Founder @goodenergystory - story consultant for the age of climate change. Co-host @nplhpodcast. Story Lover. Preacher's Daughter. Bitter Southerner. she/her
Feb 9 • 29 tweets • 5 min read
This will probs get me in trouble, but I detest this strategy - and it's extremely harmful to our climate efforts. Taylor Swift is one of the most beloved, powerful, wealth, successful women in the world. When people think of her they think of joy, community, beauty, even awe.
Who honestly, out of anyone in the world aside from the President and Beyonce, justifiably uses a private plane due to her insane schedule and legitimate security concerns. When @goodenergystory consults on tv + film scripts with climate themes, you know what the most common...
Jun 9, 2023 • 43 tweets • 15 min read
Over the course of my 15 years working on climate + 7 years living on the Gulf Coast, I've had some pretty intense bouts of climate anxiety + depression. Def had some srsly unhealthy coping mechanisms for awhile there, but here are a few things that do help me:
(obvi everyone's self care / mental health journeys are unique and what works for some doesn't work for others - but here are the things that work for me!)
Jun 6, 2021 • 26 tweets • 11 min read
Join me for a little afternoon walk through Montgomery, AL:
First stop: the @eji_org museum in a former slave warehouse on commerce street (next to the riverfront). This is one of the most important & powerful museums in the country- tracing chattel slavery to Jim Crow, segregation, mass incarceration. It’s a must visit for every American
Mar 22, 2021 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 Someone recently asked me if I had advice for people like me with parents who are evangelicals and brainwashed by dangerous conspiracy theories. Here's what I came up with! Maybe it will help you if you likewise find yourself in this position.
1) Overcoming this kind of religious indoctrination and going up against parents/pastors who have been presented to you from birth as having God-given authority over your life (and rejecting the idea of submission to a right-wing God at the risk of eternal damnation, etc)
May 20, 2020 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
In light of all this #JaneRoe news - a little history (as I understand it). This is a long bit, so stay with me.
Essentially during the 1950's and 1960's Southern (white) evangelical leaders started getting really upset with anti-segregation laws - especially when it came to their churches and schools. T
Mar 16, 2020 • 18 tweets • 2 min read
Ok - a few apocalypse thoughts.
I was born into a family with a father who was certain we were in the end times before I was even born. He's been prepping us for this since we were babies. Every potential catastrophe or new illness was possibly "it."
Mar 12, 2020 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Another fun story from my wayward youth: it involves a shipwreck.
When I was 19, my best friend Bonnie and I were living in New Zealand. We wanted to go on an adventure but didn't have much cash and had already done all the touristy things NZ is famous for.
Sep 9, 2019 • 25 tweets • 9 min read
Ok, I've been holding off on commenting on the Franzen @NewYorker piece because I have mixed feels - some of which may be controversial - but I've been thinking about climate comms for 15 years now - so I do have some thoughts on it:
I have a knee jerk reaction when we start tone policing writers and artists - especially those outside the climate space - on the best ways to talk about it. Obvi, the climate movement doesn't know the best ways to talk about it - or we'd be in a very different place right now.
Apr 16, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Let's talk about kids. In one world, ages ago, I'd have them. I always imagined having them. I knew I wanted to be my own person and determined and free, but kids were always a part of that equation.
Mostly because I adore my siblings and family, they are the most important people to me - and the idea of extending that adoration is appealing. My husband would be an excellent father. We have an idyllic space in Alabama, surrounded by the ocean and dolphins and flowers.
Oct 9, 2018 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
So many thoughts. All of which I’ve withheld today because: I was overwhelmed with emotion and try not to speak publicly in that state of anxiety.
The IPCC report is legit terrifying but not all that surprising. The fact that it’s not surprising is concerning in and of itself.
Aug 31, 2018 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
Oooh, yay! Another big climate fear vs. hope debate. But srsly though, I've been studying climate comms since college ('07, go Tarheels!) and do actually get a weird joy from nerding out on this stuff. Hey, at least someone is thinking about it!
For context, @RoyScranton tweeted this and stirred up a bunch of backlash amongst activists for being a white dude who is newish to the convo pushing nihilism and doomism from his privileged perch. Let's dig into my humble opinions.
