âI was spanked as a kid, and Iâm fine!â No, you think itâs ok to use violence against a child. Youâre not fine.
Today, NY Mag published an excerpt of my book, in which I talk about the past 50 years of the abusive evangelical "biblical parenting" movement, how "parental rights" entered the political lexicon, and why you shouldn't hit your kids: www.thecut.com/article/the-...
The Evangelical familyâs twisted obsession with corporal punishment.
"As a worker-run newsroom that will rely heavily on audience input to shape our coverage of the city, weâre providing information WITH representation (put that on a license plate)." The 51st News is live! 51st.news/dc-local-new...
Introducing The 51st, local news by and for D.C. residents.
(which i guess is not losing an idiom, but creating one based on new gadgetry)
My old boss said âput the horse before the cartâ â having only ever referred to horses & carts IN the idiom, it sounded more âbackwardsâ to reverse itâŚ
My fave is âto segway from one topic to anotherâ
Wow. I need this on one of those big posters of a sunset or some mountains, above my desk.
Genuinely helpful advice from my therapist, for when i am stuck in optimization mode: âDo it wrong!â
I research and teach on the apocalypse and part of that is case studies of disasters and the thing my students learn almost immediately is that the first thing that happens when disaster strikes is that other people look for ways to help the trope of immediate anarchy is historically untenable
Oh wow! (Insert âtake my moneyâ gif)
