Do not dismiss or diminish people’s fear. People are not overreacting, and it’s not your job to tell them to be positive. The physical and emotional well-being of our friends and families require that we show up. This means leveraging our privilege, should it come in the form of religion, class, gender, race, etc., to […]
We don’t need more open letters filled with what amounts to nicely constructed and high minded chivalrous sentiments. We can no longer afford to stroke fragile male egos. Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is shocking to many people, but none so much, perhaps, as to men who are used to a certain power and […]
Dear Dana is a bi-weekly advice column for humans who engage in romantic relationships. Please send your dilemmas, issues, conundrums, assumptions, conflicts, anxieties, worriments, obstacles, complications, predicaments, queries, questions, and any other synonyms for “problems” to deardana@rolereboot.org. Dear Dana: I, a bleeding heart liberal, am hosting Thanksgiving at my house this year, and was just informed […]
I wanted to give my daughters a tremendous victory. Instead, we were handed defeat. But it was a glorious, inspiring day and they will never take that from us. Like many other parents I know, I was stunned by the results of the presidential election. I could not sleep much that night or since. I […]
When Democrats say they lost the election because Hillary Clinton was their candidate, what they’re really saying is that they lost because their candidate was a female. I fear that this is the takeaway for young women and girls. There are a lot of reasons to be sad right now. All the progress that’s been […]
The time is now to break the silence and harness our collective power. One of my earliest memories was when my mother was several months pregnant with my brother. I was 5 and it was winter in Chicago. My mother slipped down a flight of icy stairs in front of our home as we were […]
He said he was going to win the nomination. He did. He said the polls were wrong. They were. He said he would win the election. Check. He’s revealed dozens of his dictator-type plans. It’s time to take the man at his word. Let’s get some things straight: 1. I am talking only to like-minded […]
The more I asked questions and argued on Facebook, the more I came to realize that everything they told me about why they were voting for Donald Trump was just coded words for their inherent racism, misogyny, and in the case of women, their internalized misogyny. I live in Michigan, where I was born and […]
