Runner, Adventurer, Speaker, Antiracism Educator. Memoir: A BEAUTIFUL WORK IN PROGRESS, SHE/HER—Book me: @RedGray
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10 trailblazing women. 6 days of running. World records on the line. Announcing FURTHER: a first-of-its-kind ultramarathon that celebrates human possibility—and champions the potential of female athletes. spr.ly/6013OmJzl #lululemonFURTHER
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Could someone help me with a culinary question: what is “leftover bacon”?
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Proud to have been included in this project examining weight bias in the fitness industry with my friend Louise Green. Happy New Year everyone and may the body that you have continue to take you to great heights!
Each week this month, I'm producing an installment for a @WBEZreset series we're calling Bias Against Bodies. Every Tuesday, we'll discuss anti-fatness in a different realm of life.
First up: weight-neutral fitness with @TheMirnavator and @BigFitGirl.
wbez.org/stories/bias-agains…
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And the prize of the morning goes to the @Delta bag drop agent who was SUPER efficient and friendly at Logan this morn after lots of confusion AND frustration in the Sky Priority line that was moving snail-like. I wish I had gotten his name. He was AWESOME.
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Scrambling to finish your books-read goal the last few lazy days of the year isn’t a bad thing to be doing. It’s delightful, tbh.
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Inexcusable
.@American_Girl salesperson to my daughter today:
“You want a doll that looks like you, or you want the pretty one?”
One hell of a way to ruin a 5 year olds day, and Christmas weekend, in ways you won’t even understand, especially for a brown kid.
Horrible experience.
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I’m flabbergasted this happened. Wait, actually I’m not surprised. 🤦🏾♀️
TW: Police released bodycam footage of their arrest of an 82-year-old Alabama woman who was not able to pay her $77 trash bill.
"I'm so serious, it's a warrant," the officer told her during the arrest, while laughing youtube.com/watch?v=zX7L9s67…
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This is such great advice. Reminds me of the memoir class I took with @ElissaAltman who is truly a fantastic human being.
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The joke format, "my pronouns are, ***insert something that is not a pronoun*** " is 1) hateful 2) pathetically unoriginal.
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Skiing big mountains is something else! Holy crap my legs hips core arms face—WHAT A GIFT THIS IS. Have a great Sunday on here!
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Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.
She is safe.
She is on a plane.
She is on her way home.
ALT President Biden speaks with Griner on the phone.
ALT President Biden and Cherelle Griner.
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What a great piece. Reminds me of Anne Lamott in her book on writing, "Bird by Bird": "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
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“The ability to bend an inch at a time while seeming to stand up straight is a useful and gendered skill. Most women I know do it regularly. They bend until they’re pretzeled and then blame themselves for the body aches.” 🤯
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My next door neighbors I think are doing Christmas Karaoke. It’s hilarious and I love it. Mostly because it means they can’t say nothing when I’m singing opera. Also I grew up with loud apartment noise and I have an appreciation for it.
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I felt this so deep in my bones.
Being Black in a predominantly white work environment makes you hypervisible. In my eval, the comment “I don’t see you very much,” was made. Another colleague said, “We don’t want to bug you. It’s helpful if you’re close by.” Y’all. I’m going to do my best to articulate this 1/
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