By Kimberley Johnson on
Bernie Sanders, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Political Engagement on Social Media, politics, politics and social media, Rants
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants
All you Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters need to calm down! I’m an admin on various feminist and political Facebook pages, which means I have the arduous task of reading comments so that I can ban trolls when they appear and correct the ill-informed. You can imagine what fun that is. It’s a wonder […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
Catholic high school, Catholic Schools and Moral Guidelines, male dominated society, modesty, Modesty Assembly for Girls, saving yourself for marriage, shaming students, Women's liberation
Activism, Equal Rights, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Women's Issues
“The boys had a dance party, while the girls were given a disturbing talk about ‘modesty.’” Colette Scorzetti, a senior at Delaware County Catholic school, Cardinal O’Hara, posted a scathing criticism of an assembly held for girls only. The topic was modesty. In a Facebook post on April 15, Scorzetti explained that the school divided students into […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
Americans Identify as Christian, Atheists, organized religion, Religion, religion in modern america, religious freedom, Young Americans tend to be secular
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Religion, Religious Freedom Laws
People aren’t leaving religion, religion is leaving people. I was raised by a single mom, and neither one of my parents were religious. When I was nine, I spent the summer with my Catholic grandmother, and on Sundays we’d go to church together. Because I was nine and wasn’t raised by religious parents, church didn’t […]
By Samuel Warde on
discrimination against women, Do Republicans hate women, equal wages for women, fair pay for women, reproductive healthcare for women and Republicans, Republican war on women, Republicans and misogyny, Teenage Activist Madison Kimrey, Women's issues
Activism, Bigotry, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Election 2016, Equal Rights, Feminism, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Reproductive Rights, Republican Hypocrisy, Republican Indifference, Republican Logic, Republicans, Right Wing Fanatics, Smackdowns, Ted Cruz, The Tea Party, Women's Issues
My Dearest Ted, Your latest attempts to woo women voters have made it impossible for me to hold my feelings for you in any longer. Every time you speak, every time I see your face on television, I get a feeling in the pit of my stomach. When, in Wisconsin, you declared that, “Strong women […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
are men intimidated by powerful women, be courteous, discrimination against women, explaining in a condescending or patronizing manner, mansplaining, men explain things to me, progressive, progressives evolve and try to be open-minded, sexism
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Sexism, Women's Issues
Mansplaining is defined as “to explain something to someone, typically a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.” The other day, my young activist friend, Madison Kimrey, messaged me to commiserate about a “progressive” man who often messages her and tells her how to behave, what she should read and so […]
