by Bonnie Sludikoff | Emotional & Mental Health, Mind & Body, Surviving Abuse
Waiting for Life to Begin. Again. Once I was 14, and I thought the world was over right when it was supposed to begin. I had held out for three years, waiting for help that never came. And then I gave up. I started sleeping with the light on. I stopped sleeping. I...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Career, Business & Money, Justice & Help, Life Lessons
I’m pretty sure the video below is the most disgraceful speech I’ve ever heard. Or it would be, if it were acceptable for me to experience emotions or exercise free speech. But, I have been enlightened. On this occasion, many thanks to Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson for...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Government & Politics, Humor, Music
In years of musical theatre training, the best lesson I have learned, relevant to both theatre and life, is “When emotions are too big to speak, you sing.” Like many others, the behavior from the GOP brings up a lot of emotions for me from disgust, to...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Government & Politics, Justice & Help, Surviving Abuse
Let’s get one thing straight: I love ridiculing an idiot just as much as the next person…and sometimes a little more. But when it comes to certain topics, there are reasons that we have so many idiots. And two of the biggest are silence and apathy. Knowledge is...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Government & Politics, Justice & Help, Surviving Abuse
You guys. Hey, you guys! Drop whatever you’re doing for some breaking news. Now I’m usually one to side with the democrats- but conservative Republican, Todd Akin (a candidate for the US Senate) spoke pretty passionately about an issue that i think is...
