power to a dictator who promises to restore their vision of a traditional society, they’re in.
So, I have become the CEO of a cemetery in Westchester. Pay is good and so far only a day or two a week of work. Long story on how it came about.
Trying times. Dog sliced nose open. No clue how. Drove at night through heavy rain to ER. Returned home with stitched up dog, $1200 poorer. Last night dog starts throwing up. Continues all night. Just back from vet, another $700 poorer, with meds & instructions to return if upchucking continues.
December 7, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
I hear a lot these days about how American democracy is doomed and the reactionaries will win. Maybe. But the beauty of our system is that it gives us people like Doris Miller.
… this “maybe” from HCR depresses me… it’s not the first equivocal statement i have read about the outcome of the upcoming election… we cannot let them win… cannot…
It is not the forces of darkness but of shallowness that everywhere threaten the true, and the good, and the beautiful, and that ironically announce themselves as deep and profound.
–Ken Wilber, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, p xi
December 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
“The storm is coming,” Last warned readers. “The world looks normal right now, but it is not. Forces are in motion that will bring us to a point of national crisis one year from now.”
December 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
In the Washington Post yesterday, neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan warned that “a Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable,” and today in The Bulwark, Jonathan V. Last agreed.
Finished reading _The Greatest Invention _ by Silvia Ferrara.
So, I managed tod to get through 3 Thanksgiving feasts in 4 days without gaining a pound! And, I don’t feel deprived!
From this morning’s walk…
True or false? What do you think?
Without novelty, without the hunt for the new, we wouldn’t be human beings.
–Silvia Ferrara, The Greatest Invention