Culture
Code me up – Complicated
My 13 year old and I had one of our more interesting talks the other day. My kids had dragged me to a movie they love, full of…
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Doing it ‘nice and rough’ – Tina Turner is my kind of Buddha
I have fifteen minutes to write this. I know Buddhsim works for me, and I want to practice every day. I’ve tried apps, books, meditation retreats and everything…
Culture
Will the Real America Please Stand Up? Birther-in-Chief is Thieving Again
Answering the questions: What is a “birth story” and why is it significant? Who gets to tell that tale (and why does it matter who tells it)? Why…
Mommess
“Yes… but” and the road to hell
Why all of a sudden TRump supporters are in disbelief that he could say something brazenly cruel and irreverent? Isn’t that why they voted for him? Thing is,…
Creativity
Vision 2022
Ever notice how every time a horrible or seemingly unexpected thing occurs, someone finds some sci-fi book* or episode of The Simpsons** that “predicted” it? This morning I…
Culture
Mercy mercy me
Why do you continue To say that the money is what matters? To tout it as the stuff of life. Why do you perpetuate this fakery, born of…
Culture
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Testimony 2019
This was originally written as testimony to RI state legislature to help pass the Reproductive Health Care Act in RI in 2019l codifying RI’s citizens right to abortion…
Culture
On Cults and Cultural Healing
How does a nation’s culture heal on a mass level when so many members are likely: Afraid (because they’ve seen hatred and bullying of the “other” by their…
Body & Health
The superpower I wish I had
My daughter asked me my superpower and origin story. The first thing that came to mind was a ball, that came into being by the beauty of the…
Culture
The Nature of Outrage
Subtitled: the lifeblood of propaganda This emotion needs a close examination. Especially now. Especially because it is an “adult” emotion that is used to manipulate people, en masse. …
Culture
what if I quit my first job?
What if today, I decided to quit my first job? This woman job I’m judged on every day. What if I didn’t even bother to look clean, coifed,…