May Day: Women’s March Memories, 2017
Happy May Day! My beloved friend Marilyn Stanton celebrates May Day by distributing baskets of flowers. Alas, Spring has yet to arrive here in Seattle. May Day is also the […]
Category Archives: Tell It Sista!
Free Tuition: Bernie Sanders’ April Fool’s Joke
Free college tuition was the primary reason <pun intended> voters supported Bernie Sanders last weekend at my Washington State caucus. Apparently, it was an early April Fool’s joke on them. […]
Bravo, SCOTUS: Love Wins Again
Where were you when SCOTUS ruled that same-sex couples were granted the fundamental right to marry? I had just woken up and turned on CBS This Morning. It was breaking […]
DSHS: Babs Roberts’ Revenge
Perhaps by now I should know better than to piss off a narcissist with a penchant for abusing the power entrusted to them. On March 18, I learned that DSHS […]
DSHS: Discrimination and Abuse of Power
It’s likely to be the biggest opportunity to help people. – Kevin Quigley Kevin Quigley promised change when he was appointed to be secretary of DSHS. He’s delivered change. The […]
PTSD: Discrimination and Abuse of Power
The Americans with Disability Act theoretically applies to mental and physical disabilities. I say “theoretically” because it appears that lobbyists for people with physical disabilities believe that mental health issues […]
Diversity: Life’s Spice
Diversity makes life interesting. Life quickly gets boring if we don’t expand our horizons beyond the confines of home. I learned this lesson early growing up in a tiny, rural […]
Big Bad Wolves
Ladies, when the big bad wolf comes knock, knock, knocking at your door, don’t open it. Don’t invite him into your home. Don’t make him dinner. Don’t have sex with […]
Happy 2015: This Year Will Be Different!
Each New Year’s Day presents us with a fresh start. As the old year comes to a close, I make a list of ten things that I wish would stay […]
DC’s Scrooge: Officer R. Everett
Eileen King is an amazing advocate for protective mothers based in Washington, D.C. which some folks say is the land of “We Don’t Care” or the “District of Corruption.” Apt, […]
