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The One about Concentration Camps: Acts of Empathy for Cruel Times

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Lindsey

I’ve been mulling over what to say about this for at least a week now. There’s no arguing, at this point, that the United States is running concentr...

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Fight with your Dollars: Alabama Abortion Ban Edition

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Lindsey

This week, the Alabama State Senate voted for a complete abortion ban that makes no exceptions for rape or incest. The law would penalize women who get abortion...

A collage of images representing my mood for the year
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Suddenly, It’s 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Lindsey

When I started thinking about my goals for 2019, I was initially at a loss. I did a lot in 2018 and feel good about it. I don’t necessarily need to do any...

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2018: Toot Your Own Horn

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Lindsey

This year has, by all accounts, been a real trash fire. Despite the prevailing national mood, my own life has been pretty good. It’s a strange dissonance,...

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Figuring out How to Vote: California 2018 Midterm Elections Edition

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Lindsey

I’ve started listening to Gaslit Nation, an excellent podcast by two journalists who are experts in authoritarianism. The hosts have been emphasizing the ...

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Hello, 2018

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Lindsey

2017 was a very full year. It seemed like I had something going on every weekend, which is not my normal way of living, but it worked out. We have my work-from-...

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Being an Athlete

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Lindsey

I am an athlete. That feels hard to say, but I’ve realized that whether I recognize it or not, it is a fact. Athletes train their bodies. Athletes compete...

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What to Expect When You’re Divesting

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Lindsey

I said in my last post that I would write about divesting from Bank of America. I am here to deliver. I had never really thought about where my money goes when ...

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What Do We Want? Divestment

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Lindsey

I had never gone to a protest before, until last Saturday. Things being what they are, I went to my second rally in the same week. Yesterday, I went to a “...

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Blogging Through the Anger

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Lindsey

I’m not an angry person. At least, I don’t think of myself that way. Some of my family members flare up with white-hot rage, a pyroclasticflow of ma...

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