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in short chunks as required by securus a subsidiary of jpay i edit send chunks back lately we ve started editing over the phone when we have a final draft i pitch it to a series of online mags who ve shown interest in tomiekia s voice and topics over the years we re pretty proud of her latest in prism on the importance practical and symbolic of black women s hair care behind barz read it here not the braids tj s describing couldn t find a photo of nipsey s braids on wikimedia but remember i mentioned tomiekia s surging energy in writing she doesn t wait for my help her latest enterprise is to publish on substack on a site managed by her daughter nevaeh lemons check this out my hope shared by tomiekia and her loved ones is to amplify her voice justice issues and energy by combining our forces so if you like and follow me subscribe to therealtj on substack but don t blame me if she blows your mind share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading posted in wing s words tagged therealtj black hair care california hiphop indiewriter justice nipseyhussle prism prison reform survivedandpunished tomiekia johnson leave a reply in the chop choose your own navigational markers posted on july 23 2026 by gretchenwing 5 my and let s face it probably everyone s favorite public engaging historian heather cox richardson talks a good deal about chop living in coastal maine she sees it all the time and her husband a lobsterman has to drive his boat through it she means this chop chop swirl eddies currents unexpected wavelets even waves hitting from all sides throwing you off balance interfering with forward movement obscuring forward movement where am i headed anyway where s this interference coming from should i drift for a moment or power through what new challenges will either choice unleash which way should i steer i am neither historian nor lobsterwoman but in case you ve wondered whether wing s world has fallen off the face of the earth i ve been living this metaphor for the last several months chop for me has set blogging wayyyyy back as a priority only now am i coming to realize i might need this blog as a navigational marker to sail on through this stuff i have always considered myself the person least touched by adversity of any i ve met i even wrote a song about it from the perspective of someone who got all the bad shit i ve avoided who got my sunshine who got my ease does she realize her fortune will you tell her please the song ends hope she ll be ready when her skies turn black this year my skies finally darkened in december my high school bestie died with no chance to say goodbye a week later a close local friend died in february the mate s health circumstances took a hard turn and in early june my amazing father peter klopfer died add to that the national shitstorm we re all living through and photo courtesy wikimedia commons another favorite topic of hcr heather cox richardson is navigational markers in my personal chop i have decided to focus on these few to guide me interdependence on and with family friends and the mate more intentionally than ever in my life using historians legal minds politicians and activists to keep myself inspired and motivated using my own resources of time money and words to amplify that inspiration and motivation i won t blog about the first marker but the other two watch this space keep going share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading posted in wing s words tagged common power contrarians democracy elections family heather cox richardson joyce vance justice life marc elias mary trump mental health outdoor life peter klopfer vote writing 5 replies sick of politics believe me you ll want to read this posted on april 28 2026 by gretchenwing reply from the wonderful online news source salish current in bellingham wa comes this heartening story by nancy devaux i promise you ll find inspiration here read then tell me what you think lopez residents bridge political divide share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading posted in wing s words leave a reply on moviemaking motherhood and making a difference posted on february 12 2026 by gretchenwing 4 no this post isn t about zohran mamdani well maybe a little i ll skip straight to the moral of the story if your adult offspring sends you a link read all of it before reacting that said sometimes reactions can lead somewhere positive let me explain that statement and also for those of you who don t follow my blog why i m sending this to you don t be like me read on for explanation son two casey has only dipped his toes into filmmaking but as he acknowledges he s dipped his toes into many things so when he told us he was filming a promo for his feature my thought was way to be creative go get em kid then came the fundraising link for anyone but linda i immediately clicked on the video hey that s my boy and then came wait you re raising money for a movie now when it feels like all hands on deck to keep folks in minneapolis fed and housed under the ice cbp siege wait if folks donate to you what are they not going to donate to wait you re a healthy millennial with more resources than many you re putting your time and energy into a movie what about more hands on action like when you were helping detainees released from the ice facility in tacoma such were my maternal reactions followed by i should be telling my son how proud i am i should be contributing to his project how can i tell him about my misgivings without damaging our relationship so i wrote son two a long letter giving each of my concerns its own thoughtful loving i hoped paragraph i put it in an email then reread it several times before hitting send my stomach hurt it helps that we ve always had a great relationship this pic s a dozen years old but the feeling remains turns out i could ve saved myself the gut wrench not only did casey write back with an equally long and heartfelt letter not only did he suggest we talk that night but when we did he pointed out that the fundraising link contained the answers to all my concerns in my haste to watch and react to the video i had missed everything underneath like the mission statement given the state of the world it s no wonder so many have given up on politics hope is in short supply this film is meant to reignite the flame of belief not in unfair systems but in the unique power of individuals to stand up to them with a tickle a wink and a gentle nudging of the heart emphasis mine and the synopsis linda santori has been in office forever and like the rest of the establishment she is totally out of touch with working class people or so says suresh palavairayan the young progressive running to challenge her the campaign is a long shot but cole has a plan adrift in his mid 20s in an unfulfilling job and a relationship that s lost its spark cole is searching for purpose his social media addiction keeps him overly informed and borderline depressed suresh s firebrand rhetoric is just the push he has been needing that sends him stumbling into a zany plan of action to open the path for new leadership he will jump scare the aging congresswoman so badly that she decides to retire it barely makes sense and is hardly likely to succeed but in this impulsive scheme cole finds what he has been needing to believe in himself i n democracy and the power that we each have to make a difference emphasis mine this was exactly the passionate purpose i was wondering about it s no secret that gen z is likely to be the difference maker in the elections of 2026 and 2028 someone has to reach out to those dispirited americans do i have any ideas how to no but son two does the rest of the fundraising site which i d missed even answered my main question above politics today are depressing social media bombards us with endless catastrophe and crisis each one complex urgent and overwhelming we feel powerless as individuals and our elected representatives can t or won t take meaningful action yet across the country there are dozens of young progressive candidates challenging establishment politicians with grassroots campaigns up against corporate money the key to their success has been thousands of individuals volunteering to canvass and phone bank these candidates are our hope for change and these volunteers are proof that each one of us can play a role in making that hope a reality we desperately need a story of politics that is uplifting and relatable and funny enough to make you remember it s not all doom and gloom out there anybody but linda is the political story that nudges you to find your purpose even if it seems impractical with a small cast and few shooting locations this feature film is designed to be produced like a short this allows for a speedy timeline shooting end of march so that the film s release will coincide with political primaries in june ahead of the midyear elections t he vision is to host community screenings that allow folks to come together in dialogue about the social and political themes of the film and galvanize civic participation it also means getting scrappy with the budgeting so every dollar counts the production itself is an homage to grassroots organizing with many people volunteering their valuable time and skills in support of a greater mission funds raised allow us to compensate our actors crew and host locations emphasis mine the more i ponder the questions raised by the promo of anyone but linda the more i find myself thinking maybe this story does have to do with zohran mamdani finding power hope purpose in politics yes to that this little movie when made won t detract from anyone giving of themselves to help the next mamdani or the citizens of minneapolis this little movie can remind folks why they want to do just that now that you know all this please enjoy the promo and consider helping the project i did then i gave again to a church in minneapolis and a mutual aid there hope and purpose both share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading posted in wing s words 4 replies loving forward why america needs rev dr william barber now and so do i posted on january 18 2026 by gretchenwing 2 do you recognize this man rev dr william barber photo courtesy wikimedia if we were back in my childhood of the 1960s 70s all watching the same 3 or 4 channels everyone would know this preacher everyone would have seen him preaching heard him cajoling or roaring from the pulpit though his accent is eastern carolina not atlanta we would have known him the way we knew that other rev dr the one whose birthday is now a federal holiday but we re all in our separate media silos now separate channels separate apps rev barber is back on the east coast managing to pastor a congregation at yale even while doing all this political work and here on the west i rarely meet anyone who s heard of him i m trying to change that one of my very earliest memories is of the civil rights movement in my hometown of durham nc holding hands and swaying in a demonstration singing we shall overcome i learned later that duke students and faculty including my dad came out in support of duke s all black custodians probably 1965 without going into detail suffice to say the civil rights movement was a big part of my family my dad s arrest at a sit in led to a supreme court case klopfer v n c which set the precedent that the right to speedy trial applies to the states 50 years later my dad was thrilled to get arrested again following reverend barber you can read about that here out here in the pacific northwest all that history feels remote or it did until trump the supreme court and project 2025 started attacking voting rights again now here we are right back in the mid 60s fighting to maintain what we thought we d won the only difference we is more than black americans now we is we if you find yourself thinking we sure could use dr king now then a you re not alone and b meet rev barber state troopers watch as marchers cross the edmund pettus bridge over the alabama river in selma alabama as part of a civil rights march on march 9 two days before troopers used excessive force driving marchers back across the bridge killing one protester courtesy legal defense fund this february rev barber s group repairers of the breach will be leading a march modeled on the famous selma to montgomery march of 1965 they ll start in wilson nc on feb 11 and walk almost 50 miles 15 miles day finishing in raleigh on valentines day how i wish i could be there i can t but i plan to support the march financially and i plan to tell everyone i can about it starting here because who knows maybe you can be there maybe you can be part of that history can you and if not can you send this post to someone who might be able to join or support the marchers and if you do that will you tell me about it ps for more information or to contact rev barber the repairers of the breach directly click here share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading posted in wing s words tagged bible civil rights demonstration faith history jesus justice martin luther king mlk no kings peace political action repairers of the breach resist rev william barber voting voting rights 2 replies one question for the tuned out loved one in your family posted on january 11 2026 by gretchenwing 4 i ve tuned out your adult son your cousin your sister in law tells you politics is too f cked up for me bother and there s nothing i can do anyway i hope the first thing you do is to support your loved one for prioritizing self care but then i have a question for you to ask them what does the word harvest mean to you wild blueberries yes this photo s old my knees don t let me sit that way these days that question popped into my mind last night while reading joyce vance s civil discourse on substack she was asking legal expert marc elias a lawyer who s argued before the supreme court five times and counting about what voters should be concerned about in 2026 marc s answer jolted me according to democracy docket s case tracker there are about 170 active voting and election cases nationwide unfortunately the majority of those cases roughly 55 are anti voting cases that seek to make it harder to vote wait who are these bad guys trying to keep americans from voting will the feds crack down on them nope the feds are the bad g...