Dear President Trump, Last week your administration announced that it was withdrawing the guidelines that President Obama issued in support of transgender students in American public schools. You said preventing discrimination wasn’t really in your wheelhouse. You said the states should decide where all those trans kids should pee. As the mother of a young…

I knew it was coming, but it still broke my heart to see the news yesterday.  Our federal government has officially turned its back on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society: Transgender children like mine. Here in my dark blue state, my kiddo is pretty insulated (for now – more trouble is…

This tiny podcast episode is mostly silly, and a little bit serious.  I also have some news. Plus, cat videos! And: ATTENTION SEATTLE-AREA FRIENDS: My public radio partner, KUOW, is hosting a (free) How to Be a Girl listening party in Seattle on February 26! Reserve a seat here.