Post-Election Thoughts, Finally
:: No one should be surprised that the U.S. elected a racist, sexist, ableist, tax-evading, draft-dodging, racist, Islamophobic, sexist president. I’ve kept quiet on the election for about a week, mostly to give those who are far more eloquent than I am a chance...
Humanize the Police
:: We’ve turned the people who are supposed to keep us safe into weapons. I have no reason to fear the police. The modern police was created to keep people who look exactly like me safe from harm. I am a white woman. I am to be, as every male politician is...
Priorities
:: I’m just wondering if there isn’t space in this world for more than irony. And cruelty. I traveled by train to Washington, D.C., mid-week this week for work. Union Station in D.C. is under construction, but it is still a beautiful building. On Thursday,...
What I said to my 6yo on the occasion of Tamir Rice’s killer’s non-indictment
:: Here is the list of things I said to my white, 6yo son about Tamir Rice, guns, race, and police, as best I can remember. “Please DON’T. If you don’t care about these issues all of the time. DO NOT FOLLOW ME today. I hate it so much. Thanks.”...
Peak Belichick
:: We find ourselves repulsed yet oddly admiring of people who are able to do all of these terrible things while remaining completely unscathed. Author’s Note: This blog post is co-authored by Mr. Zane Cottlesworth (newly on Twitter as @MrCottlesworth). I...01. About Me
Author, essayist, sometime law professor. Topics that will get me talking: mental health and disability, sexual violence, and making words happen. I want to be your friend, even if I have trouble showing it.
03. Letter
