杨紫琼今天在《纽约时报》上发文章，讲8年前她在尼泊尔亲身经历了一次地震，改变了她的人生。昨晚她获得奥斯卡，引来无数聚光灯，她呼吁公众转移视线，去关注土耳其/叙利亚的地震难民，和妇女儿童。
杨紫琼都没等24小时，就开始用她的明星力量帮助弱势群体👍 尊敬🌹 link source
杨紫琼都没等24小时，就开始用她的明星力量帮助弱势群体👍 尊敬🌹 link source
NY Times
Opinion | Michelle Yeoh: The Crisis That Changed My Life 8 Years Ago Keeps Happening
As a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program, I have seen up close how crises like earthquakes can expose deep existing inequalities.
说起以前的跨性别的遭遇，不知道有没有和我一个地方的朋友知道“大喜哥”刘佩麟的故事，她是我老家一个很有名的mtf，在零几年公众对跨性别没有任何认知的时候因为着装而短暂地网络爆红过，后面又以拾荒为生，小时候每个在那一片上学的人都见过她。我上初中的时候经常在放学路上遇到她，喜欢穿裙子，用化妆品把脸涂的惨白。小时候什么都不懂只觉得很可怜，看她和别人交流，其实神志很清醒，人也挺和善。后来在网上查资料的时候第一次完整了解到她的故事，感觉非常悲哀。往后就搬去外地了，最近一次得知刘佩麟的消息还是她在酷儿晚会上被颁奖，跟我妈说了这个事，我妈也是一阵唏嘘。
在近些年的跨性别运动推广下，她的身份终于被人们所看见和理解，也有相关的社工服务机构 帮助她维持生活。每次跟别人聊起她的故事，我都会感觉一切都是有意义的。（图为一个酷儿晚会为她颁奖，鼓励她为跨儿和性少数群体做出的榜样和杰出贡献，她的努力和艰辛时隔二十年终于被看见。
有对上世纪大龄跨性别感兴趣的朋友可以了解一下她的经历，似乎有人物传记和纪录片之类的资料可以查询，不仅是她本人艰难的生活令人唏嘘，还混杂着早期互联网对跨儿群体态度的一个很明显的风潮演变史。唉现在看她生活好起来了真是很感慨，“你是你或是妳都行，会有人全心地爱妳” source
在近些年的跨性别运动推广下，她的身份终于被人们所看见和理解，也有相关的社工服务机构 帮助她维持生活。每次跟别人聊起她的故事，我都会感觉一切都是有意义的。（图为一个酷儿晚会为她颁奖，鼓励她为跨儿和性少数群体做出的榜样和杰出贡献，她的努力和艰辛时隔二十年终于被看见。
有对上世纪大龄跨性别感兴趣的朋友可以了解一下她的经历，似乎有人物传记和纪录片之类的资料可以查询，不仅是她本人艰难的生活令人唏嘘，还混杂着早期互联网对跨儿群体态度的一个很明显的风潮演变史。唉现在看她生活好起来了真是很感慨，“你是你或是妳都行，会有人全心地爱妳” source
Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids?
Children usually spend a lot of time watching a lot tv and technically it was sort of a babysitter. It was even worse for inner city children whose parents spent endless hours at work, thus their kids were usually exposed to long hours of mindless programs.
Lloyd Morrisett, regarded as the father of Sesame Street and vice-president of the Carnegie Corporation with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Yale University developed a special interest in children's education.
Through a research, they found that inner city children were behind by months to middle class children in kindergarten & the gap grew wider advanced through later grades.
Lloyd Morrisett partnered with Joan Ganz Cooney, an activist and producer at the time. They thought it was possible to teach young children through television. Joan did a feasibility study titled ‘The Potential Uses of Television in Preschool Education’. you can read the study here: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED604064.pdf
This study was used to convince the Department of Education, The Carnegie Corporation, The Ford Foundation and private donors to give $8 million to establish the Children's Television Workshop (now the Sesame Workshop)
Joan reached out to to a writer & TV producer Jon Stone, a Yale University graduate experienced in children's television. He shared her passion for social activism & agreed to do the show because of its specific focus on educating black & brown children.
Jon came up with the idea to create a set that mimicked an inner city, New York neighborhood. He even named the show "Sesame Street." Sesame was really black, from the jive talk to the soul and funk music to the set and cast. The integrated and diverse nature of the show didn't get past Southern stations. They even removed Sesame Street from its airwaves for a time because of complaints from parents.
A state commission in Mississippi refused to air the show because of the integrated cast. The main characters, Gordon and Susan, were black as well as their adopted son. After their refusal became national news Mississippi reversed their decision.
https://twitter.com/AfricanArchives/status/1634936101298376708
Children usually spend a lot of time watching a lot tv and technically it was sort of a babysitter. It was even worse for inner city children whose parents spent endless hours at work, thus their kids were usually exposed to long hours of mindless programs.
Lloyd Morrisett, regarded as the father of Sesame Street and vice-president of the Carnegie Corporation with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Yale University developed a special interest in children's education.
Through a research, they found that inner city children were behind by months to middle class children in kindergarten & the gap grew wider advanced through later grades.
Lloyd Morrisett partnered with Joan Ganz Cooney, an activist and producer at the time. They thought it was possible to teach young children through television. Joan did a feasibility study titled ‘The Potential Uses of Television in Preschool Education’. you can read the study here: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED604064.pdf
This study was used to convince the Department of Education, The Carnegie Corporation, The Ford Foundation and private donors to give $8 million to establish the Children's Television Workshop (now the Sesame Workshop)
Joan reached out to to a writer & TV producer Jon Stone, a Yale University graduate experienced in children's television. He shared her passion for social activism & agreed to do the show because of its specific focus on educating black & brown children.
Jon came up with the idea to create a set that mimicked an inner city, New York neighborhood. He even named the show "Sesame Street." Sesame was really black, from the jive talk to the soul and funk music to the set and cast. The integrated and diverse nature of the show didn't get past Southern stations. They even removed Sesame Street from its airwaves for a time because of complaints from parents.
A state commission in Mississippi refused to air the show because of the integrated cast. The main characters, Gordon and Susan, were black as well as their adopted son. After their refusal became national news Mississippi reversed their decision.
https://twitter.com/AfricanArchives/status/1634936101298376708