This is the photo I used on the cover of my job application a few years back. I’m a licensed educator in the state of Minnesota. I have a Masters in Education Arts. I’ve been in K-6 classrooms since 2016. Work I’m most proud of is the literacy intervention work I did with middle school students.
I’m so happy you asked about my time as a Legitimacy Faerie! You must have seen my TikTok video. By dressing in a tutu and holding a wand aloft I hand out validation and affirmations to people who need them. The tutu was custom made for me by a friend in an online artist community. I had Facebook threads hundreds of posts in length where people came to me and requested pep talks and statements of legitimacy. The wand was given to me by another friend because the paper wand I used to use kept breaking. This one is welded stainless steel!
Are you in need of validation Rob? Does my wearing a tutu anger you in some way? I don’t have to explain myself to you or anyone. I choose to talk about it because I think you could benefit from some education yourself. I am proud of who I am and the things I’ve accomplished. SHEW! I lift people up and brighten their day. I started a business called Affirmative! where people would call others to talk about their goals, hopes, and dreams.
The invisible backpack is an influential anti-racist publication by Peggy McIntosh. I highly recommend reading it. If you have any other questions about white-privilege, inter generational wealth transfer, or reparations, just let me know. I’ve done a bit of reading on racial privilege.
I am sad that you were swayed by JasonX’s “evidence” and voted NO on this proposal. But you coming at me in your lame attempt to shame me tells me it perhaps wasn’t about his immature flooding of the name ban proposals that swayed you. It’s prejudice. As in “to pre-judge”. You are making assumptions about me and my character based on appearances. “Whistling Vivaldi” by Claude M. Steele is an excellent book I suggest you read to learn more about biases and the damage they can do.
I have much compassion for you. I wonder what deep hurt you must have to act so hateful to others. I think of a day that you might let go of that spitefulness and unburden your heart.
“Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.”
~ Zig Ziglar