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Real Talk: What Happens After This Vote

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 ~ melstery

What would you do, if it came to that?

Your Foot is Still on My Neck

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 ~ melstery

"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks." --Sarah Grimké, women's suffrage advocate and abolitionist (as quoted by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) This has been a rough week. The massive injustice carried out today (and throughout this disgustingly incomplete … Continue reading Your Foot is Still on My Neck

I Lost a Friend Today (a sort-of letter)

October 19, 2016 ~ melstery ~ 1 Comment

I don't make friends easily. It takes a while for me to open up. Only time and experience together can draw you in. (I think most people are probably this way.) Once you're my friend, though, I will move heaven and earth to help you and to be a good friend, to be there for … Continue reading I Lost a Friend Today (a sort-of letter)

Advancing on the Tide (from the FB files)

June 22, 2016 ~ melstery

I used to think that being isolated from the world at large would be terrible. I have come to that turning point when I most often crave less interaction, fewer headlines (and less blood boiling all around), not more. I kinda had that pegged for age 65ish, not 33. Huh. And yet...responding less, speaking out … Continue reading Advancing on the Tide (from the FB files)

Numbers, People, and Empathy Fatigue

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 ~ melstery

I've had something on my mind for a while, but I found an article that puts the general point much more eloquently (and from a more riveting source) than I am able. We are inundated with news about suffering people in large numbers, and after a while, we can become desensitized to all of it. … Continue reading Numbers, People, and Empathy Fatigue

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