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Category Archives: Activism
Review: Displacement by Kiku Hughes
DISPLACEMENT by Kiku Hughes brings the reader along as the main character time travels through her grandmother’s memories to the United States’ internment of Japanese-Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Based on the author’s own life and her research … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Review
Tagged American History, Displacement, Graphic Novel, Issei, Japanese Internment, Kiku Hughes, Memory, Nikkei, Nisei, resistance, shared trauma, time travel
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#TimesUp: It’s all connected.
Surprising reaction. At first, it was an emphatic GOOD. Then as I typed #TimesUp, I started tearing up. And by the time I’d hit “send,” tears were in attendance. Why? Was it simply the relief that it wasn’t the five … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, random observation
Tagged #TimesUp, Harvey Weinstein, not that woman, reproductive rights, sexual predator
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Review: GIRLS LIKE US by Randi Pink
These days, despite the very real threats to women’s bodily autonomy throughout the USA, both current, as depicted in Dawn Porter’s TRAPPED, and anticipated, as a multitude of court cases approach the newly conservative-leaning SCOTUS, many women don’t truly believe … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Review
Tagged abortion rights, Girls Like Us, Randi Pink, reproductive rights, Roe versus Wade, YA, Young Adult Novel
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Review: Cannabis – The Illegalization of Weed in America
Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, Box Brown’s impassioned history lesson about Cannabis and its journey towards illegalization, takes readers from ancient religious traditions in India (see an excerpt here) to Mexico to opaque motivations and actions on the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Review
Tagged Bhang, Box Brown, Cannabis, Dennis Peron, First Second, Graphic Novel, marijuana, review, The Illegalization of Weed in America
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In Order To Form a More Compassionate Union
Thank you to Maya Wiley for a thoughtful, empathetic, in-depth response to last night’s callous and heinous performance of the current occupant of the Oval Office regarding Dr. Blasey Ford. This clip ends with Maya Wiley saying: “What we saw today … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged compassion, empathy, Maya Wiley, RAINN, sexual assault, unpopular opinion
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Glad I Saw It: Lonely Dictator
I noticed this sticker on a local post box, and it made me stop and think. And as I’m trying to remain open-minded in a world that screams at me to further polarize, I snapped a photo to give myself … Continue reading
Another One: The Reality of Numbness and What To Do and What To Say
After today’s school shooting in Texas, a friend shared that she was disturbed by her lack of emotional reaction to the event. It’s been a cycle that can be played out in shock and denial, horror, anger, helplessness, and throwing … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, volunteering
Tagged #Enough, Another One, Giffords, Numb, School Shooting, What To Do, What to Say, What to Write
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RBG is an Inspiring and Instructive Must See
The new documentary RBG is a Must See if you believe in The U.S. Constitution, incremental but meaningful forward change that lasts, and the power of focus, love, and laughter. It screened recently as part of The Montclair Film Festival, and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Review, Things I love
Tagged Carla Gutierrez, documentary, Notorious RBG, RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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23 Years Ago, in Montclair
In the 90’s, I remember hearing the phrase “Going Postal” used as almost amusing hyperbole when someone seemed a little too upset about what felt like a minor issue. I remember hearing about unbelievable incidents in passing, trying to explain … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Memory
Tagged Anniversary, David Grossman, Ernest Spruill, George Lomaga, Montclair, Post Office Shooting, Robert Leslie, Scott Walensky
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I am holding your hand.
I feel like we need to hear this today. Current public discourse and breaking news and personal tragedies and life stresses and national events and expectations of action and more and more and more, empties our reserves and shreds our … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, People are Good, Uncategorized
Tagged ally, I am holding your hand, kneel, speak up, stand up
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