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Note – usually we have a Carol Christ Legacy post on Mondays. Today we have a post in the spirit of the elections taking place this week across the United States. October 18, 2025 Largest single day protest in US history- over 7 million people- 2700 + gatherings P.s. That’s my wife in the inflatable … Continue reading "NO Kings Day Protest – Lakewood, CA by Marie Cartier "

This piece was originally posted on November 2, 2013. Part I published yesterday. The day after his death, I went to teach Gender Women’s Studies (then Women’s Studies) and I cried in front of my students and then sang to them because I didn’t know what else to do. So in 1998 I sang a … Continue reading "From the Archives: Matthew Shepard Is a Friend of Mine – Part II…by Marie Cartier"

This piece was originally posted on November 2, 2013. Matthew Shepard died October 12, 1998 – fifteen years ago.  This month I have already attended three events memorializing his death. The first was a screening of the Emmy-award winning teleplay The Matthew Shepard Story  (starring the amazing Stockard Channing as Judy Shepard), where I served as … Continue reading "From the Archives: Matthew Shepard Is a Friend of Mine – Part I…by Marie Cartier"

Poem: Part I We didn’t want to believe we had lost so much, so fast- Our dignity perhaps and certainly our ability to speak entirely freely We didn’t want to believe that we had lost so much so fast—           Our ability to be connected to each other, to form a more perfect union We didn’t … Continue reading "THIS IS  HOW WE DO IT: In These United States, September 2025 by Marie Cartier"

This I can guarantee you: there will come a day when it seems you cannot stop crying. When will that day come? Today it came for me reading The Atlantic while I drank my morning coffee: This is what they are reporting: the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending … Continue reading "This is the time for good trouble by Marie Cartier"

#nokings #nokingsday Many actions took place in Southern California. I participated in one which was so unusual and historic I want to share it with you all on FAR. My wife and I and friends stood and protested in Seal Beach, CA and then drove through 1000s and 1000sof people lining both sides of Pacific Coast Highway for … Continue reading "NO KINGS Day June 14, 2025 by Marie Cartier"