It’s not about the pronouns. Deeply surprised to find myself messing up again and again and again with someone who requested they/them. I mean, I’m a liberal! I’m polite! I have friends who transitioned FTM or MTF and I never deadname them! And yet I consistently find myself thinking, and saying, “Oh wait, I need […]
Reflecting on who I am, with this past weekend as my mirror. What is my work in this time? I am hated and distrusted. I am a coastal elite Harvard educated Jewish liberal feminist whose stock in trade is money for social causes. I am dedicated to kindness. My aspiration is: heart shining, unafraid. Taken […]
Thought experiment: do you believe in wind privilege? My favorite bike ride loops out 5 miles towards the coast and 5 miles back. Outbound, my experience is all about the wind. I curse how it holds me back and makes me fight for every inch. Then I hit the turn and as far as my […]
1. I drive way too fast. All the time. Usually 400+ miles per week. 2. I do not get pulled over. Ever. Only once, fifteen years ago, in my entire life. Police regularly cruise by me unconcerned as I push 80 on the highway. 3. Some people (me) are instantly seen as good law-abiding citizens. […]
I don’t like to brag, but it *was* pretty clever of me to be born healthy, straight, and gender-conforming to educated white financially stable parents in a safe suburb with excellent schools. It’s very comforting to know that other children who are experiencing harder lives should have started off by making the same smart choice.
Yesterday I witnessed 400 acts of courage and patriotism. Went to a citizenship fair to check out volunteer opportunities. Saw 300 of my green-card-holding neighbors of all ages and colors, laboriously filling in their 32-page applications which will get sent off to our government asking for the chance to be interviewed, take the citizenship test, […]
Rolled out of bed, into sweats, and out the door to go shopping for clothes and makeup. I tell myself looking frizzy doesn’t matter because my money’s still green, right? But that’s really not the whole story, is it? I’ll be treated with respect anywhere in the mall because I’m a white lady. Today, on […]
Dispatch 2 of 2 from your reporter at the Orange County Women’s March: favorite signs seen along the route, by category. Category: Puns & Wordplay 1. WE ARE NOT OVARY-ACTING 2. IT’S UTER-US NOT UTER-YOU 3. IKEA HAS MORE QUALIFIED CABINETS 4. TRUMP LIES MATTER 5. RESISTANCE IS FERTILE 6. KEEP YOUR FILTHY LAWS OFF […]
Dispatch 1 of 2 from your reporter at the Orange County Women’s March: Streets full of thousands of smiles on all kinds of faces. Skies full of sun and cottony clouds. Voices and signs raised in joyful and peaceful resistance. A few of this reporter’s favorite moments: – We sing “America the Beautiful” together and […]
Grateful to my friends who really do have “the best words” – the facts & figures at your fingertips, the tightly woven arguments, the sharp retorts that expose flaws in reasoning. Thank you for organizing people, thank you for holding others accountable, thank you for teaching & fighting for justice. I’ve always admired people like […]