I work part-time in an elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa, coordinating a reading program for mentors and children over … More
Author: jlnorum
I am an activist, a writer, journalist, and photographer living in Des Moines, Iowa, capturing and creating Resistance.
Donald Trump is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
Donald Trump is not a good person. He lacks social norms. He doesn’t feel compassion and/or empathy. He lacks a moral compass. He is a bully. He has no sense of reality. He lies every time he speaks. We all know this. Most of us have known this this about him for years. His behavior is atrocious. Aggressive. Outlandish. Undignified. Abhorrent. Racist. If you still don’t believe this – just look. The evidence is solidified in his own words. All over the internet.
Violence. Vulgarity. Vote
If you are a woman who has ever been groped, grabbed, kissed by a man without permission, then you know … More
My Bra Fitter Needs a New Job
I didn’t really care what I wore to the mall today. I mean it’s a mall in West Des Moines, … More
On Being Saved in the Capitol
Republicans in the Iowa Senate want women and children to have access to healthcare and family planning in all Iowa … More
Politics made its way into our Annual Family Christmas Letter. How could it not?
(Warning: This year’s Annual Christmas Letter has political tones that may or may not be funny, considering. A few swear … More
Vulgarity.Violence.Vote.
If you are a woman who has even been groped, grabbed, kissed by a man without permission then you know … More
One Woman’s Endorsement of Hillary
The question was posed to us fifth grade girls. A handful of us. Maybe it was a grade later. Regardless, … More
Who Let Trump Happen?
It was a heartbreaking thing to watch Iowa Representative Steve King explain to MSNBC that white people made this country. … More
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