JudithMcDaniel
@chicotucson.bsky.social
I am a writer, teacher, political activist, a lesbian married to my partner of @40 years.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell, 1970
And put up a parking lot
Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell, 1970
Déjà vu—Till it’s gone
We need to name those things we don’t want to lose.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell, 1970
And put up a parking lot
Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell, 1970
What I want to be when I grow up...
Déjà vu—a most dangerous woman
What do teachers do to make fascists fear them? We teach critical thinking.
judithmcdaniel.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What I want to be when I grow up...
How have we managed to come so far away from compassion? from empathy?
Déjà vu: Do we learn empathy?
Or is it always there and some of us manage to unlearn it?
judithmcdaniel.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How have we managed to come so far away from compassion? from empathy?
I'm not contradicting last week's post, just adding some nuance!
Déjà vu—what is important to me?
What is under our feet is less malleable than sand. It is a lot more like the rocky paths at Red Rock State Park.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm not contradicting last week's post, just adding some nuance!
We have hope again.
Déjà vu--One day, everyone will have always been against this
The shift is happening...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We have hope again.
The answer is YES!
Déjà vu: Can older adults learn new tricks?
“Welcome to a fresh perspective on Little-Old-Lady-Land.”
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The answer is YES!
One of the biggest challenges of university teaching today.
Déjà vu—What does it matter, all these lies?
“Alternative facts aren’t facts, they are falsehoods.”
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
One of the biggest challenges of university teaching today.
White supremacy requires the cruelty we are seeing today.
Déjà vu—Is there anything new under the sun?
And no, the cruelty is not new.
open.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
White supremacy requires the cruelty we are seeing today.
If you have any thoughts about what might make a difference, please share them!
Déjà vu—What might make a difference?
Today I am afraid that the evil is here...
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you have any thoughts about what might make a difference, please share them!
Okay, so I guess I'm trendy again. I've been embracing this style for about 60 years!
No-makeup look movement gains momentum as women embrace natural trend
Pamela Anderson and Alicia Keys are among celebrities encouraging women to embrace a no-makeup look, but professionals say workplace expectations can complicate the choice.
apnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Okay, so I guess I'm trendy again. I've been embracing this style for about 60 years!
I've been reading a lot about the Reichstag fire in Germany and what it was used for. This is my analysis and comparison to today.
Déjà vu—turning points
These are dangerous times we are living in, more dangerous for some of us than others.
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I've been reading a lot about the Reichstag fire in Germany and what it was used for. This is my analysis and comparison to today.
Arizona has an awesome attorney general and we need to start working to keep her now!
Déjà vu—280 votes
Don’t tell me votes don’t matter.
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Arizona has an awesome attorney general and we need to start working to keep her now!
Last week I wrote about the dangers facing our country because of the millions of our fellow citizens following a morally corrupt president. Today, I am looking more closely at what Octavia Butler called a way “to give warning.” Here is my warning for this week…
Déjà vu—what is coming back—to bite us?
"So why try to predict the future at all if it’s so difficult...? Because making predictions is one way to give warning when we see ourselves drifting in dangerous directions... " Octavia Butler
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Last week I wrote about the dangers facing our country because of the millions of our fellow citizens following a morally corrupt president. Today, I am looking more closely at what Octavia Butler called a way “to give warning.” Here is my warning for this week…
What direction is your moral compass pointing?
Déjà vu-- What do I choose? What do you choose?
Last week’s Déjà vu asked these questions.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What direction is your moral compass pointing?
The lack of a moral compass is devastating us.
Déjà vu-- What do I choose? What do you choose?
Last week’s Déjà vu asked these questions.
open.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The lack of a moral compass is devastating us.
How do we understand how we got where we are today?
Déjà vu—Our tomorrow is the child of our today
So why try to predict the future at all if it’s so difficult...? Because making predictions is one way to give warning when we see ourselves drifting in dangerous directions....
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How do we understand how we got where we are today?
Don't let Trump destroy our heritages. Sign the petition. Donate!
This campaign needs you now
Defend the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
chng.it
August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Don't let Trump destroy our heritages. Sign the petition. Donate!
No tax payer dollars can be spent "to train public employees about race, ethnicity and sex discrimination."
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August 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
No tax payer dollars can be spent "to train public employees about race, ethnicity and sex discrimination."
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What Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump have in common.
Déjà vu--Hit them first, hit them harder?
When is violence a justified defense, when is it not?
open.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump have in common.
Are you living a curated life?
Déjà vu—you can write a poem too
ChatGPT will write my poem for me.
judithmcdaniel.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Are you living a curated life?
It is too easy to say that education is in a crisis. But we are at a crossroads and we can choose (still) what path to take.
Déjà vu—Education is a journey
We can say goodbye to the Department of Education
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It is too easy to say that education is in a crisis. But we are at a crossroads and we can choose (still) what path to take.
Seeds for our present were in our not-too-distant past. What seeds for our future are we planting now?
Déjà vu: Why we went to Occupy Wall Street
I am astonished at how clearly we can see the present in our past.
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Seeds for our present were in our not-too-distant past. What seeds for our future are we planting now?