by Monta May | Jun 27, 2023 | Activism, Community
I was reading a book earlier this week1 and ran across a sentence that gave me pause. The character in the book was trying to explain something that he had no words for… something that was so obvious and commonplace and ordinary that there was no thought...
by Monta May | Sep 14, 2020 | Activism, Community
It’s a pure pleasure to cross this annual divide this year, a year when that goal has been in question… not for me personally, but collectively for all of us. This year we all have found ourselves dealing with more risk — noticeable, undeniable,...
by Monta May | Sep 11, 2020 | Activism, Community, Justice, Mercy
I keep seeing this meme of a police officer at ground zero on 9/11 juxtaposed with one (from 2014) of a woman apparently screaming in an officer’s face with the words above the photos: “Yesterday’s heroes, today’s villains. They said...
by Monta May | Jul 16, 2020 | Activism, Community, Justice, Mercy, Regular Life
Warning – some considerable profanity follows… Sometimes you just want to give the fuck up. I hate social media for some things. I love social media for some things. I love it because I get to stay in touch with friends and family and rediscover the...
by Monta May | Jul 8, 2020 | Activism, Justice, Mercy, Stories
Someone recently said to me … You know, I understand that our history books were written one-sidedly, but how do we know what really happened? I’ve always wondered that. I have no idea. I really don’t. The British author, Neil Gaiman wrote about being an immigrant...
by Monta May | May 5, 2020 | Activism, Community, Mercy, Regular Life, Stories
We all do terrible things to each other… by intent, by neglect, and by ignorance. Up until recently, I would have said that mostly this happens unintentionally. These days though, I think cruelty, rudeness, and contempt, in the name of “being real” is...
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