Writing Prompt 284 – phoenician grace
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creativity for a just and sustainable world
I am still processing the evening. There was so much creativity and open-heartedness and gratitude and connection happening – I feel changed for the better.
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forbidden word project
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“A sense of belonging—the subjective feeling of deep connection with social groups, physical places, and individual and collective experiences—is a fundamental human need that predicts numerous mental, physical, social, economic, and behavioural outcomes.”
From NIH
segregation
forbidden word project
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“She’s morbidly fascinated by racial and class segregation among cemeteries.”
From Los Angeles Times
racism
forbidden word project
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“The vice president is especially ham-fisted, but the tactic of using racism to persuade white voters to reject their economic self-interest is hardly new in Republican politics.”
From Salon
racially
forbidden word project
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“Some people took the pun to mean the ad was implying a racially superior ideal of beauty.”
From BBC
From Salon
Writing Prompt 283 – . . . nothing, if not everything
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holly troy ~ sacred folly 