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Meet the Newest Giraffe at the Greenville Zoo
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On February 21, the Greenville Zoo's giraffe, Autumn, gave birth to a sweet little girl. I finally got a chance to visit her on March 4. Below are some pictures and a YouTube video of my visit.
If you look closely in this one, you'll see that the calf has inherited what I like to call Autumn's bowtie. All of her calves have had a similar spot arrangement at the base on their neck.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Nursing for a short moment
Voguing for the camera
My favorite photo so far
Video
Now that you've seen how cute she is, check out this video as I arrived at the zoo and saw this cutie for the first time. You get to see the whole giraffe family and this little girl doing some zoomies.
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When you write about character's of different races, how do you describe their skin tone? If you've never thought about this, then consider this question: How do the authors you read described persons of color? A few months ago, I attended a webinar about writing diverse characters. The guest was Eliana West of Writers for Diversity . The information she shared felt fresh and valuable, especially related to describing a character's skin tone. I get really tired of seeing African-descended characters described in terms of the goods that drove, and still drive the slave trade--coffee, chocolate, brown sugar. There's some weird psychosocial baggage attached to that. -- N. K. Jemisin As this quote from author, N. K . Jemisin , indicates, historically, writers have described people of color using food-related descriptors. Many people of color find this offensive. This surprised me, at first, but she has a point, especially when you view it through the quote above. My fir
The question stunned me. I had never looked at The Hunger Games as a threat to our society, so the email asking why I, as a Christian, could promote a movie/book where children kill children caught me off guard. My friend admitted, she had not read the books or seen the movie, so her opinion was based on plot information found online, but all I could think is that's not really what The Hunger Games is about. It does not glorify children killing children. Sure, there is the arena - which is a large wilderness - where twenty-four children are launched into the game of kill or be killed, but that's only looking at this story from the surface. Even so, I realized my friend gave me a rare opportunity. Rather than blast me, she told me her concerns and asked if I could explain why many Christians support and rave about this story. I thanked her and asked for a few days to gather my thoughts. I even re-read the first book in the series with her concern foremost in my mind.
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