Sara Benincasa's Blog, page 4
November 8, 2016
James Bennet and @yamiche and Maureen Dowd @nytimes
James Bennet and @yamiche and Maureen Dowd @nytimes
November 7, 2016
Me and Twitter are discussing the character of the good people...
Me and Twitter are discussing the character of the good people of Philadelphia. Water ice, street fights, and cheesesteaks are all up for analysis.
I have the stomach flu but I feel well enough now to have some...
I have the stomach flu but I feel well enough now to have some soup and to read a little from this book. It’s called “God: a very short introduction� by John Bowker. When I take breaks from writing something� Like right now I’m working on a revision of a screenplay� I try to read or watch things that seem thematically quite different from whatever my work project may be. I’m adapting my raunchy novel DC TRIP from @adaptivebooks and it pretty much has nothing to do with religion. So that’s why I am taking a little break to read this. Good for the brain. Possibly also good for the soul.
November 5, 2016
What should you do if there is someone in your community that has a lot/ all of the power and abuses it in multiple ways. You see this happening and so do some of your friends and you all leave. However, some friends stay because of stage time or maybe the
Report it to the manager, the CEO, the president, or whoever the leader or co-leader or vice-leader of your community may be. These are not accusations to be taken lightly. But if you go through the appropriate internal channels and nothing happens, more questions arise. Give the organization and its investors and supporters a chance to do the right thing first. And if they don’t…well, it’s up to you. After all, you left. You’re out. And maybe you want to stay all the way out. Build something new and better elsewhere.
Remember always that your job is not to play the knight in shining armor for anybody else. You must always behave with respect for confidentiality. Your job is not to “save� anybody else or to win points on Facebook in a secret group where you all discuss these matters. Ask for and explicitly receive permission from anyone who wishes for their own story to be a part of any case against a person or people. We can get very heated about these situations but it’s important to be crystal clear on our end goal and on the process we choose to follow to achieve said end goal.
Be realistic. Be respectful of those who may not wish to speak up or file a complaint. This is their right. Whether they feel they are a victim, a survivor, or neither of those things - well, that’s entirely up to them. Not you. They get to decide. It’s their choice.
And first and foremost, ask yourself why you care so much. Sit with that, figure it out, and proceed with dignity and grace.
And here is my analysis of why so many evangelicals support...
And here is my analysis of why so many evangelicals support Trump in the face of every piece of evidence that he is not a Christian and that he does not actually care about them or the values of Jesus Christ as imparted in the Gospels.
