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ME, TOO MAKES US STRONGER

ME, TOO. ME TOO in the newsfeed is shattering my heart. And healing it stronger. In every speech I’ve ever given about violence against women, I’ve stated the known statistic that…

MY HARVEY WEINSTEIN

My Harvey Weinstein was a professor during my first semester in graduate school who stalked me, outside of my apartment at 2:00 AM, at the counter in the bakery I…

DORA NAMED A GUTSY GODDESS!

I’m honored to be featured as a Gutsy Goddess on Laughing at the Sky, among an amazing crew of fierce and powerful women. If you’re in need of inspiration, check out the women here. Their…

IMAGINAL CELLS

Woken in the half-light before dawn by ravens gathering in the neighboring trees, their insistent voices carrying calls from two blocks away through the half-closed bedroom windows where I rise.…

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

A 4th of July story from my family, because gentleness offers its own kind of freedom. My father told stories of dark humor and grace:The 4th of July I when…

LISTEN UP: The Voice Of Young New Mexico

Thursday June 1, 20176:30 – 8:00 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) KTAOS Solar Radio, 101.9 FM in Northern NM Listen to the show live anywhere in the world at:  ktao.com Dora will…

ONE WOMAN ALONE, MOVING FAST

I went back to bed in the late afternoon and slept briefly, woke disrupted and burdened by what I thought were voices in the living room, rising into the recollection of…

DORA IS FEATURED ON Me&EVE

I’m honored to be the featured profile today on the amazing project, Me&EVE, an ongoing project created by my warrior-friend, Dorie Hagler, an internationally known photographer and photojournalist. Me&EVE offers “A place…

I WAS BORN IN LIGHTNING

First thought:  Today the daylong is two minutes and three seconds longer than yesterday. Second thought:  I was born in lightning. It has haunted me ever since. Third thought:  The…

THE APOSSIBLES

When I was a little girl, my name for The Apostles was “The Apossibles”. I misunderstood the pronunciation in church and so I called them by the wrong name for…

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