Maike Kollenrott 

Retired photographer and graphic designer in Hamburg, Germany. Now busy making abstract collages and communicating with my dachshund.

Hallo

Today I start using Substack

I used to like Twitter but always felt very constrained by the 144 limit

This brought problems for the irony-challenged, who misunderstood a lot of what I was trying to say

This is a particular problem for me because I seem to be regarded as ‘on the left’ by people on the right, and' ‘on the right’ by people on the left

Apparently this makes me controversial, and therefore box office poison

When Hillary lost, she conceded graciously and then went for a walk in the woods.

When Kamala lost, she conceded graciously and then got back work as our VP.

When Trump lost, he wouldn’t concede and then incited a deadly attack on our Capitol.

But yes, tell me more about how women are “too emotional” to lead, won’t you.

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The distance between them is infinite.

Jimmy Carter's anti-corruption legacy is being desecrated
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I went to the public library, didn't even try the one at school.

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In 1962 I entered a nursing program in IOWA The anatomy professor showed us the pictures published today by Legum and also the male penis. He then told us that the penis entered the vagina during sex. He was very explicit so NURSES would know about human anatomy and reproduction. It was very necessary because of abysmal education in public schools. Not sure I could have found this in our High School Library. Doubtful!

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They act like this is something new, caused by sex education. I'm living proof that you CAN overcome piss poor sex education by going to the library. In 1965. At 15. But since they're scrubbing the libraries of anything useful, these kids are screwed.

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Right- like outlawing abortion will stop it.

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What is so interesting to me is that these people think that they are legislating morality. It’s like history has shown them nothing. Who going to stop minors, let’s say kids under 16 from having sex? Is it going to stop young people under 21 from having sex? We all know that that’s not gonna work that way because humans are ever curious, they are ever willful and determined to do what they want to do. Florida has one of the largest HIV rates in United States, and it’s not just among those in t…

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My thought was, leaving out consent, no good touch bad touch? Wow!

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Exactly why I refuse to go there!

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Another of the few tools we have left as opposition is to withhold providing any financial benefit to these 19th century wannabe states. Spend blue!