Well, this is freaking next – the triumph of the ape! We knew it was coming; (most but not all - there’s still Liz Cheney) Republicans have been courting the white male inner monkey for decades. Not because Republicans have the slightest qualm about abortion or anything else – they can pay for as many abortions as their mistresses (and even their wives) need. No, they’ve just wisely latched onto our ancient primate wiring and ridden it straight to the blossoming hell at our feet.
Thanks for this Abbie. At 54, I’m a generation behind you but still a crone - my eggs have withered and my blood has ceased to flow. In 1970 women made up 42% of people in higher education, today it’s 57%. Granted, it’s a small percentage of the general populace. I’m interested to see if millennial and gen z women have this fight in them. They have way more education, tools, power and money than your generation of women who got Roe passed could ever imagine. It’s time for them to get organized and stop taking their privilege for granted.
You have hit the nail on the head! I liked the "square" Screen image. In so many ways, it just seems surreal! But I know it is happening UGH!! Thx for putting words to the angst!
For a goodly chunk of time, we experienced that expanding grid. And I'm thankful for what feminism planted in the hearts and minds of at least some of the masses. As that grid closes down on us now, I can only be heartened to know it will once again open up--hopefully in my lifetime, but surely in someone's lifetime. I have not given up.
Thanks for this Abbie. At 54, I’m a generation behind you but still a crone - my eggs have withered and my blood has ceased to flow. In 1970 women made up 42% of people in higher education, today it’s 57%. Granted, it’s a small percentage of the general populace. I’m interested to see if millennial and gen z women have this fight in them. They have way more education, tools, power and money than your generation of women who got Roe passed could ever imagine. It’s time for them to get organized and stop taking their privilege for granted.
You have hit the nail on the head! I liked the "square" Screen image. In so many ways, it just seems surreal! But I know it is happening UGH!! Thx for putting words to the angst!
For a goodly chunk of time, we experienced that expanding grid. And I'm thankful for what feminism planted in the hearts and minds of at least some of the masses. As that grid closes down on us now, I can only be heartened to know it will once again open up--hopefully in my lifetime, but surely in someone's lifetime. I have not given up.