by KimBoo York | Oct 9, 2016 | Ponderings
I have important things I want to blog about — rape culture, the U.S. election, bullying, compassion, art — but it has been a painful day for me, physically, and I’m feeling overwhelmed by everything. I’m fine, I’m fine; how often do we...
by KimBoo York | Oct 8, 2016 | Ponderings
Even raised in a feminist household, I was not taught much about setting personal boundaries. It’s surprising to me how late I learned some of the basic steps to take regarding personal mental health, the things the guard against being abused and/or taken...
by KimBoo York | Oct 6, 2016 | Ponderings
If you want to understand the impact of racism and classism in a smaller city, ride public transportation. That is my advice to photographers, writers, artists, social workers, middle-class activists, and alt-right conservatives. I suppose it’s true for...
by KimBoo York | Oct 5, 2016 | Ponderings
There is a distinct, panicked silence that accompanies the wait for a hurricane to strike. I mean, once the panic is over, once the supplies are put safely away on high shelves or in air-tight coolers, once you have bloodied your fists for the last jar of peanut...
by KimBoo York | Oct 2, 2016 | Ponderings
I love advice. I love receiving it. I love giving it. I love reading “how to” posts and “life hack” sites and pointing friends to them, too. But unasked-for advice is an insidious evil, ruining friendships and destroying family relations and...
by KimBoo York | Sep 28, 2016 | Ponderings
I really wanted to answer another friend’s prompt or write something deep and profound for today’s post, but earlier as I was editing one of my books I was also chatting with my friend Ada about “important sh!t”. We know what important sh!t is,...
