Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Botham Jean Deserved Better

#Repost @rachel.cargle with @get_repost

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…………………………………they literally criminalize us for being killed.

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I’ve said many times I have no intentions in having kids. I just really have no interest in bringing another black body into this world. It’s moments like this that my stance is solidified. Over and over and over

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I cannot express in words how angry this headline makes me. A man sits in his own home, is killed with no provocation, but because the cop was white Fox News (and many other ridiculous people) will grasp for any justification for this despicable act of violent racism. If a man was not dead, I would look at this as a case of ”how dumb could she be?”, but as a young, innocent man is DEAD because he was sitting on a couch while black, it is not a head shaker, it is an anger-inducing look at why it is unsafe to exist as a black man in the United States.

I am so, so angry that I am shaking while reading this. …

#blacklivesmatter #racism #angry #black #africanamerican #equality #humanrights #socialjustice #crime #ignorance #love #martinlutherking #america #gunviolence #racist #follower #follow #following #followforfollowback #followforfollow #lfl #f4f #likeforlike #kalidesautelsreads

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