The Sum of Our Parts
I live in a segregated neighborhood. That may seem like an odd way to describe my corner of our racially and socio-economically diverse inner-ring suburb, but the truth is I […]
Category Archives: Politics
Hillary Can Join my Car Pool
I survived watching the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The only moment that made me scream “What!?!” at the top of my lungs came during post-debate […]
When words fail
I have been increasingly silent on my blog during the last year. Partially because I had a mistaken idea that I should only write about topics related to personal growth, […]
Reposting because everyone should read this
I Fit the description… This is what I wore to work today. On my way to get a burrito before work, I was detained by the police. I noticed the […]
Burning Down the House
While I was facilitating a discussion about race this week it came up that some people “didn’t want to get into it” because black people are “always so angry.” There’s […]
Why We Still Need Women’s History Month
As Women’s History month drifts to a close I feel like we are running in place with once step forward, two steps back on improving gender equity. And don’t get […]
The Right to Be Right
The comment was “Anyone who doesn’t think we are living in a police state is deluding themselves.” It was made in response to the video of the public defender who […]
Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks and the Brutal Truth of Video
There is a moment in every public discussion of race where the topic is no longer the justice or injustice of an action, the existence of structural discrimination, or lack […]
Check Your Head
The neighborhood I grew up in appears desolate and broken. Ten miles from where I live, its at least ten years since I’ve driven down those streets. I made the […]
Now What?
UPDATE: November 25, 2019 Much remains the same since I wrote this post back in 2014, and some are actually worse. One thing that is better (and worse) is a […]
Pigs in Space
I have been writing too much for the last month to write a blog post in case that’s an acceptable excuse. No time to rant, rave and pick apart the […]
Abortion = Compassion
Anyone who reads this blog for more than five minutes knows I am a staunch supporter of reproductive rights. All of them. All forms of birth control, in vitro fertilization, […]
Fact or Opinion
Over dinner the other night we had one of those twisty turny conversations that kept us at the table an hour longer than it took to eat our food. During […]
“Tell us what you really think”
There are lots of ways to shut down women when they are speaking. For me the one that stings the most – even more than being called bossy, intimidating, strident […]
They Know Not What They Do Because They Know Not Who They Are
I’m working with one of my coaching clients – I’ll call her Sally because I don’t know anyone called Sally – on strategies to manage a couple of her problematic […]
