I pulled out my Rae Dunn #Feminist mug for the first time in a while.
It’s important when you are an obsessive coffee mug collector to rotate your options once in a while, so the mugs shoved to the back don’t get lonely. 😉
There have been a lot of situations in the news lately from all over the globe, including the clawing back of Roe v. Wade in the US, digital sex crimes in South Korea, the global rise in violence against women and femicide during the pandemic, the ongoing forced sterilization of some Indigenous women in Canada, that made me pull out the mug and remind myself that the world needs feminism and feminists. The world needs us to speak up and speak out.
For me, the daily reminder in my cup cupboard can be a helpful reminder to stay up to date in the news and to not forget that when we get tired we rest, but we don’t quit. (To paraphrase one of my #WCEs Hillary Rodham Clinton.)
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!
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