PinnedMember-onlyHow the Mpls Police Tried to Hide the Truth About Derek ChauvinHas everyone forgotten what the Minneapolis Police Department first reported? Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo’s testimony at the trial of Derek Chauvin has been said to be “unprecedented” and as “piercing the blue wall of silence.” …Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHow To Talk To The Dishwasher Repairman About White PrivilegeFirst step: Get yourself a broken dishwasher. Second step: Make sure the repairman brings up the presidential debate and says that both sides are liars. Start getting sweaty. Third step: Start sweating A LOT when he blurts out, “Lemme ask ya something. What do you think about white privilege?” Oh…Racism6 min readRacism6 min read
May 2, 2021Member-onlyWhat It Feels Like To Have ADHDIt might not be exactly what you think. Let’s just get right to it, shall we? Here is a list of things that have happened to me, in no particular order: I spent an hour driving around looking for my lost phone. I asked restaurant employees to dig through their…Mental Health9 min readMental Health9 min read
Published inFourth Wave·Nov 2, 2020Member-onlyMy Husband Voted And Now I Don’t Have To Get DivorcedI guess I can shred this paperwork now. — He’s a good guy, my husband. He’s an accountant and he’s witty as hell (I know, these two usually don’t go together). He loves playing music, shooting hoops with our son and relaxing with a terrible B movie. Toss a Totino’s Party Pizza in the mix and he’s in heaven…Elections3 min readElections3 min read
Published inFourth Wave·Oct 19, 2020Member-onlyTrump Says That People Are Tired Of The Virus. Well, No Shit.Donald Trump called his campaign staff today and said that Dr. Anthony Fauci, is a “disaster” and an “idiot.” He said that people are tired of the virus. Well, no shit. Everyone is tired of this. My coworker just got diagnosed. One of my best friends has it. A friend’s…Covid-192 min readCovid-192 min read
Oct 11, 2020Member-onlyThe Race to Replace RBG Isn’t About AbortionSix weeks. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died with only six weeks to go before the election. The timing could not have been worse. She was a fierce champion of equal rights. She was an independent woman. She was a bad ass and the Notorious RBG. As only the second woman on…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Oct 8, 2020Member-only5 Very Easy Things To Do If You Can’t Think of Anything To WriteYou know how it goes: You have grand ambitions for writing and the next thing you know you’re looking up the history of the harmonica and researching how to make your own beef jerky. You also know how it feels to scroll your life away on Medium, looking for tips…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published inFourth Wave·Sep 4, 2020Member-onlyWhat Happened When My “Progressive” Neighborhood Decided to Have a Meeting About RacismTwenty-five of us had gathered in the school parking lot — the majority of us white. We congregated to discuss safety, anti-racism and problems with the police. Introductions were made, light banter was had and we were ready to do this. …Racism5 min readRacism5 min read
Published inThe Startup·Aug 12, 2020Member-onlyWhat I Learned From Anne Lamott’s Writing Workshop“You own everything that you happened to you. Tell your stories.” — Anne Lamott Anne Lamott rules. She’s self-deprecating, loves to tell stories of transformation, and hates Republicans. She’s like that cool older aunt who is a little bit cranky, but it’s all good. …Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Jul 9, 2020Member-onlyWhy We Don’t Need The Police: The BasicsGeorge Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020 just a few blocks from my house. The 3rd Minneapolis Precinct was set on fire just a few blocks away in the other direction. My family lived right in the middle of it all: the helicopters, the explosions, the fires and the…BlackLivesMatter5 min readBlackLivesMatter5 min read
