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so I came home after the last month-ish of college, and found most of my succulents near-death. This is because my mother is great with plants that are NOT succulents, and believed that the succulents required the same type of care her plants did (chemical treatments and all). Naturally, she has lost plant-sitting privileges and will not be permitted visitation rights.

I do, however, have to bring my plants to school with me now (at the end of the summer). I would LOVE any ideas on how to build a easy-to-disassemble plant shelf for my babies that is able to fit in your average dorm room (maybe even our common room, should my suite mates agree).

Tim: ah yes, tractor supply, with their kayaks

Kon: wtf do you mean kayaks?? At the tractor store?

Cassie: sometimes you gotta take your tractor out on a kayak, Kon. For enrichment.

Bart: never have I emotionally related to a tractor so much in my life.

Cassie: I’m sorry- did that commercial just say “we’ll find another being to bisect”?!

Tim: yep.

Kon: don’t worry it probably won’t be you- Tim’s a lot more fragile

Tim: EXCUSE ME

Bart: HE SAID YOU’RE A LOT MORE FRAGILE

Bart: behold: goth shed.

Kon: y’know, sometimes I worry about the mums on Mother’s Day.

Tim: is it because the crime rate goes down-

Kon: YES!! HOW MANY MOMS WOULD BE OUT THERE ROBBING BANKS IF THEY WERENT BEING WATCHED BY THEIR KIDS??

- The ~70 year old lady at the dining hall said, when I told her about MMIW, that it’s because “those girls are going places they shouldn’t be going”. I had to explain to her that little girls aren’t going anywhere they shouldn’t, just school and out to play with friends, and that they are still being killed. Little girls are walking home from school when they get taken, not wandering truck stops and highways.

- a group of six white sorority girls laughed when I asked them if they knew what MMIW meant. They continued laughing when I told them that the third leading cause of death for indigenous women was murder. They giggled and followed me around while filming me on their phones as I explained to other people the extent of this crisis, and why it is important to raise awareness and take action. They ran off when I turned back to them and asked why they were laughing about the murder and sexual assault of children.

- a group of men told me that I’d be next if I wasn’t careful.

However, there were still good things:

- my philosophy professor encouraged me to get up in front of the class to explain why this matters to them. She was wearing a red cocktail dress and had photos of the Red Dress exhibits on the projectors.

- the staff at the library all wore red today, and put out the series of MMIW portraits they have for Native American History month

- I was stopped by several professors and staff members, and thanked for letting them know about the issue.

- The Humanities department is requesting a school-wide acknowledgment of Red Dress Day next year.

No matter how long it takes, no matter how many people threaten me or mock me, I will make sure that this issue isn’t hidden at my college any more. I may be one of a small few students who are Native, but that doesn’t mean that this institution gets to shove us under the rug.

1: Homicide is roughly the third leading cause of death among Indigenous women ages 10-24.

2: 56.1% of indigenous women have experienced sexual violence, 55.5% have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner, and 48.8% have experienced stalking.

3: The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that there were 10,248 missing Indigenous persons reports in 2024. 5,614 were women, and 4,626 were men. Most women (girls) reported missing were under the age of 18.

4: The 10 states with the highest rates of American Indian/Alaska Native missing persons cases in 2025 were AK, AZ, OK, WA, NM, CA, MT, NC, SD, and TX.

5: Because of limited data, there is no reliable nationwide count of how many Native women go missing or are murdered each year.

And finally:

Indigenous women are murdered at 10x the national average in the United States alone.

All of these facts and more can be found at

There will be more. But BeetDubs is iconic.

next up: BabyDubs

take your blinky car and learn to drive

about fucking time