MOVED

This blog has a lot of old/bad memories

I want to restart everything but not delete everything

I want to have one blog and not have a bunch of sideblogs because of how cluttered this is

So, that means I’m moving. This blog will become inactive, and I’ll leave this both for posterity and as a reminder of where I’ve been before moving. For friends and mutuals that would like to follow me in my new blog, feel free to IM me for the account name if I haven’t followed you from there already.

This blog has a lot of old/bad memories

I want to restart everything but not delete everything

I want to have one blog and not have a bunch of sideblogs because of how cluttered this is

So, that means I’m moving. This blog will become inactive, and I’ll leave this both for posterity and as a reminder of where I’ve been before moving. For friends and mutuals that would like to follow me in my new blog, feel free to IM me for the account name if I haven’t followed you from there already.

This blog has a lot of old/bad memories

I want to restart everything but not delete everything

I want to have one blog and not have a bunch of sideblogs because of how cluttered this is

So, that means I’m moving. This blog will become inactive, and I’ll leave this both for posterity and as a reminder of where I’ve been before moving. For friends and mutuals that would like to follow me in my new blog, feel free to IM me for the account name if I haven’t followed you from there already.

This blog has a lot of old/bad memories

I want to restart everything but not delete everything

I want to have one blog and not have a bunch of sideblogs because of how cluttered this is

So, that means I’m moving. This blog will become inactive, and I’ll leave this both for posterity and as a reminder of where I’ve been before moving. For friends and mutuals that would like to follow me in my new blog, feel free to IM me for the account name if I haven’t followed you from there already.

This blog has a lot of old/bad memories

I want to restart everything but not delete everything

I want to have one blog and not have a bunch of sideblogs because of how cluttered this is

So, that means I’m moving. This blog will become inactive, and I’ll leave this both for posterity and as a reminder of where I’ve been before moving. For friends and mutuals that would like to follow me in my new blog, feel free to IM me for the account name if I haven’t followed you from there already.

Because nobody knew what this person might be up to.

The general assumption, back then, was; if somebodies carrying a gun like this, their going to USE it. Today? People have gotten used to the idea that these idiots might be making some kind of, ‘2nd Amdment Political Statement’. Now it seems people are reluctant to call, willing to wait until/if shooting starts. Far too little. WAY too late.

No one but the man carrying this gun KNOWS WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE. No one CAN KNOW why he’s brought this Assault Rifle into a public space full of unwary and likely defenseless people. Until he either walks out of the shop w/o incident OR he unslings that gun and opens fire. We don’t know. We CAN’T know. Anyone aware of OTHER PEOPLE beyond THEMSELVES/Other peoples INTERESTS (up to and including NOT getting shot)? Anyone with any sense of Civic Responsibility, Social Boundaries, or Public Safety? Would. Not. Do. This. So you can already assume their judgement is impaired. DO NOT WAIT to find out how deep that impairment extends. The people who do this sort of thing have no interest/concern for YOUR safety, so you’re going to have to look after it yourself. Leave the establishment immediately- directly, don’t wait for the Cheque or your order to arrive. JUST. LEAVE. AND-

CALL

911

Call even if you know other people have done/are doing the same. Practice YOUR Civic Duty by notifying Authorities of a potentially EXTREMELY dangerous, public, situation, even if it overwhelms their call centers/dispatch. Don’t let Dispatch blow you off with ‘We already know/we know this guy/nothing we can do, it’s his Right’ You have a right to safety in a public spaces, You have NO IDEA what he intends, AND IT’S THEIR JOB TO ENFORCE/INSURE PUBLIC SAFETY. ‘Git yo ass down here and MANAGE this situation!!!’

Worried about walking out on your check? Don’t be. Again, you are CONCERNED FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY. In Open Carry States, business establishments can and do post signage stipulating that guns are NOT ALLOWED on premise. Those that do post this signage will understand why you left. Those that don’t? After calling 911, contact the store or it’s Franchise Office and ask WHY they don’t. Inform them that they can wait for you to come back & settle up AFTER this public threat has left the area. OR they can just deal with the loss of revenue from people leaving without paying BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED A MAN WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE TO FREELY ENTER THEIR STORE. Suggest that they might wanna take any revenue loss up with HIM.

If this became the Standard Response to this kind of irresponsible and, frankly, infantile behavior? How long do you think it will go on before SOMBODY, Retailers, Police, Legislatetors, do SOMETHING about it?

Some hot takes bc biphobia still exists on this hellsite in 2019

Waterbenders get their energy from the moon and their power rises and falls with the tides/lunar phases.

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (2019)

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America.

Black is…sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.

Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.

Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.

Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland.

Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough.

Contributors: Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Rita Williams-Garcia, Dhonielle Clayton, Kekla Magoon, Leah Henderson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles

Edited by Ibi Zoboi

Get it  now here

Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, The Horn Book, and The Rumpus, among others. She is the author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist, and Pride. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.