Book Review: Make Trouble
Activism isn’t accomplishment. Yes, it’s fun to raise hell. But, at some point, somebody needs to get the heavy lifting done. Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy tonight because Cecile […]
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Honoring MLK, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s light was snuffed out by an assassin’s bullet 50 years ago today. Yet, his inspiring words live on. These quotes are anchors of wisdom […]
Shooting Rampages: A V-Day Tale of Two Cities
Do you love your guns more than you love your grandkids? Catherine O’Connor, an alert grandmother in Everett, Washington, was concerned about her grandson. He had allegedly held up a […]
Bravo: Eve Ensler and V20!
Twenty years before #MeToo, Eve Ensler broke down the silence on violence against women on V-Day, 1998 with the first production of The Vagina Monologues. It has evolved into a […]
Bravo: Victor Rivers!
A Private Family Matter by Victor Rivas Rivers is by far my favorite survivor memoir. He was in Everett, Washington on Thursday to be the keynote speaker at the Hope […]
Shooting Rampages: Time to Fuck Up the Potluck
I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd Amendment my whole life. Until the events of last night. I can’t express how wrong I was. Caleb Keeter on Twitter Let’s take […]
Liberty & Justice for ALL
It’s wrong to do it in the streets. It’s wrong to do it in the tweets. You cannot do it on the field. You cannot do it if you’ve kneeled. […]
Book Review: The Women in the Castle
How did Hitler manage to con millions of Germans? This question has plagued me for over six decades and is echoed in my current bewilderment with Trump supporters. I found […]
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 […]
Endorsement: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women’s rights are human rights. – First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton In a nutshell, this is why I’m enthusiastically supporting and endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton for President. She is the only […]
