Vara Lyons

Something I hadn’t thought about in years but came up today: why was a student marrying the youth pastor a common occurrence in 2000s Jackson churches. Like how was that ever ok y’all.

Not me looking up a California case for research today and it involves the Jackson firm of a judge my bestie has beef with. The Mississippi legal world is so small.

Had a rough day but the remedy is a good cry, my Roosevelt Hotel robe after an everything shower, delivery pad Thai, and texting my girlfriends about all the latest Jackson gossip as to why the JSU president quit today.

I loathe this man.

Guest: We just need some money to respond to the disaster.
Noem: Well, if only we had some way to give the money directly to the state, FEMA has clearly failed. We're gonna shut it down because it can't respond.

I hope Mississippi Christian University remembers to teach its law students something about the separation of church and state.

I’ve cried on the NYC subway - who hasn’t - but everyone on Seattle public transit looks so mad today. It’s a beautiful day. What gives?

I miss NYC. I think a bodega cat and a bacon egg and cheese would heal me.

Anyways, older librarians who know their way around the archives never lie and I’m sitting here in Seattle feeling pretty vindicated. I am refraining from texting said reporter so I’ll just post here. (Fin)

Last year a MS reporter called me and asked me to take down a tweet about someone opening a law firm on the back of their deceased, racist dad. Today their progressive relative posted an old campaign ad where said father is pictured with segregationist Eastland & is described as an Eastland dem. (1)

My mom & a group of engaged citizens tried to politely show up to Roger Wicker’s Jxn office today to deliver a letter asking for a town hall. His state director, Ryan Annison, told them to go away because “30 million people voted for this.” Apparently now we can’t even give our elected reps letters.

Got accepted to the Washington bar! It appears that, unlike Mississippi, all of the other states consider policy counsel work to be legal work.

Screaming. I asked Chat GPT to describe an average woman in her thirties from Jackson. Not the boutiques!

I doordashed sushi and am crashing after working on a brief all week with my trusty rosé from Trader Joe’s. Now I’m going to watch the latest episode of the Pitt.

At what point do we say “hey, your side is really advocating to harm us & is killing our state?” At what point do people take personal responsibility for the harm they do & others they associate with? I know it makes us Southerners uncomfy but it’s one of the things that drove me mad living there.

It’s ok that we are actively just wishing bad things on these people now, right?

Didn’t he defend child labor at one point? I don’t see him leaving.

Happy for Wisconsin but I wish Mississippi could have judges who didn’t have to shy away from being called liberal at the risk of losing their seat.

The lawyer who broke our ballot initiative is Kaytie Pickett and I feel like this should be more common knowledge.

My biggest regret since I moved here is getting convinced by a Seattle “friend” to delete my finsta because I needed to move on from Jackson. PNW gossip simply doesn’t hit the same, y’all.

Omg I am obsessed with her. I want to call my buspirone lorazepam just so I can be as cool as her lol.

I’ve decided I’m investing in electrolysis this year. I absolutely hate shaving.

As a former human trafficking prosecutor, it will never not be bizarre to me how many local charities and bar organizations in Mississippi are obsessed with human trafficking but Lynn Fitch doesn’t seem to really prosecute human traffickers. Also, this graphic design was a choice. 😬

I really like my job but my dream is to own a wine bar/bookstore so I can read books all day.

He was just pictured at a fundraiser with Hegseth in Tupelo and my nemesis Lynn Fitch. I’m sure he’s super concerned.

I dreamed last night that I campaigned to change the name of the MS Supreme Court as the last living Gartin. I thought my speech was pretty effective honestly.

This is absolutely insane.

I have officially become that boomer attorney who throws her hands up at Word formatting and just tells my paralegal “please fix.”

Good.

My Bluesky account doesn’t show up in search results so does this mean I can post about dating in Seattle without the men finding out? 🧐 Chronicling my Southern dating life was entertaining while it lasted in Jackson.