If you love tech so much, why don’t you just marry it

Digital Minimalism Experiment Week 1: Uh, why? Short answer: I use my tech in dumb ways to self-sabotage the things that I actually want to do! And honestly, probably you do too. I’m testing out the ideas in the book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World week by week and writing … Continue reading If you love tech so much, why don’t you just marry it

Here’s what you’re really saying when you say “Just follow the law and you’ll be okay.”

Image from Dallas Police Department’s Twitter before the shooting. I apologize for my silence. I’ve been waiting for the violence to let up before commenting on it, but we know that hasn’t happened yet. And the reason I could wait to speak in the first place is because I’m not afraid that my husband, my … Continue reading Here’s what you’re really saying when you say “Just follow the law and you’ll be okay.”

Fatsinger Women

It’s not an insult. Fatsinger (adj.) has always been known as a surname tucked away somewhere in my grandma’s genealogy, typically used in my family to describe capable, intelligent, hardworking, stubborn women. The following is part of a conversation my husband and I had post-food-coma after Christmas dinner with my cousin and my grandparents, who are both … Continue reading Fatsinger Women