A'Ja Lyons ✍🏿
@ajalyonsroars
Mother, Jewish, writer, historian, teacher, performer, and nature lover website https://ajalyons.com *views are my own*
I am a mother to my child before anything else. If safeguarding children means editors of literary journals/magazines don't want to publish my work, I don't want my work affiliated with their content. This is a hill I will die on with a smile on my face and my head held high.
feminism and hating men aren’t the same thing i just do the second part for fun
Just stopped by the HR office…anyways my hair look bomb af😌
Decided to wear my Afro to work today and first thing my manager asks to me is “did you just come from a circus?”😀
You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts. You appointed men to women's posts.
Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job. Any job is a woman's job.
I need articles to acknowledge that in addition to economic, political, and environmental factors, the birth rate is declining because a lot of people simply don't want kids and this is the first time in history when it's not universally frowned upon to say that out loud.
Never Forget, 19 year old LaVena Johnson who was found in her tent in Iraq in 2005. She had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals to cover evidence of rape, and a gunshot wound. The U.S. government ruled her death was a 'suicide.'
“The Cosby Show” understandably has a dark cloud around it now, but Malcolm Jamal Warner as Theo is one of the most important/iconic portrayals of a young Black man on TV. From his struggles with dyslexia to becoming an educator, Theo was so important in the 80s/90s.
Grocery carts should have barcode scanners on them so you can see how much you’re spending as you put things in your cart.
Message from Afghan women:- “We are like dead bodies moving around; we can't talk, we can't do anything."💔
No Asian child should grow up believing Paris is civilization, English is intelligence, or that their own history began when Europe discovered them.
I have been debating about sharing this but I decided to because so many of yall care for seniors. Please, please, please, pay attention to their body language. For months I was under the impression that my nonverbal disabled octogenarian patient was incontinent. But he’s not.…
Gays in 2000: Let’s fight for rights so future gays don’t have to. Gays in 2025: Let’s sterilise future gays so they don’t have to be gay.
The Taliban are now arresting Afghan women simply for walking outside without a male guardian. This is not culture — it’s gender apartheid and cruelty. The world must not stay silent.
It’s insane that in 2025 a woman not wanting to get undressed in front of a male work colleague is “hate.”
The western world has become an emotional welfare state. There’s a sense of collective entitlement to unearned praise, attention, and validation — and criticism has been criminalized. As a result, people have become emotionally incompetent and (somewhat ironically, if…
I went into academia to search for truth. I left learning how to write safe grants, avoid controversy, and serve bureaucrats.
No. Ignore this. You are capable of reading books again. The brain is highly malleable and you only need a few screen-free weeks to recover your focus. You will be amazed how quickly the hunger for reading returns. You will be inhaling words
If you haven’t read Proust already, forget it mate. Your brain is destroyed from short term dopamine burst addiction and algorithmic k-hole content.
Extract from ‘Sexually violent online games banned in win for child safety’, Natasha Bita, The Australian, July 19-20, 2025 p 9. #VAW #CSA #gaming #Steam #CSR @CollectiveShout 8/8
“They have recognised their brands were being tarnished through Steam hosting games with the themes of rape, sexual torture, incest and child sexual abuse. We thank them for responding to widespread concern about the gamified violence of women and children.” 7/
“This is a major victory,” she said. “We welcome the additional terms and conditions added to Steam, and the display of corporate social responsibility from the payment gateways. 6/