My friend April turned me on to twitter’s latest episode of gender bias, this time in the world of gaming. It seems that a woman gamer, Jessica Price, was sharing knowledge via a personal social media account when she was mansplained about a subject in...
We’re living in a time where paying attention to the news seems to create toxicity, and paralysis. Not paying attention feels immoral. Fascism is on the rise around the world, not just here at home. And taking to social media to vent rarely leads to...
Five Reasons Why (and Where and How) You Need to Vote! There has certainly not been any lack of coverage regarding tomorrow’s midterm election. But rather than relaying a message of hope, the news reads like a laundry list of fears. Not just with regard to...
How to Give and Receive Feedback The other day I was out with a friend who was complaining about her colleagues. More than complaining, she was ripping them apart. I can’t say I’m an angel who’s never vented about the transgressions of others, but...
I Don’t Think Marginalizing Anybody Who Already Feels Marginalized is a Good Idea I’ve lived long enough to know that starting a conversation with a reprimand will never lead to the outcome you desire. In fact, just the opposite will happen. A conversation on...
Why is change hard? Have you heard the saying, everything you want is just outside your comfort zone? If that’s the case, why is it so hard to leave that zone? Well, our physiology. In the thousands of years that humans have existed, our brains have not...
