I know this can seem like a really harsh lesson sometimes. But if you’re taking meds, you absolutely. must. consult. your. doctor. if you want to stop.
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.
YES THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. seriously I tried that once and I became very ill – please don’t stop taking your medication without first talking it through with your doctor.
I once thought it was okay to go without my anti-depressants for a few days because I didn’t want to bother my mom when she was already short on money.
I cannot stress how much of a bad idea that was.
DO NOT DO IT
Especially if you are on a medication with a very short half life, like Effexor. You will feel ill and shaky and monstrously awful the very next day. Please take care of yourself we love you ❤
Reblogging because its important. That’s how I ended up in the hospital with hallucinations and mental instability.
I did guilt. I did snark. I did civic duty. I did harm reduction. I got angry. This is me begging. Please…vote.
Democratic institutions won’t come to life like a bad Michael Bay movie and fight fascism themselves. Captain Separation of Powers isn’t a hero that can be called like Captain Planet when fascism is too big for the Democrateers to handle on their own. Democratic institutions are made up of people and if those people sell out, buy in, or knuckle under when confronted with a threat because they see which way the wind is blowing, there goes the institution you thought would protect you. It’s just a piece of paper….a building….an idea that no one is going to stop someone from stepping on.
The US has a long history of the ruling elite (white men) walking right through democratic institutions to get what they want when they think no one will or can stop them (and no one does). Maybe not everything gets better, but for two years we’ve been living the nightmare of how it can always get worse.
The people who have been warning us that this might be the last election before we go all in with a fascist dictatorship are the exact same people who have been right every single step of the way about what this administration would do and what it was capable of. The people who are saying there’s no way that can happen because of X institution, Y separation of powers, or Z check and balance are the same ones who have been wrong in their facehole every time they said that said there was no way would be exactly, precisely where we are today.
Hi. Please read this article about how queer Chicanx children’s book author, Maya Gonzalez, had her work stolen twice.
And consider her call to action to pressure the publishers and spread awareness about the plagiarism by sharing the article. Reblog this, or just share the article itself if you don’t want my example email. See if the plagiarized books are at your local library and stick Gonzalez’s provided bookmark in the copies, and send the publishers a Strongly Worded Email. Recommend copies of Maya Gonzalez’ books to your library too!
I am sending the following email to one of the publishers, New Harbinger (and another to Jessica Kingsley Publishing with the name of Storck’s book switched out for Pessin-Whedbee’s):
[ID: A screenshot of an email. The recipient is “customerservice@newharbinger.com”.
The subject line says Plagiarism Will Not Be Tolerated.
The body of the email says “Hello,
Continuing to distribute Kelly Storck’s book “The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids: A Guide To Exploring Who You Are” while you are aware that this book heavily plagiarizes from the work of activist Maya Gonzalez is unethical as well as unprofessional. Any reputable company would discontinue profiting from this work, remove it from their website, and apologize to the rightful author for distributing their work without credit or pay. Profiting off of someone’s intellectual property without their knowledge and consent goes against the basic values of this industry, and continuing to perpetuate this injustice is unacceptable.
I ask that you recognize that this action on your part is wrong by ceasing to promote this harmful devaluing of an author’s work as soon as possible. Please permanently remove this book from your store.” End ID.]
Feel free to copy my email and send it to customerservice@newharbinger.com. and a similar one to hello.usa@jkp.com about “Who are you? The Kid’s Guide to Gender” by Brook Pessin-Whedbee.
Will the publishers respond and stop distributing the books? Probably not. They haven’t so far. But maybe they haven’t been pressured enough yet. Let’s change that.
tl;dr: The following books: “The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids: A Guide To Exploring Who You Are” by Kelly Storck, and “Who are you? The Kid’s Guide to Gender“ by Brook Pessin-Whedbee, are plagiarized from queer Chicanx author Maya Gonzalez, so two cishet white women are taking credit for her work. Pressure the publishers to stop distributing these books. And if the books are at your local library, print the bookmark provided by Gonzalez and stick it in their copies.
@thebibliosphere you have a big audience that likes books! Give this a boost?
Well this is just all kinds of disgusting. Welp, time to send some emails.
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