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This is Rita Hester. Rita was born in 1963, in Hartford, Connecticut. She loved rock music, food, and dancing. She often holidayed in Greece. She had a pet cat, and a boa constrictor.
In 1998, Rita was murdered. In 1999, Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in her honour.
Today we mark Transgender Day of Remembrance and remember Rita, and everyone else who has been murdered because of transphobic violence.
noticed a phenomenon where people will hear “the word you’re using to describe this isn’t accurate” and interpret it as “You’re wrong about this being a good or bad thing”
“That’s not what gaslighting means” does not mean “the person you’re calling out has done nothing wrong
"libraries are not punk rock” does not mean “defund all libraries immediately”
With vanilla extract being a meme, I wanted to share some black history of Edmond Albius a black slave who revolutionized vanilla pollination.
He used a technique he learned of pollinating melons to polinate the orchids to create the vanilla beans. Vanilla was rare and a luxury mainly due to only being able to be pollinated by its natural pollinator in Mexico.
unfortanely, he didnt receive any money for his discovery despite being called the main man who revolutionized pollination, he died in poverty…
