Preparing for Hurricane Hilary

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I’m a math teacher, not a meteorologist. But growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast, I experienced several hurricanes and tropical storms, so I thought it might help some of my SoCal friends to hear how I’m preparing for what is currently Hurricane Hilary. I say “currently” because most weather forecasters anticipate the storm will weaken a lot before it arrives in California in earnest, likely creating only tropical storm conditions instead of hurricane conditions in Southern California.

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F.A.D. Repost: 2017’s “To the Brave 22 Women Who Told Us What Trump Did to Them”

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TW/CW: Sexual and verbal violence.

I first posted this piece back in January of 2017, the same month Donald John Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States. Since then, the number of his accusers has grown beyond the number noted in the title above.

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Feminist Asian Dad and Daughter Read Ali Vitali’s Book “Electable”

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A few months ago, my 16-year-old daughter and I posted our conversation about the movie She Said on this blog, and several readers encouraged us to do the same thing for other topics! That meant a lot to us, so here’s a transcripted version of our latest chat. It’s about the popular 2022 nonfiction book by NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali titled Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet. Our discussion has been edited for length and clarity, and as in our previous convo, I’m denoted by F. A. D. (Feminist Asian Dad) and my daughter by J. J. for 姐姐 (Pinyin: jiĕ jie), which means older sister in Chinese.

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