Definition: Pejorative Expressing contempt or disapproval. Since when did “Boomer” become a pejorative? Lately the phrase “OK, Boomer” is dropped with a smirk and accompanying eye roll. It seems to lump all 75 million of us into one big category that looks a lot like a Trump rally in Kansas. The phrase defines all of us as narrow-minded, outdated, negatively judgmental, and condescending. OK, I must admit that the planet is in kind of crappy shape from a lot of the empire building choices we … [Read more...]
SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE
So, I have been debating about how to say this without sounding like a whiny-assed bitch (WAB). I can’t really come up with anything, so I will just have to go with the WAB model. One common cause of frustration and ongoing theme in my life has been the idea that I am “living someone else’s life.” That may sound strange, but it isn’t. When I first got married (at 18, for crying out loud) my husband was in the Air Force. I was what you might call a conservative version of a “flower child” … [Read more...]
Women’s March on Washington
It has been many years since I felt the urge to “demonstrate,” for or against anything. The late 1960s probably. But, I did want to go to Washington this week to march with several hundred thousand people in the January 21 “Women’s March on Washington.” Please note that I am stating that I want to demonstrate, not protest. Although I have been gobsmacked* (a wonderfully descriptive British term for how I feel) by the hate-filled pronouncements and divisive rhetoric pouring out of the mouths … [Read more...]
