Slavery, sexual abuse, trafficking in humans. Wrong in all situations. Whether it's child sexual abuse, abduction and enslavement, enslavement of "captive" workers (has happened on ranches, for instance)--always wrong, never OK, and I do not respect anyone who defends any of these practices. Related but sometimes considered as different is systematic abuse of groups of society by gender (women being denied education/forced marriages/restrictions on their basic freedoms), religion, "caste," race. My position on these is the same as on the former: Not OK, ever, and I do not respect those who practice or defend these things.
Writer's Block: Do (political) opposites attract?
Slavery, sexual abuse, trafficking in humans. Wrong in all situations. Whether it's child sexual abuse, abduction and enslavement, enslavement of "captive" workers (has happened on ranches, for instance)--always wrong, never OK, and I do not respect anyone who defends any of these practices. Related but sometimes considered as different is systematic abuse of groups of society by gender (women being denied education/forced marriages/restrictions on their basic freedoms), religion, "caste," race. My position on these is the same as on the former: Not OK, ever, and I do not respect those who practice or defend these things.
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Why the Gaps?
So it's been, um, a month and a day since a post. What kind of way is that to do social media, someone will ask. LifeStuff. Pressure of work and…
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"Coffee with the Author" podcast from April 16
Here's the link to the interview with Jennifer Stayton of KUT...we had fun. I wish I hadn't started with a frog in my throat, but at least it…
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How to Build a Fence to Contain Goats
As near as I can make it, this is how I heard it from one of the old men who used to sit on a bench outside the grocery (no bench there now) and chat…
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Why the Gaps?
So it's been, um, a month and a day since a post. What kind of way is that to do social media, someone will ask. LifeStuff. Pressure of work and…
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"Coffee with the Author" podcast from April 16
Here's the link to the interview with Jennifer Stayton of KUT...we had fun. I wish I hadn't started with a frog in my throat, but at least it…
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How to Build a Fence to Contain Goats
As near as I can make it, this is how I heard it from one of the old men who used to sit on a bench outside the grocery (no bench there now) and chat…
