TALK’n TROUBLE: Top 10

Here we go again, TroubleMakers. Another December. January is right around the corner. Now’s when we tend to look back over everything we did; the incredible number of things we  saw, heard and felt in the past year. This is when we crunch the numbers; evaluate, compare, and recalibrate. Time to break it all down …

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TALK’n TROUBLE: Marking Time

TROUBLE is proudly marking its second anniversary this fall. “Marking” – not really celebrating, given the social and political conditions we’re in. Things aren’t where we had hoped they would be two years in on our mission to promote gender equity. The backlash against women’s social progress in our country and around the world has …

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TALK’n TROUBLE: Healthy Diversion

What a summer. No end to the bad news. Polarizing politics, civil rights eroding, tragic gun violence, persistent Covid, spreading monkeypox, record temperatures, widespread drought, global wildfires, rising prices…and sharks! What in hell?!  Some days it’s overwhelming. If you can, it might help a bit to step back from it all. Try a non-denial escape; …

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TALK’n TROUBLE: Dads Make Great Allies

Ready for the ugly ties, silly T-shirts, and smarmy cards? Some of the stuff of Father’s Day hasn’t changed much but, fathers themselves have. Trouble believes that’s for the better. Some of us – perhaps older, and whiter – remember the old-school, Hallmark-standard image of a Father Knows Best-style dad in the media. We’re glad …

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TALK’n TROUBLE: March on!

Consider for a moment the serendipity of celebrating Women’s History Month in MARCH. Women have so often exercised their considerable collective power by marching for change. Marching for basic civil rights, for a say in their governance, for autonomy over their bodies, for fairness and equity. None of these historical efforts have been wasted. Progress …

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