That Area Between Black and White
I’ve been at this a long time, and looking back, most of the posts I make in this blog come down to responsibility and choice. Our right and freedom to choose, our responsibilities with respect to those rights and freedoms, and the rights and freedoms of others. After all, our rights and freedoms are the …
When this chapter is finished, when Trump is out, don’t think this is over. He’s only a symptom as demonstrated by the mobs of terrorists police led into our Capitol yesterday. The GOP does not work for us. I will not forget the GOP’s coup attempt or what the GOP had their supporters do in …
I pretty much ignored the 4th of June. Other than one little post, I let the 18th of August go by this year, too. Today, I’ll make a bit of “noise.” Once an amendment is passed in Congress, it still takes ratification from three-fourths of the states for the amendment to become part of the …
Right back where I was. I’m standing on the path, standing mostly still, standing firm. There is no path in front of me; it abruptly ends at what the Patriarchy calls a “big, beautiful wall.” Their hungry eyes gleam with malice and greed as they grin and slowly, intentionally mouth the words “big. beautiful. wall.” …
I don’t care what you have in your pants; this is a big deal. I really don’t care what’s in there, but for the purposes of this post, it’s even less important now. Today, the Virginia State Legislature became the 38th state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. This is HUGE. Before we go any …
Before one of us snaps and cuts a motherfucker, STOP letting men get away with saying “men gave women the right to vote.” Men didn’t give women shit. They stopped denying us our right to vote, and that is not the same as “giving us” something. We don’t give out cookies to men when they …
To all of you who said we were hysterical about Trump: fuck you. To all of you who said we were hysterical about the continuous and ongoing attacks on the Affordable Care Act: fuck you. To all of you who said we were hysterical about Kavanaugh’s appointment: fuck you. If outlawing abortion was about protecting …
It’s funny how images from the television can stick with us. Since I was little, I’ve imagined all of us as a group of pretty, smiling people holding hands and walking side-by-side toward a common goal. I thought it was a Coke commercial, but I can’t find the ad. Regardless of the origin, the image …
Crime is bad. There are degrees of crimes, but it is generally bad to commit a crime. I wonder how many crimes I’ve committed this week, probably only trespassing and speeding, but who’s to say, for sure? There are laws on the books that we laugh about; they’re still laws, and violating them is still …
For weeks now, most of my sisters and brothers and I have been holding our breath. I am not sure we knew it, but we were. We didn’t stop doing the work, speaking out, ripping off scabs to publicly reveal our wounds, begging to be heard, crying out for a better choice – there are …