Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

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"Even the clergymen who established the first Catholic seminary operated a plantation and relied on enslaved laborers. ...

Yet enslaved Black men, women, and children remain invisible in the origin story traditionally told about the emergence of Catholicism in the United States.”

~ Ibid., p. xvi

#Cathoilic #US #slavery
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Wow. It's almost like airlines are ruthless tyrants. I mean, potentially added to the no fly list for complaining about this? Where's all the freedom of expression warriors on this one? Oh wait, corporate overlords are fine, right right right...

Air Canada Passengers Kicked Off Plane for Refusing Puke-Covered Seats
https://www.insider.com/air-canada-passengers-kicked-off-plane-refused-puke-covered-seats-2023-9

I cannot fathom why any reputable person, news organization, or public institution would still want to be on ‘X’, if Elon Musk allows “free” speech for neo-NAZIs, but bans the ADL. #antisemitism
https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-elon-musk-white-supremacist-ad-ban-adl-hashtag

Why didn't Ron DeSantis meet with Biden to accept Hurricane aid?
Chris Christie's Obama handshake.
As my friend Macacawitz said,
"Christie will never live down this act of gratitude and common decency. No place for those character attributes in the MAGAt party"

Compare to Trump, who made Governor's grovel to get COVID supplies. (Remember that?)

#Biden #DeSantis

Trump's Truth Social Platform Might Be Going Bye-Bye In A Few Days

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/09/trumps-truth-social-platform-might-be?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=78875

@AlliFlowers Exactly.

For what it’s worth: I transitioned in 2001. I was still at Univeristy. I spent the majority of the next 15 years not being out. I changed that when I realised that my being more public about my past helped normalise and educate. It also helped others see that life can go on, despite what some horrendous people want you to believe.

There are days when it doesn’t feel like that, especially in today’s climate. But what kind of person (and mother) would I be if I didn’t stand proud and advocate?

New poll shows massive backlash to anti-LGBTQ school policies. A new Navigator Research Poll shows that book bans, school sports policies, and Don’t Say Gay bills are wildly unpopular

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/08/30/new-poll-shows-massive-backlash-to-anti-lgbtq-school-policies/

#LosAngelesBlade #AntiLGBTQSchoolPolicies #Backlash #NavigatorResearchPoll #BookBans #DontSayGay #Politics #News

Native Am legend Sitting Bull's great-grandson identified using DNA from 130-year-old hair

Sitting Bull led the fight against settlers by uniting Sioux tribes on Great Plains in the late 19th cen.

https://scoop.upworthy.com/great-grandson-famed-lakota-leader-sitting-bull-identified-dna-hair-native-american-552079-552079-552079

The tongue of women, children, the homeless and the illiterate: #Yiddish. Or, better an honest slap in the face than an insincere kiss. #Language #linguistics https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opinion/yiddish-language-diaspora.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@AlliFlowers the same way I’m guessing that your cancer story is part of your past? it’s something that is part of me. Life is made up of good and bad bits, like everyone else?

At the same time, by acknowledging who I am and my life story, and by being authentic to myself and my life, I hope I can help others on similar journeys, whatever their particular challenges.