Choice Rebecca Solnits
I am again profoundly admiring, jealous, changed by the incisive writing of Rebecca Solnit. From the one essay (above) I quote only a few …
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Gunchildren
Do you ever notice how few intellectuals visit gun mayhem on churches? Funny isn’t it? Even though their members score unusually high …
The White-Haired Grizzle of Patriarchy
Grizzled Old Man, free from Free-Images.com I propose that in the 21st century patriarchy has run out of effectiveness. Half of humanity is capable of …
The Pushbutton Smile of Perpetual Girlhood
I say women, I mean women as traditionally socialized. I say wimmin, I mean valkyries who’ve had it with patriarchy and its affectations. Wimmin are …
Hallelujah!
In the great Alabama Senate race of 2017 let it be known that nearly two-thirds of white women voted for alleged child molester Roy …
Old-fashioned Hero with His Hand up Your Skirt
or The Dandification of (Male) Assaulters Used to be that those, like me, tracking portraits of evil people (their faces) collected almost always men. Pasty-faced, …
Low-Hanging-Fruit Basket – Men Assaulting Women
“A congressman grinding against a staff member on the House floor, while sticking his tongue in her ear.” This description is from an …
Be a Vine
Patriarchy will never be stamped out — the male instinct is to dig in his heels and fight for turf. Try to battle the manly …
Faux Holies
The Faux Holies are out in droves nowadays. Not only Christians — Buddhists killing people? But in America it’s the Christians who are …
Undressing for Our Attention
Chicken Little was right. Chunks of solid blue have begun pelting down like enlarged raindrops. Some are big as Volkswagens. The world as …
Sleeping Boychild
It was not long ago that a woman like me felt she was swimming along like a dolphin in waters making instinctive sense to her …
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee is the only one of he Jon Stewart fraternity — but Samantha Bee was in there — the Jon Stewart sorority? — well …
A Child in Bed
A child is sure monsters are under her bed. Or in the closet. She’s young, the frights of the adult world are disconcerting. Makes perfect …
Surgery, pt 3
Hospital 03 by Sloan Nota I’d asked my surgeon whether I should cancel appointments in the two weeks after surgery. He’d ordered an overnight hospital …
Surgery, pt 2
Oy, an e-missive from the Patient Site of my healthcare conglomerate. 414 pages of scientific links related to my condition. Hell, Chiari Malformation? if I …
Surgery, pt 1
Hospital 03 by Sloan Nota They draw blood at least once a day. ‘Your sodium is down!’ Sodium pills make you retch? Try them with …
Alpha Male
banana from free-images.com If you are of an age you remember the searchlights which used to cross in the skies signifying Hollywood! Excitement! The glare …
America is Poised
America is poised between just another sunny day and living forever with radioactive fallout. Blame it on the Confederacy that hadn’t the decency to admit …
The Man Who Couldn’t Mean
Trump Talk Bubble We’ve all heard about the little man who wasn’t there but now we have the fatsy man who couldn’t mean. What do …
Buildings Lighted Green
Buildings around the world lighted in green. What does the ego that stomped the US out of the Paris Accords make of all the greening-up? …