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Hockey & Homophobia: Ivan Provorov

Posted in personal
January 23, 2023

This post is about something personal, so it’s taken me time to find the words. For that I apologize. As…

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Lack of tone: the trouble with the internet

Posted in Geek, The Wired Mom
January 6, 2023

I am internet old. I was 14 when we got AOL in our house, and yes, I absolutely did tie…

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Updated: Twitter, what’s next in social media

Posted in Geek, personal, The Wired Mom
December 22, 2022

It was only a month and a half ago I blogged about what was going on with Twitter and what…

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Twitter and What’s Next

Posted in Geek, personal, The Wired Mom
November 7, 2022

With Elon in charge of Twitter, a lot of changes have happened in the last week. He decided that anyone…

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Logan Mailloux: The Same Story, on Repeat

Posted in hockey, nhl, Pirate
October 6, 2022

The Montreal Canadiens announced that they’re offering Logan Mailloux an entry level three year contract. I can’t tell you what…

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What to do: Speak up? Sweep it under the rug?

Posted in books, entertainment, Geek, personal, Pirate, racism, representation matters
August 28, 2022

I spend a lot of my time on TikTok, and I’ve found myself on the outskirts of BookTok. Mostly because…

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Collateral Damage: the verbal kind

Posted in personal
April 18, 2022

Every so often, I feel like I have to step forward to talk about the concept of collateral damage. Because…

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Back Up Your Facebook & Instagram media

Posted in personal
October 4, 2021

Today, Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp were unavailable for most of the work day. You were likely wondering if you were going to lose…

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A Child of the Desert and the Sea

Posted in personal
August 7, 2021

I was born in the desert.  Well, in a hospital in the desert.  My mother jokes that the Sonoran Desert…

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In The Heights: Latinidad y Sueños

Posted in personal
June 12, 2021

It’s been awhile, my lovelies. We’ve watched In the Heights. Twice, actually. I have a feeling I’ll be watching it…

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    Whitney Drake

    I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latinx woman, or life with Crohn's disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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