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So I’ve been thinking of cornerstones of my business, and I think I’ve nailed them down. Creativity Professionalism Fun Empowerment The last one is the most important, and when people look at my work, and read what I have to say, I want that to be the word they walk away thinking about. This has always been a big, personal goal of mine whenever I would go into a pin up/boudoir session, but I never really told anyone about it. However, after reading some really upsetting things that a fellow photographer, no less, posted online about curves essentially being better than having a “boy body,” I felt it was necessary to stand apart from that archaic idea that shaming thin bodies helps big bodies. I am 5'3" and I’m about 190lbs. When I see photos of myself, that other people take, I think, “Fuck, I’m huge,” but when I look at myself in the mirror, I don’t see it. When I’m walking around, or when I put on a cute dress, I don’t feel it. Do I want to lose weight? Of course. I may not feel anything now, but I’m sure as I age, the weight will take a toll on my body, and I’d rather not have to deal with that. So I do what I do, and that’s my business. There is no default body type. Not everyone can look like Anne Hathaway in her Catwoman costume, thin, but still curvy, but that doesn’t mean that their bodies are wrong. Not everyone can be a big girl with huge breasts, and a shapely butt. Sometimes people have big tummies, and no but or boobs, or they’re big everywhere with no defined waist, or they have 2% body fat with huge muscles, or their super skinny with no curves, etc. All of these bodies are beautiful, because they are a person, who is alive, and has thoughts, and dreams, and that’s all pretty awesome if you ask me. So yeah, I want to spread some body love. I would call this a campaign, but campaign sounds like there is some finality to it. I want this to always be a part of Keely Weis Photography. I want to educate people about body shaming, how it goes both ways, and why we need to break the habit of ever attacking someone’s body image. How someone looks has nothing to do with what’s inside them.
Today in history, 4/30/1492
Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. (To look up Christopher Columbus in Wikipedia).
1-1-18 California sunrise.
#2 is an if/maybe, not a fact.
Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
If female farmers had the same access to resources as their male counterparts, the number of the world’s hungry could be reduced by 150 million people.
870 million people currently suffer from hunger. 98 percent of these people live in developing countries, with the largest proportion living in Asia and the Pacific.
Another 24 million children could be hungry by the year 2050 due to climate change and irregular weather patterns.
According to the World Food Programme, hunger is the “single biggest solvable problem” facing the world today. It costs just $0.25 per day to provide a child with the nutrients he or she needs to live.
Today in history
6/2/1924 – The U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
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Should be titled, “As I understand the planned parenthood debate” or similar. People make their own definitions. You do have a lots of facts written in a large blog. I am all for you, maybe I’m just a newcomer.
Defunding Planned Parenthood explained
When more fuel is poured on the fire that is our national discourse on abortion, context starts missing. The question, often, is not as cut and dry as whether abortion should be legal or not, whether it’s moral or not or whether women should have a choice or not. It’s about how we can reconcile reducing abortions and making healthcare for all accessible.
As the country’s lawmakers determine whether to end funding for Planned Parenthood, which receives about 40 percent or $500 million from the federal government annually, it’s good to put things into perspective.
First off, I’m always amazed with how little sensitivity activists on both sides of the argument approach this issue. The left disregards the question of morality while the right disregards the question of choice.
The left will tell you that women shouldn’t be told what to do with their bodies. Maybe so, but 41 percent of women are pro-life. Those women seem to value morality over choice. The right will tell you that abortion in any circumstance is immoral, yet the truth is circumstances arise and in the real world the crippling, unsafe alternatives and the financial and social burden of raising a child for too many outweigh the short-term yet unspeakably painstaking choice to seek such a medical procedure, however invasive.
A couple truths here. 79 percent of the people who receive services from Planned Parenthood are low-income Americans who live 150 percent or lower below the poverty line. These people are on Medicaid or receive care indirectly through another government-funded program called Title X.
Another truth is that 95 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is not abortions. This has been debunked time and again. Numbers have been cherry-picked by conservatives and the claims have never aligned with reality.
Another truth, however, is that according to Planned Parenthood’s 2013-2014 annual report, the organization conducted 323,653 abortions. Respectable estimates say that this accounts for no more than 12 percent of all Planned Parenthood’s services. However, that is not a small number. For many who have the deepest convictions around protecting life in their view, this number is appalling. Even if you aren’t a social conservative, it’s a grim number.
The two things we don’t know are the circumstances in which these abortions were sought and how much revenue Planned Parenthood generates from these procedures.
So what does Planned Parenthood exactly do? 76 percent of their work relates to testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and infections as well as contraceptive care. This is followed by pregnancy tests, prenatal care and cancer screenings.
The 1977 Hyde Amendment dictated that federal Medicaid funds could only be used to fund abortions in extreme cases like rape, incest or to protect the mother. Some states have expanded their own funding of Planned Parenthood and expanded the circumstances by which state funds could be used for abortions.
Defunding Planned Parenthood in the immediate would cut government spending. The problem is the consequences of less funding means a real probability of more unplanned pregnancies which leads to an increase in government spending because these people will at that point likely be eligible for Medicaid. Moreover, unrelated to active pregnancies, people who would have otherwise gone to Planned Parenthood for services like to treat an STI or receive a cancer screening would need to find another clinic. If those clinics are crowded, this can limit access to important services to both women and men.
These are all possibilities, yet how probable these consequences will arise isn’t clear. Those who are for protecting Planned Parenthood’s federal funding are not being modest about sounding that alarm.
On the political right, you have a very principled position. Something like, “I don’t want my tax dollars going to fund an organization that conducts abortions.” On the left, a more pragmatic position, “Women should have access to these services, so the government should help fund these services. If the government doesn’t fund them, then these bad things will happen.”
What has always gotten the political left support for funding anything is this “cause and effect” argument. “If we don’t fund this or regulate this, then this will happen.” It’s effective, frequently necessary yet creates a habit that lacks discipline and a mindset that often disregards more innovative approaches to solutions.
Those on the political right who support defunding may have determined that despite the preventative services that Planned Parenthood delivers, the organization’s continued support for abortion procedures is a non-starter. Is it truly that easy to hold that view even as someone who receives equal or better care someplace else? Or can we along with our lawmakers devise other ways all Americans can receive preventative care? These are both questions worth asking.
Like most topics and issues we confront as a nation, this is more complex than any presidential candidate, activist or cable news talking head has portrayed. At the very least, I hope this has made some sense and provoked some thought for readers here. I hope to revisit this issue again soon, perhaps with a proposal.
Why not Washington, Oregon or California? More Sun, later. In that case, include any free space state. Spread out the time the Sun is shining, Maybe even in each time zone.
We have the technology, our governments just need to stop listening to the fossil fuel lobby. However, as long as the fossil fuel companies keep giving them money, that’s rather unlikely.
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