Anarchist Soccer Mom
Why I went an entire year without posting to my blog Well, I mean, no one reads your blog anyway, right? A year ago today in 2018, I was fidgeting on the examination table at my ob/gyn’s office, a paper drape wrapped awkwardly around my legs. I take these women ‘s health things pretty...
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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...
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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....
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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...