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i just finished the 20th year edition of persepolis and started re reading maus tonight!!! this is DEFINITELY goong into my watch later list!!!!! 2 of my favorite artists and authors.... cant wait to watch it
Public education should not be a place where any brand of sexual or political activism is pandered in any way, especially through the curriculum. Keep ‘education’ education and keep all these social and political activism causes and their propaganda out of public schools and universities.
I just adore this man. I disagreed with his support of invading Iraq but putting that aside, he was a superb wit, intelligent, sublime orator and brilliant debater. You are missed Sir.❤
" I sometimes think that authors do not know how valuable they are. I don't mean the personal pride that we take in our work. But value to the CULTURE, to the WORLD, in MAKING LANGUAGE WORK." Thank YOU, Miss Toni. We certainly do, and always, always, miss you. And LOVE you. Thank you. 💕📚🎭✏️
This is interview was from more than 14 years and all what she said in her interview is still happening until now in 2024. RIP DR Nawal ❤All your life you fight for us and all enemies fighting you especially the sick people in Middle East .
He found out he had cancer the day this was recorded but still checked himself out of hospital to attend the Jon Stewart show in the day and this in the evening, he was a force of nature.
Gumbo z’herbes is not an African dish. The history of gumbo z’herbes is from France and Germany. The real name of gumbo z’herbes is gombo aux herbes in Louisiana French. The name comes from the green soup from France called potage aux herbes. It’s a green soup. It usually uses 9 greens. When making gumbo z’herbes, it’s traditionally eaten on Holy Thursday and to use usually 7 or 9 types of greens when making it. In Germany, there is a green soup that uses 7 greens to make and is eaten specifically on Holy Thursday called seven green soup (Sieben Kräutersuppe) and in some parts of Germany it’s called green Thursday soup (Gründonnerstagsuppe). You can see the 7 or 9 greens of gumbo z’herbes comes from French and German influence. Both the french and German soups are green soups and are similar to each other and both are the origin of the Louisiana version. The name of gumbo z’herbes comes from the french green soup which is the original origin of gumbo z’herbes. The influence from the 7 green Holy Thursday German soup also comes from blending of styles with the french soup, the number of greens used and it being eaten on Holy Thursday. And because in Louisiana, a gumbo is usually a class of soup-stew creations, the name gumbo was used in place of potage for the name gombo aux herbes. Gombo z’herbes is written with a z because it’s based on phonetic French pronunciation of aux + herbes. This history is verified in historic literature from Louisiana. The french were in Louisiana since 1699 and the Germans were in Louisiana since 1721 and both were colonial Louisiana populations.
The writer is gay, the educator/the caretaker is gay, the fashion designer is gay, the CEO of a giant tech company is gay, the official in a secretary position is gay, soon will see a priest as gay. Someone tells me what’s going on in America? Someone tells me that America is going downhill, someone tells me that America is never going back to how it was before, someone tells that that the American Dream that I worked so hard to achieve has turned into ash.
Books like these are courageous as they go against the grain, especially of the far right. A FB friend said she was crying as she was previewing it in a bookstore. Everyone has a right to be here. 😢
Eskender Nega is a God's gift to humanity but unfortunately Ethiopians are so tribal in their mentality they prefer a dictator from their tribe than a pure soul like Eskender sad 😥
Eskinder Nega was just voted in as the rebel leader for the radical group in Ethiopia called FANO. FANO is not the "good guys". FANO is an ethnic based rebel group who only represents the Amhara Tribe, while Ethiopia has 3 Major tribes. They want Amhara to dominate power in Ethiopia, and they are at war with the Ethiopian government. Oromo tribe has historically been oppressed by Amhara, now Oromo is in power(PM Abiy). These white people are not telling you the whole story, they probably have no clue what's really going on. Please do some research for yourself.
Theres no need for a book when its all around now n bein forced in our lifes.... poor reason to write such a book. Nothin wrong with tellin your story but why write things like, "suck any good d**ks?" Smh
>bein forced in our lifes no one's holding anyone at gunpoint and making you read it. it's not in any curriculum (that i'm aware of), it was just in the library >why write things like "suck and good d**ks?" Smh i want to know what you thing is wrong with that quote. i won't deny that it's there, but the book is about a kid bullied for being different and is based on the experiences of the author. teenage boys say things like that. if you think they don't, you're full of shit and you know it.
