WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel

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Wobbly wanderings through worlds of wisdom. Chaplain @Westcott_House.
TSSF, disabled, #spoonie, printmaker disability advocate,๐ŸŒˆ asexual biromantic, she/her
Reading more #books by #disabled authors has honestly been life-giving for me in the past few years. I didn't realize how much I truly needed that until I felt more seen and understood than ever before, over and over again.
Among other things, reminding myself that it really is ok in the evening to just rest, not "work on" anything. I don't have to justify existing but it sure can be hard to remember that.
The remarkable concentration of total household wealth held by the wealthiest 10%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US 79%
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 68%
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 64%
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 60%
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 58%
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 56%
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK 52%
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 51%
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 51%
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 51%
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 46%
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 46%
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 45%
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 43%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 41%
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Reading bell hooks essay "Love as the practise of Freedom" this morning and this line leapt out at me :

"Without an ethic of love shaping the direction of our political vision and our radical aspirations, we are often seduced, in one way or the other, into continued allegiance to systems of dominationโ€”imperialism, sexism, racism, classism"

We are beginning to gather some #theologians together on our #Theologidons #list. You can see it (and add your name through the form) here: https://bit.ly/TheologidonsList - please boost/reblog!

Iโ€™m thrilled that #ThickTrunkTuesday is taking off. If you love, honor & appreciate trees youโ€™re #TreePeople & part of my tribe. .. Still hoping Adam keeper_of_books will migrate over from the bird sight, I think he may have been the one who started TTT?

I posted this photo before but here it is again in honor of all the beautiful #TreePeople here. We found each other and this is the way I feel.

Intro: I'm a community worker, running creative projects with old fabric and threads in the North East of England. As a priest in the CofE, I'm exploring creative aspects of spirituality, and encouraging others to do the same on retreats and online. Training as a spiritual director. Also interested in neurodiversity, sustainable clothing, visible mending, storytelling, knitting and spinning, The Archers, family, bread making and cats.

If you want to help disabled people, listen to us when we tell you what we need. Do not dismiss us when we talk about access needs. Do not dismiss us when we talk about mask mandates. Support our calls for accommodation.

If you want to help, normalise asking for help by asking for help yourself when you need it. It does way more to reduce the shame attached to it than unsolicited "help".

Normalise respecting boundaries when someone refuses help.

Hoot! Toot! Did you think you didn't need to see a basket of baby owls (Owlets) today!? I was the same, how wrong I was.โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š #HootToot #Toot #boost #OwlsofMastodon! Pic credit: Ekaterina Gakman.

Please keep inviting your disabled/chronically ill friends to things. We can't always come, but it means a lot to know we're still wanted.

My social circle has dwindled *dramatically* since I got sick, and the pandemic cut off 80% of what remained.

Even if I say no a lot it doesn't mean I never want to come. In fact, it means I want to see people more, when I'm able.