LADY BUSINESS: Saint Harridan

Originally published by Ladybud Magazine I first met Mary Going while studying Business at Mills College. Mills is the first women’s college west of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded around the same time California became a state and has garnered a reputation for liberal progressivism; it produces intelligent women in many areas, particularly social justice and civil…

Gay Rights and Marijuana Activist Jay Lassiter: “Let’s Make Weed Sexy”

Originally published at Ladybud Magazine   In 2009, lame-duck New Jersey Governor John Corzine (D) signed bills from the legislature both allowing same-sex marriage and medical marijuana in the state, knowing full well when incoming Republican Governor Chris Christie took office, he would veto both. “As a state, New Jersey is one of the hardest battlegrounds because…