by Grey Grymm

Today I had the unfortunately pleasure of having this question come up again in my life. It was not the first time. It will not be the last time. It is not even the first time this year. It is a question that has been asked over and over again my entire life. The answer today is the same as it pretty much has always been, I don't care.

by Grey Grymm

There was a time when you said family, you did not have to take time to explain what that meant, but those days are long gone. Today a family can mean any combination of people in many different ways. Some people think that is great. Other people think it marks the beginning of the end of the world.

by Grey Grymm

One of the major complaints I personally hear often from women about men, is that men no longer treat women like ladies. They instead treat women just like they do men and women are not happy about it. Equality has had an unwanted result on the lives of many women and it is something that many women today detest. 

by Lisa Walters

I was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi.  Because of that, I have an accent, I have a spine of steel and I have an aversion to mosquitoes. But, there is something that I do not have - and it is something that many people, including family and friends, assume without question.  It is the feeling that in some way, my race makes me smarter, better or more hard working than anyone else. I have held my own feelings about racism since I was a small child.  I trace it back to the day in February, 1969, when my elementary school was desegregated.  I was in the first grade, and all I can remember about the day is the people screaming at a busload of children.  We got off the bus and were led through this angry protest as quickly as possible, but I still remember being afraid of these people. A few weeks later, I received my first spanking in school - for sharing a soda with a first grader.  The problem?  Her skin was black and the teacher told me, "She's not like you. You don't know where she's been." I've been a fighter for equality and justice since that experience.

by Grey Grymm

It is a fact that the majority of Americans that are eligible to vote don't exercise that right. When you think of our history as a country; the deaths and personal sacrifices so many went through so that future generations could vote you should be shocked and amazed. It is not like these struggles were 500 years ago. For most of us these struggles were only in the last 30-100 years. We see people around the world fight and die for these same rights that we as society have just thrown away.

I have heard many reasons but they all boil down mostly to three categories:
 
    People don't believe that the government is what we believe it is, the conspiracy theorists.

    People live in a fantasy world of wishes when it comes to politics.

    People simply do not care. 

by Grey Grymm

So let's change religion to food. It is a very personal thing. For many people it means everything in the world to them. There are people that talk about food on a daily basis. They take pictures of what they eat, they share recipes about what they eat, they tell you why what you eat is not healthy for you and why you should eat what they are eating instead. They rate what food is great and what food is bad. 

by Cara Schulz

It's the popular thing to do to show a reverence towards teachers.  To laud them as over-worked, underpaid heroes who selflessly guide the next generation out of ignorance and mold them into productive, intelligent, and caring citizens.   For the most part, that 's bullshit, as anyone who has ever attended a school knows. 

by Grey Grymm

Since this topic has come up out of nowhere twice this year when we were suppose to be talking about the great accomplishments of women in their chosen fields, I thought I would take the time to explain why hair is so important to Black women.

Now we all know that women are judged by their appearance first and everything else second. Doesn't matter if she is Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, Governor, CEO, reporter, or athlete; men and women care about her appearance first and then they will comment on her abilities.

by Grey Grymm

I am still alive. I know I have been silent but my father always told me that if you do not have anything to say then be quiet. Well that is exactly what I have been doing. When your readers seem like the same group over and over again until something new comes along then there is no point in repeating the same message. This is probably why I love writing about technology and science over politics and social issues.