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2023: The Year in Review

Weekly roundup of things that are šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Firestarters: The Podcast

(Replay) Zoom Meetup

Eleven years ago, I started a fire that helped burn down the NRA

We need to talk about why women are expected to tolerate pain

Weekly roundup of things that are šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Featured Firestarter

Meet Firestarter Carry Nation

Don't waste your time worrying about only children

Weekly roundup of things that are šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Meet Firestarter Josephine Baker

Become a featured Firestarter

Weekly roundup of things that are šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Gun violence in America is not hopeless and you are not helpless

Meet Firestarter Viola Liuzzo

Protecting your mental health is not the same as looking away

Weekly roundup of things that are šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Let's celebrate women who are Firestarters

How not to be lost in translation

Man enough to care

Why do we stop playing?

The transformational practice of writing yourself a love letter

Where are the men?

How ancestry.com helped me forgive my grandmother

For those of us with mother-shaped holes

What's on your mind?

What parents need to know about eating disorder content on social media

Are you a jackhammer or a hummingbird?

I Love You. Stop Touching Me.

Everything you always wanted to ask another woman about menopause* (*but were afraid to ask)

What's on your mind?

Scenes from my marriages

Big news for Playing with Fire šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

What I learned as a white woman in the gun safety movement

Every nation is home to racists, bigots and misogynists; only America arms them

One of the most important leadership lessons I've learned: We are all leaders

Shannon in the bardo

Are you there God? It's me. Iā€™m in menopause.

Reflections on being burned in effigy

Is it ok to fight like a mother?

Life after leading Moms Demand Action

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