One of the first people I met when I came to Daily Kos was a poster named Angry Mouse, who I later got to know in person as Kaili Joy Gray. She had joined on Feb 12, 2008, and I got here right behind her on Feb 21. She became a member and supporter of Black Kos, and went on to found She Kos.
She was fierce, known for her epic rants, biting sense of humor, as well as her staunch feminism. We became friends. That friendship continued through her promotion to DKos staff, and her exit stage left to other internet pastures.
When she scampered on down the road she talked about herself in this post:
This mouse is moseying—but no goodbyes!
Once upon a time, there was a not-quite-30-year-old girl who fancied herself a writer (ah, yes, now we're getting somewhere), and she also cared about politics because it was coded into her DNA, and she was damned angry about the state of things in George Bush's America, and so, like so many other proverbial basement-dwelling Cheetos-eaters, she went onto the Internet—which is not a truck—and created an account at Daily Kos to commiserate with other like-minded dirty fucking hippies and say things like, "Fuck you, Democrats" or "Fuck you, Republicans" or "Fuck you, Sarah Palin," or "Fuck you, fill-in-the-blank." (Did I mention that our not-quite-30-year-old girl has something of a potty mouth?)
While here at Daily Kos — she launched a series, “This Week in the War on Women” which has been admirably continued here at Daily Kos. Kaili is re-launching the series she started here, at Bitter Empire starting today at 10AM EST.
I followed her move to Wonkette, and now she’s moved on again — this time to do radio, co-hosting #WomenWednesday, on Mark Thompson’s “Make It Plain"
For those Kogs who know and love our Mouse — thought I’d give you a heads up. Those of you who haven’t had the good fortune to meet her — yet — check her out.
She’s the Mouse that Roars!