There is an expensive lesson that life offers, and I wish I’d had the currency to afford it sooner. It’s this: it is a profound waste of your finite time, energy, and spirit to court the approval of people who only value your utility. For most of my life, I have existed on the periphery.…
Drag Queens, Unicorn Snot, and Holy Moments
One of the oldest members of our congregation, a wise and wonderful woman in her 90s, pulled me aside after our worship service this past Sunday. Her eyes were bright. “I've always believed the saying that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it ultimately bends towards justice,” she said, her voice steady.…
Honor the Women 2.0
It's international Women's Day again, and as I read back through my entry from last year, I thought that it was worth a revisit. I thought about editing the old one and just re-linking, but then I changed my mind. It's always worth honoring those who stand out as touchstones in your history, as pillars…
Melt the Fuckers Down
34. Thirty four mass shooting incidents since January 1 of this year. For fucks sake, there’ve only been 53 days in the year so far. And 34 of those days, there’s been a shooting that’s killed or injured 4 or more people. What. The. FUCK. Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with America? When did…
A Beatitude for Today
Blessed are the brown people The shithole countries The refugees and the homeless Blessed are the immigrants For they remind us of the ‘dream’ Blessed are the Muslims And the disabled And the working poor And blessed are those who march Who call out injustice Who fight in the trenches Who write, and tweet, and…
#MeToo
Me too. Age 11 in the Cincinnati Downtown Public Library. I was too scared to tell anyone because I was 11, and I believed that I’d done something wrong and dirty. Age 26 by a superior officer, at a work conference in Colorado. I was too scared to tell anyone because I was afraid to…
Just STOP.
STOP. I just want to STOP. Stop running around. Stop working so hard. Stop being perpetually behind. Stop being so anxious. Stop worrying. Stop caring so much. Stop. JUST STOP. I want the madness of the world to just STOP. Stop the shootings. Stop the racism. Stop the oppression. Stop the violence. Stop the sexism.…
Who Matters?
Does my life matter? I try really hard to keep this blog as politics-free as I can. The internet is awash in political overload all the time these days, and I don’t want to just be another voice in the crowd. Today though, I’m feeling it. People with pre-existing conditions woke up this week to…
Fuck it, I’m Angry.
WARNING: PROFANITY ALERT. ANGRY RANT AHEAD. TURN BACK NOW IF FAT BODIES OR THE F-BOMB OFFEND YOU I’m pissed off. I am. I am beyond annoyed, angry-to-my-core, really fucking tired of this shit PISSED OFF. I’m ‘I want to break things just to hear them smash’ pissed off. I’m ‘punch the next person who pushes…
Honor the Women
Cindy Cone. Margaret Carlton. Pat Skrocki. Pat LaMarche. Antonia Hyde. They come from different backgrounds, hold different beliefs, but they all have something in common. They’re all women. Strong women. And they’re all women who have made an indelible impact on my life. I am who and where I am because these women each shared…
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