Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct

Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:57 UTC

Damn, just remembered I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and I forgot to follow through on my plan to floss every other day for a week to convince them I floss daily all year, you think if I floss five times in the next twelve hours I can still trick them?

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

“It’s prescribed to me, duh.”

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:52 UTC

Yep, in Louisiana (where I grew up) I’ve had servers say “what kind of coke do you want?” and when I said “Diet Coke” they replied “we only have Diet Pepsi, is that okay?”

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Yes, I think it takes a beat to figure out the odd tone of the show. But I was hooked as soon as the hearse went the wrong way through town. And the intractable walrus, Kevin? Give me ten more seasons please.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:41 UTC

Goddamnit I thought this meant the release date was soon. Holy fuck that show is so funny.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:56 UTC

Thank you! It's fun but slow going. I often wonder if enslaved people are being blamed to cover up a crime. And I've found quite a few where the person set to inherit (be it a spouse or brother) either plotted with an enslaved person or coerced them into administering the poison.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

Yes. I think too about how often Italians, esp Italian radicals, were blamed for any & every crime in the late 1800s - early 1900s, from the Borden murders to the molasses flood in Boston, to the way Sacco and Vanzetti were prosecuted. How does an era's anxiety manifest & who is the go-to scapegoat?

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:34 UTC

EXACTLY. I really see this play out when households in free states or non-slaveholding homes fall ill, people can see that it must be food poisoning, cholera, etc. It certainly speaks to who is a scapegoat in a given era. And to preexisting deep fears enslavers have about how vulnerable they are.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

Not to mention that with the lifespan of most new stories their constituents remember that their right wing representatives put up a fight, they don't even notice if they won the fight or not.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:27 UTC

Sorry, as to the specific witchcraft question, enslaved poisoners are conflated with conjurers, by enslavers and some enslaved people, but no one in the 19th century is crying witchcraft, really.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:26 UTC

So rather than trying to determine if an actual poisoning took place I'm more interested in how such poisonings were portrayed, and parsing fears around such cases, how those anxieties manifested and were managed. My wheelhouse is studying emotional power dynamics of slavery.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:24 UTC

Great question, in VERY few cases is there any forensic evidence presented, the chemical analysis for poison was new & not in rural communities. So much of the "evidence" I see is circumstantial. Maybe it's food poisoning or maybe it's a family member and an enslaved person was an easy scapegoat.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:20 UTC

if it's not more likely that it was a vicious cycle, that every time an enslaver read in the morning paper about yet another slaveowner in the state or city being poisoned if it didn't make them all the more paranoid that every stomachache was a poisoning, and every cup of coffee laced with arsenic.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

Back in research mode, I've been struck by how many of the MANY cases of enslaved people being accused of poisoning an enslaver in the 1850s come from Virginia, particularly Richmond. Perhaps there was easier access to poisons, or each case inspired other vengeful enslaved people. But I wonder...

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:03 UTC

Did some treadmill hill training, drawing. inspiration from the spectators who cheer the riders on while trying to sprint at the same pace as them on the mountain stages #TdF

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:00 UTC

Having a treadmill in our attic is a great idea when it’s too snowy out to run, less so when Beryl forces me to run inside in July. But I’ve procrastinated today’s run long enough.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:57 UTC

“Voting is not my mistress so why would it satisfy moi?”

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:55 UTC

I’m glad Peacock stopped showing the gruesome massive crash footage from April but holy hell, to have a punctured lung less than three months again and come back and do THAT on a mountain stage?!?

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:53 UTC

I was 19 in 2000 so all I’ve ever known is elections being my fault, a feeling only magnified by moving to a swing state.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:51 UTC

I’m an elder millennial so I’m old enough to remember being blamed for George W winning in 2000 as well.

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:50 UTC

For years I’ve leaned Team Jonas and my partner has leaned Team Tadej but ultimately they’re both so good that this is a privilege to watch, team both of them! we’ve picked Tadej to win this year but it’s always inspiring (and relatable) to see riders come back from bad injuries.

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