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Eff Sh*t Up Friday – Poem for Graceful Revolution

Grace is the revolution Grace is stepping into the unknown Grace is willingness to fail Grace is being open to hearing how you have hurt...

Monday Mayhem – Love One Another

I grew up hearing “love one another.” It was a phrase woven into the fabric of the culture I grew up in in Utah. Often said, rarely...

Monday Mayhem – This is not your grandmothers revolution

A revolution begins with one person doing one thing. We think of a revolution as a monumental event — the tea party, civil rights,...

Monday Mayhem – Breaking the glass ceiling and spilling tea

Last week I posted this article about tea on my Facebook page. According to the article for the English, “poor women drinking tea, might...

Eff Sh*t Up Friday – Metallica comes to mind

Lately I have been thinking a lot about my motivation. What motivates me? What gets me going? What keeps me engaged in the quest for...

Eff Sh*t Up Friday – I EFFING LOVE YOU!

When is the last time you got a juicy love letter? Dear you, Yes YOU. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for gracing me with your...

Monday Mayhem – I may have rewritten the bible yesterday and it is awesome!

Be strong in love and in the strength of its power. Put on the whole armor of love, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles...

Eff Sh*t Up Friday – Do we take abundance for granted?

When I was sitting in church last Sunday the sermon was all about abundance. When I was sitting in the Women’s Conference at Netroots...

Eff Sh*t Up Friday – She’ll be worse they said…

My vote doesn’t count they said. The Supreme Court isn’t a big deal they said. The lesser of 2 evils they said. She is worse they said. I...

Cleavage backed up with facts – Dr. Melissa Bird, PhD

Last night I broke my cardinal rule. I picked a fight with a total stranger on Facebook. It made me cry all night and all morning. It...

Monday Mayhem – I am angry at America, still

I have been reflecting back at where I was at this time last year. My sadness was palpable. I was worried about what would happen under...

Eff Sh*t Up Friday – Gratitude for the Activists

I am grateful for activists. I receive lots of really incredible emails on a pretty regular basis. This week I received some remarkable...

Writing While Female

This week @JW4Hillary posted on Twitter that Hillary Clinton was, “guilty of writing while female”. The Internets have BLOWN UP because a...

White Supremacy and Speaking Out

The events in Charlottesville, VA 10 days ago smacked me in the face and left me paralyzed. White supremacy is is NOT OK. It makes me...

Death-December 2, 2015

December 2, 2015 I am supposed to be coding my data for my qualifying exam right now but instead I am texting my husband to tell him...