An Unreasonable 30th Birthday Request

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An Unreasonable 30th Birthday Request

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Hi dearest people! 

I'm doing this now before I chicken out. Let me clarify that I do not yet own an electric razor which is why I'm holding kitchen scissors in the picture. Bear with me here while I tell you why I'm asking for your money. 

In ten days (April 27) I will turn 30! BIG WOOP. Whatever really incredible plans I was going to partake in for such an auspicious birthday have been dashed. I hadn't actually made any plans but I would have by now if we were still in a world where hugging wasn't a criminal offence. I'm bitter, you see. 

Instead, I'm going to give you the gift of wisdom that comes with age. Here's the nugget: in the past year I learned that being unreasonable is the best frame of mind to inhabit. Why? Because in the context of most cases of the current reality, you are probably being really fucking reasonable. See below.

A week ago I drank four cups of coffee and slept for 8 hours after. Yesterday I drank one cup of coffee and I slept for 3 and a half hours. You'll notice that the first statement begins with an unreasonable action and ends in a reasonable result. 

I would like to raise an unreasonable amount of money in an unreasonable amount of time: $3000 in 10 days. 

That's $300 a day for 10 days. Not so bad!

My birthday request of you is to contribute whatever moolah you can towards RAVEN Trust, a registered charity that raises legal defence funds to assist Indigenous Peoples who enforce their rights and title to protect their traditional territories.

Please go check out their website to learn more about the great work they are doing. RAVEN is working to help protect Indigenous lands, title, and rights—that is to say, human rights. That's not so unreasonable, right? -> https://raventrust.com/about/

If the goal is reached, I will shave my damn head. On my 30th birthday. And no matter how gd terrible it looks, I will also post the result on my social medias so you can laugh at me. 

Unreasonable: a shaved head. Reasonable: human rights. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. It means an immense amount, for realz. 

Love to you all. Stay safe!!!!!!


More information about RAVEN: RAVEN raises funds so that Indigenous Peoples can protect wild and sacred places. First Nations in Canada hold some of the most powerful environmental rights in the world, but only if they can afford to uphold them in court. Guided by some of the most brilliant legal advisors in the country, RAVEN supports strategic, impactful Indigenous legal challenges to protect land, water, and future generations. The law is clearly on the side of Indigenous Peoples. Their victories protect us all.

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Dayna Mahannah
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Vancouver, BC
RAVEN
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