Cait O’Connor
@justteachingela.bsky.social
8th grade ELA teacher, 2023 Outstanding Middle Level Educator, mental health peer, Buddhist, avid reader, lover of iced tea, alternative education enthusiast, social justice advocate, fat studies scholar, fiercely pro-student.
A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm posted photos to Instagram showing Dolson wearing a “TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.”
Seattle Storm’s Stefanie Dolson Stands Up for Trans Rights as Sophie Cunningham Rally Flops
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Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year? Ask me how!
I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination
Civil rights complaints against schools can no longer use data evaluations, called disparate impact analysis, as evidence of discrimination.
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Boycott Taylor Farms Products, they are the largest supplier of lettuce and other produce to retailers Walmart, Costco, Target and Whole Foods, and restaurant chains Taco Bell and McDonald's. The they also own the organic brand Earthbound Farms,and produce 40% of the salad kits sold in the U.S
Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year? Ask me how!
YOU PASS LAWS TO FORCE KIDS OFF THE INTERNET AND THEN CREATE TASK FORCES TO PUNISH THEM FOR GOING OUTSIDE, WHERE THE FUCK ARE CHILDREN ALLOWED TO EXIST???
The Charlotte Observer@charlotteobserver.com · 3w agoCharlotte joins major cities across the U.S. in grappling with the rise in disruptive “teen takeover” activities.
Can’t get diarrhea lettuce from a cinnamon bun. Follow me for more health tips!
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Talk to your kids about Nolan Wells. Talk to your students about Nolan Wells. Talk to your parents about Nolan Wells. Talk to your neighbors about Nolan Wells. Talk to your friends about Nolan Wells. Do not stop talking about Nolan Wells.
“It’s Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Instagram’s Diet Culture Ad Problem.” open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
It's Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Social Media's Diet Culture Ad Problem (And some media literacy to guide you, students and kids through it)
I scrolled Instagram for an hour. I got more than 50 ads about what's wrong with my body.
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I’m highlighting so many quotes from @justteachingela.bsky.social’s new book, and consider it a must-read for health and PE teachers. We are reading DITCHING WEIGHT STIGMA as one of our #HPESummerBookClub selections. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/HPEBOOKCLUB
An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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#NYSEC with @hcodymiller.bsky.social, Dr. Nicole Sieben, Alyssa Sabbatino and more was an absolute dream today ❤️
You made it political the minute you decided that my existence was up for debate.
“It’s Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Instagram’s Diet Culture Ad Problem.” open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
It's Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Social Media's Diet Culture Ad Problem (And some media literacy to guide you, students and kids through it)
I scrolled Instagram for an hour. I got more than 50 ads about what's wrong with my body.
open.substack.com
Today is National School Librarian Day. THANK YOU, school librarians & school library workers. We celebrate you. For so many library kids, the school library is the only place they have access to books. It is where they learn to believe that stories are for them. Thank you for your library joy 💛📚🥹🤟🏽
I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.
I was formally and officially diagnosed (by an outstanding mental health professional, probably my favorite one in all my years of diagnosis and medication) with ADHD today. It feels like I can breathe.
The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.
In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.
I got called Kim Possible a hilarious number of times today 😂
happy 250th birthday, america. to get you in the spirit, we’ve recreated the conditions of the founding era.
I’m unable to make #SHAPEKC this week, but if you’re there, I’d love to connect about anti-fat bias, weight stigma and diet culture in HPE education! My book is live! ❤️ @shapeamerica.bsky.social
