Eva Longoria breaks down how Latinas earn less than everyone even taking into account education, experience and location. Watch the video at LeanIn.org.
Latina Equal Pay Day Nov. 20, 2019
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Latina Equal Pay Day – 20 Nov 2019
November 20th, 2019 marks the unfairness of the pay gap and how far into 2019 it takes a Latina to make what a white, non-Hispanic male earned in 2018. There are pay gaps between white non-Latino men and women of all backgrounds, but of all women in the U.S. Latinas...
Birth…Pain…Death
Talked to my therapist last night and reviewed that people's main response to danger is to go into a state of shock because shock reduces pain. Whether it's physical pain or the emotional pain of being yelled at by a boss or fearing an important relationship is about...
Kat Jernigan Pottery (Talkin’ ‘Bout Nipples)
At the annual Glenwood Arts Fest yesterday, I could not resist purchasing this mug. It sat among a table full of pottery, with several items that had ersatz testicles or penises. After feeling my usual weariness of more phallic imagery and wondering why we can't have...
If You Could Stop Crimes Against Humanity, Would You?
My American friends, let's pretend you have the power to influence whether or not the United States continues to house elderly, sick, infant and child immigrants in very cold rooms, deny them proper nutrition, keep them from their families and cause them...
Grieving My Sweet Tooth
My physical and emotional dependence on processed sugar has caused me decades of pain. My physical need for all-day-long sweets started when I was a child. My childhood was so frightening that I developed unhealthy ways to cope and one of them was with cookies, ice...
Doing Depression Right
Previous post on weight & health: No change Working with an NRT practitioner since 2016 has taught me that there are endless ways our health can be messed up. We develop physical problems and/or inherit them from our parents, grandparents and ancestral line. We...
Naked Racism
A Mexican-American woman and a Black woman try to relax with a gym workout. Then this white woman…
No Change
Previous post on weight & health: I'm going for effortless weight loss No change. No change at all...discouragement..disgust...I'm the fattest I've ever been. Blah, blah, blah. (But wait -- things did change after I posted this! Read this!)
Please, American White Women
The open letter technique is a clichéd way to address a challenging topic and when I see a writer begin with "Dear Democratic Party" or "Dear President Trump" I think, "If you really want to address those people, why post your letter here?" But I'm doing it because...
#10Year Damn Challenge
So there's another asinine challenge going around and way too many people are participating. This one is particularly cruel because only very young people can do it with dignity. It's the #10YearChallenge and what you do is post a photo of yourself from ten years ago...
“I’m sorry I tried to kill myself”
When someone tries to end their life, but it doesn't work and they end up in the hospital, one thing they often say is "I'm sorry." But is that really necessary? What are they apologizing for? Having a mind distorted by mental illness? Being a screw-up? If we...
How Do I Stop the Pain?
Previous post on weight & health: Not getting better I run a depression support group Meetup and this week we talked about ways to treat depression other than with medication. I've happily been on anti-depressants since 2010, so I'm not knocking meds, but I wanted...
Tippett Responded!
Even though my review of a podcast on depression wasn't favorable, I tweeted it and tagged the host, Krista Tippett, and the show itself, On Being. And Tippett responded! This is great, although I'm not sure what she means by "it often works this cyclical way." Does...
It’s Back (Depression)
I didn't even get one month before the depression came back. It rolled back over me on Monday and as hard as I've been trying to pretend "as if," I can't stop it. The twelve step programs advocate "fake it til you make it." Act the way you wish you were and eventually...