Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
For the little girl who wanted to play with trucks but the teacher said no, those are for boys. For the girls denied making a gun rack, shelf, or fire-place poker in industrial arts, instead forced to make a poached egg and apron in home economics. For all the girls called tomboys, and wondering why. For all the kids who have heard: you play like a girl, cry like a girl, act like
Last year, I grabbed my to-do list on Election Day, and headed out to town to get it done, and the order in which I did them was more than a little embarrassing. Lists are awesome; the sense of accomplishment when you have something to show for your day. I’ve been known to write down completed tasks, just to have the satisfaction of crossing them off. Doesn’t everybody do that? Last
My dad used to tell me political parties really don’t matter in town elections; that everyone is basically on the same page, and ulterior motives and party alignments are not nearly as prominent as on the national level. Everybody working for the common good of community and all. That is such bullshit. In my town, Newtown, Connecticut, instead of Vote “insert name here” the signs almost always say VOTE REPUBLICAN
An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...
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