Jane Devin

I recently had cause to remember The Year that Blew My Mind. It wasn’t mind-blowing in a good way – the oyster of the world didn’t open up and reveal any grand pearls of wisdom – instead, my gray matter was challenged to find reason for the unreasonable, and causes for the inexcusable. [...]

As a child, I was often called imaginative, but it wasn’t meant as a compliment. It was meant in a “reality-is-calling, get your head out of the clouds”, kind of way. It was meant to discourage me from believing in the impractical or impossible.
I knew something then, though, that I couldn’t yet communicate. [...]

Inspired by John R., Dolores, and all the rebels who gather here . . .
Years ago, I wrote a paper on the state of charity in the U.S., and while the specific details have faded, I remember that the dollar amount of private contributions alone – independent of any governmental assistance – would have been [...]

“Feminism: the radical notion that women are people.” - Anonymous
“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” - Pat Robertson
Feminism. The word can rouse the twin specters of angst and animus out of even their most [...]

For the last several months, I’ve heard the gospel of “change” preached from pillar to gallows, like a love song to the forlorn and forsaken. I have heard reams of speeches spun with the gold of hope, inspiration and motivation, and a few hundred star-crossed renditions of the American Dream.
The nearly hypnotizing [...]