Anarchist Soccer Mom
x It’s easy to blame mental illness, but we fail to mention that treatment works and recovery is possible for many. For mothers of teenagers like me, news about a school shooting never gets any easier. We experience the same dread, the same despair, the same fear that someone will attack our...
Anarchist Soccer Mom
Cosmic Webs, Neurological Disorders, and Human Compassion Image credit: GUI.Brush Blog, http://www.codres.de/2013/01/cosmic-web-vs-brain-neural-network On a recent Friday evening, I took my 12-year-old daughter to a free Boise State University public astronomy lecture presented by Dr. Christy...
Anarchist Soccer Mom
Who cares whether Donald Trump has mental illness? (Hint: Whether or not he has mental illness does not matter) Let’s be clear: I hate Donald Trump as much as the next freedom-loving American. Trump is a self-described sexual predator, a liar, a xenophobe, a racist, and a bad businessman....
Anarchist Soccer Mom
Walmart’s suicide costume is an affront to decency and morality My son at age four “Why do you tear me? Is there no pity left in any soul?” Dante’s Inferno Canto VIII, John Ciardi trans. I’ll never forget the first time my child talked about suicide. He was four years old, sniffling and...