Some countries in Africa have barred the importing of used garments because they were destroying local textile industries. Its crazy to think that our cast offs could have greater value to other people than new things in tier own culture.
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
I swam and sunbathed for hours, living out a castaway fantasy that included the unlikely additions of a gourmet picnics and a chilled bottle of Moet
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
Make room for all of you
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
One word that brings me joy is…Ya’ll. There’s something special about it being “you” and “all” You’re speaking directly to one person but hinting that bigger community is par of the conversation. -Terrance Hayes
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I love the op-ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has centered reproductive health care rights as an issue in the upcoming election. As a woman long past reproductive age, I am concerned that people understand how meaningful this issue is for everybody, not just people who can get pregnant.
The issue of reproductive autonomy did not appear in the Constitution. After all, the founders of our country did not spell out everything.
They did spell out that some things went without saying, “We hold these truths to be self-evident” and that they were not listing all their assumptions, “and among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” One thing that went without saying about citizens was that if you were one, you had bodily autonomy.
Slaves were not citizens and had no bodily autonomy. And since women’s freedoms could require the “permission” of another, they were not citizens either.
We tend to think citizenship is like a light — either on or off. Well, curtailing bodily autonomy is like building in a dimmer switch. You’re sort of a citizen — almost.
Today the people who can get pregnant have the obvious loss to their citizenship. Tomorrow it may be you. Please vote.
Katherine Knowlton, Burien
