October 29, 2022
For moderates, conservatives, undecideds, and anyone else in the middle
Duty to Warn, an association of mental health professionals that speaks out about Trumpism, has released an eleven-minute preview version of their soon-to-be released documentary #UNTRUTH, a follow-up to their 2020 documentary Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump.
And the words of love I speak to you will echo in my mind
On the anniversary of Stevie Wonder's landmark 1972 album Talking Book, musicians who made it and artists who cherish it share their stories. An interactive oral history. [more inside]
frontline workers + cartoonists = <3
"How delicious, eating goober peas"
Ninety percent of US households consume peanut butter and the National Peanut board estimates that 60% of Americans prefer smooth peanut butter. [more inside]
How Selma Blair on DWTS reshaped my view of my chronic illness
Selma Blair is my hero. That might sound trite or cliched, but it's hard to find the words to express just how much her run on Dancing With the Stars after a 2018 Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis meant to me. I too have a chronic illness (fibromyalgia). As anyone with a chronic illness will tell you, it can be difficult not to feel defined by your limitations, partly because our ableist society is designed to remind you of them at every turn — I've had my fibromyalgia diagnosis for 11 years and too often my way of dealing with it is to ignore it, trying to pretend it doesn't exist. But with her appearance on Dancing With the Stars, Blair proved that no matter the circumstances, it's your courage and your spirit that define you. (archive.ph link)
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