A while back I learned that someone I know well who is a confirmed uber-liberal voted for Trump. And was happy he won. It took a while to wrap my head around that. That is, after I settled that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. The one I get whenever I realize just how much trouble some men . . .
“Just because you can…”
There seems to be a whole lotta pride out there, these days, and I'm all for it. But when the internet allows everyone the opportunity to strut their stuff for all eyes, we see things we wish we hadn't. This post began when a friend blogged about photos of quite senior women in their mostly naked . . .
When we think the world hasn’t changed…
We live up close and personal in our world and sometimes, it's too close to really see what's going on. While it's true that change comes slowly, sometimes it happens without us noticing. Cleaning out some bookshelves the other day, I came across this book, which was published in 1996. How to . . .
Nostalgia: how good were "the good old days," really?
The good old days weren't so good for these people. THIS (click the word) very powerful piece referring to the Mad Men nostalgia craze and why "the greatest generation" wasn't ran on Gawker on June 27. The writer is bothered by our rosy, nostalgic picture of the past and points out many of the . . .
Rielle Hunter & the real story
We're a society that sees only black and white. Like, for example, when we want to kill mothers who kill their children, without any thought to how absolutely batshit crazy a woman has to be to kill her own kids. We treat them as if they're hit men or criminals, when really, they're horribly insane . . .