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of bullies, and victims, and what the rest of us can do ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Bullying… It affects all of us — the bullies, their victims, and those of us who see it happen. Culture tends to frame it as an axis: bullies on one side, victims on the other. It’s not that simple. Amanda Todd might still be here if someone had stood up for her. Stood up to…
homophobia & the American Family Association: rewriting the teachings of Jesus
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Britton Gildersleeve
As I learn more about myself — middle age will do that to you, if you pay attention — I realise that standing up for the voiceless is one of the strongest reasons I’m such a loudmouth. (And yes — I do realise I’m always on a soapbox!) I’ve seen too many wonderful people —…
un-learning (when Buddhism & Unitarian Universalism conflate) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I don’t go to church much. When I do, I go to All Souls Unitarian Universalist, the largest UU church in the world. In Tulsa. Tulsa. Today I went to see my nephew officially welcomed in to the congregation. His significant other is UU from her earliest childhood — grew up at All Souls —…
poetry time, or, when names are poetry ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
“…in Micmac … some trees ‘are named for the sound the wind makes when it blows through them during the autumn, about an hour after sunset when the wind always comes from a certain direction. Moreover, these names are not fixed but change as the sound changes.” ~ as qtd. in Elizabeth Seay, Searching for…
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