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Mar
27
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Budgets and Tears: The Salty State of Our Union

The outrage from "radical lefties" should not be a shock. The U.S. treasury funds mass atrocities and fuels mass inequality. The suffering and struggles of millions as a result is equally undeniable.
12 min read
Mar
24
Giving Double Chai Vibes: How to Give and Save Life

Giving Double Chai Vibes: How to Give and Save Life

They will not maintain supremacy indefinitely. Oceans rise; empires always fall. They will not make me a believer or force beliefs on others. I already see: the Emperor is as naked as the day he was born.
3 min read
Jan
11
Breath of Fire. Burn the Air. Write About It,  If You Dare.

Breath of Fire. Burn the Air. Write About It, If You Dare.

At times, I’ve felt like I was suffocating until I wrote the first few thousand words. Writing is my “in case of emergency break glass” box—but there’s always an emergency, so shattered glass is a given.
5 min read
Nov
14
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The Powers That Be Can Take a Hike

The Powers That Be knocked the wind out of me, so I wrote another poem to say f*ck the patriarchy.
3 min read
Nov
08
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Censure This, Bro.

The U.S. has it all backwards. One of our most precious American "rights" is that of "Free Speech." While they claim it's universal, we know it's actually quite conditional. Case in point: Rep. Rashida Tlaib was censured tonight.
4 min read
Aug
26
The Hot List: Reframing Abortion Edition

The Hot List: Reframing Abortion Edition

Read the cliffnotes below, watch the clips, and take some action. Most of all, reframe how you talk about Abortion (and gender, and reproductive healthcare). Words matter.
12 min read
Aug
09
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The Info Dumpster Paper that Started It All: My 37 Page Womanifesto for coFLOWco

If you read my work often, this will be not be shocking. Instead of a 1 page Manifesto, I ended up with a very LONG research paper. Is anything more on brand for me than 37 pages with stats and 240 citations?
5 min read
Apr
03
How Social Entrepreneurs Are Immune to the “Sunday Scaries.”

How Social Entrepreneurs Are Immune to the “Sunday Scaries.”

Our Collective Burnout is no joke, my friends. We need a new economy, a new society, and a goddamn nap. How are we supposed to build at all when all of it is just so much? Collectively; cooperatively.
7 min read
Feb
08
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Why should anyone targeted by violent people calm down? Let's get real.

People in power positions: don't miss this memo. I have seen a lot of debate amongst well meaning
7 min read
Jan
29
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If Necessity is the Mother of Invention, Who *Needs* to Reinvent Our Social Safety Net?

White women keep missing the fucking memo. As I continued to research the provenance of "Necessity is the Mother of Invention" I learned more than the proverb's origin. White European men fabricated modern motherhood on a flawed premise. We cannot do the same; we need intersectionality, too.
25 min read