Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Let Me Tell You About My Feminist Agenda

Let me tell you about my feminist agenda – I will smile when I damn well feel like it. It is not my job to brighten your day by smiling at you. If you tell me to smile, don’t worry I will bare my damn fangs, but I don’t think you will like it. My job is to live my life and to make myself happy and raise responsible humans. My job is not to smile for you. I am not a monkey. And for that matter, it’s not a monkey’s job to smile for you. If you want to tell someone to smile, go look in the mirror and smile for your own damn self.

I would say have a nice day, but again, it’s not my job.

Repost • @emily.carey.904 Telling women to smile….a pet peeve from long ago (in my life, too). Cartoon for Women’s History Month by Elisabeth McNair @margaret__elisabeth — seen here before — & in #thenewyorker

#elisabethmcnair …

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