bias… Types of empathy and how empathy can help in the quest for social justice! 12 Jul 202018 Jul 2020 Social justice is the new slogan. We all want to embrace it and really advocate for it. It's almost a new addition to our vocabulary. And that's the best thing…
humanity… How to be a special needs ally and how to speak in ally language? 9 Jul 20204 Aug 2020 A woman recently mentioned to me how she is so awe-inspired by me at being able to "do it all" and having great time management. I told her I have…
humanity… Hyperactive or just a millennial? 3 Jul 20203 Jul 2020 As I watched dinner that was slowly simmering on the stove while watching Vanderpump Rules while my kid did her homework sitting next to me while my toddler occasionally brought…
bias… Humans have biases. 12 May 202012 May 2020 So I've never encountered this before because I'm a science person and science accepts bias. In fact, studies on medications and disease processes mention specifically that a bias might have…
social issue… “Don’t judge, please” and the more common “I’m not judging you but here’s my judgment anyway”….. the sanctimoniousness by the upright brigade that borders on arrogance and is the antithesis of intellect that they ask for. 1 May 20201 May 2020 In the past few days I have seen loads of posts about celebrity events. I have seen people commenting on their marriages, deaths, political affiliations and outfits. Besides death, all…
social media The humble talk! Does it turn you off too? 23 Apr 202015 Aug 2020 For those who know me, the fact that I'm a painfully ridiculous version of Bethany Frankel from the Real Housewives of New York, is well-known. I'm annoying and opinionated. I'm…
social media Social media fixed me! Confessions of a reformed millennial. 22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020 Fake, inauthentic, pretentious, not real life, misleading, deceiving, perspective shifter, maligner of our integrities and all the various names that social media has been called, hold little significance for me.…
social media Writing is for ourselves! 20 Apr 202020 Apr 2020 Even though I'm a millennial the first books I read with some literary interest were poetry by mid century poets. Then my interest expanded to fiction. Soon it invaded realism.…
social media The crossover….Instagram-ready life or life-ready Instagram. 27 Mar 2020 It's not surprising that Instagram hid the number of likes that people were getting for a photo. The culture of social media can be ruthless and illusive. We can appear…
politics… Last night Super Bowl became diverse…. and uncomfortable. 3 Feb 2020 So Super Bowl 2020 happened but not before two Latina women made most people clutch their pearls and made them supremely uncomfortable with the thought, "What did I just watch?"…