Rudeness to Discrimination at Park Meadows

Today when at Park Meadows for Pokemon Go our first step was the bathroom. A lady with a daughter that appeared to be around 7-8 years old cut everyone in line. The line included both elderly and disabled people. When I called out the woman for her actions she said that her kid really had to go and that it wasn't cutting. No one else called her out for it. I understand that people now a days are afraid of calling people out due to the increase of violence, but as my readers know I have received threats of violence and death threats for my activist work, so I stand up for people being stepped on. This woman thought that she was privileged and didn't have to follow the basic courtesies of our society. This has been on the rise since COVID where people know how to treat others, but just don't do it any more. I told her straight out that she was teaching her child discrimination, ageism, and self-centeredness. She then called me a bitch and said that I should never have children. This was coming from a woman that had no idea of how to act in public or how to treat people.

The problem is that parents are teaching their kids that this behavior is ok when it isn't and by people not stepping up nothing will change except to get worse. Also this situation showed several other issues with this woman's parenting. First off a child of that age should be potty trained or in dippers if not (and a kid that old should not be in dippers). Kids should be potty trained by age four. Most kindergartens won't let kids start with them if they are not potty trained by age 5. Not having a kid potty trained by that age is a form of neglect if not open child abuse. This is a point where child services should step in just for this neglect if not for the mothers other actions. Parents lead by an example and parents that act like this and teach their kids to discriminate should have interventions to stop their actions.

Another thing that played into this interaction was classism. The woman was dressed up and most of the people in the line including myself were dressed down. I was just wearing cotton shorts and a T-shirt. Dressing like this plays into my disabilities. With my MS I have to dress cool in the summer and different fabrics, like high end fabrics, cause nerve pain rubbing on my skin. In our society we judge people by what they wear and not the reasons they may have for dressing the way they do. It gives people the idea that they are better then others and do not have to follow the rules due to their financial standing.

Also as a side note I do not have a gallbladder. Not having this can cause me to have minutes to seconds to get to a bathroom. I understand having to really go, but at the same time even knowing the worst case that can happen, I would never just cut in a line. This is because I understand that many people in that line really need to go (may have similar health issues), or else they probably wouldn't be standing their waiting to go. This comes from understanding what basic needs human beings have and caring about their needs as well. It also has to deal with empathy. As a society we have stopped caring about others and only focus on ourselves.

Why did I put this situation on this blog. It shows that parents are largely responsible for influencing how their children act and on what values they have. This woman was teaching her child her biases, discrimination, hate, and judging. People have to be willing to step up in these situations even if they are afraid of people. We need to call out these behaviors if we want to try to improve the future. This may mean reporting these situations to authority figures. Discrimination is wrong, child neglect/abuse is wrong, hate is wrong, classism is wrong. Be the change in the world.

Moving forward I'm going to keep sharing when I run into these types of situations since I see them nearly daily when I go out.

Resources

Schum, Timothy R., Kolb, Thomas M., eta al. "Sequential Acquisition of Toilet-Training Skills: A Descriptive Study of Gender and Age Differences in Normal Children." Pediatrics March 2002; Vol 109, Issue 3. https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/109/3/e48/79784/Sequential-Acquisition-of-Toilet-Training-Skills-A

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (DHHS). “Department of Children, Youth & Families.” What is Child Abuse and Neglect. Accessed May 16, 2026. https://dcyf.wa.gov/safety/what-is-abuse.

-This one was interesting because it talks about bathroom issues/potty training issues can show that a child has been abused when they are past the normal age for potty training.

"Emotional Issues and Potty Training Issues." 5/25/22. Adapted from American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training, 2nd Edition (Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Pediatrics). https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/toilet-training/Pages/Emotional-Issues-and-Bathroom-Problems.aspx

"Neglect." NSPCC https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/types-of-abuse/neglect/

“The Right Age to Potty Train.” HealthyChildren.org, May 24, 2022. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/toilet-training/Pages/The-Right-Age-to-Toilet-Train.aspx?psafe_param=1&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=69654055&gbraid=0AAAAADyMpZH-_dH0NDCLkzYWujGTGj3HD&gclid=CjwKCAjwq6DQBhBVEiwA4ZD5XPB8CDPxIo_0n6n4NDSipIGJ6evsGNNv87jvBW-1otNJX8NHbBZsqxoCEzsQAvD_BwE.

"At What Age Should A Child Be Potty Trained." https://www.pull-ups.com/en-us/resources/tips-advice/when-to-start/potty-training-timeline?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19821772748&gbraid=0AAAAAD-kfXzIejA7TRloABoIkRR0zGsuD&gclid=CjwKCAjwq6DQBhBVEiwA4ZD5XD-ub-hOSKyid1eotuvlE0x1zS0BPUoWGxUDDMFThWfjAHulE8r_exoCjTcQAvD_BwE

 

Shiki Dreams by Prismajic

There has been an increasing trend to create themed experiences and Shiki Dreams is one of these. It is located in Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood. This experience pulls loosely from Japanese folklore. In Japanese shiki means four seasons. The focus creature kind of looks like a yeti, but is more like a forest spirit (in a way it could also be either a kami or yokai). In this adventure you use a black light flashlight to explore the world of Shiki and you can also do their scavenger hunt while you activate 'special' things to happen. 

Your journey begins through the sun doors after you watch a quick film. 

You don't know what is black light active until you shine your light on them.

This is one of the things you can trigger by standing in Shiki's foot prints.

Be careful to look into every little nook because there are many hidden gems and they are easy to miss.

Also don't forget to look up. 

This one was so tiny that it had a magnifying glass near by so you could see the little people and all of the detail. Even though it was super small it was one of my favorites.  

These boxes had lots of different scenes and things in them.

Finding Shiki can be hard since he may not always be big.

I was a little disappointed in the souvenirs they had. They could have been making a lot of money if they had plushies of either Shiki or the dragon (watch out for that one, it will get you wet).

Attached to Shiki Dreams was a themed bar called the Night Owl. This was a very whimsical area and would be great for those that like Renaissance festivals or cottage core.

The drinks and food are pricy for their size, but worth a try.

Overall, I would recommend this place. I think Otaku could have fun here, but if you are hard core into Japanese culture then you may get annoyed with how they played with different aspects of Japanese culture and folklore. At the same time I think things like this are great to spark peoples' interest in new subjects.

Videos

Hypocrites Can Be Found Anywhere and Everywhere

 So....this is going to be like a dear dairy post. I have been in DEI/JEDI work for awhile now. My followers know that it has not always been easy for me, like the stuff around Gina. So recently I had something happen to me. I won't go into too much detail because I my sue on it, but I experienced a clear violation of DEI. In my case it was gender bias. I had my suspensions, but nothing concrete. Then someone that I thought I could trust that labels themselves as a DEI supporter and expert told me that it was gender bias. That the women being interviewed for the position were "too professional" for the job when compared to the males that interviewed. This person should have gone to their HR and reported this as soon as they had heard about it to raise their concerns with how the hiring was handled. When HR got back to me on a different issue also in relation to unprofessionalism in the hiring process I asked this person that had the inside information if they would be willing to talk to HR if I told the HR about it as well, and they said no that them going to HR could jeopardize their career and even the fact that they told me about the bias could jeopardize their career. They were more concerned with what could happen to them for pointing out bias then for actually practicing what they preach. They then tried to down play what they told me had been said by saying it wasn't that bad and that they had experienced worse during their career. At one point they also tried to end the call saying it was too "toxic" for them that I was calling them out for not really supporting DEI when it counted. Fair weather DEI experts is one of the types of people out there making the world worse. This is like one rape victim telling another it's no big deal. If women do not support each other when they know that what is happening is wrong, even if it is done by another woman (yah I said it a woman showed gender bias against me. People in a group can be just as bad as people outside a group by support stereotypes),  then they are hypocrites.

The only saving grace of this situation is that I received this information in a phone call and big brother is always watching so I may be able to get a transcript or recording of the phone call where the person made a big deal of the gender bias when they think they wouldn't be called on. 

So the overall point of this is that just because people play a game of being leaders in DEI/JEDI, their true colors show when real pressure is on. Calling people out for what they do is not easy, but it is a test of your character. At the end of the day you may be the only one that knows if you failed or not, but you still failed. 

Protesting Gina Carano Updates

 Positive Updates:

4/13/22-

Heard back from the Governor's office. It is nice that they support our activism on this subject and I did also reach out to the additional people that they mentioned in the email.

4/21/22- 

Prof_Tickles helped share the petition on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthankrayt/comments/u902zw/a_friend_of_mine_emailed_the_people_in_charge_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Negative Updates:

4/21/22-

Below is an email from Rich at the Convention Center. Even though they do not have legal reasons to stop Gina's appearance they forget that has a business they can control who comes in and that they do have moral obligations to the community they serve. He also forgets that Fan Expo is still new to running this con and that they do not have the community's best interest in mind and only what money they can make off of people. He does not understand how many people will just avoid the event because they do not feel like it is a safe place and how her appearance is impacting their mental health. This also does not take into account the type of fans she attracts. Has her fans have already proven on social media, like attacks that I have shared on Geeked Colorado and my personal Facebook page, that they are willing to at least verbally attack people and use threats of violence to try and intimidate people. All of this is happening before people even set foot at the Convention Center and will just keep them away. This is a huge failure on the Convention Center's part to serve the whole community.

A Dive Into Gina Carano's Posts

  A lot of her supporters are wanting examples of why people are "still" mad at her. Easy she keeps it up. This article will focus on posts from her different platforms and will be specific examples for people. While just scrolling through her stuff I just tried to pick the worst ones. Most of what she posts if it is not an advertisement for herself is just targeted and hurtful jokes. She doesn't even realize how bad they are. Then there were many that just support a lot of the falsehoods that conservatives love throwing out there even if they have been proved wrong. Also so people don't think that I'm just a person that disagrees with conservatives I actually agree with a lot of their views on immigration reform. As someone that has worked within the immigration system I have seen a lot of people abuse that system like students, sponsors, and schools. If you want to actually read a good book on what should be done to immigration in the U.S. I would recommend Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution by Jeb Bush. Parties can have both good and bad points, but she is representing all of their bad points. If people have good ideas I'll let you know, or if they are just wrong I'll let you know that as well. This is only a sampling from different social media platforms....So let's begin.

Her Facebook page:

This one shows that she does not understand how history or science works. Science changes as we get more and more research. This takes time and is not a fast process. Blaming politicians for this is just wrong and shows a disconnect from how science and research works.

This one shows that sometimes her stuff is just so wrong and far from the truth, that it has to be taken down by fact-checkers.

This one shows that she has bias against people that are over weight. What a person knows is not related to their appearance. Their appearance does not impact their education or intelligence. This also shows a disconnect with health in general. There are many conditions that can impact your weight even if you eat correctly. This is both false information and an attack on both people's physical appearance and intelligence.

Another time she got called out for false information.

Instagram:

Her response for people taking down her falsehoods. She doesn't like being called out for being wrong.

This is one of her lies where she talks about conformity. From her posts, like the one of the one of the penguin above, she hurts and makes fun of people that do not fit into the boxes she has created about what or who a person is. She is forcing everyone to be the same because she is not willing to accept people as they are. She just wants you to think she is a non conformist even though everything she does actually conforms. 

Many of her Instagram posts is her posting quotes that she is trying to use to justify her views, but she is twisting them to fit her needs and not using them how their original context intended.

Twitter:

Here's another one of her showing how she doesn't like people "checking" her facts. She wants people to blindly follow her and not call her out for what she does.

Here she is making fun of doing something illegal and if you do the right things you should be called names. This is actually using the old version of the word "nerd" when it was a derogatory term, much like how geek was. Both the words nerd and geek have had to be reclaimed because of people like her using it as a weapon.

As I said above, these are just a few and all of her social media is filled with the same type of things. She just keeps doing post after post. The backlash against her isn't just for what got her fired from Disney. It is her continued actions.

Gina Carano At 'IT' Again

 So yesterday Fan Expo announced that they would be having Gina Carano there and the backlash started. Some people on Facebook are saying that they can't find what she has done so I'm writing this so I can put so resources together for people who don't want to do a google dive on her.

The question "How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?" shows how disconnected she is from the topic. There is a major difference between a religion and a political view. Politics are commonly used as a weapon to target religion or people having no religion. The whole point of what the Nazis did was that they used their political views to target and hurt people. Others feared also being targeted for being linked to them and that is why their neighbors turned on them. They didn't want to be linked to that religion. What happened during this time frame is just a small snap shot of the violence that the Jewish people have experienced over centuries. Our country was founded on the belief that everyone has a right to certain things and the practice of religion is one. One key part of this is also the impact that her post had on people that identify as Jewish.

That is the problem with her, she does not understand the negative impact her words and actions have on people. What she does is hurtful and the above response is just an example of a person that was hurt by her words and lack of understanding. Words have impact and because of how public she is her words can hurt many. I actually recommend people read Dave Weber or see a presentation by him on the impact of words. 

Unfortunately, right now in our country politics are once again being used to justify attacking people for their race/ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, and basic control over their body. All of this is mostly coming from a group of people that share a political view. This view has become linked to hate and stripping people of their basic rights like religion or their own body. The reason she lost her job was due to her openly supporting hateful political views and not even understanding the difference between how horrible it is to attack someone for their religion vs. people with political views that cause harm to others.

This is just one of the many things she has done. She has been a part of spreading misinformation about covid, supporting conspiracy theories, and the latest is blaming the war in Ukraine on Covid. Oddly enough this one also shows that she doesn't understand history in that situation either. Her main thing is mocking or making fun of people or situations she does not understand. Mocking is a form of hate and her posts should count as hate speech. This is because of the impact it has on people. 

Many of these articles include her posts if you do not want to go digging through her social media to find them.

This article actually sums up a lot of what she has done: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9248331/Mandalorian-star-Gina-Carano-fired-series-Instagram-post.html 

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-56022084- This one goes into how she supported the 'rigged' election theory band wagon. There still is no proof (evidence) of mass issues with our voting system. 

"Gina Carano is off 'The Mandalorian' over 'abhorrent and unacceptable' social media posts, Lucasfilm says"- This one also talks about her support of Trump. The interesting part of this article is that it covers how she will delete her posts once she starts to get a backlashing for them. This is actually part of the problem of why people can not find her stuff directly. She hides the evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/11/gina-carano-mandalorian-star-wars/ 

This recent post shows how she already is ignoring the history that Trump played a part in what happened during covid. He was in charge when it broke out and did start the vaccine research push. I will give him credit for that, but he was part of the government's response to covid. I know that she was trying to attack the Democrats with this post, but it turns out that she is actually attacking her party as well. This is just part of how she uses selective memory to try and support twisted ideas.

"Gina Carano Continues to Share COVID-19 Conspiracy Posts on Twitter"- https://fanfest.com/gina-carano-continues-to-share-covid-19-conspiracy-posts-on-twitter/

"Gina Carano Tweet Blasts FAD Over COVID Child Vaccination Decision"- Vaccines have history of helping people. It was actually FDR's push for polio research and vaccination that it does not run through our population destroying lives like it used to. Her lack of understanding how vaccines can save lives and improve people's quality of life shows in her posts. https://fanfest.com/gina-carano-tweet-blasts-fda-over-covid-child-vaccination-decision/

"Gina Carano believes the Ukraine invasion was caused by 'COVID narrative'"- This one shows how she doesn't even care to research the war before she throws her political views into it. This war was actually a long time in the coming. The whole region has been unstably both politically and socially. By her just focusing on a covid link she is diminishing Russia's history in the region and all of the people they have killed just because they want more power. Seeing bodies in the street doesn't seem to move her to understand how big this issue is. She just used the war to support her own covid rhetoric. https://thebrag.com/gina-carano-ukraine-invasion-covid-narrative/

This is actually a phone screen shot that I took of her Facebook page that shows that she is starting to be held accountable for posting false information. This was also just a few months ago on 2/9/22 which is after the whole Disney stuff. This shows that she just keeps up the bad behavior and dose not learn from her mistakes.

These are just a few of the many articles and posts by her. It is not just one thing with her. She keeps poking people with a stick in the form of her actions and posts. This is why people do not want her at the convention. She does not care about the hurt she causes and is not willing to truly learn about the impact she has or the subjects she speaks about.

Picture 1 from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9248331/Mandalorian-star-Gina-Carano-fired-series-Instagram-post.html

Picture 2 from: https://deadline.com/2021/02/mandalorian-gina-carano-lucas-film-responds-to-controversial-statement-1234691898/

Picture 3 from: https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1497253427730010117?lang=en

4/11/22: Ever since I have been vocal about openly protesting her presence at Fan Expo I have been personally attacked by her fans instead of them addressing the issues around her actions. This proves that Fan Expo inviting her has no stopped Fan Expo from being a safe environment for everyone. Below is a message from Facebook showing that they had to remove one of these comments due to it breaking their rules.

4/13/22: I just found out that she is also getting push back from people in her home town of Dallas that don't want her there. The link to the article is: https://newsnationusa.com/news/usanews/dallas/fans-are-fuming-because-fan-expo-dallas-booked-ex-mandalorian-star-gina-carano/ 

Just some of the complaints from people that don't want her at Dallas con either.

Black History Month 2022

 "Ways to celebrate Black history in Denver, this month and year round" - https://denverite.com/2022/02/08/ways-to-celebrate-black-history-in-denver-this-month-and-year-round/?fbclid=IwAR3oHwIs9j97c6r_xwUILWZ2pbCZJXLVM2S9XEvkdb1z8eMNDJLB8oRBOQg

Articles

2/1/22: "Here's the story behind Black History Month - and why it's celebrated in February" - https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month?fbclid=IwAR2rFZDFX2ogcXfhSCrkXoIB-bo6PsZrWloI7SQyczR8D_qwy48yqyIdzTc

2/3/22: "Texas parent who demanded Michelle Obama biography be removed from schools called the book 'leftist indoctrination,' document shows" - First off, as a parent if you don't want your kid reading a book, just don't check it out for your kid. Second, if the kid does want to read it, it shows that the child is wanting to be better educated then their parent by at least wanting to know more about subjects from both sides. As a person I fully admit that I am a Democrat, but at the same time I do read books by Republicans so that I can know what they are basing their arguments on. Then sometimes you can be amazed when you actual find a book with someone from other political views that just make common sense and touch on topics that cross political lines. For me it was Jeb Bush's book on immigration reform. As someone that has personally worked with immigrants and have had to deal with visas a lot of what he said would actually make an improvement to how we do things. It's parents like this article shows that is causing our country to become dumber and split the country with political hate. - https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/texas-parent-who-demanded-michelle-obama-biography-be-removed-from-schools-called-the-book-leftist-indoctrination-document-shows/ar-AATs9qP?ocid=winp1taskbar

2/4/22: "By Celebrating Black History Month, Alabama Teachers Are Accused of Promoting Critical Race Theory" - Black history month predates Critical Race Theory and there is a difference between the two. People who do not understand the difference are just not educated enough to know the difference. At the same time it also does not mean that people are not working CRT into Black History Month material/event/..... There are a lot of issues with CRT not being based in history and should not be called "race" because it just focuses on people that identify as black and does not take into account all of the other "races" out there. At the same time using the term "race" is very dated an biased because it does not take into account region, culture, or personal identity. - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/by-celebrating-black-history-month-alabama-teachers-are-accused-of-promoting-critical-race-theory/ar-AATtQ7c?ocid=winp1taskbar

Impacts of COVID-19

Photo From:
 https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19

COVID-19 is hitting everyone hard right now, but it is hitting people from minority groups even harder. Not only is it impacting their jobs, but their lives in other ways as well.

One family was stabbed because they appeared Asian and many more Asians have been accused of spreading the virus. We need to pull together and work to stop this form of racism. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released an expansion of their website to address this: https://covid19.colorado.gov/blog-the-double-bind . The most important thing I believe is to speak up. If you see someone mistreating someone for any reason say something. I know that we are all afraid of then that person turning on us, maybe even with a weapon since guns are so easy to get in our country, but it has to be done. Only by standing up for others will any change happen.

One recent article by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment pointed out that some minority groups could be targeted for wearing face mask because it is assumed that they are up to no good. These people are just trying to stay healthy and yet they are being seen as criminals. We have to move away from these stereotypes that are based on physical appearances. I know that many will argue that to try and “not see color” is bad, but I say examples like this support that we as a world need to be blind to any aspect that relates to a person’s physical appearance. This would remove not only ‘color’ issues, but issues with gender and even disabilities. We need to put the human back into how we think. We all have basic needs that have to be met, like staying healthy. This virus knows no race, gender or any other construct that we may have, but it attacks humans. We are all at risk and we all deserve to be able to protect ourselves. For more information check out: https://covid19.colorado.gov/blog-the-double-bind .

For more information on the human impact of this virus check out the following resources.

Colorado Resources and Articles:

https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/31/fear-avoidance-being-told-to-go-back-to-their-country-what-its-like-to-be-asian-in-colorado-with-coronavirus/

https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2020/04/08/anti-asian-racism-and-covid-19

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/13/colorado-coronavirus-covid-racial-breakdown/

Information from outside of Colorado:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/opinions/how-to-fight-bias-against-asian-americans-covid-19-liu/index.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/african-china-coronavirus-racism-200424020525672.html

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/unm-students-ask-for-asian-and-pacific-islander-resource-center-after-experiencing-covid-19-racism/5710680/

https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/24/straight-talk-a-conversation-about-racism-health-inequities-and-covid-19/

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/23/covid-19-will-pass-what-about-the-racism-it-has-illuminated/

https://theconversation.com/anti-asian-racism-during-coronavirus-how-the-language-of-disease-produces-hate-and-violence-134496

https://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/resource-lists/resources-addressing-covid-19-with-racial-equity-lens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_xenophobia_and_racism_related_to_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic

For more info on reducing fear and stress check out: https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid-19-in-colorado/reducing-fear-and-taking-care-of-yourself .