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Wishing tortures to Happy People one freshly baked microwave cake at a time

July 26, 2020 by Guest Poster

Today’s post is from guest contributor Liz Henry Back when I was really depressed, happy people made me want to die. They did not inspire me to redirect my thoughts or look at my can of Diet Coke as half-full. The only thing happy people inspired in me were new ways I could torture them. …

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Categories Commentary, Life, Mental Health, Random babble

Not everyone’s cup of tea

May 10, 2020March 2, 2020 by Shay

“I find myself disagreeing with much of the content and becoming agitated, when I had hoped to become more educated. This just isn’t working for me.” – exit survey of now former BGIM patron I started writing about race back in 2003, back when writing about race as a non-academic was far, far less of …

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Categories Blogging, Racial and Cultural, Random babble, social media, Writing Life 7 Comments

This is a business and a mission, not a performance

May 10, 2020November 29, 2019 by Shay
Shay Stewart-Bouley

I am a professional. I am a small business owner. And I am a human being. Why do I feel like I need to say these things? Because of a comment sent to the previous post here at the BGIM Media site, which literally had nothing to do with the actual piece written by Samuel …

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Categories Blogging, Commentary, Health, Maine, Random babble, social media, World of Work, Writing Life 4 Comments
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