by Amy Tiemann | Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
In my last post about Brett Kavanaugh I initially had a typo: I wrote “useful indiscretions” instead of “youthful indiscretions.” I though that was a strange mistake at first but now I think it pointed directly to the deeper meaning, that our...
by Amy Tiemann | Sep 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
At this cultural moment, we are in the midst of a multi-generational struggle that will decide whether we stop a cycle of violence and abuse, or preserve this cultural system that preserves privileges for some, at a high cost to all. The system is not even good,...
by Amy Tiemann | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
The sexual assault allegations made against Brett Kavanaugh and Roy Moore tell us a lot about white male privilege and complicity. The following comes from a piece I wrote about Roy Moore earlier this year…there are so many echoes with the Kavanaugh sexual...
by Amy Tiemann | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
74 years ago, Recy Taylor, a 24-year old African-American woman, was brutally victimized while walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama with two friends. A car full of 7 white teenagers pulled up, abducted Mrs. Taylor at gunpoint, and brutally raped her. This...
