High Low Middle
Space rides for some. Starvation for others. For the rest of us . . .
The Movement That Never Was
Is a movement defined by what it responds to, or how it responds?
Like He Loved Me
I grew up as a Southern Baptist hypocrite. I was a good girl who got good grades, with a fire of rebellion in my belly. This is simply my story.
What’s Brought Us Here
COVID-19 on America’s shores was inevitable, literally here before we knew it. And almost as soon as it arrived, Asian-Americans from coast to coast began taking the heat. They still are.
A Man Named Floyd
No one would honestly say America was in a great place before May 25, 2020. But on that day, the death of one man changed it forever.
Taking it Easy
After three much less successful months than the first time around, Maude starts over. The 2020 Twenty: Entry Twelve. New Orleans Edition.
Triumph of the Girl
State laws are quickly materializing to prohibit athletic competition between cisgender girls and transgender girls, among other things. But nobody seems to mind girls besting boys. Another look at how society views girls and boys, and what it says to them.
Back to the Middle
The long journey . . .
Respect. Protect. Do Not Neglect.
Being Black, being transgender, and being a woman puts one on three different paths to danger in our society, and society as a whole has a long road to travel for change. But Maude asks, locally, who’s responsible for the mistreatment of Black trans women?
Of Lions and Lambs
Social media would teach you that empathy and narcissism are a dichotomy of character. In actuality, how different are they?