Tag Archives: privilege
Dangling Conversation
The dangling conversation has many variations. Here’s one: Summer resident: It couldn’t be easy, dealing with all these people all summer long. Year-round Vineyarder: Well, the traffic does get to me, and working three jobs when the kids are out … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, musing
Tagged President Obama, privilege, psychic map, summer people
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First-Person Plural
When I moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1985, I’d been immersed for eight years in the feminist women-in-print movement and the local (mostly) lesbian women’s community. Before that I’d been a student activist and an organizer against the Vietnam War. … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard
Tagged civil rights movement, feminism, Martha's Vineyard Times, privilege, summer people, Vineyard Gazette, we, year-rounders
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From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 