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Sometimes it seems like the environmental movement has an awfully bad name. Bunch of tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, bearded, tangle-haired, hemp-swathed, unwashed hippies, right? These stereotypes are so embedded that many people are reluctant to identify themselves as environmentalists — even if they care about the planet. Think of them as closet greenies.
Anna Fahey at Grist points to a recent study examining this phenomenon and its unexpected outcome. Both environmentalism and feminism are outspoken, vibrant social movements pushing for social change, and both movements are also plagued by stereotypes about the kinds of people active within them and how their members behave. These stereotypes effectively backfire on both movements, reducing their ability to agitate for changes even though they're about fundamental human rights issues (more and more, environmentalists are stressing that a healthy planet is a right and conservation should be undertaken not just for its intrinsic value but also for human communities).
As we know in the real world, feminists and greenies alike come in all stripes. Tree-sitting hippies exist just as much as snazzy attorneys for environmental organizations, and you can ride your bike to work without looking like a slob in the office. Many environmentalists are just ordinary men and women, and while they may love trees, it's entirely possible they've never hugged a single arboreal specimen, not even on a long and lonely hike.
So how does the movement go about changing its public perception in order to make itself more appealing? Feminism has been struggling with the same issue, and it has experienced considerable fracturing and splitting as people argue about the face of feminism and what the women's rights movement should represent. Within environmentalism, one savvy move was the push to make ecological consciousness trendy, pushing the green movement into the mainstream to make it more socially acceptable and in some regions of the country desirable to behave with environmental concerns in mind.
The Prius, the rise of single-stream recycling (hey, don't knock it) and a proliferation of green products testify to the fact that consumers have begun to be drawn to environmentalism, even if through a slightly devious back door. By integrating green issues into daily life, the environmental movement has made itself more ubiquitous. Every time someone searches for a recycling bin instead of throwing something away, that person is thinking about the environment, even if on an unconscious level, and while she might not be an environmentalist, she may be rethinking her stance on what it means to care about the planet.
Environmentalists have also wisely taken another angle, reminding people that in a time of climate change and rapidly shifting land use, it's more important than ever to protect the planet. Many environmental organizations are also creating unconventional partnerships in the hopes of breaking down historic barriers, which is why you'll see them working with farmers, fisheries, timber companies and more to talk both about responsible resource management and conservation. This shift is bridging gaps to make the movement more appealing to people who might otherwise think of the movement in adversarial terms.
Creating a friendly, accessible face for the movement has also been important. One of the best ways to reach people is by forming common ground, as for example when organizations appeal to people on the basis of concern for children, rather than the planet. Rather than asking people if they care about fracking, for instance, a group might start by discussing concerns about children's health, as fellow parents and grandparents, and back into the larger conversation to get people engaged without scaring them off.
While this soft approach might be criticized by some more radical activists, there may be some truth in the saying that you catch more flies with honey.
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Interesting read & good comments. Thanks.
When you start painting people with a broad brush and start ams cling ( conservatives, republicans, excetera, you have just turned away 50% of the population. The environmental movement is about politics now and seems to have NOTHING to do with saving anything. I have been a republican/conservative my entire life and i'll wager I have planted more trees than any 10 people on this comment board combined. I also have a permit from the Michigan DNR to save/move/rescue endangered/rare plants from habitat destruction, yet, because of my politics, I am vilified and called names and my accomplishments are completely ignored. Another thing to note: over 50% of the US population DOES NOT BELIEVE ANTHROPOMORPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE! Because of that, they are turned off to environmentalism completely, and are not aware of the fact that The great lakes have mercury levels so high that it is dangerous for some people to eat the fish, they are unaware of the irreversible damage habitat destruction can cause. It leo does not help that activists like PETA KILL almost 90% of all adoptable pets that they "rescue" and the environmental movement does not speak out against them. There is also ELF (Earth Liberation Front) who engages in criminal property destruction, burning down newly constructed homes and damaging equipment, and again, NO ONE from the environmental monument speaks out against them, which give the public the perception that the activity is CONDONED.
"Are Stereotypes Scaring People Away from Environmentalism?"
YES. ABSOLUTELY. PETA, for example, they may have started out with good intentions but they have a history of doing unpleasant things to their opponents that are hardly professional. Such as that stupid "Save the Whales" billboard with the overweight person in a bathing suit, who was being called a "whale." I mean wtf. Coming from an animal rights proponent, I find a lot of their antics to be embarrassing; and yet if people hear that you like animal rights, the first thing they may think of is 'PETA' and then they might never take you seriously again, if nothing else then because of the accusations that PETA are hypocrites who kill animals themselves. No offense but I really think we need a better group to take over their fame, a group that doesn't throw paint on people or put a cut-up dead fox corpse in your face to try to make a point. Sometimes shock value can help but they also need to exercise some politeness here and there and stop pissing off the people they're targeting, because that's not going to make people appreciate animal rights activism that way.
Yes, some enviornmentalists do come off as wackos, but they feel they have to react extremely to what they perceive as threats to our precarious globally warmed world. By the way, I'm not a tree hugger, but I do believe our world is at risk for some extreme weather due to global warming and man's destruction of land by chopping trees down, fracking, drilling for oil and oil spills, over fishing species, over killing animals without regard to extinction, wiping out specious due to pollution, and I could go on with many more examples. I'm well read and informed about global warming and I'm scared for the future!
Stereotyping environmentalists is a method the opposition uses to divide & conquer. Slap a label on us, lump us all into that category that they have defined and proceed to tear us down. It's done by corporate interests and their spokespersons / pr firms (ie: Rushbo, the Kochs, API, Heartland, etc). Whenever some right-leaning individual unknowingly refers to"them treehuggers", I try to calmly inform them that I am a treehugger and I consider it a compliment, unless it is used in a negative tone like they have just done. They are usually somewhat shocked at this statement and there is enough of a pause in their diatribe that I can throw out a few positive talking points that they may actually think about and maybe not act like their corporate-masters want them to when the next opportunity arises.
When I buy things, I always look at the labels (if any) on the product, then go for the option that's the most eco-conscious of whatever it is. For example, a few months ago, I was shopping with one of my family members. In the aisle were two similar items. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that only one had the made of mostly recycled materials label. In spite of the fact that the other had a more attractive design, I made the CHOICE to pick up the recycled products one. (While I generally don't go for recycling myself, I prefer to reuse what I can).
The eco-aware movement is different things to different people, and they may show their awareness/concern in different ways. What I don't care for is the "my way or the highway" attitude of some of the individuals in both the conservation and eco movements, the connection between them being what first attracted me to environment concern.
Why do people who care about the same thing fight amongst themselves about how they show it (this way is somehow "better" than that one?) and lose focus on collaborating to solve the issues that are of concern to them/that they are most passionate about in the ways that they can?
Let's talk about the actual problem across the board. Can anyone name for me a major destructive problem on this planet that has nothing at all to do with one of the following?:
1.) Financial Cost
2.) Affordability for the Consumer
3.) Maximizing Corporate Profit
4.) Keeping People Employed
The fact is, our global economic system is the root problem of ALL issues we are dealing with. An economic system which only actually supports less than 15% of people on this planet. We have over a BILLION people starving to death, one every second, and 80% making ten dollars or less a day (poverty).
The entire idea that we even have a "green movement" shows how broken our economic system is, because the definition of Economy is "the management of a household", which last I checked included the life support system we all share.
Space here does not allow me to elaborate too much. My post is useless if no one reads it because it's too long. :-)
I recommend two films that will substantially change your views of the world we live in currently:
Zeitgeist Moving Forward & Paradise Or Oblivion
There is a conversation that is not currently taking place on this planet that really needs to. This is my purpose. We all know on some level that we need to change direction or we will not survive our future, but I think most are completely in the dark as to how bad things actually are. We can sign all the petitions we want but unless we address the root
Let's see...our species' population is nearly 8 BILLION and counting and our impact on the biosphere is rapidly becoming catastrophic...but we better not "scare" anyone with sandals or other clothing items???
This ridiculous pettiness is exactly why we are doomed!!!
Humanity is lost in the fantasy of our own superiority...but our myth is fatally flawed...it ignores the irrefutable fact that we are just another species of animal on and of...Planet Earth...part of the Web of Life...and when we have destroyed the Web we too will die...
one difficulty is the perception of "the environment" which means many different things to different people. Folk who do not really think about the environment ignore it because what they think of as "the environment" does not appear to have anything to do with them or impact on their life.
A change of perception would do wonders. I like to refer to "the environment" as OUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM - which it is. No-one in their right mind would compromise their own life support system.
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Did Alexis Duron-Deluna Leave Her Baby Alone in the Tub to Play With Her Phone?
Alexis Duron-Deluna. More photos and an original document below.
Three years ago, Shannon Johnson made international headlines after her infant son drowned in the bathtub while she allegedly played a game on Facebook. She was sentenced to ten years behind bars for the tragedy.
Did something similar happen in the case of Alexis Duron-Deluna? Fortunately, her baby didn't die after being left alone in the tub, although it was touch and go for a while. But an arrest report associated with a child abuse charge (see it below) notes that the infant's father had previously complained about her playing with her phone instead of supervising the kids in the bath.
See also: Shannon Johnson gets 10 years after infant son drowned in bath as she played Facebook game
A photo from Alexis Duron-Deluna's Facebook page.
Duron-Deluna's Facebook page features oodles of photos featuring children of all ages. But a baby born in September 2013 was at the center of an incident that took place late on Monday, August 4.
At about 11:45 p.m. that night, according to the probable cause statement shared here, a hysterical Duron-Deluna called emergency dispatch about a child who was not breathing.
Emergency personnel rushed to her apartment, located in a complex at 12455 East Albrook Drive.
The apartment complex, as seen in a Google Maps image.
An ambulance rushed the infant to Children's Hospital. There, the baby vomited what's described as "copious amounts of water" and stopped breathing for a time. When the report was written, the child was listed in critical but stable condition.
Duron-Deluna wouldn't speak to investigators, but a neighbor told an officer that she'd left the baby in the bathtub alone for a few minutes. (A medical staffer is quoted as saying Duron-Deluna offered an estimate of five minutes.) Also cooperating was the child's biological father, Thomas Duron-Deluna. He and Alexis had separated about a year earlier, he said, adding that the two of them had "argued previously about Alexis leaving the babies in the tub while she played on her phone."
The Denver District Attorney's Office has accused Duron-Deluna of child abuse with serious bodily injury. At last report, she remained in custody on a $50,000 bond. Her next court appearance is slated for Monday.
Here's a full-size version of her booking photo, followed by the probable cause statement.
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The "That's So Miami" Poetry Project down to 5 finalists
April is National Poetry Month and Miami gets in on the literary celebration with O, Miami, a poetry festival that brings poetry to the masses.
UPDATE: Five poems have been selected as nominees for the Best Ode to Miami. Based on audience votes the winner will get a staycation at the Betsy Hotel. Vote for your favorite by clicking here.
The winner will be announced at a poetry reading on Sunday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m. at the Betsy Hotel South Beach. Poets are also invoted to read their That's So Miami poems as well.
O, Miami is going to find you. Whether you are trying to enjoy a quiet drink at the Betsy Hotel's bar, ordering a vegan falafel at Oasis Deli at UM or looking to buy some vintage vinyl at Sweat Records (it's still a thing), throughout the month of April, someone is likely to be standing in front of a microphone reading a poem while you do those things. But that is the whole point of O, Miami - to bring poetry to as many venues as possible throughout Miami to get people excited about the written (and spoken) word.
The biennial poetry celebration is back to commemorate April as National Poetry Month in full literary regalia, complete with readings by bestselling authors (Edwidge Danticat, April 19), appearances by Inaugural Poets (Richard Blanco, April 28) and performance pieces that somehow blend dance and poetry (TASTE, April 6). The fun even culminates in a King Mango Strut-style event called the Poetry is Dead parade where literary fanboys and fangirls can get decked out comic-con-style as their favorite dead poet.
The event features almost daily poetry readings at venues all around Miami and Miami Beach plus tours, concerts and workshops for Miamians to polish their inner poet. South Floridians can even submit poems that will be posted on an ongoing blog, but they must have the line "That's so Miami" in the text somewhere. Organized by founder of the faux University of Wynwood, P. Scott Cunningham, the mission of the O, Miami is to "change Miami's attitude toward poetry."
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Piraman, the village where Congress leader Ahmed Patel grew up, stands apart from other villages in the neighbourhood.
Part of the Ankleshwar Assembly segment of the Lok Sabha seat of Bharuch, and situated next to Ankleshwar industrial township on the banks of the Narmada, this village has metalled roads, an assured drinking water supply through taps, solar-powered street lights and medical facilities comparable to those in any city, much of it made possible with the high-profile Rajya Sabha MP's local area development funds. Almost all the village's streets and all its mohallas have signs in Gujarati. The panchayat has also set up a 5,000-litre reverse osmosis plant.
And the village has an underground sewerage system, something that even Rajpipla, the headquarters of the adjoining district of Narmada, does not have. Piraman is in Bharuch district and is three kilometres from Bharuch town. Its population of 7,500 includes approximately 65 per cent Muslims, with the rest made up of Adivasis, upper caste Hindus and some Christians.
Besides a government primary health centre, the village has a large hospital run by HMP Gramya Vikas and Kalyan Foundation. A plaque in front of the hospital reads: "HMP Gramya Vikas and Kalyan Foundation has been set up in memory of Reliance Industries founder Dhirubhai Ambani and was inaugurated by Ahmed Patel on June 13, 2011." The hospital has three doctors, OPD facilities and a pathology laboratory, and provides medical and laboratory services free. The foundation also runs a mobile clinic, with one of the doctors taking free services to tribal villages in Jhagadia, Walia, Ankleshwar and Vagra blocks. The hospital has held several free eye-surgery camps in the tribal belt of the district.
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Don't Mourn For MeShe was in my bed, where she had been for the past few days. Despite pleas from everyone, she refused to go anywhere else.
I watched her sob her heart away and I almost wished I hadn't done it. Seeing her there with so much anguish carved into her lovely face, it almost made me regret my choice, almost.
In the end, it had been worth it. The pain and the sorrow were all gone.
"Stop mourning for me," I begged as I sat beside her, bed remaining the same under my transcendental body. She had to let go and move on.
She sobbed violently and pressed my pillow into her face, no doubt trying to breath in what little of my scent remained.
"It hurts too much," she said through choked breaths. "Sometimes it feels like you're still here," she quietly added as her sobs began to subside. It seemed like that thought brought her comfort.
"I know sweetie but you have to move on," I told her in a gentle voice. "It's not your f
I Once Dreamed...I once dreamed that I had you here beside me, in my arms. I could feel your warmth against my skin and I could smell your wonderful scent. It reminded me of spring time, right after the rain.I Once Dreamed...2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
But better than your warmth and better than your scent, was the amount of happiness it brought me to have you here, embracing you. You and you alone, had the ability to chase the loneliness away. It was a wonderful feeling and a feeling that disappears within an instant as I realize that you're not real. You're only a figment of my imagination. There is only coldness beside me and only my own scent that envelops me.
Yet, despite knowing this, it doesn't stop me from dreaming of you. I don't know who you are but in my dreams, you exist. Perhaps you are real, perhaps you are not but sometimes, I like to pretend that my unknown lover is real. I love to tell myself that you and I are meant to be, that we have known each other in previous lives and that our love was so strong, t
If We Meet AgainTo me, love was a lie, a fairy tale told to children. It was such a comforting lie that even adults choose to believe in it. I always scoffed at the idea, thinking how ridiculous people were to search for it so desperately. It simply didn't exist.If We Meet Again1 year ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
Then, I met you. I never meant to fall for you - didn't believe I could fall for someone as much as I did. You were a simple dreamer, looking forward to life and what it had to offer. You showed me the world through your eyes, an optimistic, beautiful and simple world.
"He/She's perfect" was a phrase that made me laugh more than anything else. No one is perfect. But after I met you, I understood. People still had flaws even if you loved them but it was okay, you could still be perfect to the person that loved you. It's not something easily explained and it's why I never understood. You have to be in love to understand.
It blinds you. Oh, how it blinds you. The feeling is something better than any high and just as addicting. You r
Tears You shouldn't cry for the dead; they'll be sad in the next world if you do.Tears2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
Wynn remembered hearing that phrase from her grandmother. It hadn't come to mind for years, truthfully - not since she'd first heard it at her uncle's funeral as a small child. Those words had been meant for her cousin, but the little girl hadn't been able to help overhearing them as she sat in the church pews, too young to fully comprehend the situation. She'd forgotten about them for so long, but now they came back to her with the force of a train, reverberating in her head.
It probably had something to do with the tears that were rolling down her face.
Sucking in a shuddering breath, Wynn buried her face against the blanket that she still clutched in her arms. His scent still clung to it, calming her slightly as she curled around it like a lifeline - Rhys. It was the only thing that she had le
BreakingOne day, you will open the cupboardBreaking4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
to find a wine glass or some Tupperware
and the world will, without warning
or alarm, roll off the edge of the shelf
and coming crashing down.
The oceans will splash onto the linoleum,
onto the rug. All the dust in all the deserts
will rain down onto the couch and coffee table,
the hills will crumble, the mountains will break,
all the windows in all the cities will shatter
and fall, a thousand dangerous miles of glass
glittering on your kitchen floor.
Everything will hush.
Exhale the breath you are holding,
and go look for a dust pan, for a broom.
SadieThere was something exhilarating about the idea of going to the Square by myself. When I first told them, I think my parents thought I was crazy, or lonely, or depressed. I mean, who wants to see a movie alone? Not the Matt they knew. Enter my mom:Sadie2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
"Honey, are you sure you don't want to go with Jake? Or Dave? Or Ryan?"
Truth is, people have this strange notion that they constantly need to be around people. They're wrong. Being alone can be just as comforting as the presence of others. I'd never been to see a movie by myself; I figured it was something I had to try at least once in my life.
Besides, who knew who I would run into there? It could be anyone: the new guy with the tire tattoo on his palm (I'd always wanted to ask him about that), or a person I had never noticed before but that once I got to know him was really cool. Or it could be Alice.
Yes, it could be Alice.
That's how I found myself standing in line alone at the Square on a Satur
Mom, What's a Vagina?At 9 years old, I rushed home late from my school's "Just Say No" assembly to catch a new episode of Oprah with Dr. Oz. My mom didn't know I watched it, but Oprah was my idol, and I hadn't missed a single episode that year. The doctor strutted on the stage, with all his years of medical training and mastery guiding his tall step and wrinkled smile. He stretched the blue gloves to his elbows, and dragged the tarp off of the organs he called "healthy". They were a dull pink, and I could almost feel my own fingers scraping against the spongy flesh when he held it up for all to see. I felt a chill in my spine as I raked my own hand over my shirt, and I tried to see what I can feel through my skin and ribs. Only a young beating heart, locked away and dancing to the commercial jingles.Mom, What's a Vagina?1 year ago in Short Stories More Like This
Soon, Oprah and Oz were back, and taking questions from the audience. I groaned when none of the grown-ups knew what to ask. Sure, heart blockage was all very interesting, but when would they ask the goo
Black Cat Amber EyeBlack coat with silken hair,Black Cat Amber Eye10 months ago in Free Verse More Like This
The eyes bright and young in years.
But what this glance is saying
Is as old as the world.
The eyes almost closed,
Snuggled and silent dreaming,
She lies like spilled –
Inwards restless, exuberant.
Stretched out peaceful and easy –
Gentle soul, full of happiness.
I ask myself what she might intend
By her soft glance?
Often, she lies around sleeping
And after a while, she opens
The little mouth and bends the back.
But everything without haste.
Then, when she starts to rub gently
Around my legs, purring –
It is only up to her
When she moves my heart.
When I take her in my arms
And look into her amber eyes,
How my heart warms up
And help me to believe in the good.
Black coat with silken hair,
On velvety paws slightly –
We walk together year for year
Until our journey will have come to an end.
And when once you will leave me, my purring companion,
So, I cover you tenderly with love.
And I think of you fondly what enlightens my spirit:
Swallowed By The MonsterThe rain seeped into her clothes and drenched her in a layer of chills over her skin. She continued to walk without an umbrella through the mist that was steadily turning into a flood over the sidewalk. The rain no longer bothered her.Swallowed By The Monster1 year ago in Short Stories More Like This
It soothed her stinging eyes from the hours of crying before…
Samantha sat in the office with Dr. R. They sat across from one another. Dr. Reggie sitting serenely in a plush blue chair while Samantha planted herself cross-legged on the beige sofa. She felt as though her heart my burst from the sheer anxiety. Avoiding contact with her therapist she reached for a pillow and cradled in her arms like a teddy bear.
"You seem really distressed," her therapist spoke kindly, but with a shade of concern.
Samantha could feel the tears flood her vision. Distressed didn't seem quite the adjective that covered her emotions clearly.
"I don't know what's wrong with me anymore," she mumbled.
She couldn't bring herse
The Rotting Man (Part 1) "This is how you get yourself dead, my friend," the shambling figure in front of me said, its figure barely visible in the bleak darkness of the night. I froze by the wall, too terrified to move or plan anything effectively. I stood there, sweat pouring down my face despite the damp coolness of the night, horrified and recalling how I ended up here in the first place.The Rotting Man (Part 1)2 years ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
It happened earlier today, when my friends and I swapped stories about local ghost stories and legends, with the usual trite stories about vampires, rumours about serial killers hiding inside people's cars, haunted houses, variations of Bloody Mary or some stupid school game where this guy had to chant some stupid verse and perform a certain task and hope they don't get chased by the ghost itself, or some stupid story about a guy hanging out by the graveyard for whatever reason and gets terrorized by restless spirits, stuff like that.
"You guys heard about The Rotting Man?"
To My RapistYou killed yourself the other dayTo My Rapist2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
because you were finally going to jail
for what you did to me
and countless other kids
and let me tell you
how livid that makes me.
I hate the fact that you stole
my virginity from me.
I hate that you're not getting what
you deserve.
I hate that you took
the coward's way out.
But most of all
I hate
that I didn't get the chance
to forgive you
and for that
I'm sorry.
Halos are overratedFreedom rings. Freedom waves like a banner in the wind. It's old and tattered. So very frayed at the edges but all anyone can see is the big red letters, so bold they're on the verge of blinding. A mess of scarlet ink is all I could make out, the words blurred from a rush of adrenaline. Some make out a blessing, a soft flowing font spelling out a prayer, but me…I was a bull charging, daring those words to come into focus- challenging my conformity.Halos are overrated1 year ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
I was whiskey brave or was it wine? Oh yes, it was a nice Cabernet left to breathe between my lips then a Moscato so sweet I couldn't see past the taste. A glass half full of defiance that left me drunk and enraged, thrilled and almost out of my mind, but it's not what you think. You see, I used to be a coward. I was a being whose self-worth didn't exist and whose voice was never more than a whisper.
I was told I was loved but never felt like I was. I wanted to be beautiful but my flaws made mirrors run screaming
The Attic (Additions I)Lynn stood at the top of the stairs. Before her was the closet she and her older brother used to fight over. To her right was the door to her room; to her left was her brother's. She took some keys out of her pocket and opened the door to her brother's old room. She was sure Mom knew she had taken to locking it these days. As if anyone actually used it anymore…The Attic (Additions I)3 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
The door swung open, releasing a gust of air that struck her as too cool for an upstairs room on a summer day. It was the first time she had actually entered this room in over a year, but the first thing her eyes were drawn to was still the attic. The latch was still locked, and the boxes she had stacked in front of the door last spring were still there; even so, it hardened her resolve.
She was glad they were moving.
Lynn stood there for a long moment, noticing anew how barren the room looked now, its slanted walls devoid of posters, its floor absent of any meaningful furniture. In the year
Last WordThe little girl couldn't have been more than six years old when she ran through the old dusty house. It was no longer a home. It's owner deemed incompetent and placed with a relative. Following her mother, the little girl looked around at all the boxes and furniture. Where was it all going to go? Surely there wasn't enough room to move it all to their home. "Momma, where will all of Auntie's things go now?"Last Word2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
A soft smile and caressing hand reached out to stroke the little girl's round face. "I told you. We'll take some and grandma will take some, Anna."
"All of it?"
"No." The sadness was evident in her voice, but the child didn't understand the strain it held. For this wasn't just Auntie's belongings that needed to be packed, but Momma's memories. Memories of summers spent running through the house while being chased by Unca. Memories of card games at the dining table. Horrible stories her brother made u
Rescue TeamShe called me because I lived right downstairs. She called me because she knew I wouldn't call her parents. She called me because she hadn't called in three months, and she knew that if she called me, crying, blubbering, watering the receiver with her tears and blood, I would come running anyway.Rescue Team2 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
She was hunched up on the kitchen floor, her arms wrapped around her legs, her eyelashes wrapped around her bloodshot eyes. She looked up at me as I dropped the key I had never given back into my pocket. Her feet and hands were bloodied and full of cuts.
She said nothing as I crunched my way over the broken glass to her and hunched down, balancing on the balls of my feet. She looked down.
"What did you do?" I asked, looking around the messy kitchen, filled with shards of glass and broken plates. I noticed she was holding the phone in one hand and a champagne glass in the other. The only intact one left, I observed from my place facing the open cupboards and empty sh
There's Something in my Bed...There's something in my bed.There's Something in my Bed...1 year ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
Something that's not supposed to be there. I can feel it, the weight of it behind me. I'm lying on my side and I can't move, can't look over my shoulder. God forbid I should wish to, anyway. I woke up still. And I was stupid enough to close my eyes. My whole body is frozen, every muscle. I can't even blink. My eyes are watering and my vision's going fuzzy. They say you should try and move your fingers, your toes, so you can get mobility back into your limbs, but I daren't even do that. I don't want to touch it. I'm swallowing screams that I couldn't let out, even if I tried.
I can feel its breath now, inhaling and exhaling over my neck, sending shivers up my spine. It makes me want to vomit. It's an indication that it's impossibly close, and I can't get away. I don't know what it wants, don't even know what it is. Whether it's even real or not.
It's touching me. Running its cold, dead fingers up my arm and, God, it's making my skin crawl and tingle. It's fi
I Believe in Original CharactersI Believe in Original CharactersI Believe in Original Characters2 years ago in Philosophical More Like This
Meghan - Charleston SC
I believe in original characters and the "admins" who made them. These are people who are created from purest of human imagination. The more they are interacted with the better they develop and grow, just as the people who made them do.
2 years ago I discovered art websites and joined one. A little less than a year later I saw OC's popping up with personal accounts created by their administrator, or "Admin." Later on I had an Idea, and it kept shifting from one thing to another to another, again and again. I realized I should probably write it down or something before it ruined itself. I wanted to become an 'admin' and see what people thought of my OC.
I met many OC's created by other people, and they were so good, you could sense there character just as well as a cartoon on TV or in a book. These characters, these people, they were their own community. Each one had a life, a body, a
NightmareI had a dream last night.Nightmare2 years ago in Stories & Vignettes More Like This
There was fear in that dream. I remember feeling weighed down by the terror. I remember feeling eyes watching me from everywhere; feeling that they - whoever they were - were just waiting for me to slip up and make a mistake, to chase after me and capture me. I don't know what I did. I don't know where I was. It was a world where things had gone terribly wrong, and the metallic smell of fear and oppression and blood filled the air. That much I knew, and I knew I was in danger.
But there was a woman, and though she was afraid she was kind to me. She sheltered me; said that I was kin, that I was part of her family. She said that to a group of uniformed men who had come knocking at her door - terrible, terrible men with cruel faces and sleek rifles by their sides. I was terrified, and I'm sure she was terrified as well, but the men took her for her word and left.
They left, and they brought the woman's son with them. The boy couldn't have been older than twelve.
Dwellers in the Dark III: Labyrinths of TangierThe ceiling was like a labyrinth of lines forming a geometrical maze of beauty to be lost in for years. One could have spend eternity only to overcome the paralysation of marvel given the artistic aspects of this canopy of curves, before beginning to read all kinds of stories into them.Dwellers in the Dark III: Labyrinths of Tangier2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
Mystical creatures were crawling next to tragic heroes and clamouring clowns, while the plot changed with every bend and every bow as Sheva tried to follow as best as she could.
It was fascinating and capturing and whilst Kit engulfed himself into his work it was her only occupation and not a bad one.
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DecayThe smell of blood drifts thick over my face and I turn away, looking around for someone else who can help me. I have been destroyed by something so simple, torn apart until I am this creature that lives only to die. But still I shuffle onward, dragging my battle-scarred body out of this building into an open street. Birds look at me with their dull button eyes, and in desperation, I lunge at them. All but one fly, their silhouettes vanishing into the darkening sky. I stare at the silent animal, and quickly pick it up. The claws against my skin are nothing to me. However, I cannot look down at its perfection, do something to get rid of my endless desire. Something is blocking my jaw, cutting me, stabbi-Decay2 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
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When Ryan Dempster told the world about his infant daughter Riley's health crisis, he did more than inform people about DiGeorge Syndrome.
"He let people understand that we're all human beings," said White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez.
Last January, Ramirez, a father of three, went through a medical emergency with his 7-month-old son, who stopped breathing after a feeding.
"He was very sick, almost to the point of not making it, and at that point you don't think about anything else," Ramirez said through an interpreter. "I can kind of relate to what Ryan was going through."
So, too, can other players who go through personal travails that can knock their careers off track. To share that private side, however, is not always an easy decision.
Dempster said the choice to publicly reveal the news about his daughter's rare congenital condition, which prevents her from properly swallowing and digesting food and kept her hospitalized for nearly the first three months of her life, was difficult because he did not want fans to think he was looking for their sympathy.
"I didn't want it to be about me, 'Oh, poor me,' because the pain of what I'm going through pales in comparison to what she's going through," he said.
"But it takes a huge weight off my chest because there are frustrating days out there. Especially in April, I'd get really frustrated, especially when times got tough, I'd take it all out at once. I try to separate the two. I try to go out there and try to do my job. I don't really think about it out there, but if I have the bases are loaded or some other situation, I think, 'This is not really that big of a situation' and it helps sometimes."
Dempster told the story of a teammate in Atlanta, Mike Redmond, who was going through a family tragedy when the two were playing for the Braves.
"It was my last start of the year and [during] the whole game, there were times when [Redmond] would come in between innings and he wouldn't take his mask off," Dempster said. "He had a great game but he was real quiet. And then one time he took his mask off and I could see he was crying. After the game I asked if everything was all right and he said he had found out the night before that his dad had terminal stomach cancer. That's your dad. Most people would take a week off work and go home to your family. And here, not only are you supposed to come to work but you're supposed to do your job and do it well.
"That's the reality. And some people struggle with it and some people, like Brett Favre, finds out his dad died and goes out on 'Monday Night Football' and has one of the best games of his career. Everybody handles it differently."
Jim Thome had to pause to compose himself as he described trying to perform on the baseball field while his mother was losing her battle with cancer. He was with the Philadelphia Phillies at the time; he had had elbow surgery that year and was struggling in more ways than one.
"The toughest part was knowing there was nothing I could do and every day just feeling so badly inside," he recalled. "I'm not saying things like that are why players perform badly, but it does say why we're not perfect.
"We're all gifted physically to be here, and sometimes the mental part of the game is overlooked. If your mind isn't right, it can be very difficult."
Detroit Tigers shortstop Adam Everett said when his daughter was diagnosed with spina bifida in 2005 when she 8 eight months old, and required back surgery to remove a tumor, it was very difficult to think about baseball and his performance suffered.
"A lot goes on with our lives that people don't realize," he said. "People think because we make millions of dollars that our lives are perfect and it doesn't work that way. I went through what [Dempster] is going through. And I guarantee he would forfeit his contract for his daughter to be healthy."
Fans did not initially know what Everett was going through and at the time one writer wrote in a column, "What's going on with this guy? Get him out of there," Everett recalled. "Afterward," he said, "you don't get apologies."
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has one philosophy when it comes to his players' personal matters.
"In my clubhouse, family is first, baseball is last, especially when kids are involved," said Guillen. "You talk about divorce and you got thrown out because you're getting divorced, you're weak. You got a divorce for a reason and if you involve divorce with baseball, you're weak. But you talk about your own kid, that's a problem. You can ask any of my players who ever played for me and it's kids first, then the rest.
"Maybe some fans think this is an excuse. They think the players want people to feel sorry for them. If you perform poorly, they don't give a [damn] why. People don't look at what happened to Derrek. I feel for him. And Ryan Dempster."
In September of 2006, Lee's 3-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare genetic disease that causes the loss of vision. The family has since learned that she will maintain the vision she has and they have become that much more determined, through the foundation, Project 3000, to raise awareness and funds to eradicate the disease.
" We felt like we could help more by going public," Lee said. "It was a hard decision for us because we like to keep our privacy. We just felt like we could help other families by taking it public. [Dempster] did it to bring awareness [to DiGeorge Syndrome] ... That was his main concern."
Cubs management was understanding of Dempster's situation, making concessions to allow the pitcher, currently on the DL with a broken toe, to be with his family as much as possible between starts. But even so, Lee said sometimes that may not be enough.
"I know in my situation the team was very supportive, but I think there comes a point where, whether they support you or not, you have to do what you have to do," Lee said. "That's one of the things I told Ryan. I said, 'Your family comes first. If you can't be here, don't be here.' He had great support also, which is nice."
When Cubs manager Lou Piniella was a player, the mentality was quite a bit different, he said.
"When I played, the first two kids I had, I was there playing," he said. "The last one, I was able to go to the hospital and missed that day, but that was it. It has changed. But what's more important than your family? There is nothing more important. Games, yeah, they're important but not quite as important and we treat it that way.
"We've done that all the time here. This is a very tough sport to play; it's every day and when you have family issues, take care of those first and primary and you come out here to the ballpark and you're more relaxed, your mind is more at ease and you can perform better."
Dempster's decision to speak publicly about his family's situation drew support in the White Sox clubhouse.
"The media was going to find out," said Ramirez, "and for him to be open about it, that was the right thing to do because you need to let people know what you're going through so they can understand that everyone is a human being."
Thome agreed.
"I commend Ryan for what he did because sometimes it's tough to open up and be honest and let people know your feelings. Some people in this game think that's a sign of weakness but it certainly is not."
In May, Guillen left his team to travel home to Venezuela to be with his terminally ill father-in-law, who subsequently passed away. As a Sox player, he also traveled home in April of 1995 to be with the family of his close friend, former major leaguer Gus Polidor, who was killed in a robbery attempt.
"He was my friend, he was murdered and I had to get over that," Guillen said. "But when you have a kid, a young kid is going through whatever [Riley Dempster] is going through, the only thing in life you have is your kids. As soon as you leave this game, they'll remember you when you die and if you ever go to the Hall of Fame. When you talk about your kids, that's the only things is really yours. If one of my kids gets sick, [screw] baseball, I'll go be with my kids."
Cubs pitcher Randy Wells is single without children but says he feels for what Dempster has gone through.
"It's hard enough to play this game and to stare down major league batters when you're not going through something like that," Wells said. "I think people don't understand that we have loved ones get sick and pass away. We're held up to such a high standard. I understand they pay their hard-earned money for our performance. But to go through the anxiety of a child getting treatment? Say I was a plumber and I had personal issues, I could take days off. We can't really do that.
"Still, this is what we signed up for. And ultimately, no one is going to be sorry for us when we give up runs."
Melissa Isaacson is a columnist for ESPNChicago.com.


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