Propane Jane™ is a pseudonymous social media commentator and freelance writer on topics such as race, gender, health, and socioeconomic justice. Offline, she is a wife, mother, and psychiatrist serving the underserved community in Houston, TX. Follow her on twitter @docrocktex26.
I didn’t set out to celebrate President Barack Obama’s 56th birthday by being the change he always implored the American public to be, but that’s exactly what I ended up doing. And I didn’t know when I accepted the Harris County Democratic Party chairwoman’s warm invitation to visit their Houston, Texas, headquarters on August 4, […]
By Propane Jane - August 13, 2017
When I awoke to the shocking results of the 2016 election on the morning of November 9, the first pangs of despair I felt were for the imperiled fate of Obamacare in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. As a physician, I was immediately worried not only about my job security, but also […]
By Propane Jane - June 25, 2017
I don’t trust Donald Trump, or the Republican Party, and I’m not alone. It’s not just that I’m a proud Democrat who’s never voted for or subscribed to their preferred ideology, or because I’m still smarting from the travesty of the 2016 election, but because every day since Trump’s inauguration has been mired in egregious […]
By Propane Jane - June 11, 2017
If the daily onslaught of political negligence and malfeasance on display since Jan. 20 is the essence of Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s vision for “making America great again,” I’m officially not impressed and I want it to end now. If indeed this sustained apprehension and visceral unease is the best ride their “fine-tuned” roller […]
By Propane Jane - June 04, 2017
It is that time of year again: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and tiny tots with their eyes all aglow still finding it hard to escape the perennial battle over Santa Claus’ “true” identity. By identity, I do not just mean […]
By Propane Jane - December 09, 2016
For years now, the Republican Party has been sacrificing its relevance to a terminal failure to understand just how unappealing their homogenized organization has become to the multicultural American public. The GOP has adhered to willful denial that, despite all of the efforts to underestimate, delegitimize, intimidate, and criminalize Democratic-leaning voters, a marginalized majority has successfully assembled […]
By Propane Jane - October 26, 2016
“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”—Frederick Douglass Once again we find ourselves in anguish over yet another string of extinguished black lives. We oscillate between boiling rage and compensatory desensitization on a daily, if not […]
By Propane Jane - September 23, 2016
Three years ago a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of the murder of Trayvon Martin. In the pain and fury after the verdict’s announcement, the Black Lives Matter movement was born. BLM isn’t just a movement, but a voting bloc. Street protests have morphed into voter registration drives and meetings with elected officials. If you search the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, you’ll find […]
By Propane Jane - September 12, 2016
