#george johnson

[entheognosis]

Superstring theory turns out to be more complex than the universe it is supposed to simplify. Research suggests there may be ten to the five-hundredth power universes… each ruled by different laws. The truths that Newton, Einstein, and dozens of lesser lights have uncovered would be no more fundamental than the magical code of Nairobi…Physicists would just be geographers of some accidental terrain.

George Johnson

Why is Fundamental Physics  so Messy?

Wired, 2007

[words-and-coffee]

You sometimes don’t know you exist until you realize someone like you existed before.

George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

[mariocki]

Mako: The Jaws of Death (The Jaws of Death, 1976)

"The old man told me that the inlet was a very special place where he went to give sacrifice to their shark god. His people made a living from the sea. They could only survive through the good graces of the most powerful force they knew: the shark. I had done what no man had dared to try, and by their sparing my life, and killing those who would've killed me, I became a member of the shark clan. So, in return for my life, as long as I wear my medallion, I'll find friends everywhere amongst the sharks."

[diioonysus]

insects in art: butterflies

[moonandmustache]

Review: “All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto” By George Johnson

OVERVIEW

For this category, I selected All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson. This is a non-fiction book composed of a series of personal essays and letters and was listed on the ALA’s 2022 most challenged books list. Specifically, this book has been challenged–and in some areas banned–for LGBTQIA+ content and for being sexually explicit. The author weaves a lot of critical race theory and Black history in as well and I suspect, peripherally, these are also reasons it has caught the attention of people in the sort of social circles who do things like try and have books banned.

CHALLENGES

The book had challenges across the US coming from a number of community groups. Specifically, For example, it was challenged by a parent in New Jersey who threatened criminal charges for the “evil material” in the book, in Florida a School Board filed an obscenity complaint about the book, and in Utah a parent group called “Parents United” filed a complaint about the book leading to it being removed from shelves without public discussion which prompted the Governor to step in to state his broad opposition to book bannings in general. The book was also challenged in Virginia and several times in Montana as well. An overview of some of the challenges can be accessed on the Marshall University Library’s website at this link.

To paraphrase the author, George Johnson, this book is important to fight to keep in circulation and accessible to teens because it presents an alternative viewpoint from the majority of school curriculum geared towards straight, white (male) students. It’s of most importance that Black queer teens have access to it because they need to see themselves represented in literature but it’s also important that white teens have access to it too so that they have a window to learn more about some of the amazingly diverse people who inhabit the world they live in. In an interview with NPR, Johnson succinctly noted, "Students ... have publicly said on record that works like mine have saved their lives, works like mine have helped them name their abusers, works like mine have helped them come to terms with who they are and feel validated in the fact that there is somebody else that exists in the world like them," Johnson says. "And you want to remove that from them. I just think it's sad."

RELEVANCE

This book is very age-relevant as it focuses mainly on the author’s life from middle school through high school with the majority of the focus on the teen years. II guess it is worth noting that the last 5th of the book shares stories from when the author was in college so that portion felt less age-relevant. That said, it’s a coming-of-age story and in that sense will be broadly interesting to all teens as it deals with family, loyalty, brotherhood, (mostly toxic) masculinity, friendships, finding agency, testing the waters of independence, and growing up feeling different. It’s also a very specific story that will speak especially loudly to Black queer teens and, as I mentioned above, the author is pretty clear in stating that it’s especially a story for them so they feel seen and loved.

DIVERSITY/INCLUSION

This book is an autobiography by a Black, queer man. (At the time of the printing he used he/him pronouns but now uses they/them.) The entirety of the narrative focuses on Black community through stories and personal essays about the author, his immediate/extended family, and his friends. He also has a few other LGBTQIA+ family members including an aunt, a brother, and a trans cousin. In the last few chapters of the books, he talks about attending a historically Black university and joining a Black fraternity. It addresses the societal challenges marginalized people still face in the world but it’s ultimately an uplifting story where the author, his family, and friends support each other and make space to thrive.

DIVERSE BOOKS WITH SIMILAR THEMES

Kobabe, M. (2019). Gender Queer. Oni Press.

Coates, T. (2021). The Beautiful Struggle. Ember.

Atta, D. (2020). The Black Flamingo. Balzer + Bray.

McCarthy, C. (2022). Man o’ War. Dutton Books.

[music-crush]

George “Lightnin’ Licks” Johnson

Happy birthday, George "Lightnin' Licks" Johnson!

[asfaltics]

putterings, 286-283

                    or thought of having a thought, at every turn he cannot see letting one’s self go                     raiment logic, loves some puttering kind of job —                     just puttering around; There’s no use arguing the case what became of                   it withers ex habit; and the ablative groove ablatus “taken away”                     auferre “to carry off or away” Hence certain prejudices. Curves.                     scattering differences at every turn

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puutterings     |     their index     |     these derivations     |     20230423  

[puutterings]

or it withers ex and the ablative groove

                                                                                  not with the simple ablative but with ex and the ablative [ from the Latin ablatus, “taken away,” past participle of auferre “to carry off or away” ]                                                   For example let us take                                   “so that one’s thought and expression will follow the groove,” or                 “it withers even while he is puttering in sham fashion with it,” or “There is some joint.”

— from George Johnson (Lincoln University, PA.) a communication re: “A Latin Test” in School and Society 4:89 (Saturday, September 9, 1916) : 404-405 : link same (U California copy) via hathitrust : link

refers to — Joseph Kennedy (The Univerity of North Dakota, Grand Forks), “Theory and Verification” in School and Society 4:86 (August 19, 1916) : 279-283 : link

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George Johnson was (or would later be) dean at Lincoln University, “a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) near Oxford, Pennsylvania. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854...” wikipedia : link

etymological note from etymonline : link  

[helmar-weiss]

FUNKY SOFA SESSIONS - George Johnson and The Hoodstarz - Baby Your Love

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[completeandrandommusic]

The Brothers Johnson *✰* Strawberry Letter 23 *✰*

[meemoop]

Need a little green where there’s too much red.

[words-and-coffee]

Navigating in a space that questions your humanity isn’t really living at all. It’s existing. We all deserve more than just the ability to exist.

George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

[thestarsarebrightertonight]

karma is my boyfriend // fred weasley x fem reader

playlist : karma - taylor swift

summary: when two girls bully and belittle you in the corridors , they seem to have forget the antics your boyfriend likes to pull on bullies.

y/n used , muggleborn gryffindor reader , swearing , bullying , short

masterlist

"ew , what is she looking at?" you heard one of the slytherin girls walking next to you say to her friend , both of them pointing at you and errupting into ear deafening giggles.

you turned to look at her confused , you hadnt glanced their way once , you just minded your business in the crowed corridor on the way to lunch.

"the fuck are you looking at? can i help you mudblood?!" the girl said loudly staring right at you.

"what did you just call me?" you asked with pure shock , you hadnt even done anything?

"i called you a mud. blood. what are you deaf? ugly cow." she giggled with her friend again as you winced at the loud noise hitting your ears.

you werent sure how to respond to this , you were all on your own and confronting the girl anymore would just create a large conflict , one you werent in the mood for.

your eyes welled up with tears as you looked away from the teasing and bitchy girls , shoving your way through the crowd and ignoring the dirty looks you recieved as a result.

----

you finally arrived in the great hall and sat down at the gryffindor table , next to angelina as she quickly went to greet you.

"hey y/n!- oh merlin whats wrong?!" shes said with quickly rising worry upon seeing your teary eyes and frowning face.

this caught freds attention as he observed your face , a deep anger and protectiveness settling in the pit of his stomach at the sight.

"baby whats wrong?" he said softly as you tried to hold back your tears.

"nothing it...it was just these slytherins. girls can be really horrible sometimes , "you voice broke as you forced out light laughs , eventhough no one laughed with you or even smiled.

"what did they say?" katie said , brushing your hair softly to comfort you.

"they just randomly started going off on me for looking at them , eventhough i didnt even look! then they...um they called me a mudblood." you mumbled the last part as everyone gasped and fred seethed.

"seriously?! thats fucking horrible!" angelina screeched in shock.

"im so sorry y/n," hermione added with a look of sympathy , relating to your situation.

"dont worry its fine guys-" you were cut off hastily.

"who." a deep voice said , freds darkened eyes meeting yours.

you gulped at the sight of his unfiltered rage , "i think theyre called lucy and-"

"lucy and beatrice. of course it was them ,theyre proper bullies." ron confirmed as everyone let out nods of recognition , the two girls were known for their unecessary awfulness. yet they never seemed to get taught a lesson.

well that was until they were found screaming and running through the corridors the next day , hair neon green , boils covering their faces , rain clouds chasing after them - drenching them in water and slugs ocassionally spewing out of their mouths.

you gaped at the sight , fred who had his arm around you showing no reaction but a smug grin.

"merlin! i wonder what happened to them?!" you exclaimed to him.

"yeah...i wonder" he smirked as you quickly caught on and gasped.

"you didnt!" you smacked his chest lightly , met by him laughing.

"of course i did!" he grinned , "no one messes with my girl. i was simply using them to set an example."

you stared up at him with you jaw on the floor , yet adoration glossed your eyes over , "thank you freddie."

"dont mention it , once these ones wear off i have another set of hexes prepared for them. thank me later love," he shrugged with a satisfied smile.

[vomagari]

"'You see what you do--ever as you like with me,' he wrote to her in 1851, six years after he had begged her to go away. 'You say write & I write--and I wish I had the strength and had rest enough for a great deal more.'"

Michael Faraday to Ada Lovelace, as written in The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson

[diioonysus]

sleep + art