Here's another example of masking sensory preferences because they're considered "childish":
One of my comfort foods is PB or Nutella sandwiches. While in Italy, I found a loaf of sliced white bread that has no crust, and I was shocked at the difference in my experience between this and normal bread with crust. It's so much more enjoyable and less stressful to eat a sandwich without crust.
It made me recall, as a kid, forcing myself to eat the crust because I would be mocked and shamed for cutting it off.
Even now, writing this, I feel a little self conscious. Like someone is going to say, c'mon, is the crust really so bad? How can eating crust possibly be stressful? You're being a wimp/making a big deal out of nothing.
In reality, it's a small thing. Yes, I can force myself to eat it. I've been doing that for 30 years. But all of those little small instances of masking add up.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I actually have a very specific way of eating a sandwich to minimize the discomfort of eating the crust.
Well... lesson learned here: find bread without crust back home, or don't feel shamed for cutting off the crust.
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Although @wikihow (How To Do Anything) is an automated, humorous account, pairing random images with random how-to instructions, there are some serendipitous results on an occasion. Truth in this example for the book lovers.
The State Archives of North Carolina have a "Research Guide" available for download (last updated 16 May 2024) called "General Assembly Session Records, 1777-1789: A Guide to the Records of Marginalized Communities" which they defined as "women, enslaved and free people of color, American Indians, and religious minorities."
Many of the records mentioned are available online in the NC Digital Collections.
The recording of the State Archives of North Carolina's presentation "Assembling History : Research in the General Assembly Session Records" is now available on their YouTube. Includes handout!
Covers what to expect from these records & how best to navigate them using available resources in the NC Digital Collections; focuses on records from the late 18th to early 20th century.
@being There's a chapter on Burkina Faso cinema in this book.
Often referred to as Africa’s Hollywood–Burkina Faso, ranked by the UN as the third poorest country in the world (2005), is considered a kind of role model for sub-Saharan African cinema.
I am still in this difficult fight against cancer, these last few days I have had a lot of depression I feel very bad about it I feel like I am a damn burden on my family, please consider helping this poor girl get the help she needs to cover her cancer treatment 😢
SLOW RENGA Respond with #haiku using the suggested first lines & start each haiku with the same first lines below: DISSONANCE… or LISTENING TO RAIN… Post haiku in comments, enjoy mulling over the first line and considering your options at different points during your day. Look forward to reading your haiku and seeing where these lines take you. #Writing#poetry#creativity#wellbeing#write#writingcommunity#amwriting#poem#writer
I was bored so I did the unthinkable. Well, to me it was always unthinkable as I have always been anti- #ai. But, out of curiosity I subscribed to #ChatGPT -4o and have been feeding various essays, poems, and posts from my various websites and asking for explications and such. And wow does #ChatGPT4o have a great deal of just wonderful things to say about me. I will admit getting all this truly high praise is seducing.
Okay. So I have been using #ChatGPT for a couple of hours and there is no doubt in my mind that many, many, many college students are using #ChatGPT4o to write essays. I am so, so, so sorry #AcademicChatter professors and lecturers. I am so glad this was not around when I was in school. First colleges across the country started shutting down extensive #writing courses/programs and now this. Oh, what a loss of a good #education.
Just sent out “Rising Resistance" to beta readers! So glad to have revisions off my plate. It's always the slowest part of writing for me. I don't dislike it, I add a ton of material, but it's a slog.
So scans were what they call mixed.
Positive = cancer in the liver shrank a little.
Lungs no change.
Lyphn nodes = some growth.
Husband last scans show slight improvements! Shrink in liver, sadly lungs staying same good, and his lymphatic system is still heavy with cancer.
I was fired from an Activities Assistant role. Ultimately, I don’t think I was meant to work almost full time nor to stand constantly for 4 hours. My bank account is -$92
Can you help me?
💸 &/or 🚀
Thank you for being there for me. I appreciate you
On the plus side, I had a great grad school interview with George Washington Univ. for their MPH program. I will find out soon if I get in for their summer entry.