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Can You Give Him A Goddamned Minute?
Rants & Raves, Freedom & Fire, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 6/5/26 Rants & Raves, Freedom & Fire, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 6/5/26

Can You Give Him A Goddamned Minute?

A food truck cook accidentally called a woman “he” while buried under a lunch rush. What happened next says a lot about performative outrage, modern allyship, and our culture's inability to distinguish between harmless mistakes and actual injustice.

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Guarded
Personal Essays & Reflections, Motorcycles & Mayhem Kate Sjostrand 5/25/26 Personal Essays & Reflections, Motorcycles & Mayhem Kate Sjostrand 5/25/26

Guarded

A perfect breakfast, a violently loud motorcycle, and one tiny moment that changed the emotional temperature of an otherwise beautiful morning. A reflection on routine, assumptions, queerness, and the strange distance created when someone suddenly sees you differently than you thought they did.

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The Sting of “Sir”
Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 4/24/26 Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 4/24/26

The Sting of “Sir”

I pretend it doesn’t bother me. I’ve learned to pick my battles. But every “sir” lands, and over time, those moments add up in ways people don’t see.

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