Archive for August 2021
“Civilized” is Just a Fancy Word for Quieted Down and Emotionally Suppressed
I can feel her, the Wild Woman, coming more and more alive within me with each passing day. She is not a part of me as much as I am a part of her. She epitomizes collective female grief that has been buried deep for convention’s sake. Grief that got neglected because, at some point,…
Read MoreThe Eternal Value of Kairos Time
The Orphan Inside Me Anytime I went out in public with my mom when I was a little girl, I keep a constant close eye on her. It was as if I were the parent, and she the child. If she moved out of my line of sight for a moment, my heart would race,…
Read MoreAnger is Passion and Power Turned Inside Out
Getting Out I was 23 years old when I got called to the conference room of the company I worked for in Los Angeles, California. A few days before, I had given my four-week notice. The job wasn’t what they promised when I transferred from Minneapolis a few months before, and I wanted out. Sitting…
Read MoreWe Don’t Have to “See the Good” in Everyone
Trusting our fellow human beings Today, my morning reading list included an article where a writer expressed her approach to life as one in which she “wanted to see the good in people.” I groaned. I’ve read enough of these articles over the years (always by women, incidentally—I’ve never heard a man say a statement…
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