#Katie Wood

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Chris Geidner at Law Dork:

A federal judge rejected Florida’s request to dismiss sex discrimination claims in a lawsuit against the state’s ban on teachers using the pronoun that corresponds to their gender identity. In a brief order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker denied motions from the state and other defendants to dismiss sex discrimination claims raised in the lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Under the anti-transgender law, teachers in the state can only use the pronouns associated with their biological sex assigned at birth in the classroom — or risk discipline that can include suspension or even licensure revocation.

Walker issued a preliminary injunction in April against enforcement of the ban as to Katie Wood, one of the teachers who sued, under a free speech claim, writing, “Once again, the State of Florida has a First Amendment problem. Of late, it has happened so frequently, some might say you can set your clock by it.” Wednesday’s ruling expanded which claims will be allowed to go to trial. Walker, an Obama appointee, initially allowed parts of the lawsuit to proceed as to free speech and equal protection claims, as well as a preemption claim, but agreed with the state in the April 19 order that the challengers — three current or former teachers — did not show that the pronoun ban constituted a “term or condition” of employment that could justify the sex discrimination Title VII or Title IX claims.

In a somewhat unusual moment for a federal judge, however, Walker on Wednesday reversed course — acknowledging that he got that latter part wrong the first time. After dismissing the sex discrimination claims, the parties filed a second amended complaint to provide more information to Walker backing those claims. Additionally, the Justice Department weighed in, with a “Statement of Interest” setting forth the position of the United States on the matter — and backing the teachers’ Title VII claims. “The mandatory nature of the title/pronoun policies and the consequences for non-compliance make clear that the policies are a term or condition of Plaintiffs’ employment,” the Justice Department lawyers wrote in the statement. In response, Walker on Wednesday changed course.

[...] In response, Walker on Wednesday changed course. “[U]pon review of the second amended complaint and the briefing — particularly the thoughtful analysis from the United States of America — this Court concludes that it erred when it previously held that Plaintiffs failed to sufficiently allege that the challenged pronoun policy discriminates with respect to Plaintiffs’ terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,“ he wrote. Additionally, he further detailed the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court decision from this term, Muldrow v. St. Louis, which was issued April 17 and set forth standards for determining the “terms [or] conditions” requirement under Title VII, beyond his consideration of it in the earlier ruling. Specifically, Walker wrote, ”This Court’s incorrect analysis relied on case law that is no longer good law following” the Muldrow decision.1

Challengers score a big win on the fight against Florida’s forced misgendering law HB1069 in Wood v. Florida Department of Education that bans the usage of pronouns congruent with their gender identity instead of the gender assigned at birth.

See Also:

CBS News Miami: Challenge to Florida teacher pronoun law gets go-ahead

[the-colourful-witch]

🥇🏆The Gryffindor Quidditch team🏆🥇

It took me a while to figure out how to fit seven people in a lineup and make it fun to look at🫡 The ✨ struggles of arting ✨ But! I’m happy with how this turned out! I love the blue and red contrast :)

It was also a lot of fun to draw Harry and the twins again, it’s been a while. I hope you like this one! Until the next one peeps!✏️🏳️‍🌈💪🏻

[twistedshipper]

"The witch's cottage has apparently a special meaning - it embodies often, like the witch herself, that feeling of ghastliness and numinous terror which is inspired by the wood. But the territory of her power extends beyond the cottage - her wider and more important sphere is the wood." -Arne Runeberg

[swolocup]

New thought:

Oliver wood owns a muggle camera.

Am I going to elaborate? Yes

Oliver totally got one from Percy in their fourth year during Christmas.

Oliver was talking about how he wished he was able to take photos of the team so he could make a bulletin of their set up.

Percy was happy to oblige and make his friend (boyfriend) happy.

Some of the photos also have just goofy things of the team.

For example:

The first photo Oliver took is a blurry photo of Percy in the Gryffindor common room with a large smile on his face holding a book on the “Greatest ministers of all time”, a gift from Oliver of course.

One photo has second year Fred and George pretending their beater clubs are swords.

Another photo includes Percy in his bed, hair tousled and he is clutching his stuffed bear. (Oliver keeps this photo in his pocket and kisses it before every match.)

There is a photo of Katie Bell going to swing at Fred for turning her owl into a bell. “Look at your Bell, Bell!” “DIE IN A PIT, WEASLEY!”

There is a photo of Percy studying, nose scrunched up and glasses on the very top of his nose as he looks down at a book he’s reading.

[parappaadventure2q-a]

bass cats

[myoonmii]

Hi, prompting evil!Morgana, please（⌒▽⌒）

You should see her in a crown

Thankyou for this ask anon!! i've been wanting to draw her in her evil little spidery dress for so long and this gave me the perfect push. This was also supposed to be just a sketch but I got a little carried away

[gemsofgreece]

Katí is a small lake in Mount Olympus. Photo by Antonis Stamoulis.

[t1oui]

weasley-wood family headcanons because i'm having THOUGHTS

they're weirdly proper. like it's percy "fancy pants perfect prefect" weasley's fault but oliver and the kids just go along with it.

they live on a beach. or like. above a beach. basically they have a lot of land for flying and such

oliver has secret handshakes with all of the kids. percy pretends to think this is stupid (he's secretly jealous)

bc of percy their vibes with the weasleys are off and percy and oliver try their absolute hardest to make sure the kids don't notice, especially when they're young

lots of family time. whether they're baking, making dinner, flying, watching a movie, etc., they love spending time together

oliver and the kids bring out the chaos in percy

percy is head of the dmle and his family is THE weird one at ministry parties

percy is beefing with seamus finnigan (one of his co-workers) and is trying to get his family to back him up. they refuse to

percy and oliver are BOTH the emotional ones. unless it's about quidditch then oliver is definitely the emotional one

oliver's most complicated handshake is with the kid that doesn't play quidditch (he's not sure how else to bond with them)

they definitely make bets on who their kids are going to date (they also definitely try to set their kids up on dates so they'll win)

lucy dates seamus's son. percy nearly passes out when he finds out. then he finds out he owes oliver 20 galleons and he does pass out

teddy and albus come over ALL THE TIME, teddy has started leaving clothes in the guest bedroom and albus's assignments are all over the house

percy once flirted with the conductor of the hogwarts express to distract him from leaving on time since the potters were late and oliver was laughing so hard he had to leave without percy

they spend a lot of time with penny & marcus's family yeah but also with penelope's sisters' families

(this is how the kids learn about muggle stuff)

they're ALL clean freaks... except katie (the youngest) and it pisses everybody off so much

they play hide-and-seek a lot. idk. they just do

the first time penelope & her sisters took them to pride percy got drunk

lucy, like oliver, likes to draw and sometimes they'll just sit together at the kitchen table and draw for hours

(they'd totally do that challenge where you swap canvases/paper every 5 minutes. you know the one)

they all love each other sm actually. probably the healthiest of all the next gen weasley families lol

[cleowho]

“It can't be done.”

Day of the Daleks - season 09 - 1972

[kent-farm]

—Supergirl, “We Can Be Heroes” + “Reign”

[the-colourful-witch]

🌸⚡️Alicia Spinnet⚡️🌸

I wanted to work on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, because it includes characters (mostly the girls) whom I barely see artwork of. And I wanted to put my own spin on them :) We don’t know a lot about Alicia or Katie, for instance. I literally found no more information on Alicia than ‘plays chaser on the Gryffindor team’… oh well. So I made it up! ☀️🤗

I like the idea of Alicia looking like a cinnamon roll but can actually kill you🤫

I hope you like her too!🧡 Katie is up next!

[goldkirk]

T-2.25 hours till my root canals and I’m scared shitless. I just hyperventilated in the shower and my brain is trying to dissociate more than it has in months. I am going to be very brave and go anyway but god I’m going to be a wuss about it for the entirety of today. Yes I am embarrassed no I cannot change it when my body is this fight or flight. God I hate being self aware but not having enough of a neurological lever in this area of my brain yet to do anything about it this particular trigger. I WILL DO IT THOUGH

[artfilmfan]

The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of june

chase twichell the snow watcher: "hunger for something"

hester knibbe hungerpots (tr. jacquelyn pope)

jan beatty an eater, or swallowhole, is a reach of stream

sally wen mao the toll of the sea

peter everwine rain

rebecca lindenberg the logan notebooks: "poetic subjects"

john kinsella native cut wood deflects colonial hunger

katie peterson permission: "the truth is concrete"

linda hogan dark. sweet.: "innocence"

jános pilinszky (tr. george gömöri & clive wilmer) van gogh's prayer

david sullivan the day the beekeeper died: sulaymaniyah

sandra simonds you can't build a child

kari edwards bharat jiva: "ready to receive remains..."

george kalogeris rilke rereading hölderlin

philip nikolayev letters from aldenderry: "a midsummer's night stroll"

franz wright the raising of lazarus

erin belieu black box: "i heart your dog's head"

joseph brodsky collected poems in english, 1972-1999: "the hawk's cry in autumn"

jonathan galassi north street and other poems: "may"

stanley kunitz the collected poems of stanley kunitz: "end of summer"

robin blaser the holy forest: collected poems of robin blaser: "a bird in the house"

liu xia (tr. jennifer stern & ming di) empty chairs

wilfred owen exposure

mahogany l. browne this is the honey

diane lockward the uneaten carrots of atonement: "for the love of avocados"

peter balakian ozone journal: "here and now"

(tw: miscarriage) kathryn nuernberger rag & bone: "translations"

ailbhe ní ghearbhuigh conriocht ["werewolf"] (tr. billy ramsell)

craig arnold meditation on a grapefruit

anzhelina polonskaya (tr. andrew wachtel) to the ashes: "a few words about van gogh"

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[im-smart-i-swear]

fuck this shit, vld warrior cats au in 2024. this thing has LORE btw. if you even care

[hannshines]

HARRY POTTER "FLINTWOOD" FANCAST pt.2

Pt.1: Slytherin's

Pt.2 (here):

Gryffindor's

Oliver Wood - Idk who the guy in the first picture is, Idk if he still looks the same as the picture, but until I get another person suitable for a fancast, as a first choice THAT's how I see Oliver Wood / Xavier Serrano

Percy Weasley - Linus Jasper @ linus_jasper

Katie bell - Ella Purnell / Olivia Halle

Alicia Spinett - Nia Towle

Angelina Johnson - Idk who the hell the first person in the photo is but I like her / Cassey Channel

Demelza Robinson - Caroline Reuter

Ritchie Coote - Xavier Roger