According to Councilwoman Leslie Knope of Pawnee, Indiana today is Galentine’s Day. It’s the day before Valentine’s Day when you celebrate all the smart, fabulous women in your life. On this Galentine’s Day, I would…
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The sudden & devastating end of a 20-year love affair
Once upon a time in the 1990s of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the daily newspapers you chose to read said a lot about you. Just like your preference for Pearl Jam over Nirvana or…
Lit from within by the power of democracy
It snowed on Election Day 1992. I remember this because I had to walk about a mile to the polls to vote. It was my first time voting in a presidential election. Sure, I had…
The misogyny is bringing me down
The war being waged against women in 2012 finds me spending a lot time in a heart-fluttering ALL CAPS rage. There’s so much rage and fear and utter incredulousness that I don’t even know what…