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Jan 9, 2022

Hang on when there seems to be no option

Hearing about a few recent suicides prompts me to post and compel everyone to care about today’syouth. The world we are living in, is damn hard, as we are in so much transition and change. All of it can be so overwhelming for anyone of any age, but especially for…

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Jan 6, 2022

A Few Thoughts about the Insurrection

I feel like I want to say so much today about the insurrection, and a year later, how the powder keg of hatred and white supremacy is even closer to exploding. But none of the thoughts are organized. Maybe that post will come later. Right now, my thoughts are focused…

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Jul 15, 2021

Thanks for such a well written piece.

Thanks for such a well written piece. These concepts are generally what we mean when we talk about White Privilege, but you do a great job of focusing the attention on how this is structurally generated and perpetuated. Too often folks get stymied when the word "privilege" gets used,so focusing on how white people are conditioned helps get around that challenge to understanding.

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Jul 3, 2021

Thoughts on Independence 2021

I have to admit, that in general, I approach the Fourth of July, as a day when I have to be comforting my pets who are fraid of fireworks. But this year, after a recent trip to the Museum of African American History in Washington DC, I am thinking about…

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May 4, 2021

Men With Kinks Use Trans Women as Safe Spaces
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Phaylen Fairchild

This was an interesting read, and the idea that men-at least some men use trans persons in this way…

This was an interesting read, and the idea that men-at least some men use trans persons in this way makes much sense and ought to be discussed. At the same time, I can't help but believe the author is trapped in her own gender binary, where she wants to be…

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Jan 24, 2021

How You Can Help Convict Donald Trump

If you live in a state with a senator and that’s pretty much all of us, do what you can to help make sure the Senate convicts the orange dictator wannabe. Write a letter- BY HAND- and send it, via USPS to your senator. Be pleasant, factual, and friendly. Ask…

Democracy

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Democracy

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Jan 18, 2021

How I learned Racism

Today we remember Martin Luther King Jr. For my part, I’d like to ponder something I often hear some white people say, that African Americans can be racist too. This is, on its face, pretty ludicrous, but it harkens back to something many white people learn from an early age…

White Privilege

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White Privilege

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Thomas Waters

Thomas Waters

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Waters is a blogger and artist, focusing primarily on LGBTQ issues.

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