It's July. Must be time for "Freedom or Fear?"
Yes, the Declaration of Independence was signed almost 250 years ago. But you know what else happened in July? Bastille Day. July 14. The French Revolution.
I’m with the French. Marie got cake in the face. I’m thinking more a whipped cream pie à la mode (in the face) for the Orange Buffoon. Maybe it’ll even out his skin tone.
I digress. Because, pie…Yum. Peach, please.
I can’t wait to read Slamone de Beauvoir’s take on this one.
The United States of America is as far from “united” as we’ve ever been, except for when we are at war with the Confederacy and the Civil War. I always wondered why it was it called civil. It was anything but. And now, this country has topped itself in demonstrating how low certain factions can go. We’re inches way from hitting bottom. We’ve got the Orange Buffoon and his cast of clowns to thank for that. I’ve never been as mortified or as angry.
But they want us to be paralyzed by fear. You know what I say?
Fuck that. I won’t give them the satisfaction, not for a day, not for a minute.
That’s what’s on my mind. But our storytellers this month can use the theme in any way they like.
The stories don’t have to be about ‘Murica at all.
Storytellers scheduled to appear:
Amie Newman: This is Not Your Mother's Eating Disorder
Bridget Young: Black Sheep Mom
Christine Destrempes: Unconditioned
Claire Polders: Wander, Wonder, Write
Elizabeth Dana Yoffe: Emboddity
Gloria Horton-Young: She Who Stirs the Storm
Lisa St. Lou: Laughing Matters
Natalie Serber: read. write. eat.
Professor Meredith: Bitchy History
Rosana Francescato: Flower Child
With stories from:
Nan Tepper: Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam!