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Dear Al Franken
He corners me in the stairwell, away from the other kids. “Show me what’s under your underwear,” he demands, “or I’ll hurt you.” I’m scared and ashamed. I lift my skirt and show him the edge of my underwear, trying … Continue reading
Asshole
A hemorrhoid, That’s what he is. A fungating mass lurking at the anus of our democracy. Easily irritated, Readily inflamed, Leaching the lifeblood from our veins. Embarrassing. Slimy. Disgusting. We knew it could be big trouble, This … Continue reading
Radical Acceptance: Bad S*** Consistently Happens
Ace, The Big E, and I escaped to small-town Wisconsin for two days last week. We crossed streets without getting run over, shopped in the farmers’ market, and snarfed preternaturally sweet corn-on-the-cob. I basked in the luxury of off-line ignorance … Continue reading
KidLit Resource List – Books for trying times
In the aftermath of the inauguration, many members of the Minnesota children’s literature community gathered virtually on the MN Kidlit Facebook page. Words matter. No one knows this more than the dedicated souls who write and illustrate for youth. We … Continue reading
Train is a Comin’
I feel like I’m about to be mowed down by a high-speed train filled to the brim with radioactive orange sludge. Maybe you feel the same way. Here are some ideas for what we can do under such circumstances: 1) … Continue reading
My Tiny Revolution
This past week has been – uh – interesting. I’m not sleeping particularly well and am nearing the point where I’ll need to withdraw completely from all sources of media. I decided to take some Tiny Steps in a Tiny … Continue reading
Goodnight Doom
In the great oval room There is a telephone With the nuclear neumes And a dead dream of – She-POTUS slaying the Agent of Doom The BA from Wellesley and Yale JD Just couldn’t win over misogyny And a … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Margaret Wise Brown, politics
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Unapologetically Smart
I am a woman. I am smart. I’m using “smart” in the standard academic sense of the word, not to minimize other forms of intelligence (artistic, emotional, spatial-relational, etc.), but to limit the scope of this discussion. Perhaps I made … Continue reading
The Elephant in the Room
I have a confession. Some of you know that I play percussion at my alma mater, South High School, in the South High Community Band. What you may not realize is that I am the, ahem, President, of the South … Continue reading