The public shaming of Hill is yet another example of the hypocrisy of our culture, which pretends to respect or even worship difference, but is deeply and actively hostile to it.
Pigtail on Fire
Dr. Hill… seemed to me, uniquely as a woman, to represent a fearless insistence on doing the right thing.
Rich Kids
From early childhood, the children of the wealthiest one percent of U.S. citizens receive the education, the grooming, the allowances, loans and preferential treatment that make the Dream (however it is defined) possible.
Dead Girls
Except for so-called celebrities, or criminals, we are all forgotten within few years of our deaths.
Some Remarkable Women
I give you several women who have been seen as remarkable; they stand for a multitude of others who through timing, luck or geography are never given the accolades they deserve.
Bad Girls
The death of the writer Kate Braverman here in Santa Fe a few days ago led me to think about the accomplishments, and the legacy, of other Bad Girls.
Women Under Fire
How often over the centuries women have banded together all over the world to stop invasion, conquest and bloodshed.
Rich Kids
New Mexico has been a blessing for me, which may explain (but not excuse) the fact that I had very little idea of the dire condition of many of our children.
“I just couldn’t bring myself…”
It’s a badge of honor, as well as proof of membership in a certain group, bound together by familiarity and a shared ethic.
The Third Fire
Activists like me who have spent decades working in various fields for social justices are, I think, right to assume that this new young militarism is drawing on our work of many decades.