Mansplaining Explained
A kinder approach to suffering the indignity.
Rants
The Slow Erosion of a Tuesday
A comedy of institutional indifference and what survives it.
Not My Tribe
Where Fear Curdles Into Anger
“Family Feud”: Not Family Fare
Misogyny Wrapped in a Punchline
Complaining, Capitulation, and Compliance
Gingerly Goosestepping Through Life
The Face of a Middle Power
Abused and gaslighted.
I Have a Dream
I have a dream, and it’s NOT about me. I’ve written about the interconnectedness of people and the importance of everyone’s stories (links to those essays below). Earlier today I had an encounter at a big box store and felt compelled to write it down. Normally I
The Melancholy of the Mall
It has been at least ten years, and perhaps more, since I’ve walked through a mall. Of course there have been occasions, always brief, where I had to stride through a mall on the way to some specialty retailer (like a clock repair or a jewellery appraiser). Those visits,
Social Media: Promulgating Memes and Slovenly Thinking
To paraphrase Lesley Gore: It's my soapbox and I'll preach if I want to… Know that I really don’t want to devolve into the kind of person who trolls Facebook for the sole purpose of becoming enraged. Still, there are days when I can’t