President Biden highlighted the pandemic's disproportionate impact on women in the workforce. When the school year began last fall, women dropped out of the labor force at a rate four times that of men. #PresidentialAddress trib.al/qe9jsoI

Do you use #BIPOC ? POC ? Something else? I wrote this essay about the impact of naming specific historical cultural identities as something entirely different from coalition or solidarity identities. (Disclaimer: I didn't write the headlines) usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Does every Monday feel harder and harder to face? If you work for racial justice, that exhaustion is not just you. It’s the result of white racial backlash. bit.ly/2VbNS5d

When Chase Support won't fix their error, there's a federal regulator who will. I'm about to file a report with the Federal Reserve at HelpWithMyBank.gov

Don't bank at Chase. They don't have ACH security controls. Their Chase Support staff ordered an $8000 debit from my acct without my knowledge or consent. No wonder Elizabeth Warren is always on their case. Now I have OCC on it, too. #Grifter

6 weeks ago, Chase stole $8,000 from my small business' account, won't return it, and won't tell me where it was sent. James Dimon, if no one at Chase can help me, then I'll have to ask Elizabeth Warren and Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown to offer me assistance.

Hey Amtrak, if trains can have a Quiet Car, can they have mask-wearing car, too?

Has anyone ever filed a class action suite against Bluehost web hosting? They have a pattern of charging customers for indiscernible reasons, and, separately, not providing services

Let the warm, honeyed days of Juneteenth remind us that we cannot celebrate together until the last person, the one farthest from our reach, joins us in our freedom. May your Juneteenth, however you are celebrating it, leave no one behind. medium.com/@Mistinguette/…

Let the warm, honied days of #Juneteenth remind us that we cannot celebrate together until the last person, the one farthest from our reach, joins us in our freedom. May your Juneteenth, however you are celebrating it, leave no one behind. medium.com/@Mistinguette/…

On my way to my ancestral homeland in Alabama for the Old Federal Road Storytelling Project this weekend.

Last week: My cycle of Alabama poems “Roba” was published in Beloit Poetry Journal BeloitPoetryJournal. This weekend: I’ll read them, in Alabama, at the The Ridge Project Storytelling festival. digtheridge.com/storytelling-f…

Change of address. Find MistinguetteS over at Post.news

We have a great lineup of storytellers for A Lit Summer Night: Story Slam Fundraiser on June 1! Don't miss authors Echo Brown justin a. reynolds MistinguetteS. Limited tickets are available, so get yours today! litcleveland.org/events-program…

Apparently , my work account M Smith Consulting has been hacked or assigned to someone else. I’m never there anyway. Follow me here, when I’m here.

Are internal conflicts at progressive orgs undermining social justice movements? Read this nuanced view from consultants, coaches and capacity builders on evolving organizational dynamics to build power for movements. #PavingBetterWay Read more: bit.ly/PavingBetterWay

I’m thrilled to be one of the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence at Wharton’s home, The Mount. edithwharton.org/calendar/wir-p…