This is not a feel good post. This is an angry post. This week, I came up against something that I have been fortunate enough to have avoided for 36 years: sexual assault. Let me be clear: “nothing” happened. As in, I was not assaulted. Or murdered. But I was skillfully manipulated, isolated, and put…
Category: thoughts
Convo 51: The Mask and Personal Responsibility
Governor Abbott’s opening of Texas 100% and removal of mask mandate has caused a lot of reaction and opinion across the country. Hell, probably the world. Here’s the official summary of the announcement, and the PDF of the Executive Order. “… Today’s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past…
Week 46: The Convo is Back
Y’all. I deep dove this week into analysis on the big three Covid things: lockdowns, masks, and the vaccine. We’ll start with the latter: I’m not categorically against vaccines, so what’s bothering me so much about this one? This question led me to Dr. Sebastian Rushworth’s blog. He’s a young Swedish doctor with an incredible…
Life in … Retrospective | A Gratitude Post
#BeThe1To | Suicide Prevention Lifeline
For and from one of my best friends, a strong, headstrong, resilient mother of dragons. From facebook: Former University of Georgia standout and NFL defensive back Paul Oliver died by suicide seven years ago today at age 29. For years before his death, Oliver battled near constant headaches and depression. His brain was later diagnosed…
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BREAKING: Shame & Blame Are NOT Eliminating the Virus | Covid Convo Week 21
Surprise! How’s that for a sensational headline? Did it bait you to click? There’s an obituary for a 79-year-old man who died of COVID-19 going viral. Here’s a link to the most balanced coverage I’ve seen of it, from BuzzFeed of all places. The man’s wife channels all her grief over losing her loved one…
Covid Convo Week 20: Infection
I initially wrote: “There won’t be a Covid convo today … I just can’t even. I don’t know who or what to believe. I don’t know why a pandemic has become political (I get why as in how I just don’t get why as in chess). So, let’s focus on how we’re staying covidtained…” But…
Covid Convo: Polarization | Week 19
Lots of good conversations have come up for me in person in the three short weeks I’ve been publishing my thoughts on this pandemic and the media. Some themes have emerged, including but not limited to: mask wearing and the whys behind it, politicizing pandemic responses, and trust—in media, data sources, or leadership. While I…
Covid Convo: The Wrong Conversation | Week 18
Sometimes, we’re having the wrong conversation because we don’t have all the information we need to have the right conversation. The media is failing us, and as a result we can’t make informed decisions as a society. When we’re getting most of our news from echo chambers, we don’t have the opportunity to understand multiple…