Jess Lahitou

Maybe you’re an aspiring novelist, or maybe you know one.

So I’m writing today from Elevation 8,080 ft., here in Avon, Colorado.

That Christmas Eve in Vegas changed me for life. I’ve tried to remember not to deny myself the things I love about the holiday.

To her own admitted surprise, Fessler discovered that meaningless, detached hookups were emphatically not bringing any kind of bliss to college women.

So I don’t approve, in general, of how my generation tends to come at things, with the focus on: me, my experience, my

That headline is a bit of false advertising, as I am in not quite qualified to proclaim myself a “Thanksgiving Pro.”

Prejudice against women has existed in this country since its very inception. Indeed, prejudice against women has existed throughout all of history, long predating the presence of America, and sexism continues on unabated today, in most parts of the world. And it goes mostly unaddressed, much less eradicated.

Perhaps you’ve noticed that Democrats and Republicans aren’t getting along so well these days.

Rejoicing or weeping will depend on who you are, but let’s look at what happened either way.

Democrats:

The 2016 election has, for a while now, felt eerily akin to 1984 (lots ‘o doublespeak coming out of Trump and his supporters). Or The Hunger Games, to take a more recent example of dystopian genre fiction. Wherein, government becomes solely about politics and the media spectacle, rather than actual policies and ideas.