Chapter 36

If I thought that suddenly people would be convinced by my little clip on the news, I learned fast enough that while some people loved the idea of a little girl tearing a strip off a school principal on the news, fewer people were interested in the background or rights of my friend Marilyn and others who didn't fit as easily into our assumptions as the rest of us.

What was interesting were the number and breadth of the people who were interested. Among them was the editor of New Economy, Phyllis Orville.

"We aren't just about money," Phyllis said. "There is also the economy of identity and relationship that is actually more important than money. I liked what you said in your clip, but I was wondering if you had a little more. I could use a fifteen hundred word article on the subject."

"That shouldn't be a problem," I said, "but I want you to credit Tuni J. Smith for it. I don't want a repeat of my civics class."