Broken Lives Matter

Good Saturday, Lovelies! It's taken me a while to settle on a topic for this entry; there is so much out there I could comment on. so many things I could raise an opinion on. Life charges forward irrespective of how prepared we are. This entry is a bit longer than the last few; keep reading! I worked really hard on it for you:) I realized something about one aspect of life affecting another, and I have a lot to say about it. There is a song from 2015 called "Four Five Seconds" by the artist Rhianna, with featured guest singers Kanye West and Paul McCartney. I found a surprisingly detailed description on Wikipedia, which also listed a number of males as having contributed to the writing of the song. Wikipedia says: ""FourFiveSeconds" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, American rapper Kanye West, and English musician Paul McCartney. It was written and produced by McCartney, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Dave Longstreth and Noah Goldstein with additio...

Good Evening, Lovelies! I was just scrolling and came across a wonderful article about a performer I admire very much but knew nothing about. His name is Lewis Capaldi and he's Scottish, which surprised me, and also he has Tourette's Syndrome, which floored me. Also some mental health issues, but one might imagine they'd follow a debilitating condition like Tourette's, right? Wouldn't you? Take it from someone with reduced mobility and increasing pain--it messes with you. So again this proves my theory--there IS no "normal", and we're all fighting. For your late night perusal, I present to you this little news item. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did. Did you catch the video of Lewis performing when the crowd took over for him? I did, and there were some things left out in the video coverage I saw. It didn't mention Capaldi's physical challenges on top of his mental ones. Watching this story added to my apppreciation for this performer ...

I've got an illustration for you! And I would argue this is not "a day in the life of a PWD". It's "several times a day in the life of a PWD". We literally deal with this type of thing from sun-up to sun-down. For example in the comments somebody wrote that asking for a smile first is the bigger issue. In other words, exploiting the woman's disability WASN'T an issue. With that, I take issue. It exemplifies the problem we have in this society where the only problems people of privilege is are their OWN problems. Yes, being a woman and being belittled or objectified is an issue that must not be ignored. However, this woman in particular was already in a more vulnerable possition, being physically lower than her harasser. Furthermore, she couldn't easily deflect this man's comment--she needed the elevator! And finally, as I have run into myself, if she DID flip this guy off in response as one could absolutely forgive her for doing, would he ge...