Tina PorterDear Senators Murkowski and Collins,Thank you Senators Murkowski and Collins, for your unwavering quest for a healthcare bill that is not cruel. I’m sorry your work is being…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
Tina PorterI Want You to Read HungerI inhaled Hunger by Roxane (one n) Gay. I don’t mean it in the food metaphor way, I mean it in the breath-way, you know, the normal way we…Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
Tina PorterBuoyancyLately, I’ve been feeling like I’m sinking. Not bobbing up and down like I’m treading life, nor even my own weird little breast stroke…Apr 21, 2017Apr 21, 2017
Tina PorterMy Whiteness: A poemWith not a stitch of hair on my head, my whiteness came firstApr 10, 2017Apr 10, 2017
Tina Porter#UULent: CourageI woke up thinking about Jesus. This is not typical for me. While I am participating in the Unitarian Universalist Lenten practice…Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017
Tina PorterPoems and Pies for the ApocalypseI had a cup of coffee the other day with three women, two of whom I had just met, and we came to the topic of “what skill do you have to…Feb 8, 2017Feb 8, 2017
Tina PorterI’m HereI spent yesterday in one of two states: one was sleep, the other was mindfully removing and replacing the caulk around my bathtub.Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
Tina PorterBreath and the ArcThere is a part of me that wants to respond to the second Presidential Debate of 2016 by running to a monastery where there is no wifi, no…Oct 10, 2016Oct 10, 2016
Tina PorterI’m with herI come from a family of Harry Potter fans — fanatics maybe even. I, personally, didn’t get into the books until the 5th movie came out and…Oct 4, 2016Oct 4, 2016
Tina PorterDon’t Explain it Awayf I were Chief of Police in any city or town in America, I would enact implicit bias training TODAY. I would challenge my officers to ask…Sep 20, 2016Sep 20, 2016