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Sami Schalk
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Read this brief thread & the conversation that follows. How does the #bodypositivity movement perpetuate #ableism & exclude #disabled people? Whose bodies & abilities do we value & whose do we still deem not suitable for public life?
Also, if you’re not familiar with it, I highly recommend reading @miamingus’s “Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability”

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Unrelated: My phone autocorrected “Beyond” to “Beyonce” twice so that tells you a little bit about me...
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Sami Schalk
@DrSamiSchalk
Interesting that @RunSwitchPR, the #Louisville PR firm helping the #CovCath #MAGATeens has its account on private right now. Perhaps, like #CovingtonCatholic school itself, they don’t want to deal with public backlash for protecting racist shitheads?

courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…
Who you work with matters. You are accountable for the effects of your actions & choices, even as a company. I hope folks think twice before hiring them.
This is the cover image on their Twitter account. It’s qwhite telling, no?
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Sami Schalk
@DrSamiSchalk
I was reading a story about the #MAGATeens from #CovingtonCatholic & there was this little tidbit about how the school has students add “born & unborn” to the end of the Pledge of Allegiance & I’m just like 😳😳😳
The pledge is already a weird nationalist throwback we force children to memorize & say, but then to alter it to add your religious beliefs about abortion...yikes. Every day I am grateful I made it out of that small town KY white Catholic community.
As a queer black woman, I knew that things I was taught in HS were wrong but was afraid to speak up. I just waited to leave & as an adult, I struggle to go back bc I see how many ppl actually believed the shit being shoved down our throats...or perhaps they swallowed willing.
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Sami Schalk
@DrSamiSchalk
Hiiiii. One small rant before I get to work regarding the #CovingtonCatholic students. (FWIW I went to a nearby Catholic school Newport Central Catholic & dated a guy at CovCath my senior year of HS so I grew up in this very area & community)
Reports claim black men were harassing the white students with “racist & homophobic slurs.” Let me make one thing clear f*ggot is a slur that has been reclaimed by some gay men but is not acceptable for use as an insult, especially from straight folks.
That said: White boy & cracker, ARE NOT RACIST SLURS. There are no racist slurs for white ppl bc white surpremacy is the structure of racism which aids rather than harms white ppl. No one was racist toward those kids. White men in #MAGA hats are the embodiment of racism.
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KEL'CHI 勇敢_珍贵™ 🇳🇬
@PluckyPrecious
Base on this quoted tweet replies ,i decided to do a thread “NGWA CLAN and OUTLANDISH MYTH of CANNIBALISM”. Though the replies were unwise as i asked “What did you hear about Ngwa girls“ not what you heard about Ngwa land / History.

Read on 👇🏽
Retweet!
#thread
#ProudlyNgwa
For those asking what /where is Ngwa.

Ngwa is the largest clan in Igbo land - South Eastern Nigeria situated in the tropical rainforest of southern igbo plain in present Abia State.
With 59.9% of the state population & 78.2% of the state natural resources.

#ProudlyNgwa
*Habours Aba the commercial & heart of the state.

With a distinct dialect.... People make fun of it, saying it sounds funny.
Yes it does, i learnt how to speak my native dialect by mimicking & laughing at people when they speak it.

#ProudlyNgwa
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Shannon Dingle
@ShannonDingle
I’m working on a book on #ableism, but the best way to know what it is and how it impacts people is to know disabled people.

Who are some of the disabled people you follow on Twitter?

(Please do not include parents of disabled people. They aren’t disabled.)
To clarify, I’m asking because I want all of us to follow more disabled people, myself included. Not all ableism is rooted in ignorance, but some is. Knowing disabled people helps abled people know better (in theory, at least, not always in practice).
I wasn’t really looking for volunteers to help with this project, but I will definitely be in touch with those of you who have offered! I am disabled but the disabled community is so diverse that I know my perspectives and experiences aren’t universal.
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Victoria Brownworth
@VABVOX
I was paralyzed on Aug 26, 2016.
It changed my life forever.
Fortunately I was able to access a community of #disabled writers, artists, musicians and more on here.
It helped me survive.
I met the fantastic Alice Wong who does @DisVisibility from whom I have learned so much.
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I already knew @nicolaz who is a terrific writer friend and disability rights activist. She introduced me to more people.
One night I met @MortuaryReport on here. Then @Keah_Maria. Then @Tinu. And my dear friend @PKhakpour.
And everyone's best activist pal, @morethanmySLE.
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I watched @Mattbc do extraordinary work pro bono for people. @Nataliew1020 models every day what it is to love your severely #disabled child with all your heart.
And so many others dealing with chronic illness and #disability and mental illness--all helping others to navigate.
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Ian Malcolm
@MrIanMalcolm
#Thread: Rough translation on Rajini's recent statement on RMM activities.

I'd like to clarify the false rumors stating RMM works are happening without my permission. All activities regarding RMM are happening with my knowledge & permission.

#RajinikanthPoliticalRevolution
Already by last year May month, I said that "I won't allow people near me who have thoughts of getting posts & earning money when I enter politics. So, those people stay away right now."

#RajinikanthPoliticalRevolution #Thread #Rajinikanth
Didn't say it for word-sake. We are entering politics to bring out a new political culture for a good political change. If we've to do politics like others, why should we enter politics?

#RajinikanthPoliticalRevolution #Thread #Rajinikanth
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Olu W. Onemola
@OnemolaOlu
#THREAD
Response to the @OfficialAPCNg Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole by Yusuph Olaniyonu (@YusuphOlaniyonu), Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
"It is rather surprising that Mr. Adams Oshiomhole is behaving like a rain-beaten chicken, crying all over the place about Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as if the Senate President is the apparition haunting his life and the sinking ship that he captains."
"Having decided not to join the pigs in rolling in the dirt; we would not like to be involved in any meaningless exchange with the demagogue that is now in charge of APC."-#ResponseToOshiomhole
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Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
(BRIEF THREAD) Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father are vile; they deliberately perpetuate evil and what they've done is unforgivable. That said, I don't think restaurant patrons acting lawfully and peacefully should be tossed from a restaurant for their political views/actions.
2/ I've the same reaction to Pam Biondi being chased from a movie by patrons angry at her dissolution of healthcare protections. Her actions are vile; people will die because of them. They're also political—i.e., they were either lawful or civilly unlawful rather than criminally.
3/ I've the same reaction to protesters shutting down a lawfully constituted event via acts of intimidation up to and including shouting over speakers—certain speakers deserve to be politically decimated and culturally marginalized, but intimidation tactics are counterproductive.
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