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On Cults and Cultural Healing
How does a nation’s culture heal on a mass level when so many members are likely: Afraid (because they’ve seen hatred and bullying of the “other” by their…
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Tag: truthiness
Best of Mommess
Sinking Gifts. Rising Queen
I have been prone to depression, as have many of the women in my family. As are, no doubt, many others who are reading this. I have also…
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Four Styles of Defining A Life
I wrote a chunk of a self-help book over a decade ago. It described the four styles people use to find — and define — meaning in their lives.…
Body & Health
The Honest.
I go to the same places on the web, over and over. I keep looking for something, and I’m not sure what it is. Outrage, solace, connection, information,…
Body & Health
Why I march
I am marching for all women’s sovereign right to control their own bodies. Always. Same for men. I march for equal pay, for equal access to medical care…
Body & Health
The superpower I wish I had
My daughter asked me my superpower and origin story. The first thing that came to mind was a ball, that came into being by the beauty of the…
Culture
Deep State and Democracy
I’ve been hearing a fair amount about how Trump and his former buddy Bannon want to dismantle the “deep state,” implying it is a bad thing. I’d like…
Culture
It’s Happening
Listening to an intelligence expert: “it’s known that Russian interference in 2016 election included using social media both on far right and far left to incite emotion. They…
Culture
It’s happened. What to do next.
It’s happened. Our government is now an authoritarian kleptocracy. Here’s what you do to prevent total collapse. Continue to speak freely and smartly. Stop wasting energy convincing others…
Culture
The Nature of Outrage
Subtitled: the lifeblood of propaganda This emotion needs a close examination. Especially now. Especially because it is an “adult” emotion that is used to manipulate people, en masse. …
Culture
what if I quit my first job?
What if today, I decided to quit my first job? This woman job I’m judged on every day. What if I didn’t even bother to look clean, coifed,…
Culture
the mirror ball
The Las Vegas shooting was horrible. It was also terrorism. How do we know? Because people are more afraid, and feel less safe in their daily lives. The…