Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. —Brene Brown Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – March 22 1822, France – Rosa Bonheur (22 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was born in Bordeaux, France. She was a French
I am endorsing Cynthia Nixon for Governor of New York. I am grateful that a participant citizen, with a history in public education activism, support for public employees, who boycotts Israeli settlement products and will therefore protect free speech rights of New Yorkers, and who supports the Arts, is stepping up to take down a
One of the many interesting tropes that Trump uses to justify firings and accusations is when someone does in fact commit a minor wrongdoing that pales in comparison to Trump’s own large structural wrongs. He uses their flaw as a smokescreen to hide his own and uses his power to blow up and escalate their
Return phone calls, answer emails! —Sarah Schulman Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – March 16 1680 – Legislators of New Hampshire pass the colony’s first capital laws, copied almost word for word from the Plymouth laws of 1671: If
In the introduction to Rising Strong, I wrote, “People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.” This is especially true of people who rumble with failure. These are people who choose courage over comfort, accountability over blame, and are able to embed key learnings from failures into
We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.. Definition of courage: Tell your story with all your heart. —Brene Brown Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – March 14 1860, Estonia – Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock 14 March 1860
Midlife: when the Universe grabs your shoulders and tells you “I’m not f-ing around, use the gifts you were given.” —Brene Brown Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – March 13 1906 — Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 –