bi. disabled. homeschool alumna. mom. genealogist. ♿ 🇺🇸 in 🇩🇪
Oct 3, 2018 • 36 tweets • 8 min read
Since I have some new followers, I guess it's time I do an intro thread.
Hello everyone! I'm Guinevere. I grew up as a military dependent for 18 years, moved around every 3 years and settled in Alabama thanks to my dad. I was raised fundigelical (Fundamentalist Evangelical) 1/
and slowly began leaving that world in 1999, when I graduated.
The church that my parents attended at that time was very abusive in many ways, and I tried to leave as best as possible. Unfortunately, my parents ascribed to the Stay at Home Daughter movement, as well as 2/
Aug 4, 2018 • 41 tweets • 10 min read
This week, .@jetzt ran an article about endometriosis in Germany. tinyurl.com/yd2e64dn
"...Endometriose... obwohl das eine der am häufigsten auftretenden gynäkologischen Krankheiten ist, haben die meisten Menschen noch nie von ihr gehört."
Folks. We have to talk about our illnesses. There is no shame in talking about #endometriosis
Jul 5, 2018 • 62 tweets • 13 min read
So, some of my followers will have undoubtedly wondered why I participated in the #secondcivilwarletters tweets.
This will be a thread, as the reasons are complicated.
It all started with Alex Jones. tinyurl.com/ycgo6xeb
For those of us who were raised as fundamentalists and Republicans who were not to leave the party when we grew up - we learned our politics not only from debate club (private/public/homeschool) but also from people like Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones and Glenn Beck.
Jul 2, 2018 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
*sigh*
F*cking TSA.
Passengers at airports across the country... are reporting a rise in TSA agents instructing them to remove their snacks and other food items... for a separate screening. tinyurl.com/y73rkzv9
" It’s simply a recommendation issued by the agency last year... Screening supervisors at airports have the discretion to decide whether, and when, to demand that passengers proffer up ... for a solo trip through the X-ray machine."
Annnnnnnnnd why? What danger is it?
Jul 1, 2018 • 72 tweets • 14 min read
Ya'll: This is your reminder that you CANNOT go plastic-free without contacting and listening to the disabled community.
I guarantee you, IF YOU LISTEN; you will find out why so many of us aren't using alternatives. Either the cost isn't sustainable; the item is too heavy/light
ALLERGIES; intolerances; inability to reach the shelf they're on; no means of recycling it properly; the grip doesn't work with our health issues -- the list GOES ON.
Jun 17, 2018 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
Because I am so tired of repeating myself multiple times a day:
*It is not illegal to enter the United States at the border and request asylum.
*It is not the law to separate parents from their children at the border. It is, however, this administration's policy.
A policy outlines what a government ministry hopes to achieve and the methods and principles it will use to achieve them.
A law sets out standards, procedures & principles that must be followed.
Asylum allows people to flee their country of origin because they face persecution.
Warning: suicidal ideation, depression, conversion therapy, unsupportive parents, Christian fundamentalism.
You have been warned.
Story begins in the next tweet.
1: Once upon a time in the late 90s, there were common websites, basic cable and magazines that put out various hotlines you could call in a crisis. If not, there were search engines where you could find the numbers to places like BoysTown and the Suicide Prevention Hotline etc.
