Spotted this tree on my morning walk the other day and was struck by its determination to live and continue growing. I felt there was a message in that. If this diseased and seemingly dead tree can spring new life, then surely each and every one of us must be able to as well. I... Continue Reading →
Time for 21st century speak! Use ‘they’ as a singular pronoun.
Here's the rest of that essay as promised yesterday! We are not being pernicious bitch feminists when we ask you to use 'they' rather than 'he', we ask you to use 'they' because it includes women and girls as equals. Language shapes identity and sociocultural mores. Girls need to grow up knowing they are equal,... Continue Reading →
Color Out of Space Day 2
Highlights of last evening were mostly social! or is it that it takes a day or two to absorb and respond? Met Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance, festival organizers, outside the venue when I arrived last night. Dylan expressed his personal disappointment with the low numbers of women presenting. Told me he doesn't want to... Continue Reading →