Category Archives: politics

Nick Kyrios is to Tennis as Donald Trump is to the American people — bad to the bone

Posted on May 15, 2019 by

Nick Kyrios is  an Australian professional tennis player ranked #25 in the world in men’s singles. Daniil Medvedev is a Russian tennis player currently ranked #14 by the ATP in men’s singles. Today they met in the first round of … Continue reading →

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another one bites the dust

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Alas, yet another member of the president’s cabinet bids us all a fond farewell – maybe not fond, but definitely farewell. Kirstjen Nielsen, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, evidently felt it was the right time for her to step … Continue reading →

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SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES!

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

BREAKING NEWS – WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH MOVES ON TO APRIL! If pictures are worth a thousand words, then you tube videos with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Eurythmics must be worth more than any amount of words available in … Continue reading →

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I got the gavel, and I’m not afraid to use it

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Last night Congresswoman Waters (D – Cal) received the Chairman’s Award at the 50th NAACP Image Awards.  Her acceptance speech included the following: “After a long career journey, tonight I stand before you … Continue reading →

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text message yesterday from contributor Pat Patterson made me happy!

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

“Look what I just found at Strand Bookstore in NYC…”   One of the contributors to Southern Perspectives, Pat Patterson a/k/a Patti O’Furniture, texted this to me yesterday afternoon…followed by “proudly asked the clerk at Strand for your book and … Continue reading →

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sheroes on sheroes: Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Shirley Chisholm

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

Much has been said about the new look of Congress as the halls of our nation’s highest legislative chambers began to swarm with new members who were  sworn in and trying to find their offices during the first week of … Continue reading →

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wonder women – southern style (part II)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

A politician/philanthropist from Faith, North Carolina who settled in Charleston; an attorney who moved to Columbia from Key West, Florida; a midlands YWCA executive director from Detroit, Michigan — three women whose different, yet similar, stories were chronicled in Southern … Continue reading →

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wonder women – southern style (Part I)

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

Don’t get me wrong. The men whose stories were included in Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home are just as important as these women I celebrate today, but it is Women’s History Month after all. As I wrote … Continue reading →

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on International Women’s Day, I salute Pretty

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

“I knew I was a lesbian, and I also knew I wouldn’t disguise who I was, because to do so would send the message to my son Drew there was something wrong with it. If I didn’t name it, if … Continue reading →

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beam me up, scottie – it’s Women’s History Month!

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

Last night I took a trip in time travel with Stephanie Rule who narrated a documentary called On the Basis of Sex which looked at the people, places and events that shaped the American woman’s odyssey to become an equal citizen … Continue reading →

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