@Thus Spake KATE! is rude and not ginger.: you are hearted for...just everything
@Gnatalby: that was probably part of the endurance piece of the performance, fighting against that self-preservation instinct
@Tea and Oranges: I know! It's like they're stereotyping white people or something
@serenepanic: nope! sorry.
And we actually have almost too many workers this year. Another local farmer set up an internship program and keeps sending us "suggestions" for workers to hire, ie. the potential interns he didn't want. Which is stupid and annoying.
And we actually have almost too many workers this year. Another local farmer set up an internship program and keeps sending us "suggestions" for workers to hire, ie. the potential interns he didn't want. Which is stupid and annoying.
@FurrierAndIves: just goats. I would never milk a cow. never
I started my milking job up again this week. I had taken a seasonal break since the end of December.
My new nickname for the goats is "Lesbian Shitasses." I think they like it and it's kinda true cuz most of them have shitty butts and when they're in heat they get kinda lezzy.
My new nickname for the goats is "Lesbian Shitasses." I think they like it and it's kinda true cuz most of them have shitty butts and when they're in heat they get kinda lezzy.
@TheJubjubBird: I wouldn't have a problem with calling it "ethnic" studies if they applied that term to white "ethnic" studies. Like History or Literature (as they are usually taught).
@franimaljones: Jes, ju did: [www.huffingtonpost.com]
@sierra_hotel: um, African-American, Mexican-American and Native-American studies are not "the knowledge and experience of another culture", unless you think that all the US is white
@nobodyr: fine. take your feminist ball and go play by yourself.
it's not like people like yourself, even if you were to admit the existence of intersectionality, would do any bit of good in furthering the cause of these women.
@chicana: Although I agree that these terms are not interchangeable, I think in some cases people embody both terms. Many workers from Mexico are both immigrants, because they cross the border, and migrants, because they move around once in the US or return regularly to Mexico.
It's not a one-way migration pattern usually.
@thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: I have a final on Monday and am debating whether I should spend my Saturday studying or out on the streets protesting.
but, yes, definitely pissed. I'm pissed but I also feel so alone because I live on the East Coast and my entire Mexican family is in Cali. Most of my friends are white and while they'd think the law is fucked up, I don't feel like I could really express to them how much shit like this hurts me. They already think I'm pretty sensitive to stuff like this. plus, I'm tired of being angry all the time
This is why I love my farm job. The only questions I need to ask myself regarding my workwear: Is is weather appropriate? Can I climb over fences and hay bales in it? And do mind it getting dirty and torn up by nibbling goats?
Weirdly enough, I often wear breezy summer dresses and nylons to work in the summer. The dresses keep me cool and the nylons help protect my legs from the hay and allow me to climb over stuff without flashing the goats.
@Jill7: I pointed out a dead bird in the goats' water bin one day (not disgusted, just pointing it out). My coworker (farm boy, born and raised) just picked it out and flung it over his shoulder, barely even looked at it.
@token_liberal: You know you're job isn't glamorous when you know when the farmer's turned his manure pile because the shit smells "different".
and when you're excited because you got new brooms with which to sweep up shit. Oh My G'ness, best day of my life!
@whynotshesaid: yup, last year I worked Thanksgiving evening, Christmas Eve and morning (at 5am) and New Year's morning (again, at 5). And I'm still relatively a dilettante because I don't live there, I just show up for my milking shifts.
@goatess: Lemme just drop some more truth on you:
working outside, in New England, during the coldest part of the day (before sunrise), in the middle of January, when it's windy and snowy is NOT. FUN.
But the goats won't milk themselves.
and I love love love it
muahahahahha
now you all know the truth!
@thebootyfaerie: And some of us are 'minorities' and women. funny, huh?
/snark at him, not you
@JerseyGrrrl: Samesies. I think it's just because the other person has so much control when I'm giving. I mean, their dick is in my center of consciousness and their hand is usually on the back of it.
And my last boyfriend's dick was so big that it always eventually became a chore, but one that I performed lovingly.
