I live and breathe politics far more than is healthy to do. I don’t do this because I love politics. I do this because I am profoundly concerned that the wonderful idea that was our representative democracy at its inception is in peril. Peril. Real, no b.s., train is bearing down on you, and you […]
Snotty Noses and Political Boogers
We have to become political again. It is sort of like when as a mother you see a runny, crusty nose, and you just have to get a tissue and wipe the said snotty nose as you hold down the offending child so as not to allow escape. Snotty noses are the province of mothers not because mothers love snot, but because we care about the kid. Politics must be the province of mothers, not because we like politicians, but because we love democracy.
MSNBC Is Political, Fox Is Political, News Is Not Political
My husband and I, both televised political and news coverage junkies, disagree about how much coverage to allow into our home, but the one area in which we are in agreement is that MSNBC is the only mainstream news entity that routinely covers progressive analysis of topics. Allow me to re-emphasize that last point, if […]
Fallopitarians, Universalists, and Revisionist American Religious History
I think my husband stumbled across a new term that I like. Fallopitarian. It comes from one of SlowPoke’s editorial cartoons. Seems that surreal absurdist argument is the only thing that comes close to describing the mental state of a small rather extreme group of patriarchal folks who really believe that they are better, more […]
I Have a Say and I Participated
I posted a short personal video as part of ProChoice America’s I HAVE A SAY campaign to send videos about what birth control means to individual women to anti-choice legislators. You can participate too. Just make a video on your computer. Upload it to You Tube and include the words, “I have a say” […]
Shove This Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Wand Up Your…
I don’t want to be angry. I don’t want to be preoccupied with politics. I don’t want to feel like I have to write something. I enjoy writing. There is sheer unadulterated joy in putting words on a page or a blank screen. I don’t want to have to write articles about anything other than […]