#Cheryl Marie Wade

[cozyaliensuperstar7]

Racism? So they're racist against CC too?

Jennifer Marie Rizzotti 

A retired American collegiate and professional basketball player, and former Division I coach at George Washington University. She is the president of the Connecticut Sun. Rizzotti was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

This is the Olympic Head Coach:

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve

Jealousy? These are all accomplished women in the sport. Dawn Staley is a legend. She just coached a team that won the NCAA Women's Basketball Championships. Her 3rd Championship.

Just because you're newbie WNBA fans and CC fans who just started recognizing women's basketball 2 years ago doesn't mean you know why CC isn't on the Olympic team. Actually y'all barely know anything about basketball. And the more y'all make posts like this, the more y'all showing your ignorance.

Once again, Catilin Clark is not a victim.

And at this point you CC fans are making it hard for people root for her.

Rookies that made the Olympic Team:

Rebecca Lobo in 1996

She helped lead the Huskies (UConn) to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 35–0 record. In her senior year, Lobo was the unanimous national player of the year, winning the 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year award, the Wade Trophy, the AP Player of the Year award, the USBWA Player of the Year award, the Honda Sports Award for basketball, and the WBCA Player of the Year award. She was awarded the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup for 1994–95, presented to the athlete "most deserving of recognition as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year"

Diana Taurasi in 2004

She led the team to three consecutive NCAA championships (UConn). She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft. Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships (2007, 2009, and 2014), a historic five Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020)

Candace Parker in 2008

On February 21, 2008, Parker announced that she would forgo her final season of eligibility at Tennessee in order to focus on the 2008 Olympics and pursue a professional career in basketball. On April 8, 2008, despite having suffered a dislocated shoulder in the regional final, Parker led the Lady Vols to their second straight NCAA women's title, the eighth championship for Tennessee and the last for legendary coach Pat Summitt. She was also named the Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive NCAA tournament, joining Cheryl Miller, Chamique Holdsclaw, and Diana Taurasi as the only female players to have done so.

Breanna Stewart in 2016

In her college career Stewart won 151 games and lost 5, which included four straight national championships. She is the first NCAA basketball player ever to tally 400 assists and block 400 shots. She was one of only six Huskies with at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Stewart finished her career second on UConn's all-time scoring list at 2,676 career points, fourth with 1,179 career rebounds, and first in blocks (414). USA Basketball named Stewart to the squad that played at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She won a gold medal with Team USA in 2016,

Sure there have been rookies selected for the team before and all have won NCAA championships and all of them are all around players. And look 3 out of 4 are White so there goes your race argument.

[angryrdpanda]

Banned Native-Authored Children's Books (because of MAGA zealots)

Firekeeper's Daughter written by Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)

Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army written by Art Coulson (Cherokee); illustrated by Nick Hardcastle (not Native)

Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! written by Art Coulson (Cherokee), illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw)

Fishing on Thin Ice written by Art Coulson (Cherokee)

Lure of the Lake written by Art Coulson (Cherokee)

Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk); illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Wasauksing)

We Still Belong by Christine Day (Upper Skagit); cover art by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw)

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Metis Nation of Ontario)

Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian member); illustrated by Jonathan Nelson (Diné)

The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson (Cherokee)

We Are Water Protectors by Michaela Goade (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe); illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit)

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache)

Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis (Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde); cover art by Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee)

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Maillard (Seminole); illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (not Native)

The People Shall Continue written by Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), illustrated by Sharol Graves (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma).

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, for Young People by Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh) and Jean Mendoza (not Native), adapted from the original edition written by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz (not Native)

Fatty Legs written by Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialiut)

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker written by Robbie Robertson (Mohawk), illustrated by David Shannon (not Native)

Mary and the Trail of Tears by Andrea Rogers (Cherokee)

You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith (Cree), illustrated by Danielle Daniel

Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Mvskoke), illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright (not Native) and Ying-Hwa Hu (not Native).

Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Mvskoke), cover illustration by Floyd Cooper (Mvskoke)

Thunderous written by M. L. Smoker (Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Montana's Fort Peck Reservation) and Natalie Peeterse (not Native); illustrated by Dale Ray DeForest (Diné)

We Are Grateful written by by Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation), illustrated by Frane Lessac (not Native)

At the Mountains Base written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation), illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva, Cahuilla, Chumash, Spanish & Scottish)

"The Way of the Anigiduwagi" written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation), illustrated by MaryBeth Timothy (Cherokee) in The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love and Truth edited by Cheryl and Wade Hudson

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee); illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Metis)

Powwow Day written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee); illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw)

Kapaemahu written by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Kanaka Maoli), Dean Hamer (not Native), and Joe Wilson (not Native); illustrated by Daniel Sousa

[Full List by Debbie Reese]

[killed-by-choice]

Cheryl Vosseler, 17 (USA 1969)

A 17-year-old girl named Cheryl Vosseler and her baby were two of many killed by California’s early legalization of abortion.

On July 31, 1969, Cheryl went to Fresno General Hospital for an abortion. At that time, it was typical for abortions in California to be done in hospitals.

Only 2 weeks later, Cheryl was brought back to the hospital suffering from abortion complications. She had to undergo surgery on August 14, but the damage was too severe. She died on August 16.

Her death was not an isolated incident. Other maternal deaths from legalized abortion in California before Roe v. Wade include but are not limited to 19-year-old “Mary Roe”, 18-year-old Janet Foster, 16-year-old Natalie Meyers, Sara Lint, Twila Coulter, LaSandra Russ, Kathryn Marie Morse, Betty Gail Hines, Cassandra Kay Bleavins, Sharon Lee Margrave and Stella Saenz.

"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Cheryl L Vosseler, 16 Aug 1969; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

California Certificate of Death 69-124954

Coroner’s Inquisition 21728

[shinkai14]

Pokémon AU family List

(will give more info if needed)

Red Miyagawa and Blue Oak (Married)

Akane, Willow, Ichiro, Kaede & Samuel "Sammy" Miyagawa-Oak

Ash Ketchum and Misty (Married)

 Kyla, Caspian & Marilla Ketchum

Brock Harrison and Lucy (Separated)

Thomas, Wade" and Terra" Harrison

Brock and Rebecca (Fling)

Amethyst "Amy" Harrison

Brock and Liliana (Married)

Maria'’’, Sophia’’’ & Macy’’’ Harrison

Leaf Greene and Kris (Married)

Jade", Ivy" & Lin Greene

Trace Herrings and Chase (Married)

Kyrie, Allen & Angelina Herring

Janine Hayashi and Elaine (Married)

Haru, Kenji, Makoto" & Haruna" Hayashi

Goh Yamashita and Horace (Married)

Fumiko, Azumi, Daichi", Jiro" and Hiro Yamashita

Chloe Cerise (Single)

Lucy Cerise

Gary Oak and Domino (Fling)

Juniper Oak

Gary Oak and Zinnia (Not together anymore)

Ivy Oak

Gary Oak and Edric Ross (Married)

Samantha, Darron and Kathrine Oak

Ritchie Berry and Damian (Not together anymore)

Lexie Berry

Ritchie Berry and Derick (Married)

Alex and Daniel

Lt. Adam Surge and Violet

Nixie, Gale and Bolt Surge

Erika Kayano and Darcy (Divorced)

Fiona Kayano

Sabrina And Will Tanaka (Married)

Emiko Tanaka

Lorelei Landa And Winona (Married)

Breena, Maya, Zephyr, Neil & Claire Landa

Bruno Grayson (Single)

Casey and Mason Grayson

James De Rossi and Jessie (Married)

Jamie, Julia, Jackie and Jasper De Rossi

Butch and Daisy Oak (Married)

Rosie and Paisley Oak

Tracey Sketchit and Daisy (Married)

Heather, Holly and Wyatt Sketchit

Ethan Asahi and Sliver (Married)

Scarlett, Riku, Sumire, Haruki, Ryuki, Sierra, Ember, Talia and Gale Asahi

Elio Sunna and Lyra (Married)

Lyre, Leilani, Oliver & Kai Sunna

Lance Blackthorn and Hanako (Married, Hanako is dead)

Luna Blackthorn

Morty Ellis and Falkner (Married)

Raven, Robin and Elliot Ellis

Bugsy Withers and Whitney (Married)

Beckett Withers

Jasmine Tachibana and Solidad (Married)

Rosianna and Ross Kernel

Clair Blackthorn (Single)

Ryu Blackthorn

Karen Lee (Single)

Connie Lee

Cyrus Caddel and Saturn (Not together anymore)

Portia Caddel

Archer Lawrence and Saturn (Married)

Aries, Polaris and Rhea Lawrence

Archer Lawrence and Proton Richter (Not together anymore)

Artemis Richter

Proton Richter and Domino (Not together anymore)

Juno Richter

Professor Elm and his wife (Married)

Cedar Elm

Eusine Smith (Single)

Serenity Smith

Khoury Matthews and Casey (Divorced)

Alice Matthews

Liza Rose and Zinnia (Separated)

Maeve Rose

Brad van darn and Fantina Albret (Married)

Elizabeth Albret

Pierce Elrod and Wendy (Affair)

Freya Elrod

Attila Sharp and Hun (Married)

Demeter, Calypso and Helios Sharp

Brendan Birch and May (Married)

Madison and Henry Birch

Max and Tory Lund (Married)

Alice and Aiden Lund

Wally Harrell and Lisia (Married)

Hayden and Maybelle Harrell

Drew Campbell and Brianna (Married)

Autumn and Summer Campbell

Harley Gray and Nando (Separated)

Marianna Gray

Harley Gray and Juan Richelieu (One night stand)

Francis and Mary Richelieu

Paris Mercia And Solidad (Divorced)

Dena and Jackson Mercia

Wallace and Steven Stone (Married)

Elaine and Petra Stone

Brawly Rush and Roxanne (Married)

Mia and Alexander Rush

Sidney Parker and Flannery (Married)

Flare Parker

Korrina Derand and Phoebe (Married)

Jenna, Gracie & Erwin Derand

Looker Spade and Anabel (Married)

Layla, Helena and Edward Spade

Nando and Tucker Conners (Affair)

Grace Conners

Maxie Embers and Archie (Together)

Kyna, Hector and Darren Embers

Glacia And Ervin Sawyer (Divorced)

Elsa Sawyer

Shelly Waller and Courtney (Married)

Mira Waller

Dana Desmond and Zinnia (One night stand)

Lydia Desmond

Barry Tsumura and Lucas (Married)

Tsutsuji and Hiroko Tsumura

Dawn Berlitz and Zoey

Aurora, Weiss, Gwendolyn and Ronan Berlitz

Paul Norwood and Ursula Lovett (Divorced)

Meaghan and Sasha Norwood

Paul Norwood and Miette (Married)

Anthony and Briar Norwood

Cynthia Reiss and Diantha (Married)

Genevieve and Mariane Reiss

Roark Blair and Riley (Married)

Thea, Rhea, Noah and Lapis Blair

Gardenia Fujimura and Cheryl (Married)

Ayaka Fujimura

Maylene Olsen and Candice (Married)

Noelle & Hayley Olsen

Flint Russel and Volkner (Married)

Dustin and Sophia Russel

Lucian Garnier and Aaron (Married)

Rachael Garnier

Thorton Rhodes and Marley (Married)

Lelia and Luis Rhodes

Hunter J and Mars Seymour (Together, Hunter J is dead)

Pluto Seymour

Buck Russel and Mira (Married)

Blake Russel

Reggie Norwood and Zero (Not together anymore)

Dina Norwood

Reggie Norwood and Lena (Married)

Ezra and Stella Norwood

Kenny Hudson and Leona (Married)

Carmen Hudson

Sho Jonas and Autumn (Married)

Weiss, Lily and Mint Jonas

Tonio Hvam and Alice

Anisa and Dale Hvam

Baron Alberto and Queen Ilene (Fling)

Amaris De Rota

Baron Alberto and Lilith (Married)

Mercia. Jewel and Josephine De Alamos

Grimsley Millard and Zero (Not together anymore)

Crispian and Demi Millard

Lysandre Allard and Zero (TBD)

Vesper & Zeke Allard

Zero and Baraz Laurier (One night stand)

Arleth Laurier

Kevin Mythos and Sheena (Married)

Kyra and Roland Mythos

Sorrel Hart and Verity (Married)

Luna Hart

Verity and Cross West (Separated)

Austin West

Hilbert and Natural Harmonia Gropius (Married)

Aria, Mercy and Euphemia Harmonia (Euphemia is adopted)

Chili Gardener and Hilda (Married)

Cassandra Gardener

Chili Gardener and Burgundy (Divorced)

Millicent “Millie” Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Clemont Alarie (Married)

Adrien and Audrey Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Cecilia Gardener

Clemont Alarie and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Ciel Alarie

Cress Gardener and Calem Xavier (Married)

Lyne and Nathan Xavier-Gardener

Lenora Abrams and Hawes (Married)

Verdona and Vincent Abrams

Serena Castillon and Shauna (Married)

Elodie Castillon

Lysandre Allard and Malva Aubert (Not together anymore)

Alexis and Bastion Aubert

Wikstrom and Siebold Blanchet (Separated)

Lucienne Blanchet

Lysandre Allard and Bellatrix (Divorced)

Cédric Allard

Lysandre Allard and Alain Sycamore (Not together)

Irene Sycamore

Lysandre Allard and Baraz Laurier (Not together)

Ausra Laurier

Lysandre Allard and Professor Augustine Sycamore (Not together anymore)

Sylvie Sycamore

Ghetsis Harmonia Gropius x Colress Keene (Not together anymore)

Euphemia Harmonia (Adopted by Hilbert and N)

Butch Cathcart x Cassidy

Mitch and Mera Cathcart

Todd Snap x Julie (Married)

James, Jamie & Madison Snap

Lysandre Allard x Concordia Harmonia

Moira Harmonia

Hugh Maes x Nate 

Violet & Blake Maes

Rosa Weiss x Roxie 

Patricia “ Patty “, Eliza’’ & Edric’’ Weiss

Iris x Benga Eales

Iona & Rex Eales 

Cheren Griffith x Bianca

April, Cornelia, Corwin, Darrell & Luna Griffith

Rudy Gate x Trip

 Davena & Bruno Gate 

Stephan Tayler x Heidi

Max, Sophie & Kelly Tayler

Georgia Morgan

Gregory Morgan 

Elesa Melbourne x Skyla

Skyler, Taran, Audra & Vetra

Brycen x Burgh Kersey

Lorraine, Colleen, Terrence, Travis Kersey

Marlon Raine x Kelly

Ariel and Clyde Raine 

Caitlin Everett x Shauntal

Emaline’’, Emilio’’, Farrell & Atlas Everett

Newton Graceland 

Lawton and Martha Graceland

Lysandre Allard x Celosia ( TBD)

Sarah Allard

Rei Eto x Yui (Married)

Akiko Eto

Akari Berlitz x Junko (Married)

Yuri and Yumi Berlitz

Volo Reiss

Verna Reiss

Adaman Hishikawa x Hayami (Married)

Akemi, Haru and Honoka Hishikawa

Mai Okumura x Jiro (Married)

Fujitsu and Kenzo Okumura

Arezu Akamine x Kimiko (Married)

Ezume Akamine

Iscan x Palina Magnolia (Married)

Rosianna Magnolia

Irida x Fredrick Castillon (Married)

Akane Castillon

Professor Laventon x his wife (Married)

Maria Laventon

Cyllene Caddel x Daichi (Married, Daichi is dead)

Cora Caddel

Melli x Ingo Collett

Tokiko’’, Tomiko’’, Kenji’’, Kentaro’’ & Etsuko Collett

Tucker x Avery Hackney

Arthur Hackney

Shielbert x Avery Hackney

Cordelia Hackney

Giovanni Forte x Rena 

Giana Forte

Lily Lynde x Hannah 

Tulip & Roland Lynde

Lara Laramie

Michael Laramie

Regina Mills x Jeremy

Garrett, Kaylie & James Mills

Valerie Bristol x Evelyn Desmond

Daphnis, Alette, Elros & Aine Bristol

Florian Villatoro x Kieran

Valeria Villatoro

Luna Blackthorn x Yellow

Tea Blackthorn

Aria Daviau

Daphné Daviau

Professor Samuel Oak x Elisa

Willow Oak

Celio x Lanette Bailey Lindsey, Booker & Ashton Bailey

Forrest Harrison x Maizie Oscar & Carl Harrison

Quillon Mittelman x Petrel Amber Mittelman

Quillon Mittelman x Danika Allegra & Marcus Mittelman

Morgan Desmond x Bridgette Bailey Marsha Desmond

Sordward x Sonia Emily, Mary, Lawrence, Annabelle and Garrett Magnolia

Lizabeth Blair x Christie

Marina & Danny Blair

(Will update more later)

[the-resurrection-3d]

I think about your fic "I was an Island" from time to time. It was the first time I had ever seen sexual intrusive thoughts represented. Like I wasn't alone in dealing with it, safe to say reading that fic a year ago was one of my best decisions and I will carry it in my heart for a long time. Basically you make good fics and I'm really sorry you had a bad day. ( I tried sending this on CuriousCat but It didn't let me :p )

I'm so happy to hear that! That really means a lot to me. A big part of why fics like "I was an island" are written that way is because I couldn't find representations of how trauma and sexuality intersect that satisfied me -- the only time I'd seen sexual intrusive thoughts even spoken of were text posts here on tumblr. I'd tried to represent them in a few unsuccessful original fics that never got picked up, and then in "but I am home," messy though that fic was. But I'd say IWAI is my first real successful outing on that front.

Your comment reminded me a lot of when Cheryl Marie Wade said, "If we are ever really home in the world and in ourselves, then we must say these things out loud. And we must say them with real language." Now, she is talking about the "blunt, crude realities" of being physically disabled, but I think this applies to other forms of representation as well -- I've also been having very long and productive conversations with @edoro about the limitations of metaphor-heavy rep for things like csa, rape, and incest. Don't get me wrong, these representations have their uses, but we also need to say these things with real language, real words. And part of my project as an artist is saying them on another's behalf.

And TBQH the line "But the thought burns with anger far more than desire and lingers like stomach bile you can’t quite brush away, so Alberto has only jacked off to it twice" is honestly better than every EW fic I'd written trying to capture that same feeling, lol.

To circle back around to the start, again, it really means a lot to hear you say that. Thank you so much for the kind comment <3 Also, luckily my situation has been resolved. I'm a little emotionally worn -- I always am when I fight with my brother -- but he apologized to me and we talked it out.

[captainmdhridoyhossain-blog]

[ad_1] Activists have been hopeful that abortion rights could be rolled again via the Perfect Court docket earlier than the verdict’s fiftieth anniversary,(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Loads of anti-abortion activists rally at Professional-Existence Utah's March for Existence on the Utah Capitol on Saturday, along side the nationwide March for Existence in D.C., Jan. 22, 2022.   | Jan. 22, 2022, 9:06 p.m.Dozens of yellow flags emblazoned with the phrase “LIFE” decorated the Utah State Capitol’s steps Saturday afternoon, the place masses of protestors accumulated to rally in opposition to abortion.Saturday used to be the Roe v. Wade determination’s forty ninth anniversary, and audio system on the March for Existence Utah tournament have been hopeful the verdict could be overturned via the Perfect Court docket earlier than its fiftieth. Simply months previous, the court docket refused to dam a Texas legislation that bans a majority of abortions within the state, and the justices will quickly make a decision on a case over abortion restrictions in Missouri — which might overturn the verdict.(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Loads of anti-abortion activists rally at Professional-Existence Utah's March for Existence on the Utah Capitol on Saturday, along side the nationwide March for Existence in D.C., Jan. 22, 2022.Utah is one in all greater than 20 states that’s handed a ‘cause legislation,’ which might straight away ban nearly all optional abortions if the verdict is overturned.“Professional-Existence Utah and our allies have labored onerous over time to put a basis for a post-Roe nation and state,” mentioned Professional-Existence Utah president Mary Taylor. “So is our paintings whole? Sadly, no. If truth be told, we want all palms on deck greater than ever now if we wish to make sure an abortion-free state.”(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah legislators l-r Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, Rep. Candice Pierucci, R-Riverton, Rep. Cheryl Acton, R-West Jordan, Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield and Rep. Jordan Teuscher, R-South Jordan have been a number of the masses attending Saturday's March for Existence on the Utah Capitol, along side the nationwide March for Existence in D.C., Jan. 22, 2022. Taylor hinted that Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, could be proposing law to make some “easy adjustments” to “give protection to girls and save the lives of unborn young children.” She advised attendees to name their representatives and ask them to give a boost to Birkeland’s law and mentioned just a “small quantity” of state legislators are prepared to tackle pro-life law.She additionally requested attendees to donate to Professional-Existence Utah, since they wait for an excellent larger want for services and products subsequent yr, just like the group’s cell medical institution for pregnant girls.“Each unmarried kid’s lifestyles is useful — however this paintings isn't simple, and it’s now not affordable,” Taylor mentioned. “Please sign up for us to learn how you'll play a job on this necessary paintings. Now greater than ever, like I mentioned, we actually want all palms on deck.” [ad_2] #Antiabortion #protestors #march #Utah #State #Capitol #forty ninth #anniversary #Roe #Wade

[crippleprophet]

CRIPPLE LULLABY

by Cheryl Marie Wade

I’m trickster coyote in a gnarly-bone suit I’m a fate worse than death in shit-kickin’ boots

I’m the nightmare booga you flirt with in dreams ‘Cause I emphatically demonstrate: It ain’t what it seems

I’m a whisper, I’m a heartbeat, I’m "that accident," and goodbye One thing I am not is a reason to die.

I’m homeless in the driveway of your manicured street I’m Evening Magazine’s SuperCrip of the Week

I’m the girl in the doorway with no illusions to spare I’m a kid dosed on chemo, so who said life is fair

I’m a whisper, I’m a heartbeat, I’m "let’s call it suicide," and a sigh One thing I am not is a reason to die

I’m the poster child with doom-dipped eyes I’m the ancient remnant set adrift on ice

I’m that Valley girl, you know, dying of thin I’m all that is left of the Cheshire Cat’s grin

I’m the Wheelchair Athlete, I’m every dead Baby Doe I’m the Earth’s last volcano, and I am ready to blow

I’m a whisper, I’m a heartbeat, I’m a genocide survivor, and Why? One thing I am not is a reason to die.

I am not a reason to die.

[digitalembodiment]

[Video Description: Part 3 of 3 of the Director’s Cut of David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder’s documentary Vital Signs, Crip Culture Talks Back, available on YouTube. The footage for the documentary was shot at the University of Michigan’s 1995 conference on disability and the performing arts, This/Ability. Part 2 includes interviews with disabled studies scholars, artists, poets, authors as well as performances and discussions.]

Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back, Part Three (copyright 1995, Fanlight Productions, now on YouTube) by David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder

Part three (10 minutes, 17 seconds) of a documentary, closed captioning included

Documentary Description: “During a conference on disability and the arts interviews and performance art routines were recorded in the video, “Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back.”  The documentary captures the emergence of disability culture – the active sharing of community, politics, and critiques of academics, artists, activists, and other disabled people.” - David Mitchell

“This edgy, raw documentary explores the politics of disability through the performances, debates and late-night conversations of activists at a national conference on Disability & the Arts. Including interviews with well known disability rights advocates such as Cheryl Marie Wade, Mary Duffy and Harlan Hahn, Vital Signs conveys the intensity, variety and vitality of disability culture today. Open-Captioned. Contains strong language and nudity.” -Fanlight Productions

Filmed at the University of Michigan’s conference on disability and the performing arts, This/Ability: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability and the Arts, on May 18-20, 1995

Related Links: Talking About Talking Back: Afterthoughts on the Making of the Disability Documentary Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder

University [of Michigan] Record, May 8, 1995 by Joanne Nesbit

[elfwreck]

Free ebook: We Organize to Change Everything - Fighting for Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice

Here's the table of contents:

Introduction by Jessie Kindig

Part I. It’s Time to Fight

  1T he Fight Is On Why We’re Going Backwards on Abortion Rights—and How We Can Rebuild a Fighting Feminist Movement - by Jenny Brown

  2 Pañuelos Verdes, Acompañamiento, Solidaridad The Global South Has Much to Teach the North in This Moment - by Naomi Braine

  3 Women Themselves Are the Solution Las Libres Has Been Helping Women Access Abortion and Human Rights in Mexico—and Now the United States—for Over Two Decades - by Verónica Cruz Sanchez, interviewed by Elizabeth Navarro; translated by Elizabeth Navarro

  4 The Attacks on Native People’s Reproductive Autonomy Amicus Brief Filed in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court Case

Shared on behalf of Cecilia Fire Thunder (Oglala Lakota), the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, the Native American Community Board, and Team: Counsel of Record Lael Echo-Hawk; Legal Team Lauren van Schilifgaarde and Sarah Deer; Epidemiology Team Abigail Echo-Hawk and Kaeli Flannery; and Research Assistant Elise Higgins

  5 Clinic Defense Is Advocating for Our Patients Defending the Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi - by Derenda Hancock and Kim Gibson; interviewed by Anne Rumberger

  6 They Were Wrong to Bet on Our Silence Shout Your Abortion’s Rapid Response to the Dobbs Decision - by Amelia Bonow

  7 What We Need Now Is More of What We Did The Militant Multiracial Grassroots Campaign That Won Abortion by Popular Referendum in Washington State—in 1969 - by Barbara Winslow

Part II. Reproductive Justice Is Justice for All   8 Empty Choices Women of Color and the History of Reproductive Justice - by Marian Jones

  9 Sovereignty Lost Not Only Has Native People’s Right to Parent Our Children Been Stolen from Us, but So Has Our Right to Abortion—Even with Roe v. Wade in Effect - by Jen Deerinwater

10 Aborto Libre, Seguro y Accesible In Puerto Rico, a History of Colonization Led to an Atrocious Lack of Reproductive Freedom - by Raquel Reichard

11 Labor Crisis in the Clinics When You’re Not Focused on the Workers, Who Is Going to Provide the Care? - by Crystal and Luna, in conversation with Amy Littlefield

12 White Supremacy and the Antiabortion Movement Abortion Bans and Regressive Gender Roles Increase the Number of White Babies Born While Criminalizing Women of Color - by Erin Matson and Shireen Rose Shakouri

13 Your Body Is Not Your Own What If We Understand the Criminalization of Abortion as Part of Creating a Larger Criminalized Class? - by Cheryl Rivera

14 Abortion Behind Bars The Carceral State Already Removes Bodily Autonomy and Any Illusion of Reproductive Choice - by Victoria Law

15 Pregnant and Prosecuted In a Post-Roe World, the Rights of the Fetus Would Supersede Those of the Person Carrying It—but for Many Pregnant People, This Is Already True - by Marie Solis

16 One Struggle, One Fight Abortion and Transgender Healthcare Are Under Attack by the Same Forces Using the Same Playbook - by Dr. Mary K. Bowman

17 Pregnancy and Abortion Only by Measuring How Much We Enjoy This Right Can We Measure the Social Wealth We Enjoy - by Movimento di Lotta Femminile di Padova; translated by Arlen Austen

Part III. Get Yourself Some Pills

18 Maybe Abortion Isn’t as Complicated as We’ve Been Led to Believe The Underground Network of Midwives, Herbalists, Nurses, and Activists Providing Home Abortions Across America - by Lizzie Presser

19 How to Give Yourself an Abortion Get Yourself Some Pills - by Arielle Swernoff illustrated by Mattie Lubchansky

20 Self-Managed Abortion Services It’s Safe, Effective, and Done All over the World - by Naomi Braine

Resource Guide and Directory Fight Back, Get an Abortion, Find Legal Resources, Fund Care, Tell Your Story - by the Editors

[campgender]

what does the lettering on all your tattoos say??

thank you for asking, this was such a neat question to receive! my tattoos are in some selfies here (link) for those who haven’t seen them :)

the fork one says “I am not a reason to die” which is from the poem Cripple Lullaby by Cheryl Marie Wade (link) - cw for discussion of violent ableism

the deer one says “For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return” which is from a poem by Kamand Kojouri; i got the tattoo in memory of my late mentor, whose life’s work was providing community-led, low-cost, sustainable clean water solutions for underserved & marginalized communities

[just-another-ficwriter]

Southside Christmas Olympics

Pairing: Sweet Pea x Reader

Words: 1000ish

Warnings: Mentions of bad childhood

Summary: It’s a silly tradition. But a tradition no less.

Notes: Filling the ‘Building A Snowman’ square on my @riverdalebingo bingo card!

The wind whips her hair from her shoulder, her back pressed up against cold metal, the edge of her jeans turning a deeper shade of blue as the water seeps in.

The nostalgia hits her the same time a flurry of snowflakes finds her, biting at the exposed skin on her cheeks.

She almost laughs, before she remembers she can’t give away her hiding spot and sinks down a little further, eyes scanning for a potential threat.

-

It starts when they’re 12. The six of them desperately trying to escape their home lives, even if the weather turned their noses red and their fingertips blue.

Toni throws the first snowball, landing it against Jughead’s forehead with a thud, an action declaring out right war.

Sweet Pea’s already gathering snow up in his arms before Jug even has time to react, while Fangs runs from an attack that Y/N’s already pelting at them.

The teams are decided quick. Toni, Pea and Joaquin, against Y/N, Jughead and Fangs, and after half hour of breathless laughter and humoured but determine shrikes, Sweet Pea declares his team the winners.

“No fair, I want a rematch!” Y/N stomps her foot into the snow, arms tight across her chest. Even then, she’s Pea’s fierce match in every single way.

“We won, fair and square!” He argues back, eyes holding hers in an angered stare, the bickering could go on for hours.

“How about we play something else?” Jug suggests, catching all of their attentions.

-

Jug’s idea comes in the form of rolled up snow and stolen carrots.

It’s simple really.

A race to build the best snowman, in the quickest time.

Only now their fingers are turning numb, and their teeth are chattering too much to stay still, it’s makes it a little more difficult than they thought.

Sweet Pea doesn’t know how they do it, one minute their snowman’s a pile of mush, and the next it’s towering three feet over his own.

“Finished!” There’s a triumphant tint to Fangs’ voice when he calls out and high fives his team mates.

This time there’s no fight about who’s won.

“Stupid thing.” Pea can’t help but kick his teams half built creation, sending it tumbling to the ground. He blushes when the others laugh. “It’s one all, we need a tie breaker.”

-

They make the sleds themselves. Two giant blown up rubber dinghies ready to go.

“First to the bottom wins.” Sweet Pea and Y/N both shake hands. They pretend not to know why their teams nominated them, but deep down they’re aware it’s because they’re both the most competitive, a burning desire to win.

They wait for the small count down to finish, and with a gentle shove they’re both off.

It’s slow at first, neck and neck besides each other but then Y/N takes off and he can’t seem to catch up.

It doesn’t matter what he tries, leaning forward, leaning back, nothing works and she crosses the finish line a full 10 seconds before he does.

Fangs and Jughead cheer from their spot on top of the hill.

They win the first year.

-

At 14 Jughead brings Archie and Betty along, an interesting twist to their two year tradition.

A year after Veronica follows, one perfectly manicured hand wrapped in Archie’s, the other dragging a solemn looking Reggie Mantle.

Jughead sees Fangs and Sweet Pea stand to protest, but calms them down with a simple ‘we need even numbers.’

16 brings Cheryl Blossom, red snow suit in toe, and an excited Kevin Keller, rounding their teams to 6 a piece.

When they’re 18, they’re surprised to find everyone’s coming home for Christmas, and the games can continue.

At 20 their hearts break when there’s no snow and Cheryl surprises them all with a trip to the alps.

“A gift from me to you.” She sing songs, blowing them all a kiss with a perfect cherry red pout.

“Girls got more money than sense.” A shocked Fangs had shook his head in disbelief.

Some would argue at 22, they’re too old for snowball fights and snowman building, but 10 years from the first time, they find themselves once again wading through the snow.

Y/N can see Fangs from where she’s hiding, his head pecking out above the bush he’s crouching behind. With an arm raised ready, she’s about to make her first move when something hits her square on the back.

“Gotcha ya.” He’s grinning when she turns around, a child like giddiness burning bright in his eyes. She usually loves it, but not right now.

“Pea!” It comes out more as a soft sigh than a whine when he wraps his arms around her waist.

“It’s just a game baby.” He chuckles, pulling her flush to his chest so he can whisper in her ear. Y/N melts against his warmth. “And I like to win.”

“Yeah well my snowman’s gonna kick your ass.” She’s pushing him away before their lips can meet, and doesn’t allow him time to be confused before she shouts out. “I found Pea, he’s behind Fangs’ truck!”

“Son of a-“ It’s too late to finish his sentence, a flurry of snowballs are already raining down on them and she smirks when a particular one finds its why under his clothes and makes him shudder.

“It’s just a game baby.” She kisses his cheek before she disappears, back to base to wait the game out with an already defeated Jughead, leaving him shaking his head.

Riverdale Holiday Bingo Masterlist

Forever Taglist: @p-marie-sp

Sweet Pea Taglist: @80sand90simagine @hopelesslylosttheway @be-gay-do-crime-cutie

[killed-by-choice]

Cheryl Vosseler, 17 (USA 1969)

A 17-year-old girl named Cheryl Vosseler and her baby were two of many killed by California’s early legalization of abortion. While the law didn’t technically say that abortion was legal on demand, that was effectively what happened.

On July 31, 1969, Cheryl went to Fresno General Hospital for an abortion. At that time, it was typical for abortions in California to be done in hospitals.

Only 2 weeks later, Cheryl was brought back to the hospital suffering from abortion complications. She had to undergo surgery on August 14, but the damage was too severe. She died on August 16.

Her death was not an isolated incident. Other maternal deaths from legalized abortion in California before Roe v. Wade include but are not limited to 19-year-old “Mary Roe”, 18-year-old Janet Foster, 16-year-old Natalie Meyers, 16-year-old Francesca Sardina, 15-year-old Gwendolyn Drummer, Denise Holmes, Margaret Davis, Sara Lint, Twila Coulter, LaSandra Russ, Doris Grant, Kathryn Marie Morse, Betty Gail Hines, Cassandra Kay Bleavins, Sharon Lee Margrave and Stella Saenz.

"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Cheryl L Vosseler, 16 Aug 1969; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

California Certificate of Death 69-124954

Coroner’s Inquisition 21728

Fresno County Superior Court, No. 146000, Vosseler v. Black and Red Corporation, et al.

[thequeendesi]

Here's what I will write for

D.C

Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel

Jerome Valeska

Jeremiah Valeska

BatMan/Bruce Wayne

AquaMan/Arthur Curry

DeadShot/Floyd Lawton

El Diablo/Chato Santana

Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley

Red Hood/Jason Todd

Red Robin/Tim Drake

NightWing/Dick Grayson

Robin/Damian Wayne

Raven/Rachel Roth

Cyborg/Victor Stone

Starfire/Koriand'r

Beast Boy/Garfield Logan

…

Marvel

Spider-Man/Peter Parker

Spider-Man/Miles Morales

Spider-Gwen/Gwen Stacey

Iron-Man/Tony Stark

Captain America/Steve Rogers

Black Widow/Nastasha Romanoff

Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes

Black Panther/T'Challa

Shuri

Okoye

Hulk/Bruce Banner

Hawkeye/Clint Barton

Thor Odinson

Star Lord/Peter Quill

Loki Laufeyson

Deadpool/Wade Wilson

…

Descendants

Mal

Ben

Evie

Audrey

Carlos

Jay

Doug

Jane

Lonnie

Uma

Harry

Gil

…

Big Hero Six

Hiro Hamada

Tadashi Hamada

GoGo Tomago

Wasabi

Fred

Honey Lemon

…

Twilight

Bella Swan

Edward Cullen/Edward Anthony Masen Jr.

Rosalie Cullen/Rosalie Lillian Hale

Alice Cullen/Mary Alice Brandon

Emmett Cullen/Emmett McCarty

Jasper Cullen/Jasper Whitlock

Kate/Katrina Denali

Jacob Black/Jacob Ephraim Black

Quil Ateara V

Embry Call

Paul Lahote

Jared Cameron

Leah Clearwater

Seth Clearwater

…

Riverdale

Jughead Jones/Forsythe Pendleton Jones III

Veronica Lodge/Veronica Lodge Mantle

Archie Andrews/Archibald Andrews

Toni Topez

Cheryl Blossom

Betty Cooper/Elizabeth Cooper

…

13 Reasons Why

Scott Reed

Clay Jenson

Zach Dempsey

Tyler Down

Casey Ford

Jessica Davis

Justin Foley

Alex Standall

Jeff Atkins

Skye Miller

Sheri Holland

Chlöe Rice

Marcus Cole

Courtney Crimson

Cyrus

…

Be More Chill

Jeremy Heere

Michael Mell

Richard Goranski

Jake Dillinger

Brooke Lohst

Jenna Rolan

Chloe Valentine

Christine Canigula

…

Dear Evan Hansen

Jared Kleinman

Zoe Murphy

Evan Hansen

…

Heathers

Heather Chandler

Heather Duke

Heather McNamara

Veronica Sawyer

Martha Dunstock

…

21 Chump Street

Justin Laboy

…

Steven Universe

Pearl

Amethyst

Bismuth

Garnet

Ruby

Sapphire

Steven Universe

Sadie Miller

Lars Barriga

Shep

Jasper

Peridot

Lapis Lazuli

Holly Blue Agate

Spinel

Greg Universe

….

Adventure Time

Finn The Human

Marceline

Bonnibel (Princess Bubblegum)

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

This was done in 2000, for the tenth Anniversary of the ADA.

It’s based on an essay / article that Cheryl Marie Wade wrote of the alternative Disability Rights publication “The Ragged Edge” in 1992. Cheryl Marie Wade died in 2013, at the age of 65.

It’s rated Mature for mention of physician-assisted suicide, infanticide of enslaved disabled babies, the killing of disabled people at the beginning of the Holocaust. But it also celebrated Disability art, activism, and self-Advocacy. And, personally, I think it’s one of the most important pieces on Disability History and Pride I’ve ever seen.

(Note: this piece advocates for “People First” language, which runs counter to most of Disability Self-Advocacy movements today. But you should understand that around the time this piece was first written, Disabled people were rarely referred to as people at all. So before we could get to “Don’t separate my personhood from my disabled identity,” we had to get past “Please remember that I am a person at all.”)

[blackkudos]

Patrice Holloway

Patrice Yvonne Holloway (March 23, 1951 – October 3, 2006) was an American soul and pop singer.

Career

Patrice Yvonne Holloway was born on March 23, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of three children born to Wade Holloway, Sr. (August 13, 1920 – June 24, 2001) and his wife, the former Johnnie Mae Fossett. Patrice is the younger sister of Motown artist Brenda Holloway. Holloway also had a contract with Motown, recording songs such as "The Touch of Venus" and "For the Love of Mike", none of which were released. She recorded a few minor singles for the Capitol Records label during the mid-1960s, notably "Love And Desire", "Ecstasy" and "Stolen Hours", which became popular on the Northern Soul scene in the 1970s. She sang background vocals with her sister on many records for other artists, including Joe Cocker and the Grease Band's 1968 cover version of The Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", later the theme song to the 1980s television series The Wonder Years. Patrice also recorded the soul classic, "Stay With Your Own Kind", which was noteworthy for its direct treatment of inter-racial relationships at a time when this was highly controversial. Patrice also co-wrote 'You've Made Me So Very Happy', which in 1969 rose to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 when the band Blood Sweat & Tears covered it, two years after it was co-written and originally recorded by her sister Brenda.

Holloway is most noted for her work as the singing voice of Valerie in Hanna-Barbera's 1970 Josie and the Pussycats television series and on the concurrent Josie and the Pussycats album. Valerie was the first female African-American cartoon character to star as a television series regular, and was nearly cut from the show by Hanna-Barbera. Record producer Danny Janssen demanded that Holloway—and therefore Valerie—remain in the show, as he felt her voice was necessary to produce the Jackson 5-esque bubblegum pop that H-B had requested he produce. It is Patrice's voice that does lead on the series' theme song, 'Josie and The Pussycats,' amongst many other songs.

After the first season of Josie, Holloway recorded a few solo singles, produced by Janssen, for Capitol Records. Neither she, nor Pussycats bandmates Cheryl Ladd and Cathy Dougher, performed the songs for the second-season episodes, which were titled Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space.

Holloway died of a heart attack at the age of 55 on October 3, 2006.

Selected discography

Singles

1963: "Stevie" b/w "(He Is) The Boy of My Dreams" (V.I.P. 25001)

1966: "Stolen Hours" b/w "Lucky, My Boy" (Capitol)

1967: "Love and Desire" b/w "Ecstasy" (Capitol)

1967: "Stay with Your Own Kind" b/w "That's All You Got To Do" (Capitol 5985)

1971: "That's The Chance You Gotta Take" b/w "Evidence" (Capitol)

1972: "Black Mother Goose" b/w "That's The Chance You Gotta Take" (Capitol)

Backing Vocals

1968: "With a Little Help from My Friends" (single) – Joe Cocker

1969 "Someday We'll Be Together" (single) Diana Ross & the Supremes (Patrice, Merry Clayton & Clydie King substituting for the Supremes)1969 "Sunshower" (album) Thelma Houston1970 Reach Out & Touch (single) Diana Ross

1971: Gandharva (album) – Beaver & Krause

1972: Moonshot (album) – Buffy Sainte-Marie

[digitalembodiment]

[Video Description: Part 2 of 3 of the Director’s Cut of David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder’s documentary Vital Signs, Crip Culture Talks Back, available on YouTube. The footage for the documentary was shot at the University of Michigan’s 1995 conference on disability and the performing arts, This/Ability. Part 2 includes interviews with disabled studies scholars, artists, poets, authors as well as performances and discussions.]

Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back, Part Two (copyright 1995, Fanlight Productions, now on YouTube) by David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder

Part two (18 minutes, 35 seconds) of a documentary, closed captioning included

Documentary Description: During a conference on disability and the arts interviews and performance art routines were recorded in the video, “Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back.”  The documentary captures the emergence of disability culture – the active sharing of community, politics, and critiques of academics, artists, activists, and other disabled people. - David Mitchell

This edgy, raw documentary explores the politics of disability through the performances, debates and late-night conversations of activists at a national conference on Disability & the Arts. Including interviews with well known disability rights advocates such as Cheryl Marie Wade, Mary Duffy and Harlan Hahn, Vital Signs conveys the intensity, variety and vitality of disability culture today. Open-Captioned. Contains strong language and nudity. -Fanlight Productions

Filmed at the University of Michigan’s conference on disability and the performing arts, This/Ability: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability and the Arts, on May 18-20, 1995

Related Links: Talking About Talking Back: Afterthoughts on the Making of the Disability Documentary Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder

University [of Michigan] Record, May 8, 1995 by Joanne Nesbit