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A Lifetime of Long Sleeves

The trouble with having visible scars is that they provoke a story. Scars always and only get on our bodies by means of some kind of…

Apr 28, 2020

A Lifetime of Long Sleeves

Apr 28, 2020

KC Compton

In Hell with E. Jean Carroll

The headline on Michelle Goldberg’s opinion piece in the New York Times today said what I already knew: “E. Jean Carroll Must Be Going…

May 7, 2023

Black and white photo of young woman with medium length hair and bangs smelling a rose viewed through what looks like shattered glass

May 7, 2023

KC Compton

BOOK REVIEW: Children’s Health & the Peril of Climate Change

Children’s Health & the Peril of Climate Change Frederica Perera Oxford University Press, 236 pages

May 4, 2023

Red book cover showing title Children’s Health & the Peril of Climate Change and a small child’s white sandal

May 4, 2023

KC Compton

Earth Loses One Great Cat; I Lose Part of My Heart

The day this black-and-tan striped boy cat came into my life, I wasn’t looking for another cat, thanks. I had just added a new year-old pup…

Aug 28, 2022

Black and tan tiger striped cat with blue bell on his collar lies on my desk and stretches out in front of the window

Aug 28, 2022

KC Compton

Get Outta Here with That ‘Don’t Know What’s In It’ BS

When I was in my late teens, aka my party days, a favorite party drink was the Hairy Buffalo, where everyone would bring a mixer and/or…

Dec 2, 2021

Old rubbish bin with rusted lid

Dec 2, 2021

KC Compton

I Was That Girl

I didn’t ask for it, I didn’t want it, and I didn’t deserve it

Apr 26, 2020

I Was That Girl

Apr 26, 2020

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My Surprising Career, Thanks to Men Who Were Not Toxic

I know toxic masculinity like the back of my hand. My life has nearly been ruined a few times by that curdled interpretation of what it…

Mar 12, 2019

My Surprising Career, Thanks to Men Who Were Not Toxic

Mar 12, 2019

KC Compton

That Day the Hippies Launched the Submarine

For weeks Ron, Rod and Roger had been busily working in Roger’s garage. Weatherford, Oklahoma, 1970, in the middle of a sizzling, dry…

Jan 4, 2019

That Day the Hippies Launched the Submarine

Jan 4, 2019

KC Compton

Getting Tired of Generosity Porn — How About a Working Wage Instead

Two videos I’ve seen over the last couple of days have just about worked my last good nerve while simultaneously tugging on my heart…

Aug 10, 2018

Aug 10, 2018

KC Compton

Once Upon a Time, Sports Bras Didn’t Exist: We Used Ace Bandages

In 1977, shortly after the birth of my daughter, my friend Penny invited me to do this weird thing I had heard of but never tried: jogging…

Jul 29, 2018

Once Upon a Time, Sports Bras Didn’t Exist: We Used Ace Bandages

Jul 29, 2018

KC Compton

KC Compton

Writer, editor, newshound, fan of participatory democracy. Decades as newspaper & magazine journalist. Don’t think there’s a better Amendment than the First.

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