So, today, I give thanks for the noisy agitators whose efforts make a ubiquitous and unjust practice rise to the level of news. I am grateful for the hard work done for decades by people striving for the liberation of people not seen or recognized as people by the society they live in. I grieve for the need for their work, and I am so thankful to them for doing it. May there be less cause for their work in the future.
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Because one day of Thanksgiving isn't enough (2 of 7)
So, today, I give thanks for the noisy agitators whose efforts make a ubiquitous and unjust practice rise to the level of news. I am grateful for the hard work done for decades by people striving for the liberation of people not seen or recognized as people by the society they live in. I grieve for the need for their work, and I am so thankful to them for doing it. May there be less cause for their work in the future.
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Confessional 2018
This year's confessional is happening over on dreamwidth.
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Because one day of Thanksgiving isn't enough (7 of 7)
Finally, and belatedly, I'm thankful for those painful moments of embarrassment about my own past behavior or speech or thought that, when I can see…
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Because one day of Thanksgiving isn't enough (6 of 7)
I'm so thankful for the many people who have been hurt by people who had power over them, and by the systems the powerful create, who are finding…
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