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Dank, Girls, and The Game: #IamBrettKavanaugh
Let me explain. A few nights back, at bedtime, as we were ushering the girls upstairs, I leaned in to give my two-year-old daughter a snuggle. She pulled away. We do this sometimes; it’s our little game. So, playing my part, I feigned an indignant, overly-dramatic offense, which made her giggle. We were playing, of course, so naturally I leaned in again for my second attempt. Same pull-away. Same feigned offense. Same giggle.
On the third round, she began to lose interest in the game, and instead reached for her binky. I, being in possession of said binky, having just rinsed it off, held it up, just out of reach.
A bargaining chip.
It only took a split second. My wife and I exchanged an identical look of instant recognition. In that moment, I knew. I actually felt it, deeply and personally. I have always empathized, or at least tried to, but now I understood.
And it sickened me. And scared me.
Because how can you be part of the solution when you don’t even realize you’re still part of the problem?
Because the sense of entitlement is ingrained to the point of instinct.
Because we judge ourselves based on our intentions but judge others based on their actions.
And because the underlying danger isn’t reserved only for the risk of an overt assault, but in the fact that one’s intentions and actions can be completely incongruous without even realizing it.
Were my intentions in the little scene I described anything but those of a loving father? Of course not.
Did my actions equate in their severity to those of someone who forces himself on women? No.
Will it be easy for some reading this post to view it as overreaction or dismiss it as liberal brainwashing? Highly likely.
But the simple fact here is that even at the age of two, my little girl is learning what it means to be female.
She’s learning that her affection has value and that withholding it can have consequences.
That her consent, if not offered outright, will likely be subjected to coercion.
That there is a path of least resistance.
In recent days, I, like many, have struggled to reconcile the moment we are in, and to see a path forward. I’ve been enraged. Outraged. Incredulous. Helpless. Depressed. Angry.
But now I am resolute.
The change we need won’t *begin* with elected officials or judicial appointments. It will begin with each and every one of us taking a good hard look in the mirror; in our own individual ability to acknowledge our flaws and to be mindful of them in the behavior we model moving forward.
It begins by raising our sons to own their actions with humility.
It begins by raising our daughters to own their power without apology.
It begins by no longer tolerating a look-the-other-way culture of hypocrisy and calling out those who do loudly, publicly and relentlessly until they are shamed into self-reflection or out of positions of influence.
It begins right now.
(via Marc Giannettino)
![Dank, Girls, and The Game: #IamBrettKavanaugh
Let me explain. A few nights back, at bedtime, as we were ushering the girls upstairs, I leaned in to give my two-year-old daughter a snuggle. She pulled away. We do this sometimes; it’s our little game. So, playing my part, I feigned an indignant, overly-dramatic offense, which made her giggle. We were playing, of course, so naturally I leaned in again for my second attempt. Same pull-away. Same feigned offense. Same giggle.
On the third round, she began to lose interest in the game, and instead reached for her binky. I, being in possession of said binky, having just rinsed it off, held it up, just out of reach.
A bargaining chip.
It only took a split second. My wife and I exchanged an identical look of instant recognition. In that moment, I knew. I actually felt it, deeply and personally. I have always empathized, or at least tried to, but now I understood.
And it sickened me. And scared me.
Because how can you be part of the solution when you don’t even realize you’re still part of the problem?
Because the sense of entitlement is ingrained to the point of instinct.
Because we judge ourselves based on our intentions but judge others based on their actions.
And because the underlying danger isn’t reserved only for the risk of an overt assault, but in the fact that one’s intentions and actions can be completely incongruous without even realizing it.
Were my intentions in the little scene I described anything but those of a loving father? Of course not.
Did my actions equate in their severity to those of someone who forces himself on women? No.
Will it be easy for some reading this post to view it as overreaction or dismiss it as liberal brainwashing? Highly likely.
But the simple fact here is that even at the age of two, my little girl is learning what it means to be female.
She’s learning that her affection has value and that withholding it can have consequences.
That her consent, if not offered outright, will likely be subjected to coercion.
That there is a path of least resistance.
In recent days, I, like many, have struggled to reconcile the moment we are in, and to see a path forward. I’ve been enraged. Outraged. Incredulous. Helpless. Depressed. Angry.
But now I am resolute.
The change we need won’t *begin* with elected officials or judicial appointments. It will begin with each and every one of us taking a good hard look in the mirror; in our own individual ability to acknowledge our flaws and to be mindful of them in the behavior we model moving forward.
It begins by raising our sons to own their actions with humility.
It begins by raising our daughters to own their power without apology.
It begins by no longer tolerating a look-the-other-way culture of hypocrisy and calling out those who do loudly, publicly and relentlessly until they are shamed into self-reflection or out of positions of influence.
It begins right now.
(via Marc Giannettino)]()
#IamBrettKavanaugh Let me explain. A few nights back, at bedtime, as we were ushering the girls upstairs, I leaned in to give my two-year-o...
Family, Funny, and Gif: allie V
@thholyghost
"not all men" you're right, gomez
addams would never do this
12:30 PM 08 May 17
lastsonlost:
perkachow:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
shitmemesforshitteens:
[SOURCE]
Ok - that’s a funny one
1)Folks always talks about wanting a Gomez man. But how many of you out there are actually WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK to be a morticia woman worthy of having a Gomez in their life?
2)Also I’m pretty sure Gomez is very used to being demonized and harshly misjudged on a daily basis so but all the same I doubt he would just stand about an allow himself to be wrongly accused.
3)Not to mention I got a strong feeling that morticia would not stand for anyone bumping on her man, her sons, or her brother-in-law. Hell, who said Morticia was even a feminist?
1: How man women are willing to put in the work to be Morticia?
2: Gomez had his down moments but always pulled together for his family.
3: Somebody ever comes after my man? Plans would be made.
Always a very good answer.
Always be a Gomez but remember that you deserve a Morticia
YES YES YES
![Family, Funny, and Gif: allie V
@thholyghost
"not all men" you're right, gomez
addams would never do this
12:30 PM 08 May 17
lastsonlost:
perkachow:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
shitmemesforshitteens:
[SOURCE]
Ok - that’s a funny one
1)Folks always talks about wanting a Gomez man. But how many of you out there are actually WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK to be a morticia woman worthy of having a Gomez in their life?
2)Also I’m pretty sure Gomez is very used to being demonized and harshly misjudged on a daily basis so but all the same I doubt he would just stand about an allow himself to be wrongly accused.
3)Not to mention I got a strong feeling that morticia would not stand for anyone bumping on her man, her sons, or her brother-in-law. Hell, who said Morticia was even a feminist?
1: How man women are willing to put in the work to be Morticia?
2: Gomez had his down moments but always pulled together for his family.
3: Somebody ever comes after my man? Plans would be made.
Always a very good answer.
Always be a Gomez but remember that you deserve a Morticia
YES YES YES](https://pics.onsizzle.com/allie-v-thholyghost-not-all-men-youre-right-gomez-addams-36123290.png)
![Family, Funny, and Gif: allie V
@thholyghost
"not all men" you're right, gomez
addams would never do this
12:30 PM 08 May 17
lastsonlost:
perkachow:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
lastsonlost:
theindependentconservative:
shitmemesforshitteens:
[SOURCE]
Ok - that’s a funny one
1)Folks always talks about wanting a Gomez man. But how many of you out there are actually WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK to be a morticia woman worthy of having a Gomez in their life?
2)Also I’m pretty sure Gomez is very used to being demonized and harshly misjudged on a daily basis so but all the same I doubt he would just stand about an allow himself to be wrongly accused.
3)Not to mention I got a strong feeling that morticia would not stand for anyone bumping on her man, her sons, or her brother-in-law. Hell, who said Morticia was even a feminist?
1: How man women are willing to put in the work to be Morticia?
2: Gomez had his down moments but always pulled together for his family.
3: Somebody ever comes after my man? Plans would be made.
Always a very good answer.
Always be a Gomez but remember that you deserve a Morticia
YES YES YES]()
lastsonlost: perkachow: lastsonlost: theindependentconservative: lastsonlost: theindependentconservative: shitmemesforshitteens: [SOU...
Appalled, Children, and Dating: This is Carol McCain, John McCain's first wife. She was not invited to McCain's Arizona funeral either. McCain adopted his first wife Carol's two children, Douglas and Andrew, after the couple married in 1965 and a year later they had their only child together: Sidney. All of the McCain children attended his funeral service in Arizona, including Carol's children, Douglas and Andrew. The mother of three of his children, Carol, was not invited, and neither was Sarah Palin, his VP candidate in 2008.
Two years after marrying, John became a prisoner of war and was not released back to his family until 1973. In turn, Carol had to raise her sons and the couple’s daughter for an estimated six years, on her own. When McCain returned home from Vietnam in 1973 after being captured and held as a prisoner of war for five years, he found out about a car accident Carol had three years earlier that left her badly injured.
He left her because she was disfigured and started dating Cindy Hensley while still married to Carol. McCain and Carol were divorced in 1980 and, that same year, McCain married Cindy, who was 17 years younger. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were both appalled at McCain for what he did to his first wife. Carol McCain was Director of the White House Visitors Office during the Reagan administration.
This is the guy the media is now holding up as a saint? I think not.
![Appalled, Children, and Dating: This is Carol McCain, John McCain's first wife. She was not invited to McCain's Arizona funeral either. McCain adopted his first wife Carol's two children, Douglas and Andrew, after the couple married in 1965 and a year later they had their only child together: Sidney. All of the McCain children attended his funeral service in Arizona, including Carol's children, Douglas and Andrew. The mother of three of his children, Carol, was not invited, and neither was Sarah Palin, his VP candidate in 2008.
Two years after marrying, John became a prisoner of war and was not released back to his family until 1973. In turn, Carol had to raise her sons and the couple’s daughter for an estimated six years, on her own. When McCain returned home from Vietnam in 1973 after being captured and held as a prisoner of war for five years, he found out about a car accident Carol had three years earlier that left her badly injured.
He left her because she was disfigured and started dating Cindy Hensley while still married to Carol. McCain and Carol were divorced in 1980 and, that same year, McCain married Cindy, who was 17 years younger. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were both appalled at McCain for what he did to his first wife. Carol McCain was Director of the White House Visitors Office during the Reagan administration.
This is the guy the media is now holding up as a saint? I think not.]()
This is Carol McCain, John McCain's first wife. She was not invited to McCain's Arizona funeral either. McCain adopted his first wife Carol'...
Barber, Memes, and Ted: Teddy had it so right!
Not Kennedy, but Roosevelt!
Submitted by Ted Barber, Austin, TX
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an
AMERICAN in 1907.
"In the first place, we should insist that if
the immigrant who comes here in good
faith becomes an American and assimi-
lates himself to us, he shall be treated on
an exact equality with everyone else, for it
is an outrage to discriminate against any
such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the per-
son's becoming in every facet an American,
and nothing but an American. There can be
no divided allegiance here. Any man who
says he is an American, but something else
Theodore Roosevelt
also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the
American flag. We have room for but one language here, and
that is the English language.. and we have room for but one sole
loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Some things NEVER change!
![Barber, Memes, and Ted: Teddy had it so right!
Not Kennedy, but Roosevelt!
Submitted by Ted Barber, Austin, TX
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an
AMERICAN in 1907.
"In the first place, we should insist that if
the immigrant who comes here in good
faith becomes an American and assimi-
lates himself to us, he shall be treated on
an exact equality with everyone else, for it
is an outrage to discriminate against any
such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the per-
son's becoming in every facet an American,
and nothing but an American. There can be
no divided allegiance here. Any man who
says he is an American, but something else
Theodore Roosevelt
also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the
American flag. We have room for but one language here, and
that is the English language.. and we have room for but one sole
loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Some things NEVER change!]()
Some things NEVER change!
Memes, North Korea, and Home: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhitel
In 1950, @usarmy Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel was deployed to Japan and never returned home. On Wednesday, his sons received his dog tag that arrived with the recently repatriated remains from North Korea. proudamerican🇺🇸
![Memes, North Korea, and Home: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhitel
In 1950, @usarmy Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel was deployed to Japan and never returned home. On Wednesday, his sons received his dog tag that arrived with the recently repatriated remains from North Korea. proudamerican🇺🇸]()
In 1950, @usarmy Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel was deployed to Japan and never returned home. On Wednesday, his sons received his dog ...
Crazy, Fucking, and Los Angeles Lakers: I am literally fucking shaking with
anger right now. I got a message
from my son's kindergarten
teacher saying she wants me, my
wife and my son to go to trans
gender councilor or some shit at
BRYAN
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the school because she thinks my
son is trans. She claims that my son was asked to
drawn himself and one two separate occasions he
drew himself wearing a purple and yellow dress.
When is aw the picture it was clear the picture was
of him wearing a laker's jersey (which he wears a
lot at home). It even had the 24 on it. When I told
her that it was a jersey she said we should still go
and then fucking threatened me by saying that
forcing a child to be the gender they are not is
abuse that she would have to report.
I consider myself a liberal but fuck I want off this
crazy train. What the fuck is wrong with people,
my son if fucking 6.
When your kid is trans and only your teacher knows it
![Crazy, Fucking, and Los Angeles Lakers: I am literally fucking shaking with
anger right now. I got a message
from my son's kindergarten
teacher saying she wants me, my
wife and my son to go to trans
gender councilor or some shit at
BRYAN
24
18 KB JPG
the school because she thinks my
son is trans. She claims that my son was asked to
drawn himself and one two separate occasions he
drew himself wearing a purple and yellow dress.
When is aw the picture it was clear the picture was
of him wearing a laker's jersey (which he wears a
lot at home). It even had the 24 on it. When I told
her that it was a jersey she said we should still go
and then fucking threatened me by saying that
forcing a child to be the gender they are not is
abuse that she would have to report.
I consider myself a liberal but fuck I want off this
crazy train. What the fuck is wrong with people,
my son if fucking 6.
When your kid is trans and only your teacher knows it]()
When your kid is trans and only your teacher knows it
Anaconda, At-St, and Chicago: Clara Belle Williams, the first black graduate of New
Mexico State University. Many or her professors
would not allow her inside the class room, she had to
take notes from the hallway; she was also not allowed
to walk with her class to get her diploma. She became
a great teacher, of black students by day, and by night
she taught their parents (former slaves) home
economics. she lived past 100, after her death, NMSU
renamed the English Department building after her.
Clara Belle Williams was born in Texas in 1885. She was the valedictorian of the graduating class of Prairie New Normal and Independent College, now (Prairie View A & M University) in 1908. Williams enrolled at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the fall of 1928, after taking some courses at the University of Chicago. While she worked as a teacher at Booker T. Washington School in Las Cruces, she also took college courses during the summer. Most of Williams professors did not allow her inside the classroom because she was Black. But that didn’t stop Clara. She had to take notes from the hallway–standing up! That’s right, she wasn’t even given a chair to sit in many of those classes. She was also not allowed to walk with her class to get her diploma because of the segregation laws. Despite what they did or said against her, she still graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from NMSU in 1937 at the age of 51. Williams went on to continue her education beyond her graduation date, taking graduate-level classes well into the 1950s. She married Jasper Williams in 1917. The couple raised three sons. She urged her sons to do well in school and succeed in higher education. All three of her children went to college and graduated with medical degrees. One attended Howard University Medical School in Washington D.C and the two other children graduated from Creighton University Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska. They founded the Williams Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. . Her eldest son Dr. Jasper Williams, was chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, past president of the Cook County Physicians Association, and a founding director of the Seaway National Bank of Chicago, now the country’s largest black-owned bank. So you see, if it wasn’t for Clara’s dedication and perseverance, we would have never seen such excellence. via blackdoctor.org ClaraBelleWilliams theblaquelioness
![Anaconda, At-St, and Chicago: Clara Belle Williams, the first black graduate of New
Mexico State University. Many or her professors
would not allow her inside the class room, she had to
take notes from the hallway; she was also not allowed
to walk with her class to get her diploma. She became
a great teacher, of black students by day, and by night
she taught their parents (former slaves) home
economics. she lived past 100, after her death, NMSU
renamed the English Department building after her.
Clara Belle Williams was born in Texas in 1885. She was the valedictorian of the graduating class of Prairie New Normal and Independent College, now (Prairie View A & M University) in 1908. Williams enrolled at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the fall of 1928, after taking some courses at the University of Chicago. While she worked as a teacher at Booker T. Washington School in Las Cruces, she also took college courses during the summer. Most of Williams professors did not allow her inside the classroom because she was Black. But that didn’t stop Clara. She had to take notes from the hallway–standing up! That’s right, she wasn’t even given a chair to sit in many of those classes. She was also not allowed to walk with her class to get her diploma because of the segregation laws. Despite what they did or said against her, she still graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from NMSU in 1937 at the age of 51. Williams went on to continue her education beyond her graduation date, taking graduate-level classes well into the 1950s. She married Jasper Williams in 1917. The couple raised three sons. She urged her sons to do well in school and succeed in higher education. All three of her children went to college and graduated with medical degrees. One attended Howard University Medical School in Washington D.C and the two other children graduated from Creighton University Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska. They founded the Williams Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. . Her eldest son Dr. Jasper Williams, was chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, past president of the Cook County Physicians Association, and a founding director of the Seaway National Bank of Chicago, now the country’s largest black-owned bank. So you see, if it wasn’t for Clara’s dedication and perseverance, we would have never seen such excellence. via blackdoctor.org ClaraBelleWilliams theblaquelioness]()
Clara Belle Williams was born in Texas in 1885. She was the valedictorian of the graduating class of Prairie New Normal and Independent Coll...
Bad, Blackpeopletwitter, and Moms: @tinnkky
"Remember when I had to shoot a man in
the face to get yall bad asses back? l
shoulda left yall in that damn car" - next
time she get mad
FOX 4 NEWS@FOX4
A Dallas mom saw a man get into her car with
her 2 and 4-year-old sons inside. She jumped in
too, grabbed a gun from her glove box and shot
the man in the face. bit.ly/2KyyGZG
AHEAD
6:01 74
7/5/18, 08:08
<p>Ride or Die Moms (via /r/BlackPeopleTwitter)</p>
![Bad, Blackpeopletwitter, and Moms: @tinnkky
"Remember when I had to shoot a man in
the face to get yall bad asses back? l
shoulda left yall in that damn car" - next
time she get mad
FOX 4 NEWS@FOX4
A Dallas mom saw a man get into her car with
her 2 and 4-year-old sons inside. She jumped in
too, grabbed a gun from her glove box and shot
the man in the face. bit.ly/2KyyGZG
AHEAD
6:01 74
7/5/18, 08:08
<p>Ride or Die Moms (via /r/BlackPeopleTwitter)</p>]()
<p>Ride or Die Moms (via /r/BlackPeopleTwitter)</p>