Two Weeks in the Life: October 29, 2023
Hello, friends and enemies. I generally think of myself as productive and not hampered by executive dysfunction, but other times I get completely stymied by how...
Tag: current events
Two Weeks in the Life: October 14, 2023
Hello, friends and enemies. I’ve been on vacation this week! I planned a week off to hang around at home and chill and read my books. Then I filled my tim...
When Nothing Happens
I consider myself extremely fortunate to have never been the victim of sexual assault or abuse. That doesn’t mean I have always felt safe. There have been...
Me, You, and Everyone Too
Me, too. Of course, me, too. I struggle to imagine what sort of woman has never been harassed or assaulted. This theoretical woman would probably be the type to...
What to Expect When You’re Divesting
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 ...
What Do We Want? Divestment
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 “...
Come at Me, NSA
Book Review: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide is the culmination of a year’s...
Scientology, Comparative Religion, and Fun with Cults
Book Review: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright There is so much to say about this book that it’s hard to kn...
Welcome to Crazy Land
Book Review: Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane I know I am not the only person to ask themselves “Why are these people comple...