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!
Happy Hump Day, writers! Today is the birthday of Ellen Gilchrist (1935), National Book Award-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also worked as a journalist and a commentator on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
Ok, so what happens when you are having the most. Challenging. Week. Of. Your. Life? You turn to your people. You turn to your mentors. (Rach, I know you don’t know me, but you are the most amazing mentor I could ever have! So thank you!!!) Hitting bookstores AND Audible on March 12, 2019, Girl, Stop Apologizing by the incomparable Rachel Hollis will be hitting shelves to follow up her New York Time’s Bestseller Girl, Wash Your Face. And as much as I am in love with GWYF, I am even MORE bananas for Girl, Stop Apologizing. I cannot wait for you to get a chance to read it!! ……..
Now Rachel and I are going to sit down with a glass of pink moscato, and process this week. (I have a good imagination, but with this book, I feel like I can hear her no nonsense voice, helping me through.)
I have finally seen Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. I was not disappointed. The movie was a striking representation of his famous Autobiography, and Denzel Washington embodied the man brilliantly. I sincerely wish that more questions had been answered for me, but as a firebrand civil rights leader, there will always be more questions than answers. I am grateful to have been able to read The Radical King and to watch Malcolm X in the same week, during Black History Month. It is worth the 3 hour and 22 minute commitment. ………
For your consideration: the single thing the media got out of our entire @redtabletalk conversation was an opportunity to again center a white woman.
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@people @essence @newsweek @toofabnews you are perpetuating the white supremacy that sits comfortably on the platform of “hero”, of “only issue of interest” of being centered and exclusively relevant even when the major issues and voices of the marginalized are showing up to be heard. This is unacceptable.