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“Are You a Doctor?”

Sometimes I just have to laugh! Today, seemed to be my lucky day for being asked unusual questions in public and in private. I was standing at the register of the Dollar General, a bit distracted by my thoughts about writing this blog piece. My total for a mere 3 pounds of cat food and a bottle of bath soap was $14. As my payment was processing and the woman and I stood there waiting on the computer, the clerk...

Standing Up For KAREN

I was in 7th grade, and a mousy white girl. I was in some type of elective where me and six other girls, seven in total, were sent out of a classroom into a communal area to work on/practice some type of play we were to create. Our group consisted of two black girls and five white girls. Our names/demographics in alphabetical order were: Ann (white)Bonita (black)Eileen (white)Jenny (white)Rosie (white)Sandy (black)Valerie (white) Not that this matters, per se. But these...

Becoming Karen

I’ve known a lot of Karens in my lifetime. Karens come in all different sizes, shapes and personas. Most, if not all, of the Karens I have known are generally good, decent, caring people. I always think that the meaning and origin of a name is interesting and important. While these days internet searches sometimes bring up conflicting information about a name’s meaning/origin, the three sources below are fairly consistent that the name Karen is Danish/Greek, meaning “pure, clear, child...

The Only Sane Response

“In WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE, Kurt Vonnegut Jnr writes, “a sane person in an insane society must appear insane”. Thomas Stephen Szasz contends: “Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society”. And the British psychiatrist R. D. Laing said insanity was “a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world”. I think I recall Star Trek’s Mr Spock saying something similar.” – Source (I’m not vouching for the content of this entire article–it is simply the first that popped up with the quote...