A few years ago (in 2016 to be exact) I wrote about the death of Thanksgiving as a holiday https://beckypalmer.me/?p=857 When I wrote that more and more stores were opening up on Thanksgiving and I thought – as many others did- that in a few years time Thanksgiving would be no more of a holiday than Arbor Day. I’m happy… Read more »
Today is World Mental Heath Day. Anyone who knows me at all knows how important this topic is to me. I’ve been very open about my own life-long struggles with my own mental health. I’ve been very vocal about how the stigma surrounding mental illness has hurt me and people I love. Mental illness is just that- an illness. There… Read more »
Last week was the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. If you went anywhere near social media you were inundated by millions of “Never Forget” posts. But the problem is we DID forget. We forgot what the events of that day did to us as a nation. We forgot about every store in America running out of American… Read more »
Lately there has been a lot of hubbub about straight actors playing gay characters, cis actors playing trans characters, etc. Normally I am all about equal rights and representation of ALL kinds of people, but this one that I think the angry mob has wrong. I understand the thought behind this reasoning and I know that their hearts are in the… Read more »
No, Twitter isn’t dead yet, but it’s only a matter of time. Twitter has been around since 2006 and has never made a profit. Not once. It’s fascinating that it’s lasted this long based on that fact alone. But there are many other companies- Carvana and Peloton come to mind – who haven’t ever made a dime either. Also fascinating,… Read more »
2023 is the first year that Juneteenth was a Federal holiday. If you spend 2 seconds on social media last week you couldn’t avoid all the snarky comments. Most people were smart enough to not just come out and say they didn’t see the point of marking an important day in black history, but they didn’t try to hard to… Read more »
It’s been a while since I’ve done a rant session. I feel like we need to rectify that. #1 There is nothing more despicable than people who spread medical nonsense. Cure for cancer hoaxes, anti-vaxxers, the COVID deniers, the list goes on. There aren’t any upsides to spreading lies and half truths that can – and have- killed people. The… Read more »
Calling someone “woke” is supposed to be an insult. Supposedly it’s someone who’s out of touch and living in some kind of fantasy land. That is hilarious. People who don’t think the LGBTQ community deserve human rights are the ones who are out of touch. People who think women don’t deserve full bodily autonomy are ones who are out of… Read more »
There has never been a better year to celebrate this. There are a few very loud idiots causing all kinds of extra pain and stress for librarians everywhere, but most notably in schools. People seem to think it’s OK to be the morality police for the entire community, and are pressuring librarians and school boards to get rid of books-… Read more »
Dear Kim- I have a question. It’s been bugging me for a while now and I think it’s time I asked. What the actual fuck are you doing? Are you trying to ruin everything or are you just that inept? Iowa used to be number one in the nation for education. In Minnesota we took the “Iowa Basic Skills Tests”… Read more »