Before:
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| The Dirty Diaper - VBO #36 |
After:
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| The Clean Diaper - WWFFS #36 |
Miriam's Commentary
Buzz sent me this image after our fifth phone chat, be sure to check that out for a deep dive. It was during that conversation
where we noted the reality that most folks obsess over a tiny slice of the
humans being violently killed daily. 200,000 tiny humans are murdered without
a second thought while we obsess over less than 2% of that number killed by
all other means including homicide by gun (which excludes acts of war which Buzz and I reference here.) Again, it is a simple matter of perspective. History is my field of study and I can tell you that nothing in known human
history compares to this.
A Note from Buzz on Trauma Dumping
In the first meme above (we refer to these as 'Vulgar Buzz Originals' or VBO's) you get the full force of trauma that I was working through at age eighteen when I discovered I was one of the rare abortion survivors. My therapist recommended that I use my graphic design skills to work through my rage, grief and pain... a closely supervised 'trauma dump' if you will. It definitely helped and I am happy to report I've moved past the 'rage stage' and found some healing. If you have been traumatized we recommend seeking healing through a Psychologist who specializes in trauma therapy like our friend Paul in Uganda.
VBO memes are not for sensitive souls or the feint of heart. They are presented here not as an exercise in vicarious traumatization, but rather to allow the viewer to gain some sense of the raw trauma that I and other abortion survivors have experienced. I believe it also gives a relatively realistic response of a tiny human in utero if it was given adequate abilities to express itself knowing it was about to be violently dispatched.
Miriam on Diaper Changes
A mother isn’t bothered by a messy diaper or a child covered in vomit. We clean
them off, sometimes singing to them or tickling them along the way and then we
send them off to play.
As such a mom, I’m treating each
Vulgar Buzz Original
(VBO) as a child with a dirty diaper. I’m not bothered much by its stench and
refuse to ignore the child because it is smelly or in this case, uttering crass
vulgarities under dire duress. By the way, VBOs are also known as WWMSU's (What
Would Michelle Say in Utero?) to honor our often referenced and
Darling Derry Girl.
It was pretty easy to find the image used by The Vulgar Buzz and then copy the style with InDesign to make the more civil language
version above. It isn't important which image helps a person make a better
choice, it only matters that the message hits home before it is too late for
the most vulnerable humans in the world.
