“What time do you call this?” my husband asked when I crawled into bed at 12:30 AM. I tried to be as quiet as possible, to not wake him. Having to report to work by 7 AM, he gets ugly … Continue reading →
When I’m elected Benevolent Dictator of the Universe, my first official act will be to abolish daylight saving time. To appease all you morning-haters moaning about the sun waking you up too early, as goodwill gesture, I would distribute eyeshades … Continue reading →
Welcome to Part VI, the final in this blog series based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. You may also want to listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. To recap, “vulnerability is … Continue reading →
Welcome to Part V in a six-part series about vulnerability, based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. I encourage you to also listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. Stepping off the bus … Continue reading →
Welcome to Part IV in a series about vulnerability, based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. I encourage you to also listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. I was having lunch with … Continue reading →
If you haven’t yet read Part II of this blog post series, check it out. We’re talking about Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. This post is in part inspired by a Krista Tippet interview of Ms. … Continue reading →
If you’re just tuning in, read Part I of my blog post series about Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Today’s post riffs, in part, on a Krista Tippet [on being] interview of Ms. Brown. Feeling vulnerable … Continue reading →
Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. You may have heard of her, she’s been promoted by Oprah and did a Ted Talk … Continue reading →
Angalifu, aged 44, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, in San Diego. Until the international news wire picked up the story, most of the world has never heard of him. Even I only knew his name after reading his obit. Sadly, … Continue reading →
Ever since earning a master’s in journalism in 1994, I’ve struggled with whether hate speech is—or should be—protected under the First Amendment. For me, protection of hate speech has never been so black and white as it seems to be … Continue reading →
