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  • Green grass and Birks

    The Slant

    On practicing being who you already are

    July 24, 2019

    Preface: Between a few extra busy work weeks and planning for vacation to Green Bay next week, I felt like I didn’t have anything substantial to share today. But I’m on a 4-week streak of

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  • Green grass and blue skies

    The Slant

    A little bit of backstory, a little bit of apology

    July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

    When I was a kid, I had white-hot, over-the-top passion for The Lion King trading cards from McDonald’s (this one was my favorite). And stickers—especially the fuzzy kind—collected in a keepsake book. And Pringles (plain).

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  • The Slant

    Chutes and Ladders

    October 30, 2018

    A few days ago, I had this thought that life is kind of like standing in the middle of a ring of knife throwers at the circus. And I legitimately started writing about that, except

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    Saying goodbye to July with a tiny ode to fireflie Saying goodbye to July with a tiny ode to fireflies
    Frozen II was kind enough to give us “Into the u Frozen II was kind enough to give us “Into the unknoooooown” as the unofficial theme song of 2020. (That one part of the chorus that’s kind of like a desperate scream/cry for help? Appropriate.) Bonus: It doubles as a fitting theme song for most outdoor adventures, particularly the water-based ones that can’t handle yet another reprise of Just Around the Riverbend.
    The weekend was mostly spent in/near water, readin The weekend was mostly spent in/near water, reading books instead of reading screens, and it was glorious.
    New entryway art, thanks to poetry from Langston H New entryway art, thanks to poetry from Langston Hughes and handiwork from @ooocreativeco.
    The theme of the week has been getting outside aft The theme of the week has been getting outside after dinner and I hope it’s the theme all summer.
    Growing up, when we’d complain about something, Growing up, when we’d complain about something, my friend’s dad would say, “If you’re not part of the solution, then you’re part of the problem.” We’d roll our eyes, because we were teenagers. But that quote is all I can think about today. Unintentionally, I’ve operated under the belief that it’s enough to not be actively problematic. To not be actively racist. But now, I’m learning that unless I’m actively dismantling racism—in the sneaky ways it has infiltrated my own life and the systems I benefit from, in the myriad ways I’m quietly complicit in continuing oppression, in the sheer volume of what I don’t know and haven’t taken the time to learn—then I’m not part of the solution. I’m part of the problem. #blackouttuesday

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