“Now every news story feels like a tired rerun. The Temu version of 2016.” So true. “… our fights are not in vain and that our stories matter, even when it feels like no one is listening.” Also true. I once had someone walk out of a conference that I created. My brother-in-law said that if everyone likes what you’re doing, you have aimed too low. Keep aiming high, Lyz.
I am literally vibrating in my chair, fuming about Sherry Moler's horrific and courageous odyssey (since 1975?!!!) to bring this deviant physician to justice. The system is palpably rigged against women, and justice .
We women represent the majority gender on the planet. Aren't we all sick as fuck of being diminished, having less rights than men? Aren't we all sick of old white men making laws that don't serve half the world's population?!
We women need to STEP UP, speak out, be actively a pain in the ass to any old flaccid male that proposes anything that denigrates the rights of women, or anybody else for that matter! Yeah, it's tiresome and frustrating, but we need to fight the testosterone-laden insanity that is the DAILY dose of violence and diminishment we all fume about, but feel that we can do nothing but complain. If we don't act together, we will continue to be treated as if it is 1864.
Sometimes I feel like unsubscribing to everything and everyone I follow, but then I laugh at the Temu comment and think "I can't stop being informed." Things are really depressing right now in Tennessee, but I have to support those people showing up every day at the state capitol building and email my representative and put a sign in my yard, etc. I hope for changes, but I can't just hope; I have to stay informed as well.
Great stuff, and always good to be reminded (by Rebecca Solnit especially!) to keep up the fight. Do you typically share your other journalism links here? I don’t remember that being a thing, but it would be great if you did!
I signed up to be a delegate from my state legislative district to the WA state Democratic convention, and wow is it interesting! Reading the party platform, cover to cover. I have feedback!! And mostly it feels better to be contributing than to be dejected. (Plus I am meeting some fun new people!)
Today’s reality can be depressing. However, we need to hear about your stories so problems can be fixed and problem solvers can be supported. Many thanks for all the work you do.
The day to day news is depressing. I keep talking to people who think a tRump comeback is too possible and they sound like they’ve given in to the idea. BUT we must keep standing up for our ideals and calmly, rationally, and sincerely JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. Your writing makes a difference and every one of us who digs in for the truth does too. Shine that light, lady.
On my way home from work, I pass a house with a large (like, the kind you install) Protasiewicz sign in the front yard. To me, leaving it up feels like a statement.
Keep shining a light in the darkness. Yes it's pretty depressing out there, and I'm often tempted to tune it all out and pull back into my shell. But if we ignore the cancers plaguing us, the cancers win. Thank you for your work!
Just writing in to say, I live in the Northeast and I subscribe because I believe the Midwest is a critical piece of this country and I want to understand the fights people are fighting there. You do great, important work and yeah, it's depressing but so is my local news, for that matter and I won't know where to fight the dragons if I just close my eyes
A lot of what you report on is hard to read. I don't read everything. I have my mental health to take care of so I can function in a world that's so hard and where women are treated so badly, and Black women are treated worst of all. But what you do is important and I'm glad you do it.
There is a difference between depressing and enlightening, even when the information is not uplifting. Those three stories (and others, I'm sure) are critical. I don't come here just to be entertained, though that happens in spades, rather - I need to read clear-eyed writing about what is happening in the world, without the gauzy "both-sides" bullshit I see on the morning shows. I feel like you carry on the tradition of writers I admire like Molly Ivins and Barbara Ehrenreich. My two most regular Substack reads are you and Dan Pfeiffer's Message Box. I also follow Michael Harriot and a few others because I need these perspectives to expand on my thinking.
I think your point about progress being slow is important. While incrementalism has been a delay tactic by some politicians, it is also a way things happen, especially at the local level. Thanks for this.
Those of us who work exclusively in the dark things, appreciate you. The elimination of the SoL is a BFD- takes survivors in average 20 years to be ready to tell their stories and manage the blowback. It’s been 30 years and I still haven’t said my rapist’s name out loud.
Your substack is one of the few that I open on the regular -- I appreciate these updates that you've made and also the poke to not succumb to defeatism. I feel like all I can do in 2024's election is donate money (which I don't really have) and vote myself. I'm glad you are out there writing these pieces which help change people's minds. And I also appreciate the humor that you bring to your work -- like the title of your newsletter.
One thing about being 75 is that I have learned that change is hard, slow moving and uncertain but over time you need to just keep pushing and take no wins as permanent (see Roe V Wade) And second to know that no political candidate is going to meet all your expectations , choose the best among them and push them to be better. Or to quote Melania Trump lol “ Be Best”
“Now every news story feels like a tired rerun. The Temu version of 2016.” So true. “… our fights are not in vain and that our stories matter, even when it feels like no one is listening.” Also true. I once had someone walk out of a conference that I created. My brother-in-law said that if everyone likes what you’re doing, you have aimed too low. Keep aiming high, Lyz.
I am literally vibrating in my chair, fuming about Sherry Moler's horrific and courageous odyssey (since 1975?!!!) to bring this deviant physician to justice. The system is palpably rigged against women, and justice .
We women represent the majority gender on the planet. Aren't we all sick as fuck of being diminished, having less rights than men? Aren't we all sick of old white men making laws that don't serve half the world's population?!
We women need to STEP UP, speak out, be actively a pain in the ass to any old flaccid male that proposes anything that denigrates the rights of women, or anybody else for that matter! Yeah, it's tiresome and frustrating, but we need to fight the testosterone-laden insanity that is the DAILY dose of violence and diminishment we all fume about, but feel that we can do nothing but complain. If we don't act together, we will continue to be treated as if it is 1864.
BE INAPPROPRIATE, SISTERS!
I’m glad you have the strength to push that boulder uphill. Your work is necessary. We see you. Thank you!
Sometimes I feel like unsubscribing to everything and everyone I follow, but then I laugh at the Temu comment and think "I can't stop being informed." Things are really depressing right now in Tennessee, but I have to support those people showing up every day at the state capitol building and email my representative and put a sign in my yard, etc. I hope for changes, but I can't just hope; I have to stay informed as well.
Great stuff, and always good to be reminded (by Rebecca Solnit especially!) to keep up the fight. Do you typically share your other journalism links here? I don’t remember that being a thing, but it would be great if you did!
I signed up to be a delegate from my state legislative district to the WA state Democratic convention, and wow is it interesting! Reading the party platform, cover to cover. I have feedback!! And mostly it feels better to be contributing than to be dejected. (Plus I am meeting some fun new people!)
Today’s reality can be depressing. However, we need to hear about your stories so problems can be fixed and problem solvers can be supported. Many thanks for all the work you do.
The day to day news is depressing. I keep talking to people who think a tRump comeback is too possible and they sound like they’ve given in to the idea. BUT we must keep standing up for our ideals and calmly, rationally, and sincerely JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. Your writing makes a difference and every one of us who digs in for the truth does too. Shine that light, lady.
On my way home from work, I pass a house with a large (like, the kind you install) Protasiewicz sign in the front yard. To me, leaving it up feels like a statement.
Keep shining a light in the darkness. Yes it's pretty depressing out there, and I'm often tempted to tune it all out and pull back into my shell. But if we ignore the cancers plaguing us, the cancers win. Thank you for your work!
Once again, your work moves me to tears! Yes, we see you. Keep goin' Lyz, keep growin, xoxox
Just writing in to say, I live in the Northeast and I subscribe because I believe the Midwest is a critical piece of this country and I want to understand the fights people are fighting there. You do great, important work and yeah, it's depressing but so is my local news, for that matter and I won't know where to fight the dragons if I just close my eyes
A lot of what you report on is hard to read. I don't read everything. I have my mental health to take care of so I can function in a world that's so hard and where women are treated so badly, and Black women are treated worst of all. But what you do is important and I'm glad you do it.
There is a difference between depressing and enlightening, even when the information is not uplifting. Those three stories (and others, I'm sure) are critical. I don't come here just to be entertained, though that happens in spades, rather - I need to read clear-eyed writing about what is happening in the world, without the gauzy "both-sides" bullshit I see on the morning shows. I feel like you carry on the tradition of writers I admire like Molly Ivins and Barbara Ehrenreich. My two most regular Substack reads are you and Dan Pfeiffer's Message Box. I also follow Michael Harriot and a few others because I need these perspectives to expand on my thinking.
I think your point about progress being slow is important. While incrementalism has been a delay tactic by some politicians, it is also a way things happen, especially at the local level. Thanks for this.
Those of us who work exclusively in the dark things, appreciate you. The elimination of the SoL is a BFD- takes survivors in average 20 years to be ready to tell their stories and manage the blowback. It’s been 30 years and I still haven’t said my rapist’s name out loud.
Your substack is one of the few that I open on the regular -- I appreciate these updates that you've made and also the poke to not succumb to defeatism. I feel like all I can do in 2024's election is donate money (which I don't really have) and vote myself. I'm glad you are out there writing these pieces which help change people's minds. And I also appreciate the humor that you bring to your work -- like the title of your newsletter.
One thing about being 75 is that I have learned that change is hard, slow moving and uncertain but over time you need to just keep pushing and take no wins as permanent (see Roe V Wade) And second to know that no political candidate is going to meet all your expectations , choose the best among them and push them to be better. Or to quote Melania Trump lol “ Be Best”