I am hopeful that my mother will be around to share many more years with us. But I’m now attempting to find some comfort in the idea that I can keep her close to me for as long as I live by struggling to remain decent, the pursuit that I’ve seen conjure up incredible power during the course of her life. The world takes from us relentlessly. It takes our friends and first loves. It takes our parents. It takes our faith. It takes our dignity. It takes our passion. It takes our health. It takes our honesty, and it takes our credulity. To lose so much and still hold onto yourself is perhaps the most complicated task human beings are asked to perform, which is why seeing it done with aplomb is as thrilling as looking at dinosaur bones or seeing a herd of elephants. It’s an honor to exist on Earth with these things.*
Cord Jefferson's essay about his mother is absolutely beautiful. This was my favorite part. https://t.co/mKTtj3shxJ pic.twitter.com/o9AWGPk531
— Sarah Argodale (@sarahargodale) November 3, 2014
There is a dearth of facts when it comes to hydration. Pharmaceutical companies aren’t interested in researching the benefits of a free resource and dehydration isn’t a pressing public health issue requiring government funding. This leaves a profitable grey area for the drinks industry to exploit.*
nothing I love more than being needlessly petty to friends who drink 8 glasses of water a day. Sorry if you LOVE weeing but this is bad news for you mad gulpers https://t.co/0jKE621C9I
— Natasha Hodgson (@NatashaHodgson) January 27, 2020
"We must grasp that our most perfidious enemy is not someone who is politically incorrect, even racist, but the corporations and a failed political and judicial system that callously sacrifices people, as well as the planet, on the altar of profit" https://t.co/RtiDr88knV
— Olaf Foss (@OlafFoss) February 15, 2021
