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Stupid Senseless Racial Hate

I was a witness to racial hate the likes of which I’d only ever seen on TV, in movies and on the news. I was stunned, shaken and certainly frightened enough to be poised to dial 911 on my cell phone. This was up close and in my face. I was outside having a puffContinue reading “Stupid Senseless Racial Hate”

Sexual Assault and Rape Culture-Part II

Media I love James Bond movies but confess I haven’t seen them all and the ones I have seen are newer. I did go back and watch some of the very early movies. I wasn’t surprised by the blatant sexism in them so much as the sexual assaults. Earlier James Bonds did not take noContinue reading “Sexual Assault and Rape Culture-Part II”

Sexual Assault and Rape Culture-Part I

Denial Rape Culture is defined as: a society or environment whose prevailing social attitudes have the effect of normalizing or trivializing sexual assault and abuse Definitions from Oxford Languages I, like many others, am the survivor of sexual assault and to anyone who has been sexually assaulted I just want you to know I seeContinue reading “Sexual Assault and Rape Culture-Part I”

Inspired

As promised, the long awaited release of my second song, Echoes of the Wild. The music was composed, arranged and performed by Rowan Ayers and Ramped. It’s hard to find the words to express my gratitude to these guys for taking on this project and doing such a fantastic job, and for putting so manyContinue reading “Inspired”

Integrity

Integrity is,( in the case of personal integrity), the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions….Wikipedia For the past few days I have been feeling very activated (CPTSD)Continue reading “Integrity”

Losing A Part Of My Identity As A Woman

I had reached the ripe old age of twenty five years old when I had to have a bilateral mastectomy due to some kind of persistent infections. One doctor explained there were four or five different bacteria but couldn’t give me specific causes of these breast infections. I wasn’t producing milk but I did haveContinue reading “Losing A Part Of My Identity As A Woman”