Jimmy Kimmel is back, and this is a very important monologue. I love that people cancelling Disney Plus got him back on the air; it’s a triumph for the protection of the freedom of speech through people voting with their dollars.
Politics, Religion
cognitive dissonance
(disclaimer that I actually am deeply obsessed with this album and adore it and it was formational for me, and I listen to certain songs from it all the time. this song just made me think) I was listening to “This is Your Life” on The Beautiful Letdown and thinking about how Switchfoot was singing …
this week
(Photo from earlier this week. The roses opened up) This past week held a mixture of things. One of our extended family members unfortunately passed away, which was difficult. Her family is on our hearts. Alex took a trip. I had some time alone with the kids, which was special. They had to miss a …
my current strategy for doing what I can to resist/ suggestions for how to start contacting reps
I’ve tried writing this a few times. It feels scary because… well. I’m just sharing what’s helped me; that doesn’t mean it’s “good” or “best” or “enough” or anything. Things are so bad right now… I don’t even know where to start, even writing about it, is the truth. Attacks on basic human rights everywhere …
reflection on the separation between church and state
I was reading in the news yesterday about the way that the current administration is leaning into a lot of “Christianny” things in the White House itself. Here is the NYTimes article- “Christianity in the White House,” by Ruth Graham. There’s also a video down at the end of it. It’s really quite interesting. The …
being real
Do you remember the book The Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams) ? I remember being touched by it when I was a kid. A stuffed animal rabbit becomes a living rabbit, because of being loved. The problem with being real is that the world is not safe. It would be really nice if the world …
thoughts
There is a heaviness over me, right now. It’s situational and warranted. I’ve been going through old photos and it’s exquisitely painful to me for a bunch of reasons at once. I see how quickly my kids are growing. I see how recently my life was different than it is now, and think of what …
opinion: the effect of the evangelical church on hetero partnerships
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Hahahahaha. *ahem* This isn’t about me*, and it isn’t about you* and it isn’t about my husband* and it isn’t about any of our neighbors* or our parents* or literally anyone specific* *it’s about Generic People A and B. naturally. Seriously though here are some semi-unedited opinions: 1. The church encourages women to gaslight …
the need to protect each other as culture shifts under new presidency
Image: my computer, Platformer I was reading about the new lack-of-rules for Meta about essentially allowing hate speech against people based on gender/sex, to align more with incoming Mr. T administration, and I hate what it means, symbolically- another sign of the “hate era” I’m sure he’d like the next few years to be. What …
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well. we’re a bunch of idiots, it would seem like. how am I doing? after Mr. T, Mr. Pee wee, the littlest man who ever lived, Mr. Many Felonies and Mr. Rape got elected? am I a little bit snippy? do I seem off? am I a bit irritable? am I having trouble with cognitive …
