Sup y'all! It's Episode 4 of our shitty little podcast, Smoke Til It's Gone Or Die! Your favorite sky high assholes, Patty and Rylee, surprise each other with stories with lots of parallels. Patty tells the spooky story of Andrea Balcer and the murder of her parents in rural Maine on Halloween Night of 2016. Rylee dives into Aileen Wuornos, who...let’s be honest, is sort of of an icon...despite killing seven men in ICE cold blood.
This week’s Probable Causes:
Patty asks you to visit https://www.glaad.org/, and toss a few dollars their way. GLAAD leads the conversation. Shapes the media narrative. Changes the culture. GLAAD works through entertainment, news, and digital media to share stories from the LGBTQ community that accelerate acceptance. Patty also used one of their articles, Consistent Respect: Reporting On Transgender Crime Suspects, in her research this week. This article states that transgender people are sometimes suspected and/or convicted of crimes and that the media has a responsibility to represent all transgender people accurately, with their correct names and pronouns, and without relying on dehumanizing stereotypes. This responsibility does not change with the circumstances of a story, including instances where transgender people are suspected of crimes. To read the rest of the article visit https://www.glaad.org/publications/consistent-respect-reporting-transgender-crime-suspects
Rylee asks you to check out the Ruth Ellis Center. Founded in 1999, Ruth Ellis Center (REC) has established a national reputation for quality and innovation in providing trauma-informed services for lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth, and young adults, with an emphasis on young people of color, experiencing homelessness, involved in the child welfare system, and/or experiencing barriers to health and wellbeing. It is their mission to create opportunities with LGBTQ+ young people to build their vision for a positive future. Their vision is a world where LGBTQ+ young people are safe and supported no matter where they go.
Head to http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/, and as always, we love a prominently displayed Donate button.
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Under Massachusetts’ Chapter 94G and California’s Proposition 64 Bills it is legal for us two assholes to possess and consume MaryJane, medically known as cannabis, in our respective states. We do NOT condone the illegal consumption, possession, or sale of cannabis in places it’s not supposed to be smoked, man handled, or acquired from a legal dispensary. But we DO condone what the awesome humans at Marijuana Policy Project are doing to support legislation at the state and federal level to decriminalize cannabis across the country, and advocate for those who have been incarcerated for cannabis possession. Visit mpp.org for more details.
