Roseanne Connor is willing to threaten an entire class of elementary-school children, in public, for Mark’s sake, yet she voted for, and still defends, a politician who would invalidate Mark as a full American citizen. On Tuesday, March 27, the reboot of the ABC television sitcom Roseanne debuted to 18.2 million viewers. The original show (1988-1997) […]
We have lived according to the ethos of the NRA and the gun lobby and conservative Senators and fearful, unsympathetic citizens long enough. It’s time to try something new, for the rest of us and for our children. It is time to act. At approximately 3:30pm on Saturday, September 30, my wife and I sat […]
Realizing that you are “abnormal” according to social norms and popular culture and religion, knowing that people believe you have somehow chosen your “abnormality” and that you can therefore un-choose it, tends to mess with your head. CN: rape, abuse I am not yet a teenager. (No, I will not get more specific. Don’t ask.) […]
In truth, Whiteness affects everyone. It favors some of us and threatens others daily. In my life, I have argued with, silently resisted, and fled from the police. Despite all that and my general comportment, the latter born from a distaste for authority and the tyrannical attitudes of the particular officers I encountered, I have […]
I am defending my personhood. You are trying to map your vision of personhood onto the rest of us. In the wake of the 2016 election, I and many of my leftist friends have taken to the streets, the airwaves, the media, and the Internet to express our dismay. Many of us are bewildered. Lots […]
