The pandemic even brought more racism into my life.
Pandemic Brought Me More Racist Micro Aggressions
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Ray Bradbury Foresaw Aversion to Leaving Our Homes
1951 short story predicted people staying at home, staring at screens.
Christmas Still Isn’t Right
Christmas 2020 sucked. This was supposed to be better.
Please Be Patient With Restaurants
They’re ALL understaffed right now and always struggle with changing Chicago weather.
Did You Have a Terrible Birthday This Year?
My birthday highlighted how little I’ve accomplished in the past 16 months. You?
Christmas 2020
I hate this month. I hate it like a dumped ex-lover who's still completely in love. Like I hate desserts when I'm on a diet. Like I hate everyone who was invited to the party when I wasn't. I hate this month with its mock social calendar of virtual events. That I fake...
Christmas Indifference
This Coronavirus Year 2020 has taught me a few things I never wanted to know. The latest one is what it's like to be a person who doesn't look forward to Christmas. This is a very eye-opening experience because into my 50s Christmas has been as much my favorite thing...
This Virus Fucking Sucks
For single people who live alone with have no family nearby, and who struggle with a mood disorder, being physically isolated for long can be deadly (I'm referring to suicide). When people talk about weighing the risks of interacting with others against the risk of...
Staying Home Gets Harder For Those Who Live Alone
On Thursday the city of Chicago issued an advisory that included not having guests in our homes and it really upset me as someone who lives alone. The general advice is to celebrate holidays with only those in your household. I don't have anyone else in my household,...
So How Was Your Summer?
Summer 2020: my mind fell apart. The simplest way to explain it is that my psychiatrist, health care provider and I slowly and carefully weaned me off Effexor for a year, and my first day without it at all was July 4th. Within 24 hours I stopped being able to fall...
“Why Now, White People?” The Real Reasons Whites Are Active Against Racism NOW
The Code Switch episode Why Now, White People? came out on June 16th, but the question is still live: Why are so many white people currently involved in anti-racism protests and activities? It's a fair question because racism was an equally hot issue with equally...
Meyers Is WAY Better than Colbert
Please take a look at the ways the host of The Late Show with Seth Meyers has adapted to the lockdown much better than the host of A Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert. This is my latest Medium.com story: Seth Meyers is THE Quarantine Late Night Host.
Memorial Day 2020 INSIDE
U.S. Gets Worse (Over Many Decades) Before Getting Better
In his Medium.com story Ninety Thousand Dead and Counting, Umair Haque points out that Americans don't seem to care how many Americans are dying of COVID-19. He writes that other countries tend to keep careful watch of how many deaths their governments cause, whether...
COVID Movie Fatigue
I posted on Facebook that I keep starting movies and abandoning them, never to return and finish, and my friend Jane called it "Covid movie fatigue." Is this a thing? Do others have this? Maybe the Medium audience can answer me in the comment section of It's Very Hard...