March's theme for our year of sustainability based on this plan is about empowering women. I love that. I love that in a year of mostly focusing specifically on environmental practices, we are taking the time to talk about gender and race and how environment is tied in with all of life. I got really [...]
Category: Politics
Crown Heights
This one feels unfinished, but I think it's unfair to hold things in until they're perfect. My standard of perfection I've had for my work has prevented me from sharing things for 23 years. When gun violence hits close to home and you type into your phone on your train ride back to your apartment [...]
guns.
My husband says that even though I know people are never going to do the right thing, I still expect people to do the right thing. I hold high standards. Sometimes those standards aren't really fair because I form the ideas of what I want people to be based on what will make ME happy [...]
earn your wages
I have been wanting to write this for a while. I still am not sure I have all the words ready, but it's time to try. I watched this video tonight about how no one working a full time minimum wage job can afford a two-bedroom apartment. Anywhere in America. And, of course, the video [...]
From the Archives: Immigration
Well, already off schedule. Blaming labor day and moving on, and hopefully can promise you two posts a week, every Monday and Thursday from this day forward. But... we shall see. I've decided to occasionally do a "from the archives" post where I dig up something I wrote that may or may not pertain to [...]
Pro-life
I'll try to keep this brief. I'm very tired of online discussions. This is meant to be informational and straightforward and I've linked several other resources within the post. Let's just get straight to the point. Number one: I do not like abortion, but I do not support making abortion illegal. In practice, abortion law [...]
Get on my level
If you've been with me for a while, you've probably read one of my response blogs before. I like sarcasm. I think it's a fun way to make a statement and usually it's harmless. Response blogs are childish. I've tricked you with the title of this post. No one needs to get on my level. [...]
The Single Issues
It's probably obvious from my lack of posting any words since May that I've had trouble finding something I feel very strongly about lately. I just reactivated my Facebook a few weeks ago and have been incredibly out of the loop there since December. Well, let's say my passion has been reignited. I can't sit [...]
Blue Like Jazz. Two.
"The truth is we are supposed to love the hippies, the liberals, and even the Democrats, and that God wants us to think of them as more important than ourselves. Anything short of this is not true to the teachings of Jesus." - Donald Miller It's been a few weeks since post one about this [...]
