It’s not the smart ones that silence you, it’s the insecure ones. I remember my mother asking me why I couldn’t just be nice when my stepfather was horrendous. I remember when I got fired for being female in the early 90s being told why couldn’t I just be understanding that the owner of the record store wasn’t as smart as I was. Why is the burden always on the ‘smart’ ones to tolerate the insecurity and stupidity of others?
That’s the theme of Milkshake & Honey’s 3-5 pm set today. Hell hath no fury like Sierra Madres and writerchicks scorned. We say it in the music. It’s an oldie but a goodie. I’m feeling it today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bteY_BqX40E
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Margaret Elysia Garcia primarily writes fiction, essays and poetry from a remote corner of the Sierra Nevada. She's currently working on a non-fiction book about plus-sized modeling. She's also searching for a publisher for her new collection of stories? Mary of the Chance Encounters. Her short story collection Sad Girls & Other Stories out now on Solstice Literary Press. She blogs here and at Throwing Chanclas and Girl Body Pride. Is a contributor to Hip Mama Magazine. She writes the zine The Adventures of Sad Girl with her daughter, Paloma. She’s a three-time director of the national Listen to Your Mother Show in Plumas County (www.listentoyourmothershow.com). She has an alternative women’s music show Milkshake & Honey on Plumas Community Radio (www.kqny919.org).
