Julie explores life with curiosity, creativity, and connection. I share observations with humor, offering perspective on the world and how it shapes us—lightening life’s complexities along the way.
Yesterday (or possibly sometime between a court filing and a rage-post at 2:17 a.m.), social media did what social media does best: It mocked power with Photoshop. You may have seen the image floating around — a presidential portrait accompanied by a very… enthusiastic plaque. Not subtle. Not restrained.
Friends, gather round the twinkling lights and half-dead poinsettia, because I bring you shocking seasonal news. The Elf on the Shelf has had enough. Yes. That elf. The smug little snitch in the red felt suit who appears nightly, rearranges your kitchen chairs into a crime scene, and then stares
Let me tell you about my new hobby. It’s called arguing with men on the internet who swear their loneliness has absolutely nothing to do with them. Apparently, it’s feminism’s fault. It’s women’s fault. It’s TikTok’s fault. It’s the economy’s fault.
From Occupy Democrats: BREAKING: Right-wing Christians REVOLT against Trump’s disgusting celebration of Rob Reiner’s tragic murder. The beating heart of MAGA has finally had enough. Donald Trump’s response to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife didn’t just shock Hollywood—it detonated outrage across the
When Frida Kahlo died, her husband locked a room in their house. It stayed sealed for fifty years. Because apparently even in death, a woman’s life needed a man to decide when the world was “ready” for it. In 1954, Diego Rivera stood inside La Casa Azul—the brilliant
A Short History Lesson We Probably Should Have Learned First Before we roll our eyes, dismiss it outright, or forward a snarky meme, let’s slow down and do something radical: Look at the history. Because the claim that Jingle Bells has racist origins didn’t appear out of nowhere
Ah, December. A month for twinkling lights, warm drinks, and — if you’re Donald J. Trump — casually suggesting that a major American news network should be forced into a hostage sale because it hurt your feelings. Nothing says “Merry Christmas” quite like an aspiring autocrat demanding control over the national
What Russia’s Lost Progress Teaches American Women in 2025 Dear Friends, Some stories echo across continents. Some warnings travel through time. And some lessons arrive wrapped like a gift from history — the kind you open slowly, the paper trembling, because you know what’s inside might change how you
Late-Night Shenanigans, Presidential Delusions & the Sounds of a Mind Unraveling Well friends, pour yourself a cup of courage (or Chardonnay) because the former Guy-With-the-Nuclear-Codes had himself a late-night meltdown so dramatic it could have qualified for an Emmy—if only delusion counted as a performance category. According to him,
🍫 Newsletter: Meet Amaury Guichon — The Sculptor of Sweetness Julie’s Journal | The Mindful Activist in the Kitchen A New Kind of Chocolate Magic My friends, if December has a patron saint of dessert, his name may very well be Amaury Guichon. While the rest of us are out here rolling
Yesterday, when I walked into the Indiana Statehouse to protest the Redistricting scheme that tries—yet again—to silence Hoosier voices, I wasn’t alone. I carried a piece of my mother with me. I wore it intentionally, not as an accessory, but as a quiet act of remembrance. A
A Mindful Activist Newsletter December Edition Opening Reflections: A Warm Welcome to Our Fiery Times December is supposed to be the season of light, peace, mulled wine, and pretending we actually enjoy peppermint-flavored anything. Yet here we are once again navigating a political landscape that feels less Silent Night and