My mother's acquaintance, a lovely, ethereal looking woman by the name of Holly had been giving me sporadic psychic readings over the phone for a number…
I was holding a heavy pot of gumbo my grandfather’s lover/cook had made with care, following the instructions from a worn, Louisiana cookbook as my aunt…
While these countries do indeed lead the way in an equally paid, gender-diverse workforce, they, as with every nation, have a long road ahead in terms of basic human rights... it just looks quite different than our own.