RattleBag and Rhubarb

Working and Not Working

A post on LinkedIn caught my attention this week.  It's had over 11,000 views so I'm not alone. Tanya de…

11 months ago

Gall, Nerve, Courage, and The Party of Women

 Women's rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen of Let Women Speak had a big announcement last week. Give it a watch. And…

12 months ago

Making Waves

Two women - Kemi Badenoch and Kellie-Jay Keen - made a splash across the pond on Terf Island this week.…

12 months ago

The Hidden Paw

 "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1…

12 months ago

Wings of Wax, Feet of Clay

When Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard this week the gloating by some conservative activists and commentators was unappealing…

1 year ago

A Break and Some Rebellious Vulgarity in Very Bad Taste

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."  You may not remember…

1 year ago

Five Things: DEI, Poem, Memoir, Library, Anti-Semitism, and Street Thugs

One Last week IntrepidEd News published another of my pieces. This one is about how schools are on the front…

1 year ago

In Defense of Intersectionality

I wrote this primarily as a way to sort my ideas out. Feel free to skip. However do take a…

1 year ago

Intersectional Lunacy and Knee-Jerk Nonsense

 A bunch of angry shouty men showed up to protest the Standing for Women  Let Women Speak event in Leeds…

1 year ago

The Art Bombing World of the Cat

It's been a bit quiet on the R and R front this Fall but I've not been entirely idle. I…

1 year ago