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badgraph1csghost
4 months ago
if you weren't sure to be discharged immediately for this, i'd say the next time the gulf of Mexico comes up you should call it by its Nahuatl name, Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl. at this point it's hard to take any of this censorship seriously, considering we'll all be reading from christian scientist books by the time this is over.
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oopsiedoodle
4 months ago
I like the creative workaround! To be fair we are not calling it the Gulf of America either. We're just avoiding naming it. Like "the ocean off the coast of Texas" and other stupid as hell ways to talk around it. It is ridiculous and infuriating.
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anoutsider
3 months ago
Sounds annoying! That being said, in the context of US history it's not too surprising. The US apparently has a rich history of silencing book authors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_censorship_in_the_United_States
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anoutsider
3 months ago
Also, although you mentioned your books are educational in nature, perhaps there could be a legal loophole if the phrase were used as "satire" or "parody"? Just an interesting legal thought
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oopsiedoodle
3 months ago
Oh yeah, for sure not surprising. I just never thought I'd have to censor the Gulf of Mexico of all things. It just feels bad to have to bend to the racism and supremacism of these people.
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smallcypress
3 months ago
it's the most absurd timeline. I'm a teacher and by the time I left Florida a few months ago, a quarter of the age-appropriate elementary art books from the 90s that came with my classroom would catch me a felony. Really feeling for the families and teachers I left behind
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I love the newpaper vibe, and the fun old advertisements! I have a few old ads that I wanted to share with you, all from magazines and catalogs from the 40s-60s. No obligation to use them (but you can if you want - use/alter as you see fit!) - just thought you might find them fun! :) The Last Supper painting and replica toy fruit bowl are my fave. They're here: https://oopsiedoodle.com/home/advertisements.png
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maxcrunch
4 months ago
Oh my gosh you are so sweet!!! I love these! And several will definitely work for some sites I still have to link (and some ideas I'll be making, too). So perfect!!! Thank you so much!
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Beautiful site!
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oopsiedoodle
4 months ago
Added - a book (for once)! Trying to read more this summer, as per usual. Also, my deeply flawed Furby/no Furby rating system means that I have no way other than in this comment of telling you the awful truth about M3GAN 2.0. Which is that it's the fourth-ever movie I've fallen asleep to in a movie theater. SoRrY!
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hiya! i just wanted to say i love your website!! im obsessed with the plaid background and the nostalgic toys :D
Hey! Really enjoyed checking out your site. You seem like such a cool person - a **collage artist!** and editor, who finds cool stuff and shares it, including an odd number of abandoned playing cards lol. Following! P.S. turgid bud website had me cracking up xD
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oopsiedoodle
4 months ago
That's very kind of you to say. Thank you for checking out my site! Your Stuff I Like page reminded me that The Left Hand of Darkness has been on my reading list forever. I bumped it to the top and will give it a whirl this summer. :)
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Took a break from my work- and politics-related alarm to knit a powdered wig for cats. I believe any cat who wears this is more qualified to legislate than the people currently in office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbs_(cat) - Stubbs (April 12, 1997 – July 21, 2017) was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, from July 18, 1997, until his death in 2017.
A 20 year run!