Deborah West
Elite Pilates instructor, political independent, caretaker of the marginalized. ❤️ Jesus, Mom, Dogs, Food, Nature, Books, Art, Travel, Food, politics and government. B.S. in Public Admin…summa cum laude.
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Fraternities and Women (opens the original)
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All the recent college bad boy incidents remind me of my Greek days at Southern Methodist University in the late 80’s. These were very educational, fun and destructive days.I arrived with a scholarship to SMU…fully introverted. My social intentions were to become more extroverted. I wanted to network and meet people. The Greek system did that job. I was both a founder of and a Vice President in my sorority. I was responsible from my freshman year until my junior year for managing the huge planta
We keep resisting (opens the original)
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I took this picture during the month Trump started his second term. I was sick with yet another illness born of hard work and stress. No make up on and without luster, I had not washed my hair in days. I am in my favorite T-shirt…a Green Day purchase with spirit. This is probably one of five selfies I have ever taken. I have issues about photos of myself due to some childhood abuse. Therefore, it was truly a defiant act in many ways.I was worried at the time about the consequences of posting thi
Raging Pisces (opens the original)
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I am a Pisces. I am an empath. The world has never seen such fury as when a empath Pisces has finally had it. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="796" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4g9t!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/ht
The United States of Narcissism (opens the original)
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Healthcare Trauma in Texas (opens the original)
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A few years ago I was diagnosed as having PTSD. It was the first time in my life I was angry everyday. In fact, I have had few traumatic experiences in my life. But I was only diagnosed with PTSD recently. And it started with medical trauma.<img alt="" cla
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