by Alison Bass | Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last winter I had a bright idea: I would buy an affordable electric car for tooling around Washington, D.C. and park my old Toyota Camry at our family house on Martha’s Vineyard. That way, I could save on gas and fly in and out of the island from D.C. every...
by Alison Bass | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Now that COVID is (hopefully) in our rear view mirrors, the Edgartown Library has invited me to give a talk about my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, on July 29 at 11 am. The event at the library, which is located at 26 West...
by Alison Bass | Jun 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Before I retired, I enjoyed teaching journalism at West Virginia University. I had some truly motivated and gifted students and I liked most of my colleagues, a talented bunch of former journalists and public relations professionals. But I’m glad I’m no...
by Alison Bass | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
As a sexual assault survivor myself, I followed the Carroll vs Trump trial with great interest. Would a jury finally believe a sexual assault victim who didn’t scream or go to the police? When I was raped in London during my junior year abroad almost 50 years...
by Alison Bass | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
As you may recall, shortly after I moved to DC and before I had a chance to get my District license plates, I was slapped with two hefty speeding violations within two weeks while driving along the same stretch of road in NE Washington. Each were for $100. I...
by Alison Bass | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
I just got back from a two-week trip to Italy, where a friend and I met up with my son and daughter-in-law (they’re spending the year in London on post-law and post-doc fellowships). We flew into Rome, spent a night catching up on our sleep, and then took a...
