Meggie Pretorius

I've been a nurse, financial expert, waitress, bartender, and writer, and I'm a mother who frequently doesn't make it home in time to cook dinner. I love satire and I can make a joke out of any situation. "Too soon" are words that are often used to describe my brand of humor. Some people call me a feminist, and others call me a girly-girl. I have trouble sitting in one spot for long periods of time, and my boss hired me after reading about me in his Lisa Frank TrapperKeeper binder full of women. I am also a huge supporter of LGBT rights, and I find animals to be more worthy of my time and energy than most people.

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Think of Rachel

Rachel Jeantel doesn't care if you don't like her. She doesn't care if you think she is disrespectful. She doesn't care that she can't read cursive and she doesn't care that you think she is uneducated. She doesn't care that she can't read cursive because that hasn't mattered in her life thus far. She doesn't care that Zimmerman's legal team was rude and condescending to her, so she decided to be rude and condescending right back. She doesn't ...

Are We Too Connected?

Being in my late 20s, I feel like I am at least somewhat on the cutting edge of technology and social media. I use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, and all the websites that keep everyone aware of what their friends are doing, feeling, and eating. I dutifully report in 140 characters or less how I feel about the subject that has drawn my ire for the day. The only thing I don’t use is MySpace, only because the short time I did ...

Rape in America

The second I wrote that headline, I looked down and shook my head. "Here we go again," I thought to myself. "Why can't I just stay away from controversial subjects?" The other night I got involved in a debate (not an argument- it was far more respectful than that) about the anti-vaccination movement over Facebook, and after it was all said and done, I thought to myself "What was the point of that?" The other party and I both felt the same as we d...

God vs. Mental Illness

[extract3] As more and more details emerge about the Sandy Hook tragedy, I find myself finding it physically difficult to click on the articles. Everything I read affects me more and more, and sometimes I just don't know if I can handle it. As a parent, reading that your nightmare actually happened to someone else is about the worst thing you can read. But I make myself do it, because ignoring the news is exactly how this happened. We need to ...

Why We Aren’t As Progressive As We Think We Are

When Barack Obama beat Hilary Clinton in the Democratic primary (much to my chagrin) before going on to win his first Presidential election, someone said something that has really stuck with me ever since. A very wise family member said, "Well, I guess the country was more prepared for a black man to lead than a woman." When I first heard it, I actually thought it was pretty inflammatory. Why did he have to label people like that? The optimist (a...

Scientology- Sponsored by the Federal Government

Scientology is often known as the quirky religion of celebrities such as John Travolta and Tom Cruise. And while yes, their beliefs are a bit odd, that is not what this article is about. (Former Village Voice editor Tony Ortega is the man on the subject, and if you want a basic crash course on the beliefs of Scientology, you can check this link out.) People can believe what they want to believe unless they trounce on another person or persons wel...

What We (Should Have) Learned From Sandusky

“Mommy, that old man touched me in a weird place.” “That’s impossible! The football team he helps coach wins a lot!” Everyone knows that the real reason that Sandusky was able to get away with what he did- for as long as he did- was because he was part of a storied football team. Penn State had a legend as a coach and churned out numerous football players to the NFL every year. He was in charge of a charity called “The Second Mile” that turne...

Governor Ladybinders Needs To Learn To Make His Own Dinner

So, women make $0.78 to every man’s dollar? And people are surprised by this? Apparently Romney perusing “binders full of women” to fill his cabinet in Massachusetts wasn't enough to ensure equal pay, even though he was understanding and gracious enough to allow said hired women to get home in time to make dinner. It's fairly evident that Governor LadyBinders thinks women need to be home in time to make dinner, and the workforce needs to accept t...