As we approach the end of 2018 it’s tempting to sink into despair over the political and social catastrophes generated by the Orange Monster. Trump steals the headlines with his crazed tweets, obscuring a growing body of female leaders and innovators. I garner hope from all the badass women who rocked 2018, putting heart and soul into [...]
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SNOW! Portland, Maine had its first snowfall of the season last night. It continues to snow lightly and blow fiercely. We’re on track to get about 5.” Tomorrow the temps will climb into the ‘40’s which will enhance melting—a boon to those who have Thanksgiving errands to run. This isn’t a particularly picturesque snow, just [...]
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Many of us, including yours truly, are a bundle of nerves as we await the results of the midterm elections. Trump’s hate-filled rhetoric has spilled over to state campaigns, where Republicans running for office mimic Trump in their racist speeches. The Trump-inspired armed militias are moving to the border to halt the migrant caravan. [...]
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Many of us are struggling with this question as we try to process last week’s heinous hate crimes where a Trump disciple mailed pipe bombs to many of Trump’s sworn enemies; where a white racist killed two elderly African Americans in cold blood in a Kentucky market; where 11 mostly elderly men and women were murdered at Pittsburgh’s [...]
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Trying to Stay Sane! The accelerating racist and hate speech spewing from the White House and the Congressional races is making it harder and harder for me to stay sane. Recently addressing his base, Trump singled-out Greg Gianforte, the Congress member from Montana, praising him for violently attacking a Guardian reporter, saying that someone [...]
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The gloves are off. The war on women is official. The system has discounted women. After tireless weeks of women protesting legal abortion opponent Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to be a Supreme Court justice, he was confirmed. Women poured their hearts out, flooding Senators’ offices in D.C. and in their home states with phone calls [...]
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Will She or Won’t She? Tension over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation mounts. The Senate just voted to move the Kavanaugh hearing out of committee, readying it for a floor vote on Saturday. Senator Collins’ office has reported that she will make her decision on Kavanaugh by 3:00 this afternoon. I’m not holding my breath, expecting [...]
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I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore –Helen Reddy (1972) These classic words in Helen Reddy’s popular song were the battle cry for Second Wave Feminists of my generation whose rage fueled our protests for abortion rights, equal pay, justice for rape victims, equitable divorce laws and much more. During the [...]
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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford—Shero! What a horrible, nightmarish week for women! The misogynist Judiciary Committee is trying to railroad Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to be the next Supreme Court Justice. They’re making it very difficult for Dr. Ford who has charged Kavanaugh with sexually attacking her when both were teens. To think [...]
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Taking Issue with the Way Women are Portrayed in Films This week I watched the bland film, “Book Club” about four older women in a long-time book club who decide to read “Fifty Shades of Gray.” They become sexually awakened and suddenly each one has a romantic partner! I find this very unrealistic given how difficult my single friends [...]
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