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A Woman Named Sophie: March 2015
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A Woman Named Sophie. Monday, March 30, 2015. Saturday night there was a party. A Party for my One Year Full Time. My friends Elizabeth and Jamie (look here. For the history of who they are) decided I should have a party to mark the occasion. Elizabeth also wanted a theme, and asked me for ideas. I said she could come up with one, and so she did. She had an image of elegant gowns and dazzling decor. and I was really taken aback. I mean-Me? But her reasoning (posted above) really made a lot of sense.
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A Woman Named Sophie: Living History
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A Woman Named Sophie. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. What a week it has been! I told her to remember this week well, because in the years to come, she can say she lived through history. And History it was. Major history. First was their ruling on the Affordable Care Act, declaring the Federal Tax credits legal, and thus making ending legal challenges. (Text of decision HERE. Oh, the GOP will try again and again to repeal it, but why? To attempt to deny the Black President his victory. Too harsh? The court affir...
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A Woman Named Sophie: What Did it Mean to Me?
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A Woman Named Sophie. Thursday, July 30, 2015. What Did it Mean to Me? The bookstore where I work has been doing "Pop Culture" month all of July. Each Thursday has been a "throwback Thursday" with each Thursday being a different decade, starting with the 1950's. We are encouraged to wear period clothes. I had nothing for the 1950's, so I just wore standard stuff. Picture cropped as I don't have permission to show everyone in it. Monique" in the bookstore break room. Yes, this was stylish once. SO what we...
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A Woman Named Sophie: May 2015
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A Woman Named Sophie. Monday, May 25, 2015. Talking about my Book. Since I posted the first chapter. Of the book I wrote, I have had several people ask me for more details about it. And as you know, I do requests sometimes. Ok, so I wrote a book. I call it Men of the Skull. And it's a memoir of my college years, covering 1985-89. During that time I attended two universities: Drexel University. 1984-6) and then I transferred to Penn State University. Phi Kappa Sigma "Skull House" Penn State May 1987.
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A Woman Named Sophie: April 2015
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A Woman Named Sophie. Monday, April 27, 2015. The Bruce Jenner Interview. Yes, I watched it too, like most of the transworld, and many in cis-America as well. Did you see the ratings? I was asked by no less than Six of my co-workers for my thoughts on the Interview. And I always asked what THEY thought. Their reactions were always of "I didn't realize how much pain you were in" or "You're so brave to do this! Both of which I'll take, btw. Facialbook humor: it is not logical.). Damn- what an interview!
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A Woman Named Sophie: August 2015
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A Woman Named Sophie. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Trans Books that Changed My Life. One of the people in my support group started this topic. Most of the people chimed in quickly, but I held off. Frankly I was too busy to write anything, but also because I wanted to narrow my field. Most people chose the same books: She's Not There, My Husband Betty, Whipping Girl, Wrapped in Blue. I chose a couple of those, but not all. My reasons are my own. By Jennifer Finney Boylan. Another early TG read. Donna's st...
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A Woman Named Sophie: June 2015
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A Woman Named Sophie. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. What a week it has been! I told her to remember this week well, because in the years to come, she can say she lived through history. And History it was. Major history. First was their ruling on the Affordable Care Act, declaring the Federal Tax credits legal, and thus making ending legal challenges. (Text of decision HERE. Oh, the GOP will try again and again to repeal it, but why? To attempt to deny the Black President his victory. Too harsh? The court affir...
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A Woman Named Sophie: Working for a Living
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A Woman Named Sophie. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Working for a Living. I had a pretty rotten day at work today. There I said it. As I've written before, I work at a bookstore. Retail. At least it's full time work with benefits, and I really like the people I work with. That helps. I've held many jobs in my life, as I've been working since I was 12. In my home town of Spring City. With Olivia at Keystone 2015. 5 a week. And I usually had to force it out of him. Why only that amount? Disaster. Gas was o...
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A Woman Named Sophie: First Chapter... 30 Years Ago
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A Woman Named Sophie. Thursday, May 14, 2015. First Chapter. 30 Years Ago. I think I've mentioned more than once that I wrote a book. To date, it hasn't been published. I bring this up because yesterday, May 13, is the 30th anniversary of the event that leads off the book. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police stormed a fortified house in west Philadelphia occupied by a radical group called MOVE. More information can be found HERE. Chapter 1.1: Black out. Monday, May 13, 1985:. All of this we knew by watc...
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A Woman Named Sophie: First Blood: My Cousin Knew???
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A Woman Named Sophie. Thursday, May 30, 2013. First Blood: My Cousin Knew? As I mention.often. I have Scots blood. My mum is a Scots national, and she married my dad, an American soldier. A couple years later, they got me- their youngest of two- the " mistake. My mum and her sister both came to the US; the rest of her family remain in Scotland. So, I told my first blood family member. My female Scots cousin, whom I will refer to as "B.". Well my lovely cousin you can always tell me, cos I love you to bit...
