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…

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.

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. …

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…

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…

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…