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The slave girl’s story I wasn’t supposed to write

The slave girl’s story I wasn’t supposed to write

March 24, 2017Yvonne CassidyBlog, News

An article in today’s Irish Times about “I’m Right Here” and how I came to write it.

 

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#LGBT #Irish #author published by @HachetteIre & @fluxbooks. #Creativewriting teacher @irishartscenter JCC NY & @holyapostlesnyc Private #writingcoach.

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#POV when you’re at @arcadefire in @RedRocksCO and all you can think of is @RadioBrendanRTE 🎸🥁🎤 #arcadefire #redrocks

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Weapon of the day: healing does not have a timer on it! What it does have is the need for patience, space, and the benefit of the doubt. It will happen but not when and how we want it to! #caregiverwarrior #healing #dementia #brainsurgery #caregivers #relax

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Gosh how time flies! I'm finally getting to thank everyone who attended @IrishAmWA's terrific #Pride salon on 6/28! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚Thanks 2 everyone who participated in it 2! Here's a blog capturing the magic of the night: https://iamwa.org/6-28-2024-iamwa-salon-a-celebration-to-show-our-irish-pride-for-our-lgbtq-creatives/ @YvonneCassidyNY @randomirish @HonorMolloy

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The countdown is on to #IrishPride - an event that @ShellQL and I are organising with @IrishAmWA to celebrate #Pride the #Irish way! It's at Houghton Hall in midtown on Friday, starting at 7pm. Tickets are free and you can get yours on the link below!

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Irish American Writers & Artists Pride Salon Event

Join us for a celebration of Queer Irish voices, past and present, and bring your dancing shoes!

www.eventbrite.com
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Folks, mark your calendars now for 6/28 @ 7p.m. Why? Because that's when @IrishAmWA's fabulous #Pride salon takes place! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚 @YvonneCassidyNY & I have the pleasure of co-organizing this v. special event & the lineup of talent 4 it is off the hook! 2 find out more & 2 register

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Bon Iver is donating to @TransLifeline this Pride Month.

@TransLifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

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    This day one year ago was my first half marathon. 🏃‍♀️ I’ve done three more since then - including one with a stress fracture 😬- but this first one holds a special place in my heart. 💜 Can’t wait to get back to that distance although right now I’d settle for a 5k! Or actually, walking without crutches come to think of it! 🙃 #rehab #recovery #runninggoals

    This day one year ago was my first half marathon. 🏃‍♀️ I’ve done three more since then - including one with a stress fracture 😬- but this first one holds a special place in my heart. 💜 Can’t wait to get back to that distance although right now I’d settle for a 5k! Or actually, walking without crutches come to think of it! 🙃 #rehab #recovery #runninggoals ...

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    It’s been a rough few weeks but brightened by an extraordinary number of friends visiting from across the pond! Here was today’s latest special visitor - doesn’t seem that long ago that I was slagging you for being “old” when you turned 30 a whole 4 years ahead of me! 😂 #friendship #friends ...

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    I don’t have any words about what we witnessed last night and into the early hours of this morning. I’m too sad, too numb, too disbelieving to find them. So I’m reposting a piece I wrote 8 years ago, in 2016, about a day I hoped we would never have to live through again. But here we are. Link in bio to the piece called #TheMorningAfter 🍁The irony of the title, given where we are today in 2024 on women’s reproductive rights is not lost on me.

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