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With the Blue Eyes of My Mother
I remember trying to find my way back home. A swirling summer that depicted long and winding evenings upon kind grass, where children as we were, sat deliberating a fine conversation. Deciding, as we did, whose melody we were to decree, in an era defining sense, songbirds of our day. The pace of voice, innocent and fluid, impassioned absolutely them and I as we spent the early-afternoon grazing among bric-a-brac and chit-chat that loses value with age, but is not forgotten. A judgement-less bunch, renegades as I shall say, that could discern my greatest smile visible in the mindspace that pondered the unprobabilistic unifications that bound us by design. Demonstrating an individual and group ability to conduct spontaneity organically and efficiently. Which gave to us, with no hesitation, an impetuous resplendence. I see today, that while they were the best of times, it is now the sort of place, as we did not know then, where everything is disproportional. Now what seemed then most unlikely, because of a smiling sun, radiant healing skies and a hugging warmth that thawed efficiently those cold distant sparkling wintry nights. I bore a shrouding aurora that howled a snide afterthought like wilting bark. Suppose as I do now, that being lost of ways, I was to stumble upon a magnificent achievement. An accolade that administered, as I did not know an achievement could, the dormant awareness of fragility, balance and vulnerability, that rung neatly around escaping years. Departing me to an overwhelming compulsion; to retreat from an infinite degeneration.
By S R Gurney8 years ago in Poets
Harry Potter: Books vs. Movies
Okay, so I live in a very traditional, conservative area where saying you like Harry Potter is almost an equivalent to saying you worship Satan for some people. I, contrary to popular belief, do not worship Satan despite my love for the Harry Potter franchise. I think that conservative/traditional/religious people who hate Harry Potter are just looking for things to consider "evil" at this point. I mean, yes, there is witchcraft in the series (obviously). Is witchcraft considered evil in the Bible? Yes. There are also snakes. Are snakes evil in the Bible? Yes. But do you know what else has snakes and witchcraft in it? The Bible.
By Neta Wiebe8 years ago in Geeks
Autism Is Having a Moment on TV but Not Everyone In the Autistic Community Is Celebrating
With The Good Doctor, Atypical, and Young Sheldon recently introduced to the screen, you could say that autism is having a moment in pop culture. The protagonists of these three shows add to a sparse roster of explicitly autistic characters in mainstream film and television. However, not everyone in the autistic community is celebrating. Why is that, you ask? Well, all three of these characters fit an annoyingly familiar mold: young white guys who are straight as far as we know, come from middle class backgrounds, and fit a very specific set of strengths and struggles. Characters who fit this profile are not bad simply by the nature of these traits and real people like them certainly do exist. The problem with these characters is that they are incomplete representations of the autistic community. Autistic women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, senior citizens, people with additional disabilities, and even people whose interests and abilities do not fit the rude math and science genius mold are left out of the narrative. This exclusion is frustrating at best and actively harmful at worst.
By Lauren Harsh8 years ago in Geeks
