1 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, keeps, and welcome to book Up Daily with 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Meet Your Girl. Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker, Folks, 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: on this woke Wednesday, I'm going to start off with 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: just a little truthfulness on my end. I am not 5 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: feeling well this week. I'm not feeling emotionally well today. 6 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: As I record this, I feel like I'm getting back 7 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: to one of those places where I'm exhausted. I'm exhausted 8 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: by the bad news. I'm exhausted by the horrific news. 9 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I'm exhausted by the racism, by the sexism, by the 10 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: gas lighting, by the terrorism, just all of it. And 11 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: I have found myself in out of tears and just 12 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: feeling so very weighted, and there's not one particular thing 13 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: to point to. I think that that's part of the problem. 14 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: Is there used to be a time when I would 15 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: feel this way or you would feel this way, and 16 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: you know I could point to the thing and say, ah, 17 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: it's that, and so let me figure out how I 18 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: move through and what does it look like to be 19 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: solution oriented or what does it look like to take 20 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: a pause. And it's just like I feel like if 21 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: I were to take a pause right now, I may 22 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: never unpause. I said on Twitter this week that I 23 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: think for the month of June, I am going to 24 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: not be on Twitter. You'll see me share things, but 25 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: that's about it. That I'm not going to really be 26 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: engaging because I need a break. I think that Twitter 27 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: itself has turned into a cess pool, as you know, 28 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: we all know, which has made it harder to engage 29 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: with the people that you actually want to engage with, 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: and the algorithm with liberal and progressive content, it just 31 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: doesn't go as far as it used to. So the 32 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: reality is I find myself asking, well, what am I 33 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: really getting out of this besides like consistent doom scrolling 34 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: and just like you know, collective rage and anger, and 35 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: sometimes that is helpful, but too much of it, not 36 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: so much. And so maybe it's the turn of the season, 37 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: and you know, the fact that summer is, you know, 38 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: basically here, and I just want to focus on sunshine 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: and water and flowers and joy and not this unrelenting, fucking, 40 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: you know, misery that is oozing out of Florida and 41 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: Texas and Tennessee and Alabama and every single other fucking 42 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: state that like, I have no desire to ever visit 43 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: again or step foot in, but it doesn't matter because 44 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,839 Speaker 1: all their toxicity is reaching to the shores and the 45 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: borders of blue states, and so it's like you can't 46 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: get fucking away from it. And I think that everyone 47 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: as we head into summer, really needs to start actively 48 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: thinking about how we want to engage with the news 49 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: around us. And you know, do we want to spend 50 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: our energy in these places and spaces, these media entities 51 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: and platforms that are really designed to take our attention 52 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: and to take our money right and not give us 53 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: really a whole lot in return. There was a time 54 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,119 Speaker 1: when social media was really about connection and the ability 55 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: to connect with people, the ability to have a voice 56 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: and a platform regardless of you know, those who are 57 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: empowered that have the ability to green light different content. 58 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: But now none of that matters. Right. You have CNN, 59 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: which is so I can't express how I continue to 60 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: be disgusted with that network that since they air Donald Trump, 61 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: I've stopped watching because it's you know, trash, right, Like 62 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: I when I hear people say that every issue deserves 63 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: both sides, I'm like, go fuck yourself, really, you know, 64 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: the Holocaust, I should sit down and have a conversation 65 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: with the Nazis to understand why they were starving people 66 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: to death and putting them in gas chambers. Like I 67 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: need to hear their fucking side. I need to understand 68 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: and unpack their fucking feelings, right, Like I need to 69 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: really understand this slave master and why they exhibited such brutality, 70 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: such dehumanization, such violence. Right, I need to understand and 71 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: unpack their fucking feelings and not those that were the 72 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: millions of people that were victimized and continue to be 73 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: victimized from the slave trade in our fucking erasure and 74 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: denial that it existed in the first place. And this 75 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: desire by the right way to lift up this narrative 76 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: of bullshit around the benevolence of white people when we 77 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: know that that's not the fucking case. I just I've 78 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: had it in so many ways, Like I was looking 79 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: on social media and I see this black soccer player, 80 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: and forgive me because I'm you know, I like soccer, 81 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: but I don't know the names you know of the people, 82 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: But you know I will try and find it, because 83 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that the story in and of itself 84 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: is one that we've heard and that we've known from 85 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: where from you know, from Serena Williams to every single 86 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: black athlete that has had to deal with racism in 87 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: their sport. And you know, there is a black soccer 88 00:05:53,400 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: player who I don't know where he's playing and where 89 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,799 Speaker 1: this happened, but I believe that it was in Europe, 90 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: and he nearly broke down with the consistent taunts of 91 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 1: these quote unquote fans in the stand that were telling 92 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: him that he needed to die, that were calling him 93 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: a monkey, that were saying and doing all of these 94 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: horrible and horrific things that we have seen. We've seen 95 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: this happen to Serena Williams when she was playing in Europe. 96 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: We saw this happen actually when she was playing in 97 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: the fucking United States. And I'm just like, these stories, Yes, 98 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: it's important to know, and it's important for them to 99 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: get out there. And at the same time, I'm like, 100 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: where are his teammates? Where is the fucking soccer league? 101 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: Right Like, where is everyone deciding that, like racism is 102 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: not okay? And I don't give a fuck if you're 103 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: playing a game, or you're on a news chat, or 104 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: you're in a school like that, it's not okay. And 105 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: we've allowed these people to create this climate of normalcy 106 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: around abject racism and just say, oh, well, you know 107 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: there are alternative facts, or you know they're entitled to 108 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: their opinion. No, you are not. Actually, you're not entitled 109 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: to your opinion when you have the power to legislate hate. 110 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: I just saw another story where there is one parent, 111 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: one fucking parent, complained about a poem, and now because 112 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: of that poem, because of that parent, excuse me, the 113 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: book is banned. Amanda Gorman the poem that she read 114 00:07:55,080 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: during President Biden's inauguration about hope and resilience right a 115 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: Miami Dade parent, One fucking parent objected to the book, 116 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: and now it's gone from the entire county. I'm just 117 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: so sick of this shit, I really am. And so 118 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: you know, I know this is why I know that 119 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: I need to take a break from social media, because 120 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: when I get to a place where I am literally 121 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: screaming at stories and memes and tweets that are coming 122 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: across my feed, I know that I've kind of reached 123 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: my limit. And I want to express to all of 124 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: you that you do not need to take in every 125 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: single fucking story, every single fucking day that you are 126 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: not doing a disservice to anyone except yourself when you 127 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: take on this much toxicity on a regular basis. You 128 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: know what's happening, You know what's going on. You listen 129 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: to this show and you listen to other shows. Put 130 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: your energy towards, you know, a library association. Put your 131 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: energy towards Drag Story Times and funding them in places 132 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: that they are now banned. You know, put it towards 133 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: organizations that are working on behalf of fighting for the 134 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: rights and existence of trans people and trans children. You know, 135 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: like we got to figure out how to listen when 136 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: it's necessary and then tap the fuck out, because there 137 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: is too much life that is happening that I feel 138 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: like I am being narrowed out of because I'm so 139 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: hyper vigilant on everything bad that is happening. And so 140 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: I think that it's important for us on this woke 141 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: Wednesday to recognize that it's not cowardice to take a break, 142 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: that like endurance isn't necessarily about running a race when 143 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: you've blown both your kneecaps and like you have a 144 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: collapsed lung, right, that sometimes it's okay to fucking tap 145 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: out and be like I'm good, I'll come back later, right, 146 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: or I'm going to spend my time doing things that 147 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: matter to me. You know. I want to shout out 148 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: a listener to the show who sent me a video 149 00:10:55,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: that sparked my feelings around media and social media and 150 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: the toxicity and the need for a break today, Brendan Hammond, 151 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: thank you so much one for always sending wonderful dms 152 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: and messages to me, but also for the story that 153 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: aired on ABC News Australia and the Indigenous outlet for ABC, 154 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: which I didn't even know existed. And Brendan shared the 155 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: story of Stan Grant, who has a talk show on 156 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: ABC News Australia and he is an Indigenous man. We're 157 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: a Jeordy. I think I'm gonna butcher it and I apologize, 158 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: but he's an Indigenous man from Australia and he has 159 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: a show which in and of itself is like a 160 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: huge fucking deal because Australians are about as racist to 161 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: indigenous population of their country as white Americans are to 162 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: black Americans in this country. And in the video which 163 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: I posted in my stories and I posted on Twitter, 164 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: the journalist Stan Grant talks about leaving the show and 165 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: taking a break because his family as well as himself 166 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: have been threatened and their lives have been threatened and attacked, 167 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: and for nothing other than having the audacity to be 168 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 1: born as part of the indigenous population. And he talks 169 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: about the responsibility not only to his family but to himself, 170 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: and in what Brendan referred to and I appreciated this 171 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: terminology was like a eulogy to media, to broadcasting. He 172 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: talked about not understanding why somebody would hate him so 173 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: much and what he had done to be hated in 174 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: such a way, with such vile and violent attacks on 175 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: himself and on his family, and it really, I'm trying 176 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: to really hold it together because I'm a bit emotional. 177 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: It really took me back. It really it was so 178 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: heartbreaking to listen to this man talk about needing to 179 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: take a break from a job that he loves and 180 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: the platform that he has, because he said, to those 181 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: that wanted to hurt me, you have done it success. 182 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: You have for the time being, broken my spirit. And 183 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: that he will go and take a break and rest 184 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: and restore self and he'll be back, but that for 185 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: the time being he's quite broken and I thought, God 186 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: damn one, bravo for the vulnerability to say that on 187 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: national television and to show the real life consequences from 188 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: these cowards online unrelenting attacks. And I wonder, like, what 189 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: was ABC doing right as this is happening. You know, 190 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: there's only so much people can take, you know, there's 191 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: only so much battling that can be done on a 192 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: regular basis before you need to do what's necessary for 193 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: your own self care, because just pushing along to push 194 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:57,359 Speaker 1: along doesn't cut it anymore. And I am so grateful 195 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: for his honesty and his vulnerability in sharing that he's 196 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: had enough right and that he doesn't deserve this, and 197 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: neither does his family. And it's like, really, not just 198 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: for that nation, but for all of us to do 199 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: some serious fucking soul searching right like about what kind 200 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: of media we are consuming and what type of people 201 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: we are turning into. Because sure, I will say hot 202 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: shit about Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Bobert because I 203 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: honestly believe that they are horrible human beings. I think 204 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: that what they are doing and saying, and the lies 205 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: that they are spreading, and the policies that they are 206 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:50,239 Speaker 1: writing and trying to pass nationwide are horrific, are horrific, 207 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: and I am sorry, I'm not a passive resistor in 208 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: that way. I don't think that I would have been 209 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: able to sit the lunch counters and be beaten and hosed. 210 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't think so, you know, to show that I have, 211 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: you know, the resilience and the soul and to keep 212 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: pushing on, but to also show just how vile, just 213 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: how violent the oppression is, I don't think that my 214 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: spirit would have been able to take it. And God, 215 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: I am just so grateful for those that did, or 216 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: for those that literally died trying. But when I watched 217 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: this video, and I encourage you all to google the 218 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: message from Stan Grant ABC News Australia and to listen 219 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: to it, because the world that we're existing in right 220 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: now is not okay. It is actually really quite fucking sick. 221 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: And so if you do find yourself feeling worn down 222 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: and exhausted and maybe woke, af is you know, the 223 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: only bit of news or the only you know, political 224 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: content that you allow for the day, which I'm so 225 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: wonderfully appreciative for, Otherwise I wouldn't have a job. But 226 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, do take care of 227 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: yourself and what you're consuming and how you are consuming it, 228 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: and what effects it is taking on you, what toll 229 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: it is taking on you. Because that's the thing that 230 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: I don't think that we're really reflecting on enough, is 231 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: the toll that all of the lies, all of the hatred, 232 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: all of the bands, all of the vitriol, all of 233 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: the shootings, just all of it. I don't think that 234 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: we pause. I think we continue to muster through and 235 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: power through and do what is necessary to show up 236 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: in this greedy, capitalistic society. But like you do have 237 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: the ability to unplug, you do have the ability to 238 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: plug into the people around you. What is filling you up. 239 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 1: So I just on this woke Wednesday, please make sure 240 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: that you are being woke to what is filling you, 241 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: what is providing joy for you, what is giving you 242 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: a smile, what is giving you good tears? And share 243 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: that because this shit right now, it's just too much. 244 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: That is it for me today, dear friends, on this 245 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: woke Wednesday, do something joyful. It's midweek, it's hump day Wednesday, 246 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: it's woke Wednesday. Do something go outside and share it 247 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: with me. But we're shared in the comment section. But 248 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: do something that is bringing you joy and make sure 249 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: that you're doing that every day as always. Power to 250 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: the people and to all the people. Power, get woke 251 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: and stay woke as fuck.