Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
I locked my Twitter account. The brew-ha-ha over first date twittersode had local high school (as in the one my kids attend) students following me by the droves. Not cool. So I locked my account, which is pathetic as I don’t even lock my home or car or, obviously, my mouth. I didn’t block my own kid; it’s the only way I can preach and know she’s listening. But yesterday, I
Twitter, we have a problem. Apparently I’m finally popular in high school, except I’m um, some 30 years late. Here’s what went down: On Twitter, I unleash my inner mean 8th grade girl: I’m not proud of it. Okay, maybe a little bit proud. I heckle parents (anonymously) at Open House. I berate high school administrators (anonymously). I taunt power companies and local political leaders (not-so-anonymously). I give running commentary of parent
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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