Carol Mithers
@carolmithers.bsky.social
LA-based journalist. Author of Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and America's Forgotten People and Pets and Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Bylines in NY Times, LA Times, WaPo, many more.
History of Art taught by the inimitable Phil Leider made it possible for someone without a single cell of artistic inclination to love art. No career effect, but a lifetime of pleasure and joy.
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
History of Art taught by the inimitable Phil Leider made it possible for someone without a single cell of artistic inclination to love art. No career effect, but a lifetime of pleasure and joy.
Add to that, the (even more often treated as separate) crisis of overcrowded animal shelters. When humans suffer economically, their pets do, too.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Add to that, the (even more often treated as separate) crisis of overcrowded animal shelters. When humans suffer economically, their pets do, too.
I spent years writing for pre-internet women's magazines and the fact-checkers were relentless! It made me a very careful journalist.
July 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I spent years writing for pre-internet women's magazines and the fact-checkers were relentless! It made me a very careful journalist.
Political commentary
July 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Political commentary
Trying to win a multisyllabic derby?
July 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Trying to win a multisyllabic derby?
I am a genuine writer and I live for my em-dashes. (I even know why they're called that)
July 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I am a genuine writer and I live for my em-dashes. (I even know why they're called that)
A narrative too nuanced -- and too demanding of difficult action-- to be politically useful.
May 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A narrative too nuanced -- and too demanding of difficult action-- to be politically useful.
I live on the internet and have, for like 30 years!
March 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I live on the internet and have, for like 30 years!
Not to defend this action or these evil m-fs, but Kevin, a lot of septugenarians are quite competent with their computers.
March 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Not to defend this action or these evil m-fs, but Kevin, a lot of septugenarians are quite competent with their computers.
Secular prayers to you. This time is unbearable and adding personal grief does take you to the edge.
February 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Secular prayers to you. This time is unbearable and adding personal grief does take you to the edge.
She also tried to steal the dog of a displaced (and less affluent) Hurricane Katrina family. www.businessinsider.com/rnc-speaker-...
RNC speaker Pam Bondi was once in a 16-month custody battle over a dog with Hurricane Katrina victims
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to return a St. Bernard she adopted from a rescue shelter to the family it belonged to.
www.businessinsider.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:19 PM
She also tried to steal the dog of a displaced (and less affluent) Hurricane Katrina family. www.businessinsider.com/rnc-speaker-...