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International Women’s Day

Rachel's Musings Posted on March 8, 2017 by RachelMarch 8, 2017

Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Many women are striking. Many women are helping to show what the world would look like without women (though note the privilege that reflects). They are celebrating. I am mourning (maybe they are, …
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Uncertain Times

Rachel's Musings Posted on January 18, 2017 by RachelJanuary 18, 2017

Maybe the most stressful part of this transition period is all the uncertainty. Since this isn’t a normal transition of power, given the president-elects authoritarianism, we don’t know if the 2016 election was our last real election (although it was …
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What We Can Do to Counter Election Anxiety

Rachel's Musings Posted on November 6, 2016 by RachelNovember 7, 2016

The Presidential election in the US has been rather challenging for me in big part because one of the candidates reminds me so much of some of the men I’ve had painful coupled relationships with. It also doesn’t help that …
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Why I Support a Basic Income Guarantee

Rachel's Musings Posted on April 25, 2016 by RachelApril 25, 2016

I could list lots of theoretical reasons for my support of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) but a lot of others have done this already, possibly much better than I could (for example here, lots more here, or listen to …
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The Ethics of PTSD

Rachel's Musings Posted on February 10, 2016 by RachelFebruary 10, 2016

One of the things that I find so attractive about David Morris’ book The Evil Hours is his reintroduction of the moral dimension to PTS – posttraumatic stress. According to him, the historical call to introduce a diagnosis like PTSD …
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Riding Public Transit

Rachel's Musings Posted on December 5, 2015 by RachelDecember 5, 2015

Woman on Muni train perfumed in pee talking to yourself wielding your little plastic tube to ward off invisible demons. What has happened to you that made you lose your mind? Was it rape? War? The kind in another country …
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Posted in Poetry | Tagged homelessness, trauma | 1 Reply

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