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Linkspam time so I can clean up Firefox!


Important

• Inequality in the U.S.: So Much Worse than We Think has a video about economic disparity in the U.S., comparing what people think the disparity is; what they think it should be; and what it actually is. It is... really depressing, especially as someone who lives well below the poverty line (because Social Security can't provide a living income, donchaknow, despite its surplus). There's a reason I'm a dirty socialist.
  
• Another Unarmed Black Man Shot Down - this time while desperately seeking Help contains racism, gun violence, and police violence triggers. The title speaks for itself.
  
• A Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism is just what it says. I've signed on; I hope you do, too. As a non-binary trans* person, it means a lot to me.
  
• Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should stop being obsessed with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception.

He says it should focus on economic disparity, inequality, and helping the poor instead--you know, tenets of Catholicism.

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And now questions for you! Books and websites are both welcome.

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I don't expect many answers to these. A lot of it is stuff I needed to get down while I was thinking about it (which means it also needs to be added, in an altered form, to our community for the cowritten novel). It's also not as though I expect anyone to take notes or whatever; that would be very wrong. That said, if you can point me in the right direction on any of these, I'd be ever so grateful. My current starting point is going to Wikipedia and looking at the citations used so I can get better information than, you know, Wikipedia articles.

This is all the deep background stuff for the cowritten novel. We have to map out changes in history for the alternate reality the novel is set in, which starts way early. We're going to continue on mapping it all the way up to present day. There are really big changes in it.

And now I will save the rest of the rambling for the writing filter, once I have my filters more filled, so probably not until early next week or so. Which is not to say I won't write the rambling before then, lol, just that it won't be posted.


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Flist, you are amazing.

I posted and talked a bit with introductory in the comments, and then we left for my appointment (and I went to Amy's after).

I came back, and you guys had posted and sent money and. You guys are amazing.

I don't even know how to thank you, but thank you. Thank you so much. You have no idea what this means to us.

Thank you.