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SHE SAID - a book, a trial, a revolution or maybe not.

1/11/2020

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This blog is a random collection of words that I had to get out of my head as I finished this book, but this book, this story, the story of the world reckoning with how it treats women will never be done with me. And I'll never be done with it. 

An Ashley Judd quote from the book has now been adopted by me as a mantra.

"[Judd] had always wanted to be an activist, and when she went on the record about Weinstein, the world affirmed her instincts.

"I have to know the hill on which I'm willing to die," she told the group.
"The equality of the sexes is that hill for me." "

                                                           page 258 'She Said'

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This story is happening, it is current. This book is part of this whole Harvey Weinstein debacle, a grotesque story of power lauded over women in the film industry. This story is indicative of the power imbalance that happens within an endless number of spheres. The 'She Said' book isn't the most important, I'd love if you read it like I did but I'd prefer if you dug into this issue in a way that makes sense for you, in a way that enhances your understanding and empathy. 

After finishing the book last night I felt that I shut the cover with a better understanding of what it is like to be a reporter, a writer for an acclaimed newspaper. Which is a good thing to learn about, especially in a world where the President of the United States is working against free and fair media. Feminist Journalism is now a class that people can take at some universities and I feel that this book could be a primer for that subject. You can a real sense of the back and forth, the relationship building and support that has to be shown and exercised to be able to reveal this type of story to the world. 

As someone who has herself received a Sexual Harassment Settlement, which is probably more than I am supposed to say out loud. It was a small, sad amount of money not even enough to pay for a semester of school. This does give me more of a personal connection to this topic. The connection pulled at me through out the story but seemed to pull harder at the end of the book. The last chapter tells of a gathering at G. Paltrow's house in which the women reflected together. I don't have a community of women that I know who have settlements but I know plenty of women who are harassed every day, who have physically abused in a workplace or at home. And I long for a space to connect over these subjects that feels hopeful and isn't just me taking to the one or two people will who never tire of my need to talk about social justice.

​This #MeToo movement can not fade away because things aren't that different now than they were when I was in middle school and the boys were slapping our butts so hard in the hallway that we had to walk with our backsides against the lockers. 

A couple of weeks ago a 7th grade boy tried to physically assault me in a classroom at a public school in Minneapolis. His friends had dared him "to grab the substitute teacher's ass" and that young man didn't have the sense not to try. In a moment when I was unaware of the dare, arched forward assisting another student, I felt my jacket being lifted up from the back. I felt something on my backside and immediately turned thinking it would be an accident, a student simply trying to move past my body without enough space. But why the jacket lift? That is not what I found, that is not what happened. I will end the story here as it's contents are not the main point. The point is that entitled men are still taking chances with their actions toward women. Somehow this young man has grown to his age of twelve with the knowledge that he could probably get away with that. That the trouble he could potentially get in was worth how cool his friends would think he was for violating my body. We need to teach the lesson of respecting other human's bodies to everyone. 

OTHER HUMAN'S BODIES ARE NOT YOURS TO JUDGE, TO COMMENT ON, TO TOUCH WITHOUT CONSENT. END OF STORY. 


BACK TO THE 'SHE SAID' BOOK AND KANTOR AND TWOHEY'S WORK...

Not only do you learn about the specifics of Weinstein, the ins and outs of journalistic procedure but you also absorb just how tricky it is to ensure that perpetrators of this kind of sexist violence are held accountable. The way that women are treated leads to not enough people coming forward which compounds the existing legal hurdles and the whole thing is one confusing, less than satisfactory procedure. 

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AN ARTICLE TO HELP WITH THE FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS or lack of options

Short on Legal Options, #MeToo Accusers Turn to Defamation Suits
The Weinstein trial is rare because most sexual misconduct allegations are too old to litigate. But women, and men, are finding an alternative way to get to court.


A GREAT PODCAST TO SUPPLEMENT...
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The Daily did a two part breakdown of some key points surrounding the trial, it explains more about how the prosecution is working (or not working) against Weinstein. It is a quick bite and I listened to both parts while I was in the middle of reading the book so it gave me momentary timeline confusion but the news is moving so fast that I am constantly catching myself up with the latest word. 
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Conclusions I have tumbling around my head right now...

+ Settlements where victims get money is nice for the victims, it's even more nice if those victims are people
who are financially burdened. 
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+ Unfortunately most of these high profile settlements surround a lot of individuals whose financial reality represents
the top tier of this nation, people who are getting settlement amounts that are more than most people will make
in their entire lifetime. That is not relatable. Nor does it make people think that this is a reckoning that has anything to do with them. 
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Thanks for reading this jumbled mess, I am not interested in making an easy to read piece that turns my emotions into a digestable, postable blog. I just wanted to think and process this as the book is freshly consumed by me. 

<3 KP
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Thoughts on some books and a movie --->

11/26/2018

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It is no secret, I am crazy AF about reading. And right now I am smack in the middle of final papers and tests but I have cranked out a few lately that I want to tell you about. 

VENTURE GIRLS | a book by the creator of VentureLab Cristal ​Glangchai, PhD

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A great read. Easy, at times repetitive but in a necessary way. The explicit breakdown of the STEM gap is informative without being a total downer. The rest of the books is this epic heaping of nourishment, vegetables for a person that wants to honestly do work towards empowering girls towards worth careers! It’s an empowering read and I know that I will return to it over and over for inspiration! The specific activities seem endless and the ways that you could alter them to better fit your specific audience is indeed infinite. I applaud Cristal Glangchai, PhD for writing this book and I hope that parents, teachers, mentors, professionals alike read it. If you are interested in learning more about the program that Glangchai created prior to writing this book you can find more info here. 

GET THE BOOK:

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ENOUGH AS SHE IS | a book by Rachel Simmons

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I am almost done with it! It's amazing... for the time being here is someone else's review about it!
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Click for the link.

WOMAN WALKING AHEAD | a book by Eileen Pollack

I just just finished reading this book, or listening to it on Audible rather, for the second time. All 16 hours of the book have graced my ears and brain, TWICE! That is 32 hours of glorious adventure, learning and history. It is that good! It is worthy of the SUPER NERD AWARD, a deep dive into the world of a woman named Catherine Weldon who made decisions that were more than abnormal for her era. A woman who took chances and put herself out on the line in order to help "her Indian friends." A woman that I have grown to admire over these two readings. 

The life of Catherine Weldon has also recently been made into a movie, a Holly film starring Jessica Chastain. A film that completely destroys any and all of the historical reality of Weldon's life, a tragic flaw that allows for readers to ignore her reality and replace it with a simplified, romanticized, VERY WRONG version of what happened. I am writing a twelve page paper about it and maybe I will be crazy to publish it here after I get my grade. 
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I really enjoyed watching the movie, it was beautiful. You can stream it on AMAZON PRIME. The history-nerd in me is sad, at how much of the context is lost, how many of the details are blatantly wrong and my heart breaks for the wrong impressions that people will leave the film with. BECAUSE I think the story is powerful and how the potential to help us talk about racial tensions and potential for cross racial alliances and collaborations to better the nation for EVERYONE. But alas, the shareholders that the production company is accountable to probably wanted a sweet story without too much brainy stuff. 

HERE is a TIME article detailing some of the historical inaccuracies, it too hold a few facts that are indeed wrong, but it does a good job showing you how the story was minimized and gives a bit of context in case you are open to the content but will never read the book or watch the movie. 

GO OUT AND SEEK BRAINY STUFF! 
More often than sugary, sweet stuff!

LOVE YOU ALL.
here's to many a good hour spent reading :)
xoxox, kp
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WIND RIVER | a film

9/27/2017

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 WIND RIVER  | a film 
Hell or High Water, meets Manchester By Sea, meets the tragedy that is the history of how the United States has treated the First Nations Peoples since the founding of our nation. This film is Written and Directed by Taylor Sheridan (and before you movie buffs jump on me, I wrote that first sentence before I knew that Sheridan also wrote 'Hell or High Water'). This film is brutal, moving and for me it was crazy emotional.

My partner, my bae, my TK; He is the movie buff in our relationship, mostly, he picks what we see on the big screen, he reads reviews and is always up on what we should see and how which reviewers felt about it. When I was informed that I would be seeing a movie highlighting Indigenous actors I didn't ask any questions, I just grabbed some popcorn and tagged along. Thank goodness I hadn't worn makeup or put my contacts in, I spent more than a third of the movie sobbing, at some points loudly, uncontrollably. 

THE UN-HOLLYWOOD REALITY OF THE SITUATION:

So there is a dark story here, darker than murder, darker than life on a reservation. It is the story of Native Women, a story was so many painful prongs that it is hard for me to even begin to write something that I might consider adequate. But what is inadequate is allowing our country to continue living in a reality that does not acknowledge how bleak things really are for this population.
- 1 in 3 Indigenous women will be raped in her lifetime
- 3 in 5 will be physically assaulted 
- twice as likely to be stalked as other women
- NATIVE WOMEN ARE MURDERED AT TEN TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
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This moving film uses one story, one fictional example to depict the disturbing norm that can easily define what it's like to live in the body of a Native American woman. Parts are hard to watch, parts are filled with action, and some of it is sweet and hopeful. The fact that the film is not being marketed as a social issues film, as a progressive attention grabber is great. I honestly thought it was just a thriller and it turned out being about this issue that is so close to my heart. But on another hand a lot of people are going to go into this movie having no prior knowledge of this plight and that is amazing. People are going to see this movie who didn't know their heart was going to explode with pain and they just might be the exact people that need a push to build that empathy. 

Nerdy movie/money note: WIND RIVER has already made more money than Sheridan's 'Hell or High Water' which was one of my top 3 favorite movies from 2016. SEE THEM BOTH, seriously! 

About half way through the movie I figured out who she was, who the FBI agent was played by, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's sister, it must have been her adorable nose! Elizabeth Olsen plays a young FBI agent from the South who just happens to be in the area when this murder takes place. I really enjoyed watching Olsen and Renner embody this story, their characters establish an unexpected respectful bond within this extremely trying situation. 

READ MORE:

 -- Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women – Why Not to Dress as Pocahottie for Halloween  - MUST READ. 

- FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE - The Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaskan Native Women - seriously heavy stuff.

- Indigenous people face higher rates of violence in N.L., statistics show

-  ​Savanna's Act aims to bring justice for missing, murdered Native American women - Senators response to the lack of stats highlighted in the film

SEE THIS MOVIE, encourage others to see it. Educate yourself further on the issue AND THE SOLUTIONS! This movie could just be a movie, but I urge you to let the story sink into your heart. If you feel called to not just let it be a movie you see and then never thinking about again, push yourself further and let the emotion drive you to a new place. Maybe you could just talk about it a lot, make sure that everyone you know now knows this story. Maybe you could donate to organizations like FRIENDS OF PINE RIDGE, or buy something from MY SISTER (which is helping to end Sex Trafficking). Read about the work of NACB, or Mending the Sacred Hoop, or Indian Law Resource Center. There are many ways to help and by seeing this movie you are opening your heart and mind up to a new perspective that could forever change your outlook and your actions.

xoxox, katia
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LIFE'S WORK | a book

9/27/2017

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This book is important, it has answers as to how we talk about this issue, how we, PRO - CHOICE individuals take back the moral high ground - because it is ours. Women need us to take this seriously and learn how to vocalize this issue in light of equality and human rights! 

Dr. Willie a male doctor from the South who provides abortions, an example of constitutionally protected reproductive health care for women. This is an admirable career. He is a admirable man. This semi-autobiographical book tells just enough of his story for anyone to fall in love, he mixes in the history of reproductive politics, Parker pulls on heart strings while also inspired the mind to wrestle. 

Dr. Parker does not believe that anti-abortionists deserve to be referred to as 'Pro-Life.' I tend to agree. Anti-abortionists neglect to see the woman right in front of them as human enough to know what is right and wrong for her and any life that she may choose to bring into this world. But before this book I had very minimal language with which to speak about this. The way Parker wrestles with his God, the way he takes religion and rational past the easily obtained understanding and pushes himself to truly accept woman as equal humans is uplifting and date I say inspiring?! I am an atheist but the way that Parker writes about his relationship with his God did spark a bit of.. jealously perhaps? I could ramble about that specific aspect of the book but I won't because, the bottom line is that this book is a must read for anyone whose ever had an abortion, who might have one in the future, who has a uterus, who doesn't have a uterus, someone who enjoys people with uteri, etc, etc. This book allows new light to be shown onto the abortion debate and if we ever expect equality we need all the light we can get. 

I have listened to this book twice on Audible and each time I focused on the specifics of Parker's argument about women's equality being based on this choice. He talks about fetal tissue, he talks about states that make him straight out lie to women, he tells real stories of women who need this health care. This man, this book, I am so grateful! I plan to buy a physical copy, read and reread, I have a few people who I want to gift it to. AND THEN I will take this information out into the world. I will talk, I will debate, I will demand the moral high ground when it comes to women's reproductive freedom because true equality depends on it. 

<------ BUY THIS BOOK
listen to it an Audible, buy it at your local indie book seller, your half price books.. whatever!

​xoxox,katia

ALSO READ :

- My Blog about Sarah Weddington's Book 

​- Dr. Willie's TWITTER
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A QUESTION OF CHOICE | a book

9/25/2017

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A twenty five year old woman argued the famous Supreme Court case ROE v. WADE and this book, 'A Question of CHOICE' is her story. This woman's name is Sarah Weddington and she wrote this book about twenty years after the ruling. A lot of people are unaware of Weddington and her notably young age during the trail, in the new millennium we were all very proud of Lena Dunham for directing an HBO show but forty years before Sarah Weddington was the same age as Dunham while she argued a case in front of the highest court in the entire country. It's time we give Sarah Weddington her kudos by educating ourselves about her work, she is a lawyer, an activist, a former elected official, she published this book in 1992 and I read it in 2017; This story is more important than ever for everyone in the United States to know!
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I have said it before and I will probably say it a million more times but I love shopping for books at thrift stores! They offer a weird and satisfying glance into what people in the area have read. I could not be more glad that somehow this book caught my attention in a second-hand store because reading it added a fuel to my fire that was perfectly timed.
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The story this book tells is heartening. It's full of set backs and the human realities of being an activist, a lawyer, a young person, a woman. This story gave me energy, hearing about Weddington's early, unsuspecting, involvement and life long dedication to this and other causes is reminiscent of the labor of love that got women the right to vote, a struggle that took over 70 years of hard campaigning! Weddington didn't get involved in this because she wanted to become some public figure, she wasn't looking for recognition or fame, she wanted to give a group of woman volunteers piece of mind. There was a group of women who volunteered answering phones, giving out information about where to obtain safe health services. They wanted to know what legal trouble they might be inviting, enter Sarah Weddington - deciding to help find the answer to that question is the simple act that would change her life forever and imbed her in this struggle for reproductive freedom. 
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The content of this book was honestly life changing for me. I knew that women had fought for reproductive equality, I definitely knew that we needed to continue fighting because currently the momentum is headed in the direction opposite of equality and reproductive freedom. I knew that Roe v. Wade was important, but I did not know just how the whole thing began or how it came to fruition. The details of the case are everything, they tell a story that will motivate women for years to come. The copy of the book that fell into my hands that fateful day, I believe, was signed by Sarah Weddington herself - WHICH IS FREAKIN' COOL AS HELL! It is dated 7 years after the book was published but who other than the author wold write their note to the receiver, of this book, across the title page with such flourish? 
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I obviously can't say for sure it was her but if it was... I have so many questions, who is Carol? I am inspired by her being an educator and she worked with the the American Association of University Women, very cool! How did Carol let this treasure slip out of her book collection? Did she mean to donate it or was it lost? ugh. So. Many. Questions. I will probably never have answers but I will cherish this book, recommend it to men, woman and students alike! It's story is a story we need to take with us into the fight for reproductive freedom, because in 2017 we aren't far from where she was in the 1990s when this was written. We need to continue this work with the dedication of Sarah Weddington, FOR SARAH WEDDINGTON and FOR THE FUTURE GENERTATIONS OF WOMEN WHO DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED & GIVEN THEIR HUMAN DIGNITY UNDER THE LAW.

RELATED CONTENT:

- Salon Article about new reproductive rights documentary

- Dr. Willie Parker's Twitter Feed or his book 

- ​PODCAST: Toward reproductive sovereignty, not reproductive rights
People please, get educated about women's fight for reproductive freedom, talk to anti-abortionists and establish strong arguments against the sexism that leads to legislation that is dire to women's health and equality. This fight is crucial, your knowledge surrounding the subject can not be minimal. This brings me to a very serious point, if you voted for Donald Trump despite the face that his Supreme Court picks would put Roe v. Wade in jeopardy I am finding it very difficult to forgive you. WOMEN, how could you put other women's right to deciding their fate at risk like that? Your right to tax breaks, or border walls, or whatever reason you selected to justify your vote, is not more important than this. Women's ownership of their own bodies hangs in the balance here, we already see it in the hundreds of restrictive laws that have been pursued and past in the last decades. I must acknowledge the privilege that the women who voted for Trump showed. These women didn't feel that their rights were at risk, they have money to get top-secret abortions from fancy doctors, they have health insurance and IUDs in place, they've already had their abortions and are now fat, happy and rich with their nuclear families in the burbs, the women who voted for Donald Trump for President said FUCK YOU to all of the other women in this country. I, personally, am not ready to forgive that, but I can say definitively that I will never forget that. 

PLEASE, take this issue as serious as any and don't vote for any person in any position that isn't PRO-CHOICE. Because being PRO-CHOICE is PRO WOMEN, is PRO EQUALITY, is PRO HUMAN, is PRO LOVE!

xox, katia

PS STEP 1, buy this book from this link or go to your local independent book store!!
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Thoughts on a Book | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

6/29/2017

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I know I'm super late to the party on this one but I just needed time to process... and to ignore it.
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​Reading this book was something I wasn't sure I wanted to do. After hearing about the show and knowing  the underlying premise I was sure it would be too hard. I was sure that in 2017 my mental health didn't need one more thing that was going to turn my stomach and induce a panic attack. The idea that women's bodies are here to serve the populous has strong roots in our modern lives. I have had the fears that this book brings to life way prior to ever hearing Margaret Atwood's name. Anti-abortionists have been trying to impede on women's choice ever since it was deemed a constitutional right.
     ARRRGH.
WHAT EVER so, one day I was at Costco on an errand for my boss and there in the book section this book stared at me from the pile. From my cart, to my car, to the couch on my three season porch this book gave me the creeps but I couldn't not read it. Not surprisingly, the 295 pages of HMT took me much longer to read than it takes me to read other books of this length.

​After every chapter I had to walk away and do something else to rest and restore my psyche. 

Reading this story through the eyes of the character Offred my mind had trouble keeping the story on the pages, I felt all of the injustices really intensely. The whole time I was reading I wanted it to stop, the writing style isn't exactly my favorite but the content was so real to me that empathy just poured out of me and the read was felt by every fiber of my body.
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Little did I know that after reading this novel the feeling in the pit of my stomach that developed would only fester and grow. The subject matter is all around me and having this new piece of fiction mixing in with my stream of non-fiction and current events is a bit nauseating but I am working to take that and turn it into motivation.

This book, this show, and most importantly to me this administration is a wake up call to every woman who enjoys the freedom to shape and reshape her own destiny. This should be a wake up to men who enjoy seeing and benefitting from the results of women shaping and reshaping their own lives. It's time to stand up and fight to move our reality towards a different outcome than depicted in this story.

Please commit to doing something positive for equality, each and every day, some days big things, some days little things. All of those big and little things will add up!

READ THIS! THEN SEE THE MOVIE... BECAUSE WE CAN IGNORE A BOOK, OR A HULU SHOW BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THE REAL STRUGGLES THAT WOMEN ENDURE AT THE HANDS OF LEGISLATORS THAT DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE OR RESPECT A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

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LOVE YOU ALL, xoxo,
​KMP

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Thoughts On a Book // SHOOT LIKE A GIRL by Mary Jennings Hegar

6/26/2017

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I have never been big on war movies, or books about weapons, planes, military experiences or the likes, but I saw this book at Barnes and Noble earlier this spring and it spoke to me, coaxing me to buy it and to explore the pages. Within the current climate I am actively in search of any of all things that will unlock new knowledge. I want to drink in the experiences of other Americans, other humans, I want to know their lives and build empathy for their struggles. 2017 has been a mental health nightmare for me but if anything is keeping me a float it is the new friends that I am able to know through the pages of books. There is no social anxiety in meeting these new people through their written stories, there is no getting dressed and leaving the house, there is no worrying about the facial reactions that I might have - in essence my books are friends with literary benefits.

So Mary Jennings Hegar and I are unlikely friends but I could not be more glad that I picked up her story. I flew through the book with voracity! Normally I am reading at least three books at a time (because #AdultADD) but once I picked this one up I basically didn't put it down until it was finished. The story hit nerves, produced tears and empowered my soul. I thank her for writing it, I thank the universe for putting it in my path and I urge you to pick it up. SHOOT LIKE A GIRL would be a great gift for a friend joining up, a retired vet or anyone who thinks that the military and the lives of it's soldiers doesn't have anything to do with them. Knowing human's experiences, learning about their motivations, triumphs, failures and what makes them tick is key to building bridges and bringing this country back together.

I don't like to give away a lot about the books I encourage others to read, I like to share my experience, the way it made me feel in hopes that someone else will want to explore it but here is a little nugget of why MJH's writing was so relatable to me and an example of the kinds of powerful sharing that she does in this autobiographical book. 


It's an intense two and a half chapters that lead up to the following sentence, 
"I would never again let someone convince me he could do whatever he wanted to my body against my will. I was truly free."  Jennings and I are just two girls who might not have anything else in common but this, we both experienced turning points in our lives that symbolize the moment of conscious reality that our bodies shouldn't be sacrificial.

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MJH is a woman who overcame countless obstacles in her dream towards becoming a pilot, she persisted and used her strength for so much good. I aspire to be as strong as her, I applaud that even after an epic career so chose to use her experiences to enhance the future for females serving our country. This book, as unlikely as the content was to resonate with me, touched a special part of my heart and I will forever feel a kindred connection to MJH.

MJH also has a TEDTALK! Which you should know by now I LOVE! 


much love and reading, @katiapriceless

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Preface About Whats To Come...

6/26/2017

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My ever-present anxiety and my newly developing depression has resulted, lately, in a crazy media intake. I'm talking hours upon hours of nothing but show bingeing, reading (magazines, books, online articles), Twitter, Instagram, cable news, listening to podcasts and NPR One and Audiobooks - all I've been doing is consuming written and recorded content. 

And in an effort to balance my intake and output I need to write and inform you about my intense feelings about specific pieces of this crazily consumed content.\

I am now about to binge on reviews, thoughts, recommendations and random rants about the stuff that my brain is trying to wrap itself around. Because if there is one thing that I am certain about in 2017 it's that we need to keep thinking. We need our brains more than anything, we need deep thought, difficult conversations and to wrestle with our roles and the ideas that drive our country.

Stay tuned. I am about to blow this site up with all of the things that have been working out my mind; some of this content is keeping me informed, some of it is keeping me sane and some of it is even giving me much needed hope. Please share it, please mull over the ideas and please read (if not this stuff than other stuff), support independent journalism, buy newspapers and don't get your media content from just one place. Democracy is what happened between elections and civilians need to keep themselves armed with relevant, helpful, diverse content. 

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Last Saturday we started marching... and we aren't stopping anytime soon.

1/28/2017

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Prior to last week I had definitely 'protested' before, I've marched in DC for Peace, I showed up to say Black Lives Matter and to occupy for the Fourth Precinct, bringing water and donuts to those able to dedicate more time. I've organized street theater in protest at BP's World HQ in Edmonton in response to the 2010 oil spill. On vacation in Scotland I even joined in to walk alongside Midwives who were being forcibly removed from the work force. I have been an activist for years, but this is different. 
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Last Saturday at the Women's March Minnesota the fire that had previously existed in my heart was multiplied tenfold. Since then...

Monday night, I attended a fundraiser / campaign kick off and donated a measly amount of money. Tuesday, I testified at a MN legislature Public Safety committee hearing. All it took was a phone call and for me to show up. I went to a Minnesota State Board of Trustees Meeting. I attended a MCPA conference on the topics of inclusion and how educational faculty can support student activists. I spoke out against naysayers online and did my best to educate those who sincerely wanted to grow understanding. I had every intention of attending a documentary viewing and panel but ended up going home to work on homework. Because as much as I want this post to motivate you to be active we all have to remember that , we can do anything but we can't do everything. Self Care is Health Care! If you don't end up doing everything on your calendar that means you truly were reaching and that is beautiful. 

I write this without the intention of tooting my own horn, but don't be mistaken, I am not above that because I work hard and passionately.. so toot toot. The intention of this post is to invite you along with me on this march, we all need to keep marching. There are so many ways to get involved. Google your passion, read local newspapers, go to any and all meetings, ask a friend what they are engaged with, find something you care about and fight for it. 
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| READ |
find your fire, find your power and be full of intel! 

 - Activists, DFLers push back against bill to hold protesters liable for costs

- HF 322 Minnesota State Leg
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- ​Oil Pipeline Spills 53,000 Gallons on First Nations Land
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My girl Gala lays down the laws of getting through this. here ---> <3

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xoxox, katia
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I did something scary, I spoke my mind and did not win. 

1/24/2017

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HF 322 just passed. There were zero testimonies given during the hearing this morning in favor of this bill. An enormous turn out in opposition was energized and present, but not listened to by the people elected to listen. The committee voted on party lines and DID NOT represent the public's opinion. In practice this bill will be virtually impossible to execute. This bill will never be upheld in court. Tax payer's money is now going to be "wasted" on this fight instead of used to uphold our constitutional right to express dissent through civil disobedience. 

As one man pointed out during his testimony this morning, the committee met on Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Drive - a street named after a man who was arrested numerous times in the name of the civil disobedience that is the bed rock of the CIVIL RIGHTS movement that separates our society from the backwards. 

I was terrified, I've only spoken in front of a group larger than the one in the room this morning one other time in my life. I did it though. I did not take the advice of a co-worker and added a rap element to my testimony but I took a deep breath and flew through my testimony which reads... ​

"Good morning, thank you for having me. My name is Katherine Price and I'm here as an independent citizen. 

The wording of this bill and its intent is meant to punish citizens for coming together to raise their voice, or discontent. 

This feels like a scare tactic, this proposed bill feel like the government trying to limit our freedom of assembly. 

"Business as usual" is not more important than  citizens being free to assemble in whatever way they see strategic to their plight.
HF322 is a dangerous idea that would lead to the sort of similiar bill that Indiana has proposed and I do not support it."

HF 322 IS A SCARY BILL and this morning it passed the MN HOUSE.
Thank you to all of the other citizens that came out and testified this morning with me! It was an exhilarating experience and our sacrifice of time and effort was not in vain. We may not have received the immediate outcome we wanted but DO NOT let this be your last trip to the Capitol, do not stop working to resist!

READ UP :

http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/bills/billnum.asp?Billnumber=HF322&ls_year=90&session_year=2017&session_number=0

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF0322&version=latest&session=90&session_number=0&session_year=2017

DISCLAIMER ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE CROWD THIS MORNING. I was appalled by the lack of respect for the committee this morning. The laughing and applauding and disrespect was astounding. Please act according to your surroundings in a government building. To make change in a place like the STATE OFFICE BUILDING this you need to act like you belong there. 
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