Fat elevator speech
It’s been awhile since my last post. I had to perform the essential unpaid tasks of finding a job and a new roof over my head. I wouldn’t say that they are thankless tasks, but I particularly found...
View ArticlePutting "ghetto" to bed
Dear Readers, I see it pop up on my news feed nearly every day. I hear it peppering conversations. It’s about as inventive/descriptive as “random” or “lame”, but friends, we should know better than...
View ArticleGetting angry . . . for the wrong reasons
credit abcnews.go.com The RNC came and went in a flash of lightning, didn’t it? I’ve just spent the last twelve hours or so procrastinating instead of unpacking and catching up. First, there was...
View ArticleDove’s Real Beauty Sketches
As much as I enjoy reading pieces about body image and stigma and working on my own confirmation bias, every now and then, I need to divert from that topic and post something else of interest. (Past...
View ArticleTrying to love my body
I think my body is miraculous. It works incredibly well. This blog has led me to think about some of the amazing things that it can do that I have always taken for granted. It pumps blood to my...
View ArticleWe need to try again
There’s no question that we have a race problem in this country. But racism is an abstract concept, difficult to define, and near impossible to prove in a court of law. There’s another, more concrete...
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