If you’ve glanced at a newspaper or a television or the internet in the past 20 years, you’ve realized that there are many people walking around who shouldn’t have children. Like, “maybe forced sterilization isn’t such a bad idea or an inhumane conclusion” sort of people. I watch the […]
Politics/Community
Fox News Just Deleted a Post Encouraging People to Run Over Protesters So No, There Are Not ‘Many Sides’
Just days after Heather Heyer was murdered and over a dozen others were badly injured by an Alt-Right protester who ran his Dodge Charger into a group of counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Fox News Digital has deleted a post encouraging its readers to run […]
“I Wish I Was Black,” I Said to My Father
“I wish I was black.” I was probably 12 years old or so when I said this, and I was 100% sincere. In that moment, looking out the window as the rural landscape of western New York flew past, barely undulating and never ending, I couldn’t have been more sincere. […]
Deadly White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Is Just a Symptom of the Real Problem
By now you have undoubtedly heard about the deadly “Unite the Right” rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, August 12. The rally, which had already sparked violence and injury, turned deadly when a white supremacist rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. As horrifying and disgusting as the […]
Eighteen Lies. No Sex. No Videotape.
By Linda DeMers Hummel Call them fibs. Call them a bunch of bad advice. Call them wishful thinking. Here are 18 lies that I once believed. 1955: “Little girls can’t do that. Only boys.” 1965: “The Dave Clark Five are better than the Beatles.” 1968: “Relax. No one’s going to vote […]
Yeah, I’m the Parent Who Has a Problem with Your Kid Going UP the Slide
I’m a pretty laid back parent. I mean, aside from expecting my kids to follow the rules and treat their elders with respect and navigate the world from a place of kindness, I have very few expectations that other parents might consider unreasonable. I let them “run wild,” for […]
Chester Bennington’s Death—And the Conversation We Should Be Having
I read the headline with shock and disbelief: dead? Chester Bennington — the lead singer of Linkin Park — was dead? He couldn’t be. I mean, he is (well, he was) the voice of my childhood. It was Linkin Park and Bennington which carried me through the long, angst-ridden days of adolescence, and the […]
Why The Activist Mommy Gets It All Wrong
By now you’ve seen the hate-rant making its way around the internet from Vlogger, The Activist Mommy. In her latest video, she calls for Teen Vogue to be banned from shelves because it is informing its readers about sex. While it’s a shame to give this scarecrow-headed town crier any more […]