Thank you for this timely piece! Just this morning I was feeling fully overwhelmed and terrified that I wasn’t doing “enough”. I still feel this way but knowing I’m not alone in that fear and feeling the encouragement from you to keep doing what I can helps to ease the weight of it all. I think I have discounted all that I am doing and feel the pressure to do more. I feel bad for taking a day off and resting, like every minute of everyday should be full of something, I don’t even know what. And I can’t quite bring myself to believe or trust the words that rest is resistance in itself but I suppose I can borrow the platitude for a day and actually rest my weary soul so that I may continue on.
Here in Souteast Milwaukee ( Bay View) there are several active groups who are working to counteract the current stuff. Even the annual Pumpkin festival seems to attract folks who care.
And that is it. It is because we care that we are active, each of us in our own way. And we also, each of us, need to take a break and rest when needed. And it is needed for all of us!
Hang in, break when needed, and go back when able. Humans do this!
I just got home from Sweden yesterday, and the Kimmel news hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm not a particularly big fan of his comedy (I'm a Seth Meyers girl), but just the brazen capitulation was awful to behold. BTW I heard from quite a few people there that they don't feel comfortable traveling to the U.S. under the current regime—and these are white Swedish people!
One of the things I was looking forward to was re-upping my Hulu subscription so I could watch the new season of "Only Murders in the Building," but I'm not going to give ABC/Disney a cent of my money if I can help it. The right wing successfully targeted Bud Light when they dared send a customized beer can to a trans influencer, so the left wing needs to show our strength in this regard. No Hulu, no Disney+, no theme park visits (the last one is super easy for me since visiting a theme park is my idea of hell on earth).
"The counterpoint, I suppose, is 'what if these rights are not allowed in the future?' but my friends, that’s not a counterpoint at all. It is but one more reason to do those things now."
Oh, Garrett--I'm tattooing this on the inside of my eyelids. Because it is the heart of the matter.
Thank you for this timely piece! Just this morning I was feeling fully overwhelmed and terrified that I wasn’t doing “enough”. I still feel this way but knowing I’m not alone in that fear and feeling the encouragement from you to keep doing what I can helps to ease the weight of it all. I think I have discounted all that I am doing and feel the pressure to do more. I feel bad for taking a day off and resting, like every minute of everyday should be full of something, I don’t even know what. And I can’t quite bring myself to believe or trust the words that rest is resistance in itself but I suppose I can borrow the platitude for a day and actually rest my weary soul so that I may continue on.
Janine, I hear you.
Here in Souteast Milwaukee ( Bay View) there are several active groups who are working to counteract the current stuff. Even the annual Pumpkin festival seems to attract folks who care.
And that is it. It is because we care that we are active, each of us in our own way. And we also, each of us, need to take a break and rest when needed. And it is needed for all of us!
Hang in, break when needed, and go back when able. Humans do this!
I just got home from Sweden yesterday, and the Kimmel news hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm not a particularly big fan of his comedy (I'm a Seth Meyers girl), but just the brazen capitulation was awful to behold. BTW I heard from quite a few people there that they don't feel comfortable traveling to the U.S. under the current regime—and these are white Swedish people!
One of the things I was looking forward to was re-upping my Hulu subscription so I could watch the new season of "Only Murders in the Building," but I'm not going to give ABC/Disney a cent of my money if I can help it. The right wing successfully targeted Bud Light when they dared send a customized beer can to a trans influencer, so the left wing needs to show our strength in this regard. No Hulu, no Disney+, no theme park visits (the last one is super easy for me since visiting a theme park is my idea of hell on earth).
"The counterpoint, I suppose, is 'what if these rights are not allowed in the future?' but my friends, that’s not a counterpoint at all. It is but one more reason to do those things now."
Oh, Garrett--I'm tattooing this on the inside of my eyelids. Because it is the heart of the matter.
(Metaphorically, of course.)