Simon Williamson: All hail Adam Rippon Simon Williamson Out in the Wild February 15, 2018 0It isn’t often we get to watch our own in action. Making up five or so percent of the population...
Simon Williamson: A teacher and a trail of victims Simon Williamson Out in the Wild December 27, 2017 0My husband’s hometown, a small city in western Pennsylvania, is currently undergoing its own Harvey Weinstein moment, as decades of...
Simon Williamson: Unfortunate bipartisanship on Capitol Hill Simon Williamson Outspoken November 28, 2017 0The first time I was really miserable when a celebrity died was January of last year. I was sitting in...
Simon Williamson: Left out, kept out Simon Williamson Outspoken October 16, 2017 0It didn’t register much earlier this year because of the chaotic presidency that has scrambling journalists fixated on what “this...
Simon Williamson: On reacting to bigotry with violence Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 5, 2017 0It isn’t that I haven’t been exposed to the parts of the US that hate us. My husband is from...
Simon Williamson: Our local governments need to get bold Simon Williamson Out in the Wild September 1, 2017 0On Facebook, I follow a philosopher here at the University of Georgia who often writes about how our local government...
Simon Williamson: Free speech – great if you can get it Simon Williamson Out in the Wild March 17, 2017 0This knee-jerk reaction to crowds of millennials throwing racist, doxing, white supremacists off college campuses has me less alarmed about...
Simon Williamson: The price of hiding in the bubble Simon Williamson Out in the Wild February 19, 2017 0My formative years were in apartheid South Africa. I was too young to really appreciate the changes that happened in...
Simon Williamson: In 2017, put out wisely Simon Williamson Out in the Wild December 22, 2016 0Among us walk Trump supporters. Right within our community – if they aren’t supporters, they are perhaps enablers: the Milo...
Simon Willamson: Misunderstanding ‘lewd’ Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 26, 2016 0I suffered several near heart attacks as the national media spent the last fortnight using “lewd” to describe Donald Trump’s...
Simon Williamson: Protecting Pride Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 4, 2016 0In February I attended a wedding of two friends and it was packed full of my people, and it was...