Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
New neighbors moved in across the street, a young couple, man and woman. No kids that I could tell, peaking out through the upstairs window where the tree doesn’t block the view. A white couple. No surprise there. I’m a white woman living in a sleepy white somewhat suburban town on a white street with white neighbors. I prepped my welcome to the neighborhood gift, a basket chock full of
Racist, violent, political. The trifecta of hate manifested in one domestic terrorist solely intent on killing black people – and succeeding – in an unsuspecting, welcoming, historic Charleston church. The Charleston murderer (won’t say his name: #NoNotoriety) was a proud, unabashed white supremacist, armed with a weapon to kill, and did just that. By adding Charleston to the long, sad, horrific list of American mass shootings, the entire country is now talking about
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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xo Kate