{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"A New \"Normal\" &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"beAIPt7UMm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/new-normal\/\">A New &#8220;Normal&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/new-normal\/embed\/#?secret=beAIPt7UMm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A New &#8220;Normal&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"beAIPt7UMm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I&#8217;m grasping to find the right words to share how these past few weeks have made me feel: I&#8217;ve been devastated, defeated, then furious. Heart in the pit of my stomach at how so many still don&#8217;t understand; I wish I could shake the indifference or hate out of them. I wish I could scream\u2014only I can&#8217;t. Injustice and hypocrisy fall short on deaf ears; it&#8217;s impossible to reason with those who refuse to open their eyes. I could cry angry, heartbroken tears right now. (As I write this, I feel the wetness welling in my eyes, the growing tightness in my throat.) I&#8217;m frustrated by this world. And I&#8217;m even angrier with myself for not being more outspoken. Being gentle isn&#8217;t enough anymore\u2014and I say this as a second-generation, Taiwanese-American woman whose upbringing revolved around bending, not breaking; keeping your head down to win in the long run; avoiding attention or outing yourself as a stick in the mud, because that&#8217;s how we lose the game here. I understand the mindset, I do: it&#8217;s how my parents were able to survive and make a life for themselves in a country that rejected them 30 years ago and still does&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/brother-vellies-something-special-oaxacan-mug-letters-young-poet-rilke.jpg"}