The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: inclusion

  • Go Where Everyone Is Welcome

    How do we choose our attitudes, political views, and convictions? I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately. It is not unusual these days to encounter people with beliefs that fly in the face of irrefutable facts, and veer sharply away from the magnetic north of any rational moral compass. It stuns me that so…

  • Why I Say Happy Holidays

    I like chestnuts at this time of year, but this particular chestnut is getting old. I’m referring to the annual debate about whether to say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Here’s why I think the answer is clear. When I say Happy Holidays, I am wishing you a Merry Christmas. I’m also wishing your neighbor…

  • The Safety Pin Movement

    When I posted the following image on my Facebook page and announced that I’d be wearing the safety pin for the next four years, one person responded, “You can’t be serious! This is so childish.” That really confused me. I don’t consider this a political act. I don’t understand how wanting to give people comfort…

  • Seattle Speaks

    So many of us are in a state of shock, trying to adjust to this new world we’re living in. We are wondering how we’ll fit in now if we’re women, minorities, immigrants, or part of the LGBT community. I know I’ve really been struggling with this. Fortunately, there’s a place that I have been…

  • Inclusion

    Yet another reason to love Seattle. I just read in this article that they’ve unveiled several rainbow crosswalks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and they will last long after this year’s Pride festivities are over and done with. And then the Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage is legal nationwide. That’s the best thing…