the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

social justice

  • streets of Minneapolis.

    Enough. Abolish ICE and end this madness. All of it. Thank you, Bruce. ❤ Be well, everybody. Take care of yourselves and each other. Grace and Blessings. Read more

  • February in photos – 20.

    I am honestly so taken aback at the political news – Ukraine, the federal government under the control of Elon, and now the “King” actually tweeted from the White House – in the past day or so that I’m not sure where to begin a post about the state of things. We will cross that… Read more

  • remembering the value of young women as the Olympics near.

    Along with much of the world, I am stoked for the Olympics later this month and plan to have it on continuously here in the Hippie Hut. There are many sports I am excited for – I love swimming, soccer, track and field. . . and, like most every woman I know, I love, love,… Read more

  • let’s discuss pastor robert morris, y’all.

    Tonight’s planned post was to be new book recommendations – but that is going to wait until tomorrow because earlier today I got a notification from al.com that “Pastor” Robert Morris of the Gateway megachurch in Texas (think a 40,000 member, Six Flags Over Jesus situation) had been removed as an Overseer of Church of… Read more

  • some hard things to discuss on women in sports day.

    The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. – Gloria Steinem I discovered by happenstance that this past Wednesday, February 7th, was National Girls & Women in Sports Day, created, just as it sounds, to encourage the participation of women in sport as well as equal opportunity for them across… Read more

  • women being sold in plain sight.

    Last week, I read a deeply disturbing article in the New York Post about a brothel operating in the middle of Queens, complete with grim photographs and details of police essentially looking away. It has continued to trouble me since then. Though it is difficult to read, I encourage everyone to do so, to understand… Read more

  • again.

    Here we are again, another mass shooting – this time a rooftop shooter at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. 6 dead. 24 Injured. Countless others fleeing for their lives, no doubt with lasting trauma. Rescue workers facing the same. Unfortunately, it has become something that is American in… Read more

  • fire on the 4th.

    This 4th, even more so than the past several, I am feeling especially jaded – and angry and as though my personal space has been completely violated. (And, considering the medication issue that has come to my attention – on this, the seven year anniversary of my beginning methotrexate therapy –  my personal space HAS… Read more

  • spoonies and the harm this new roe business is causing.

    It’s been a full week since the release of the ruling on Roe and it’s still fresh and we are still unraveling all of its implications. And we have a serious (and despicable) problem. And I am furious. Well, there are many problems with this situation – but among them is that those making these… Read more

  • good bones.

    I want to say that I won round one of the math battle because I made my deadline – with a miracle B (as there is certainly NOT B-level understanding in this brain of mine) – but the migraine that is winning today makes me question any declaration of victory. . . Still, make the… Read more