A frown, a lesbian lens, and self-deprecating humor: Angry Old Queer Chick
Cat Sinclair embraces being old, cantankerous, lesbian, and shamelessly in pursuit of serious but funny answers to any question you may have
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Category: Opinion
Good News, After School Satan conflict likely headed to dinner tables, church gatherings
Odd as it is to say, we need things like After School Satan Clubs, whether you believe in a god or no god at all. But especially if you’re LGBTQ.
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“American Dirt:” Who’s entitled to tell the stories of the marginalized?
Who is “entitled” to tell the stories, asks Cathy Chavez in her review of the controversial book “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins.
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Latest Matrix film evolves from revolution to breaking the binary
What makes Matrix Resurrections stand out above its predecessors, and most of today’s films, is its critique of the technological world we’ve created in the 20 years since the last Matrix film was released in 2003.
Read MoreAre teachers architects, or mail carriers?
Iowa is caught in the middle: middle America, middle-class, middle income, right in the middle of the country. The town where I teach, Grinnell, is in the middle of Iowa. And now, teachers like me are in the middle of a cultural...
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With courage and care: history and Eisenhower tell us how to handle January 6
For a cue on how to handle January 6 in classrooms and beyond, history teacher Kent Mick recalls Eisenhower’s stance to support desegregation in 1957.
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Positive deviants, conflict entrepreneurs, keeping it real, and the new way
Amanda Ripley and her book on “High Conflict” resonate with the type of journalism The Real Mainstream aspires to provide.
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Progressive the 1700s way: not a bad thing
It’s a lot like obscenity: “progressive” is a word shunned by people up and down the political...
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Revisit assumptions, could haves and should haves in “The Midnight Library”
Many of us humans, flawed and egotistical as we are, believe our own interpretations are the only correct or accurate ones. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig helps readers recognize that they might be looking at things too narrowly.
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Are any lies kind? Worthy questions in Nancy Johnson’s first-time novel
Nancy Johnson’s first novel raises a worthy question about lies, despite leaving characters unexplored, writes Cathy Chavez in her new “Off the Shelf” book review.
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