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Get Vaccinated

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Julie Ann Dawson

I had a civics teacher in high school once tell us, |There is no freedom without responsibility. Freedom without responsibility is anarchy, and in an anarchy the bully and the thug win.” Those words have stuck with me my entire Continue reading Get Vaccinated→

Posted in political | Tagged covid, pandemic, vaccination

Dr. Seuss and Hiding From the Past

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Julie Ann Dawson

(CNN)Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” the business that preserves the author’s legacy said. The titles are:“And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”“If Continue reading Dr. Seuss and Hiding From the Past→

Posted in political, The Publishing Business | Tagged books, cancel culture, Dr Seuss, racism

To Hell With Your “Both Sides”

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Julie Ann Dawson

When you argue “both sides” are at fault, what you are really saying is that misdemeanor offenses by people of color justify felony responses from white people. What you are really saying is that a death sentence is a perfectly Continue reading To Hell With Your “Both Sides”→

Posted in ACLU, political | Tagged black lives matter, BLM, civil rights, politics

Chaos, Anarchy, and Empathy

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Julie Ann Dawson

There is an explosion of issues erupting in various communities both online and in the real world. Without getting into specifics (because, honestly, there are too many individual stories to discuss and I don’t have all the facts in most Continue reading Chaos, Anarchy, and Empathy→

Posted in political

Political Post: Paid Sick Leave

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Julie Ann Dawson

All of the official government recommendations regarding how to prepare for a potential pandemic is hysterical to me. It is hysterical because, as many of you know, I have a day job. And part of my day job involves safety Continue reading Political Post: Paid Sick Leave→

Posted in political | Tagged coronavirus, influenza, OSHA, paid sick leave, pandemic

Losing the War

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Julie Ann Dawson

I was sitting in the unemployment office, representing my employer in a hearing about an independent contractor trying to claim unemployment benefits. At one point the hearing was paused for some reason and I went into the waiting room to Continue reading Losing the War→

Posted in political, Random Musings | Tagged 9/11, racism, September 11th

Past Wrongs and Future Thoughts

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Julie Ann Dawson

So, once again, an old white male politician has been tripped up by some racist/sexist/homophobic behavior from his past. And, once again, everyone is making the wrong argument about what it all means. There is not a person alive who Continue reading Past Wrongs and Future Thoughts→

Posted in political, Random Musings

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Who is the Sith Witch?

Julie Ann Dawson is an author, editor, publisher, RPG designer, and advocate for writers who may occasionally require the services of someone with access to Force Lightning (and in case it was not obvious, a bit of a geek).

Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital media, including such diverse publications as the New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Poetry Magazine, Gareth Blackmore’s Unusual Tales, Demonground, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others.

In 2002 she started her own publishing company, Bards and Sages. The company has gone from having two titles to over one hundred titles between their print and digital products.

In 2009, she launched the Bards and Sages Quarterly, a literary journal of speculative fiction. Since 2012, she has served as a judge for the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards.

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