Jamie Virostko·Aug 27Bad Mood Morning MeetingLast week at work, the morning meeting pissed me off. That’s kind of hard. It’s always a less than five-minute full company gathering where…
Jamie Virostko·Aug 18Passing GravesMartha Jones “Toots” Virostko rests in Riverside Cemetery outside Clinton, Indiana. Per instructions, her cremated remains were interred…
Jamie Virostko·Nov 27, 2025Empowered Victimhood: Active Attacker Civilian ResponseTrainingFrom 2016 to 2022, I worked for the Office of Elections in Charlottesville, Virginia. In November of 2020, the City of Charlottesville…A response icon1A response icon1
Jamie Virostko·Sep 25, 2025Popularity and the Patriarchy: What I Learned in High SchoolWhen I was seventeen, something happened to me and a couple of my friends in our government class that I never forgot.A response icon1A response icon1
Jamie Virostko·Jul 20, 2025The Impossible is Possible but Life is not a MakeoverIn 1995, I moved to London for drama school. By the end of the post-graduate program, a kind, white, South African man had become my…A response icon1A response icon1
Jamie Virostko·Mar 31, 2025Sheepskin ShamedNo, I wasn't scolded by a lover for requesting a natural condom...
Jamie Virostko·Dec 12, 2024My American HealthcareAs police searched for the killer of a United Healthcare CEO, I asked myself several times if I wanted the guy to be caught.
Jamie Virostko·Nov 3, 2024Election Stories: Voter SuppressionA former Election Manager's thoughts on a recent U.S. Supreme Court rulingA response icon1A response icon1
Jamie Virostko·Oct 18, 2024Election Stories: Poll WatchersI don’t remember any poll watchers in our office during early in-person voting. In 2020, on the other hand, they camped in droves.
Jamie Virostko·Oct 4, 2024Hungerstruck: Reflections on my Grandmother’s DeathShe left troubles and messes behind.A response icon2A response icon2
