Breathe In The Wild Air

Haley: 25, sass, class and ass.

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

Oh boy.

[captn-sara-holmes]

My class 10/10 lost the plot today. I don’t even know where to start or how to explain to their parents that I think they’ve all turned into tiny little rebels.

9:10 - we are studying a report about Chernobyl in guided reading. Several are looking at me gone out when I explain that nuclear power can be dangerous. “So why use it?” one asks. Why indeed. 9:12 - we are now discussing renewable energy. Several more express outrage and ask why the country doesn’t have to use renewable energy. Several more state that we should avoid pollution because it kills polar bears and stuff right, Miss? 9:13 - I mention that it’s a complicated issue because of different viewpoints, and that certain people, say Drumpf, don’t believe in climate change. 9:14 - chaos. 9:15 - small child suggests someone murder Drumpf. I say that murder is both bad and illegal. 9:16 - the class have learned the word impeach and are shouting IMPEACH TRUMP IMPEACH TRUMP IMPEACH TRUMP while banging on the tables. 9:17 - headteacher comes in to see what is going on. Small child tells him quite angrily that SOME PEOPLE JUST DECIDE TO NOT BELIEVE IN SCIENCE WHICH YOU CAN’T DO BECAUSE IT’S SCIENCE. He backs out of the room quite quickly. 9:25 -I have abandoned plans for grammar and the children are now writing persuasive pieces about Why We Should Use Renewable Energy.

The saga continued after lunch when we continued our WW2 topic work, learning about the holocaust.

1:35 - we are discussing Kristalnacht. The class are collectively outraged and appalled. One is in tears. 1:40 - “Miss, I fucking hate Hitler.” that’s okay, but please express your hatred of fascism without the F word or I’ll have to ring your Mum again. 2:00 - small child who suggested murder earlier says “isn’t this exactly what Drumpf tried to do to the Muslims?” There’s a heady mix of realisation and outrage in the room. 2:13 - “Racism makes no sense” says a child, looking quite confused. 2:33 - “Hitler would have killed me because I’ve got cerebral palsy, right?” says a boy. He is tackle-hugged by a girl from across the table. I have to pretend I’m not crying. 2:34 - The rest of his table have made a pact to never let anyone hurt him. I am still pretending to be super chill. I am obviously failing as another child offers me a hug. 2:37 - I ask the children to look at nine examples of things the nazis did against Jewish people, and then arrange them in a diamond with what they consider the worst at the top. 2:38 - Mutiny. They all collectively decide to arrange all nine cards in a line and say that they’re all awful things so they all go at the top. 2:39 - I tell them if they kind find a way to fit a line of all nine in their books then fair enough. Smart child suggests a circle. Everyone cheers. We have a break, and they go outside raging about Hitler, Drumpf, racism, prejudice and injustice in general. I am handed a very strong tea by my TA who congratulates me on my gang of angry eleven year olds. Faith in humanity both challenged and restored. Bring on tomorrow.

[cluegrrl]

And sometimes, life gives you beautiful stories like this one just when you most need them…

[rose-morning-deactivated2018030]

“There are girls with penises, boys with vulvas, and transphobes without teeth.”

[kurgy]

what, from the bottom of my heart, the fuck

[lithographarry]

mood

[cocaineteas]

Can we talk about Lil Kim’s verse in Lady Marmalade?

[susiethemoderator]

“… We independent women, some mistake us for whores. I’m sayin’ “why spend mine”? When I can YOURS? Disagree? Well that’s you and I’m sorry. I'ma keep playin’ these Cats out like Atari “👀💁🏾

[pinkpeppermints]

Iconic™

[anarchistlovesongs-deactivated2]

This verse was responsible for making me who I am today.

[mothurs]

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

It's a Monday

6:30: the Sounders won, I got a whole 5 hours of sleep, I can handle anything 6:33: the dog barfs on my bed, the floor and IN my purse 6:45: why is the coffee machine broken??? (It's not, I forgot to put coffee in it) 7:10: the dog slips out of his collar and runs around like a maniac, almost escapes under the fence 7:15: is it Friday yet?

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

I got my first pair of Docs today I feel like I can take on the world and handle my to do lists.

[emma-watson]

hello I’m looking for a job where I can apply all the harry potter knowledge that I’ve acquired during my whole life

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

I'm an idiot

My car is old enough to drink, vote and buy marijuana in Washington state, and it's on its last tire before it dies. It's worth about $400 but I can't really afford a new car right now so I'm still driving it. Anyway, the last few days there's been a super strong smell of gasoline, and I was pretty sure that I was going to blow up on my commute home today. My dad took a look at it and right away figured out the issue... An old gas canister that I used ONCE in 2013 had gotten knocked over and spilled about 3 drops of gas right on the heating vent. So my car is still dying, but much less immediately and I feel like such a dingbat. This is almost as bad as the time I couldn't push the clutch in all the way and thought it was broken. Nope, the floor mat had just gotten lodged under it and was stopping it from going all the way down. I am not cut out to be a mechanic.

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

my mom: you can't cry about every single bad thing that happens in the world.

me, wiping away my completely necessary tears: fucking watch me.

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

Life

There's a lot of Big Changes ahead for me and my little family and it's stressing me the fuck out.

[louismiserables]

on this women’s day, let me do a shout out to women who aren’t seen as “strong”, who aren’t financially successful, who aren’t easy for the world to handle. disabled women, trans women, women of color, ace and aro women, bi and pan and lesbian women, women who are unemployed, women who have to fight to get through the day. your existence is radical. i love you.

[wreckeds]

[haleyinthetrees-blog]

Y'all I'm about to lose it

If ONE more person tells me I'll want kids once I'm older, that I'm too young to know what I want, or that motherhood will Complete Me, I am going to walk out the door and fly into the surface of the sun.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

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