Green Room - Week 37 - Day 4

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

13 days into the month and I can't really tell that it's "African American History Month". Well, other than the feed from RRAP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rrapmag/timeline or following them on WordPress: https://rrapmagazine.wordpress.com/

Other than that - I've seen more posts about "Galentine's Day" than about important PoC being honored.

Maybe I need a better feed.

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Of course, the *most* comments that I've seen is about how today is "Friday the 13th". So - who wants to go camping???

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You can go camping *after* you read, comment and vote in this week's poll: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/837688.html

Comments

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Things could be worse. This week's topic could have been " paraskevidekatriaphobia" ! :)

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I could work with that. :P

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I can help with that. My social media has been pretty neat this month. :)

- How Long Till Black Future Month (http://nkjemisin.com/2013/09/how-long-til-black-future-month/), an essay by N.K. Jemisin
- Black History Album (http://blackhistoryalbum.tumblr.com/), because nothing makes the past real more than seeing faces.
- For Black History Month, Letters to Reveal and Inspire (http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/07/384126100/for-black-history-month-letters-to-reveal-and-inspire). Some reallllllly good reading here.
- I've also recently learned about Jackie Ormes, the first female black cartoonist, and The Ormes Society (http://theormessociety.com/), which has a pretty neat webpage for promoting black women in the comics industry.

Enjoy. :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links!

Hopefully people are checking them out. (and that's why it is so quiet. :D)

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

It is eeeerily quiet in here today! I know I'm busy trying to finish some stories. I wonder what everyone else is up to!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It's strange, because I definitely have elements of my FB feed that are quite vocal - and they are all talking about other issues right now.

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Around my house the day is known as Black Kitty Awareness Day.

AW

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that's *every day*

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

Yep! It is amongst our folks too!

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Friday the 13th has always been a lucky day for my family—it's the day that my mom got the divorce from her psycho ex finalized. :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Well worth celebrating!

Did you buy her a cake? ;)

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

When I lived in the same state that she did, we'd usually do something nice for dinner or whatever.

Now that I live forever far away, I dunno what they're doing. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Yay for divorcing psychos! :)

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Or find a parlour that gives $13 Friday the 13th tattoos!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

A hockey mask might be nice!

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yes. Do that.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I HAZ AN ICON!

Mwahahahahahaha!

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha!!! "Don't split up"

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

Only if we can go camping like this! LOL


http://conqueroraustralia.com.au/?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

I didn't even realize it was Friday the 13th. Beeen busy trying to sort things out for MIL. It's heartbreaking and frustrating. You guys are actually my 'break'.

:)