If this looks familiar, it’s because it is a repost of a tweet I posted five years ago bc yes, I am still thinking about it. Here’s the rest of the thread:

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Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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FIREWORKS explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of all creatures. Many: Bees don’t go back to their hives; Birds have panic atttacks; Wild animals abandon dens; Fish perish eating debris; Companion animals have anxiety; Humans have PTSD. Please be aware. HAPPY FOURTH :-)}

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A gentle reminder: “Reading to children, even before they can understand words, teaches them to associate books with love and affection.” (Princeton Book Review)

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“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of people who can (and do) read worthwhile books.” ~ W.E.B. DuBois

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