After Hillary’s strong debate showings, I saw undecided voters on television shaking their heads, saying she seemed too satisfied with herself. They wondered why she looked so confident. But instead of using the word “confident,” they called her “smug.” Smug. Because women have no right to own it, right? Because...
Read MoreDear America– I’m sorry. I know nobody was expecting me to say this, but I owe each and every one of you a sincere, heart-felt apology. To those who voted for me: I’m sorry for creating an official-seeming context in which overtly hateful, misogynistic, and xenophobic language and sentiments seemed like something...
Read MoreWhat is the bravest thing I’ve ever done? Hmmmm… Me? Brave? This question was posed to me quite some time ago, and I couldn’t answer. I didn’t know how to answer. I have gone through definite hardships throughout my life, but was anything I did to leave those behind, brave? Let me...
Read MoreSomeone recently sent me a friend request on Facebook. His profile picture had a red and white cross overlaid on his face, and all his posts were scripture from Leviticus, Corinthians, Revelations and more. Real fire and brimstone stuff. Meanwhile, my avatar has a rainbow, and my religion is listed as Jedi. My...
Read MoreOne of my earliest memories is of my father yelling at me that I was too old to be running around naked and to put some clothes on. Maybe I was three years old at the time? The day was scorching hot in the desert where we lived and the wall unit...
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