In my town, and many towns across the nation, people are protesting “the steal.” Because in 2021 it’s more believable that the opposing party orchestrated an elaborate plan to take the Presidency (and not the Senate – major eye roll ) than a majority of the country decided a narcissistic man-child uninterested in the jobContinue reading “Nothing Was Stolen”
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Be Careful What You Tweet
My motto for raising children is simple: Don’t raise assholes. I guess you could say my parenting philosophy is, “raise child who are caring, race-conscious problem solvers who understand that inequality hurts us all and are willing to put their comfort aside to help others in the pursuit of actual liberty and justice for all.”Continue reading “Be Careful What You Tweet”
No, Trump Voters Don’t Need Your Sympathy
The title of this blog went from “Stop Scrolling, Start Having Conversations,” to “Time For a New Playbook” to “F Your Respectability Politics,” to “Can We Stop Coddling White People?” to its current iteration. Clearly I have a lot of feelings about how some white Democrats are racing to soothe the hurt feels of peopleContinue reading “No, Trump Voters Don’t Need Your Sympathy”
The Morning After
I think if we’re honest with ourselves, we knew that this could take a few days (even if we secretly dreamed of an early, swift victory). I don’t think we prepared for how it would feel to see just how racist and cruel Americans are. How the cruelty of the last four years might justContinue reading “The Morning After”
Go to Sleep
In the words of Ramona Singer, “Take a Xanax and go to sleep.” This isn’t going to be a blowout. We aren’t going to get a formidable, early night referendum on Trump. No matter what happens I think what will be hard to swallow is that people double downed and voted for this racist assholeContinue reading “Go to Sleep”
Anger & Revolution
This morning I woke up thinking about the Rebecca Traister’s book “Good & Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger,” which I read about a year after 45’s Inauguration. I’m thinking specifically about the part where Traister writes about suburban white women typically voting along with their husbands; feeling secure in their patriarchy adjacent privilegeContinue reading “Anger & Revolution”
I’m Not Going to Post About Amy Coney Barrett
I’m not going to blog about the inevitable Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.Because I know you know it’s utter bullshit. I don’t have to tell you that her “originalist” philosophy is nonsense and disproven by the very fact she is vying for this position. I don’t have to tell you that the fact theContinue reading “I’m Not Going to Post About Amy Coney Barrett”
Post-Debate Emotional Hangover
There are days like today where I wake up with a splitting headache and dread in the pit of my stomach over the world I’ve brought my children into. This country specifically. But then we’re in the car in New Mexico driving by a trailer park which leads to a convo about housing and SectionContinue reading “Post-Debate Emotional Hangover”
Long Sigh
For the second time in less than a week I find that there is something I have to speak on, but I don’t have the words. Rather, I have too many words. They are hot, thick, soupy words overflowing from the pot and I don’t know if I can organize them into anything that willContinue reading “Long Sigh”
Saturday Musings
“Hope is annoying because it makes demands of you.” -Jon Lovett I’ve got my dissent earrings in, my RBG mug in hand and I’m suiting up and going for a walk to honor a bad ass lady who also took time for self-care. I think this quote about hope kept me from falling down theContinue reading “Saturday Musings”
The Mere-Dish 