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Tag: Resist

when you come down to it, the only ground you stand on is the ground you stand on
Body & Health

Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength

There has been no end of folks reeling since we’ve had crazy makers at the helm of our executive branch. The extra work some of us need to…

February 27, 2025March 2, 2025 · 4 min read

Culture

Voting to pay taxes in ashes?

I’m calling out those who wield destructive energy, calling to “burn down” the government. (If talking money is the only way to get your attention- so be it.)…

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 · 6 min read

Culture

Death Panels: brought to you by the GOP

Doesn’t a stranger deciding you can’t get what you need to live amount to a death panel? I’ve heard it said the fears you obsess about are the…

November 15, 2020June 3, 2022 · 5 min read

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…

September 18, 2020May 20, 2023 · 1 min read

Best of Mommess

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…

February 10, 2020April 5, 2024 · 4 min read

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…

July 12, 2018May 20, 2023 · 4 min read

Culture

The Truth Beat – The Authoritarian Directive Broken Down

The other day I looked down to glance at a news paragraph on my phone. It said something like, “there are increasing ethical and criminal breaches at the…

May 8, 2018May 29, 2023 · 3 min read

Creativity

Marketing on the Web, for White Hat Operators

I’ve been using the web to promote projects and to help clients and causes since 1997. One of my first experiences work experiences was helping a client re-sell…

March 15, 2018June 2, 2023 · 4 min read

Body & Health

Why I march

I am marching for all women’s sovereign right to control their own bodies. Always. Same for men. I march for equal pay, for equal access to medical care…

January 19, 2018May 29, 2023 · 2 min read

Culture

Deep State and Democracy

I’ve been hearing a fair amount about how Trump and his former buddy Bannon want to dismantle the “deep state,”  implying it is a bad thing. I’d like…

January 5, 2018June 1, 2023 · 2 min read

Culture

It’s happened. What to do next.

It’s happened. Our government is now an authoritarian kleptocracy. Here’s what you do to prevent total collapse. Continue to speak freely and smartly. Stop wasting energy convincing others…

December 2, 2017June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

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. …

November 8, 2017June 1, 2023 · 5 min read

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