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Not in Jail and Have No Dog Food

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 Today my husband kept me out of jail/prison, which is why we don't have dog food.   Yeah, that really did happen.   We went to lunch at a favorite restaurant as part of enjoying our vacation together, and after, we decided to get some specialized iced tea (because it's really good). To get the tea, we drove past the PetSmart that we use, and on the side of the road, for a good mile at least, there were anti-choice protesters with the usual signs. Mostly middle-aged to older, all with the usual signs. I got mad and started giving them the finger as I was driving, and at a stoplight complained that it was dangerous to do so.   My husband offered, "You drive, I'll finger them" which is a typical thing for him to say. And he did. I drove with both hands on the wheel, white-knuckling as my absolute rage built and built. Meanwhile, he rolled down the window and gave them both fingers as we drove by. I started yelling at them, answering the signs, swearing with ev...
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They do it on Purpose

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They do it on purpose.  They want to take over anything that gives them authority. They want to be police officers, medical technicians, pharmacists, therapists, lawyers, judges, and a host of other positions that exert authority over you.  They want to have power over you. They want to see you in pain, begging for help that they can give, but won’t.  They want you to bow your head to them. They want you to accept your lot in life, praying to god that it will get better while you trudge through a daily grind where they win and you lose. Who are these people, you ask.  Is it a secret Satanic cabal? Is it the Zionists? The Illuminati? No.  It’s the white supremacist evangelical fundamentalists. Years ago, there came into being a semi-organized push to make evangelical Christianity the law and custom of America.  It was not a fully organized effort like you might think. It was just a simple message: get into places of power, reproduce as much as...
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Evaluating Threat

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There are several states that have some variant of an open carry law – basically a rule that says that people are allowed to openly carry guns (within various limitations). Most of the ones that allow it require some sort of restriction, usually a license of some sort.  From smartgunlaws.org : Open carry advocates seek to normalize the carrying of firearms in public places, and often use open carrying to protest what they see as unjust state firearms laws.  While members of the open carry movement argue that they are just “exercising their rights,”   the open carrying of firearms intimidates the public, wastes law enforcement resources, and creates opportunities for injury and death due to the accidental or intentional use of firearms. I recently got into an argument about guns, weapons and threats, and finally was able to articulate why the sight of a weapon is not welcome.  First, we are going to be talking about people.  Yes, other things a...
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Vignette

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I am driving home, going slowly down an alley so that I can avoid the highway.  On the other side of the road, walking against traffic, on the sidewalk, is a man.   He is Hispanic, with a growth of beard, but not a complete beard. He is wearing black sneakers, black jeans, a white Tee-shirt, and a dark grey hoodie. The hood is flipped back, showing his face and head.  His hair is black and he looks to be in his late 20's.   I am taken aback.  He is not actually walking; rather he is skipping down the sidewalk, smiling like he doesn't have a care in the world.  His smile is contagious and I wonder if the pink bunny ears he is wearing are why he is smiling, of if he is smiling because he can see the reactions of the drivers.  The bunny ears are soft, and fuzzy, and he makes me happy to see someone that is taking so much joy in their day. 
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Vignette

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I am at a salon, getting a pedicure. A man walks in, and greets the women in the salon, with a "Hello, Ladies!". His voice is a deep bass, and the respond back with warm hello's, asking him if he wants the usual. He is tall, African-American, with broad shoulders and athletic build.  He has a goatee that looks as if it is sculpted on his face, and curly hair cut very short.  He has warm eyes, and a grin that immediately says, "I could be your friend".  I'm relaxed and enjoying the rubbing and massage part of the pedicure.  The women who are working on me all had told me to get a color of nail polish, and I had to rebuff them no less than six times because I did not want any paint on my nails.  I would just ruin it, anyway.   Because of my nail polish color experience, I grin at him and tell him, "You should choose your color."  He does not miss a beat.  He puts his hands on his hips in a "super hero" fashion and cocks his hip a ...
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Your Experience Does/Does Not Matter

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(Note: This is written from the perspective of a white, cis-het, woman. Your experiences may vary, of course.) As a Feminist, I often read articles about the experience of a marginalized person/people.  This is normal because the people being marginalized need to have the discussions that they are, to bring awareness of the issues to the general public.  Often, however, there are people that come back with, “but in my experience, I have never seen that”.  OK, I will give you the benefit of the doubt.  YOU have never seen that. It does not mean that it doesn’t happen. When a man says that he has never cat-called a woman, I believe him.  It was not him that chased me down the street, demanding my attention when I just wanted to get to my bus stop.  When a man says that he would never try to get a woman drunk to take advantage of her, I believe him.  He specifically was not the one that insisted that we do shots and that I caught pu...
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What You Want

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Darren Rainey, a schizophrenic man in Florida has been boiled to death .  The prison guards though, are not going to be charged . The prosecutor says that there is not enough evidence, even though his skin was sloughing off when examined.  This is the Miami-Dade State Attorney, Katherine Fernandez Rundle. According to various articles, the temperature of the water was estimated to be 160 degrees (F), and he was screaming for two hours before dying.  But he died due to “undiagnosed heart disease”.  I have a question for you: don’t you think that being boiled alive would affect your heart? I mean, I’m not a doctor or anything like that, but the stresses of BEING BOILED ALIVE seem like they would be a contributing factor to heart failure. Perhaps being tortured for two hours might have something to do with your organ finally failing, after beating harder and harder because of the massive amounts of adrenaline going through you.   But what do I know? I’m j...
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