LGBT community, we stand with you. ❤️????? Today’s video of course is postponed because nothing is more important than circling the wagons around our LGBT community & honoring the victims of the horrific hate crime in Orlando. This is Pride month, where we take time to celebrate love. LOVE, not hate. My heart is beyond broken and my helpless, trivial thoughts and prayers will be turned into vigilant strategy and political action after we mourn because ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. No more. Not one more.
June 12, 2016
LGBT community, we stand with you. ❤️????? Today’s video of course is postponed because nothing is more important than circling the wagons around our LGBT community & honoring the victims of the horrific hate crime in Orlando. This is Pride month, where we take time to celebrate love. LOVE, not hate. My heart is beyond broken and my helpless, trivial thoughts and prayers will be turned into vigilant strategy and political action after we mourn because ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. No more. Not one more.
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Happy Birthday to our sweet rescue dog Milo Shoeshine, a light & love in this world. With a history of severe abuse & trauma, Shoe is a dog with permanent physical & emotional scars. Milo has special issues that make us have to create a very unique structured life and living situation in order for him to feel secure and for us to not get bit. I love this boy no less, if anything I love him more for teaching me what love (and at least dog motherhood) really is. It is not about filling my needs. It is not about getting hugs and kisses and reassurance and validation when I want it. It is a selfless giving act of judgment-free adoration expecting nothing in return. Sometimes it requires patience I do not yet possess, but sweet Shoe continues to teach me. Thank you @sugarmuttsrescue for our beloved beagle
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Meg Allan Cole is a prominent name in the DIY and crafting world, usually seen wielding a glue gun in one hand and a rescue dog in the other. Meg has been creating DIY videos since the very first DIY network, Threadbanger, aired on the internet in 2006. Since then, she has been a DIY home and lifestyle blogger, and has created videos for Etsy, Curbly, MAKE, The Knot, Martha Stewart, and she now proudly makes regular content for HGTV’s YouTube channel, HGTV Handmade.
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Swipe for actions. Art by @kristinamicotti
June 27, 2020
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Breonna Taylor was asleep in her bed in the middle of the night when 3 police officers came inside her home and murdered her. They had the wrong house. One was fired yesterday, the other two murderers are still police officers. No charges have been brought *as of now. Demand justice for Bre. She and all Black women deserve better than this. Text ENOUGH to 55156 After countless calls from outraged allies, Mayor Fischer disconnected phone, so we are finding other ways to be heard. Go to @colorofchange to sign the petition, contact the council members, and get up to date actions. Art by @jennydoh
June 24, 2020
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As a little incentive to continue investing in the Black community, I’m offering free BLM art to you! Send me a screenshot of your donation of $25 or more to the nonprofit of your choice, your mailing address, and art preference. There are a few of each design, and I’ll do my best to get you your favorite one-of-a-kind watercolor painting. Some donation suggestions are @blklivesmatter @innocenceproject @bailproject @naacp_ldf @blacktranstravelfund and City Neighbors Foundation, linked in my bio. But any investment in the Black community counts. *City Neighbors Foundation works to develop public schools that focus on equity and the arts. @raindancer80 is on the board focusing on diversity and inclusion, and alerted me to this wonderful Baltimore-based organization. Donating to them would be a lovely way to thank Raina for her work yesterday. Thank you to everyone who is giving their time, money, and work to the Black community. Let’s keep the momentum up
June 20, 2020
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We’re finding these hand painted stones around our neighborhood while out on walks. Making these with your kids is a great way to get them involved creatively and start talking about the reality of racism. My educator parents started the dialogue about racism with me before I can remember, and it was *always* a part of the conversation. I think that practice at home helped me speak up at school at an earlier age. I still have MUCH TO LEARN as we all do, but that early exposure was the first step to working on being anti-racist. It’s never too early and it’s never too late.
June 17, 2020
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My period is now eco and Black-woman owned thanks to @femlybox. Many of my white friends are switching household brands and investing in Black-owned companies and I RECOMMEND THIS ONE. ANY time we re-distribute the wealth to a Black woman or to a black-owned company it is the action of putting your wallet where your mouth is. To make this a lifelong shift, sharing companies that produce well-made eco products we use *regularly* is crucial. I’m so grateful that is such a high quality/low impact brand that supports people who menstruate. I’m a convert forevs. Yes, they have tampons and cups too
June 17, 2020
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