FollowExcellent graphic memoir by Liz Prince. I think we almost all feel like outsiders in school. I know I did.
Super relatable and I just flew through it.
Graphic novels can make for great stories.
Pleasure Reading
I’ve been flying through a bunch of romance novels on the Kindle. Mostly Jenn Roseton recently BBW curvy women often with cowboys. They are just fun. Although it’s hilarious how often they think being curvy is bad. It’s definitely a feature not a bug.
I do want to finish R. Dwayne Betts’ “A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Corning of Age in Prison.” It’s due back in the library today without renewals. And he’s even a Facebook friend. Up to page 62 of 240 so may have to stop for now and come back to it.
I’m in much more of a mood to enjoy some contemporary romance. I see why romance is the most popular genre.
I Believe You
I was so overwhelmed by the me too meme that took over Facebook yesterday.
How do we do better?
How do people like Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump do horrible things over and over and keep power?
I kind of think we need a Time of matriarchy to balance the scales after so much patriarchy for so long.
There is no reason men should stay in power.
There is no reason we should ignore abuses of power.
There is no reason we should allow “boys to be boys.”
There is a reason to tell people often especially men that they’re behavior is inappropriate.
There are a myraid of reasons women should be given power.
And we should allow better child care and more freedom so everyone can do better.
And this shouldn’t be controversial.
We can and must do better.
Unfortunately, Me Too
I have seen the Me too meme going around Facebook.
And it’s absolutely terrible that almost every woman has been sexually harassed and far too many sexually assaulted.
I had something happen in my life that threw me too.
I was probably in junior high school one of my dad’s employees came on to me. It was just gross. And unfortunately, I heard he had propositioned other boys and I think eventually got arrested.
And I wonder if that slowed me down on asking girls out and dating when I was in high school and college.
I think I missed out on a lot of interesting and deepened friendships that way.
It’s definitely not something that is easy to get over.
And as a man, I think it’s even harder to admit, which is very, very sad in our culture.