Category Archives: Middle Class

A Reunion With My High School

I’m going back to school today! A recurring dream I’ve had for decades is that I never actually graduated high school in 1973. The reason – I failed gym. The only way to get my diploma was to do a

A Reunion With My High School

I’m going back to school today! A recurring dream I’ve had for decades is that I never actually graduated high school in 1973. The reason – I failed gym. The only way to get my diploma was to do a

Martha Stewart- Ageless Cover Girl or Timeless Cover Up

First, it was Cheryl Tiegs in the 1970s whose 20-something California girl good looks and smokin’ body I felt I could never live up to. Then it was Christie Brinkley’s perfect 10 bod raising the bar in the eighties. Bikini-clad

Martha Stewart- Ageless Cover Girl or Timeless Cover Up

First, it was Cheryl Tiegs in the 1970s whose 20-something California girl good looks and smokin’ body I felt I could never live up to. Then it was Christie Brinkley’s perfect 10 bod raising the bar in the eighties. Bikini-clad

Make Hallmark Great Again

Mother’s Day is the mother of all greeting card holidays when we all plunk down $6.95 for sentimental inscriptions written by strangers that perfectly capture our loving feelings about Mom to help her celebrate her special day. If this presidential

Make Hallmark Great Again

Mother’s Day is the mother of all greeting card holidays when we all plunk down $6.95 for sentimental inscriptions written by strangers that perfectly capture our loving feelings about Mom to help her celebrate her special day. If this presidential

A Picture-Perfect Mother’s Day

There is not a single snapshot of my mother holding me as a baby. Not in black and white not in color.  The kissing, cooing, and snuggling photos like the mother-daughter photos that fill my social media feed on birthdays

A Picture-Perfect Mother’s Day

There is not a single snapshot of my mother holding me as a baby. Not in black and white not in color.  The kissing, cooing, and snuggling photos like the mother-daughter photos that fill my social media feed on birthdays

There is Nothing Funny About Donald Trump

I will never forget the sound of Americans laughing at a Town Hall in New Hampshire When Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll mercilessly, they laughed. When he called the woman who just won a defamation suit against him a “whack

There is Nothing Funny About Donald Trump

I will never forget the sound of Americans laughing at a Town Hall in New Hampshire When Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll mercilessly, they laughed. When he called the woman who just won a defamation suit against him a “whack

A Million Years of Misogyny

Donald Trump knows his HIStory. For a million years stars have been given carte blanche to sexually molest women. Just ask Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. In 10,000 B.C. when Hollyrock movie star Rock Quarry visited Bedrock, all the gals

A Million Years of Misogyny

Donald Trump knows his HIStory. For a million years stars have been given carte blanche to sexually molest women. Just ask Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. In 10,000 B.C. when Hollyrock movie star Rock Quarry visited Bedrock, all the gals

Talking About Mental Health 

  How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape

Talking About Mental Health 

  How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape

What Type of Woman Is Rape Worthy?

“She’s not my type!” It’s becoming a trope for Trump. This has been Donald’s go-to line since  E. Jean Carroll first accused him of raping her in Bergdorf Goodmans.  It has been his gold s Always said with a misogynist

What Type of Woman Is Rape Worthy?

“She’s not my type!” It’s becoming a trope for Trump. This has been Donald’s go-to line since  E. Jean Carroll first accused him of raping her in Bergdorf Goodmans.  It has been his gold s Always said with a misogynist

A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses

The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis

A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses

The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis

Why E. Jean Carroll’s Voice is More Important Than a Scream

She didn’t scream. Real rape victims scream. I was raped. Twice. I did not scream either time. Really This is just one of several sexual assault myths perpetrated by the perpetrator Donald Trump in his flaccid attempt to undermine E.

Why E. Jean Carroll’s Voice is More Important Than a Scream

She didn’t scream. Real rape victims scream. I was raped. Twice. I did not scream either time. Really This is just one of several sexual assault myths perpetrated by the perpetrator Donald Trump in his flaccid attempt to undermine E.