My daughter earned her degrees from the great University of Texas, Austin and one is a Bachelors in Women's and Gender Studies. I love our conversations, even when her clear-headed feminism dispels my own long and closely-held bullshit. Maybe especially when she dispels my culturally ingrained, but ultimately diminishing, bullshit. I was raised to expect praise, get …
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Ten Things that Happened While Everyone Was Talking About Starbuck’s Godless Red Cup
Aung Sung Suu Kyi's NLD party won in a landslide election in Myanmar. While she's prevented from assuming the post of President due to a discriminatory clause in the constitution, the NLD won the 75% of the vote not controlled by the military (which retains 25% of the seats constitutionally) and Suu Kyi can be …
Going Viral: Bad Cops Vs. Everyday Miracles
My adoptive state of South Carolina is making the news again, and it hurts my heart. I'm sick over the video all over the internet and news channels this morning, of the teenage girl knocked to the ground while still in her desk, then thrown across the room and cuffed by a Sheriff's Deputy/School Resource Officer …
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