Jill Riley

A few years ago, I went through a lethal combination of situations that literally cost me hundreds of relationships. It was mind boggling. I’ve never been more lonely. I disconnected from a zoom-call divorce hearing. I’d never seen anything like it in my life. As if a divorce being executed through a zoom call wasn’t cold and cruelly impersonal enough, I joined the call expecting to see a lawyer, a spouse, and a judge. Instead, there were several people inside the individual little video...

I really try to stay out of the rabbit hole, but it is becoming more and more challenging. I pray for answers to come to those who can do something about it, if this is indeed any kind of foul play. I’ve noticed that not many in the media are talking about this.

This week I’ve been writing about women and their various movements throughout history. Barbie the movie came out on the tail end of the Me Too movement. So much of the script was understandable if one considers this cultural context. But, when I saw this film for the first time, I was in a theater by myself. In one of the final scenes, I started to get choked up because I just couldn’t believe she was about to say to Ken. . .