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Laura Carroll
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Amazing woman! She was also a prolific writer; she penned 30 novels and an autobiography, the latter of which can still by purchased today. And she is part of a #ASpecialSisterhood of writers and social changers now and from history who never had children : )
On this day in 1967, writer Dorothy Parker died. She is one of so many writers in #ASpecialSisterhood who never had children. Fun fact: while she never met him, she left her entire estate to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and upon his passing, it transferred to the NAACP.
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Fanstastic new doc produced and directed by Quest Love! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szzn...
"As Sovereign Nations, we need not participate in the extractive colonial systems of generative AI and hyperscale data centers or their false, predatory economic promises at the expense of our lands and waters, communities and economies, security and sovereignty.”
Laura Carroll
Taking a closer look at the numbes, yes to "Martha Bailey, a professor of economics and director of the California Center for Population Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, thinks the national conversation gets it all wrong." www.wsj.com/health/welln...
"Over the past year, the gap between humanity’s Ecological Footprint and the planet’s biocapacity grew wider, bringing #EarthOvershootDay two days earlier." overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/pre...
So now there's evidence that the benefits of fatherhood are "longevity and brain health." Reeks of the #pronatalist notion that parenthood is the ticket to true fulfillent in life. Want the best brain health? Cognitive advantage? Have a kid. Further study, please. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/o...
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌍
First established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.
www.worldenvironmentday.global
Sure, "we as a society bear collective responsibility for the next generation," but to contextualize raising children as a "high collective calling" reinforces the history and promotion of #pronatalism, which is designed to glorify parenthood. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/m...
Celebrating Sylvia Earle on #WorldOceansDay!
Earle--a marine biologist, oceanographer, and National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998--was:
+ The first female chief scientist of NOAA
+ Named by TIME magazine as its first Hero for the Planet 1998
#WomenInSTEM #oceanography #HerDeepness
Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905.
She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." Born #OTD in 1843. #booksky
