mindofmaryannA letter to Jamya regarding this presidential electionMy dear Jamya,Nov 12, 2016Nov 12, 2016
mindofmaryannThe policing of titsA couple of months ago I visited a science museum and encountered a staged scene of a Neanderthal/early modern human family. The mother…Oct 28, 2016Oct 28, 2016
mindofmaryannHow to act around “sick” peopleWhen I was in high school I got into a really bad car accident. I don’t remember anything besides waking up in the hospital. I was relieved…Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2016
mindofmaryannWhat to do when you see a slutty hot dog this Halloween…Another woman’s beauty, intelligence, humor, talent, whatever… is not the absence of your own. Repeat that and let it really sink in.Oct 14, 2016Oct 14, 2016
mindofmaryannWhite people with dreads aren’t “hippies”, they’re ignorant culture vulturesForeword: If the title already offends you, and you happen to be white, you should keep reading this for your own intellectual benefit.Oct 1, 2016Oct 1, 2016
mindofmaryannReclaim her joyI pass a billboard on I-294 frequently for Rolland’s Jewelers in Libertyville, Illinois. The billboard shows a woman and man getting…Sep 22, 2016Sep 22, 2016
mindofmaryannWhat it’s like to have a vagina when you work in a penis-dominated industryWhen I think of college I think of the one kid who randomly handed me a red solo cup full of shrooms once, how weird it was, and how people…Sep 21, 2016Sep 21, 2016
mindofmaryannMentoring in the “projects”“she’s nine, homeless, black, her dad’s incarcerated and she’s not doing well in school” said the director of the mentoring program…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016