At least Warren is sorta fighting back. I would feel better if more Democrats decided to treat Trump like the contamination he is.
Don’t attend the inauguration.
Don’t attend the State of the Union address.
Don’t sit with him at state funerals.
Don’t bother with ANY of the idiot rituals surrounding the Presidency. No standing for him . No acknowledging his filthy presence. Don’t go to the stupid correspondents dinner and yuck it up with any Trump supporters.
Especially DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY OF HIS APPOINTEES. NOT A BLOODY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Lichtenstein doesn’t need an ambassador. All cabinet departments can survive without the kind of malicious clown the malicious clown will appoint.
IF ONLY any of them had any backbones. :( None of them will do any of these things, unfortunately. Politics is just a game to them, not the existential threat that it is to the rest of us.
This piece, and many others, are really driving home the message in this substack piece by Celeste Davis. It's on why male college enrollment is dropping. From the piece: "Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued." There are examples from specific professions: veterinarians, biologists, interior design, teaching, librarians, etc. https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college
I read that piece by Celeste Davies and completely understood it. Please also read Katrine Marçel “Mother of Invention” and Caroline Craido Perez “Invisible Women” both of whom report that when an occupation is made up of mainly women, men don’t want to do it. And if they do - say nursing - they are much more likely to be in top roles and management positions. I read somewhere “oh to have the confidence of a mediocre white man” and it is so true.
ALL these GOP men saying women are not qualified are going to have interesting discussions with their male constituents when the draft is reactivated because there are not enough men to fight in the wars that #47 will inevitably start.
The silver lining is how this all plays out in REALITY, not in their narcissistic fever dreams. Delusion is a hallmark of narcissism, and this level of misogyny is slotted somewhere on the narcissistic spectrum.
These “men” are not qualified OR capable of running a company, a family, or a boardroom. They cannot run a country. As usual, we’ll be there when it all falls to pieces. We just have to pray the damage is not too great before they finally whimper, slam their collective fist against the door, and skedaddle.
Democrats need to stay out of their way and not play co-dependent abused spouse, thereby helping them to maintain the illusion that their agenda is somehow “working.” No more protecting them, or the American people, from themselves.
"This is the fight of the next four years: male grievance, resentment and a sense of entitlement to the things women and minorities have and the spaces they worked hard to occupy. It’s not enough for Trump to win; women must be punished for their ascension, their qualifications, their independence.
The rebranding of women’s roles as trad wives and soft girls is no coincidence. Our voices and experiences are the “anonymous smears” that beleaguered men have had to endure."
I can't watch these hearings. After watching the Jan 6 hearings and so many other things where these people spew their ish, I am preserving my sanity. I will read about it. I won't witness it anymore. This is self-preservation on my part. Thanks to those of you who are documenting this and writing.
Now is the time for us to double down. Don’t withdraw and observe a four-year hygge. These guys are acting this way and resurrecting Manifest Destiny because of exactly what Lyz said: Progress is being made. They are threatened because they don’t want to share power, they want to dominate, they want to be cruel because it gets them off and allows them to hoard more of everything. In big ways and small, don’t cede. Push back on sexism at home, at work, everywhere you see it. As much as is realistically possible, don’t accept a role you don’t want - and do your best to erode an unwanted one, however long it takes.
Tremendous article and comments! A keeper for sure. I feel better about the future than I did before reading it. There is an old saying "give an idiot enough rope and he will hang himself". C.F. Trump* is surrounding himself with rope. I like Karen's suggestions.
He should now be referred to as C.F.--Convicted Felon rather than president.
"...Sen. Markwayne Mullin angrily asked the room full of senators who among them didn’t know a senator or two who has shown up to the job drunk."
WTF? This is the narrative the GOP wants to put forth?
So we're OK with someone at the workplace/government office/hospital setting stating to their boss: "Yeah, sure I pilfered some office supplies and/or medicines from the locked supply cabinet, but who among us doesn't know someone else who has done the same??"
AMEN TO YOUR STATEMENT!! I worked 34 years in education and not once did anyone come to work drunk!! If they had, they’d have no longer remained employed! This is going to be an incredibly long 4 years.
At least Warren is sorta fighting back. I would feel better if more Democrats decided to treat Trump like the contamination he is.
Don’t attend the inauguration.
Don’t attend the State of the Union address.
Don’t sit with him at state funerals.
Don’t bother with ANY of the idiot rituals surrounding the Presidency. No standing for him . No acknowledging his filthy presence. Don’t go to the stupid correspondents dinner and yuck it up with any Trump supporters.
Especially DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY OF HIS APPOINTEES. NOT A BLOODY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Lichtenstein doesn’t need an ambassador. All cabinet departments can survive without the kind of malicious clown the malicious clown will appoint.
^All of this^
IF ONLY any of them had any backbones. :( None of them will do any of these things, unfortunately. Politics is just a game to them, not the existential threat that it is to the rest of us.
This aligns with no longer making accommodations for folks who have made their support for Trump known to me.
I find it intriguing that men must work so hard to keep us in our "places." What if they put that much work into doing their actual work?
They might graduate college that way 😁
This piece, and many others, are really driving home the message in this substack piece by Celeste Davis. It's on why male college enrollment is dropping. From the piece: "Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued." There are examples from specific professions: veterinarians, biologists, interior design, teaching, librarians, etc. https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college
I read that piece by Celeste Davies and completely understood it. Please also read Katrine Marçel “Mother of Invention” and Caroline Craido Perez “Invisible Women” both of whom report that when an occupation is made up of mainly women, men don’t want to do it. And if they do - say nursing - they are much more likely to be in top roles and management positions. I read somewhere “oh to have the confidence of a mediocre white man” and it is so true.
Sadly this has not yet started to happen in politics
hahaha
I had the same thought! Paging @celestedavis!
I’m telling myself that this is the last paroxysm of the dying patriarchy,otherwise,I’ll just feel depressed and hopeless.
ALL these GOP men saying women are not qualified are going to have interesting discussions with their male constituents when the draft is reactivated because there are not enough men to fight in the wars that #47 will inevitably start.
The silver lining is how this all plays out in REALITY, not in their narcissistic fever dreams. Delusion is a hallmark of narcissism, and this level of misogyny is slotted somewhere on the narcissistic spectrum.
These “men” are not qualified OR capable of running a company, a family, or a boardroom. They cannot run a country. As usual, we’ll be there when it all falls to pieces. We just have to pray the damage is not too great before they finally whimper, slam their collective fist against the door, and skedaddle.
Democrats need to stay out of their way and not play co-dependent abused spouse, thereby helping them to maintain the illusion that their agenda is somehow “working.” No more protecting them, or the American people, from themselves.
in the immortal words of Lois McMaster Bujold, they are "incapable of running anything more complicated than a dishwasher."
Some can’t even run a dishwasher…or load it properly.
HA!
Even if women alone did the kind of boycotting of these events, it would be noticed. Time to take a page out of Michelle Obama’s playbook
Michelle is giving “You’re lucky I came to the first one” energy and I’m here for it.
Thanks everyone. I was depressed until I read the comments. I am woman hear me roar.
Same. 🔥❤️
This is so spot on:
"This is the fight of the next four years: male grievance, resentment and a sense of entitlement to the things women and minorities have and the spaces they worked hard to occupy. It’s not enough for Trump to win; women must be punished for their ascension, their qualifications, their independence.
The rebranding of women’s roles as trad wives and soft girls is no coincidence. Our voices and experiences are the “anonymous smears” that beleaguered men have had to endure."
This is all just backlash.
I can't watch these hearings. After watching the Jan 6 hearings and so many other things where these people spew their ish, I am preserving my sanity. I will read about it. I won't witness it anymore. This is self-preservation on my part. Thanks to those of you who are documenting this and writing.
Now is the time for us to double down. Don’t withdraw and observe a four-year hygge. These guys are acting this way and resurrecting Manifest Destiny because of exactly what Lyz said: Progress is being made. They are threatened because they don’t want to share power, they want to dominate, they want to be cruel because it gets them off and allows them to hoard more of everything. In big ways and small, don’t cede. Push back on sexism at home, at work, everywhere you see it. As much as is realistically possible, don’t accept a role you don’t want - and do your best to erode an unwanted one, however long it takes.
Where is Boudicca now that the world needs her?
We should just grab em by the dick and take what we want
Tremendous article and comments! A keeper for sure. I feel better about the future than I did before reading it. There is an old saying "give an idiot enough rope and he will hang himself". C.F. Trump* is surrounding himself with rope. I like Karen's suggestions.
He should now be referred to as C.F.--Convicted Felon rather than president.
"...Sen. Markwayne Mullin angrily asked the room full of senators who among them didn’t know a senator or two who has shown up to the job drunk."
WTF? This is the narrative the GOP wants to put forth?
So we're OK with someone at the workplace/government office/hospital setting stating to their boss: "Yeah, sure I pilfered some office supplies and/or medicines from the locked supply cabinet, but who among us doesn't know someone else who has done the same??"
The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
AMEN TO YOUR STATEMENT!! I worked 34 years in education and not once did anyone come to work drunk!! If they had, they’d have no longer remained employed! This is going to be an incredibly long 4 years.
omg. top 10 fav article right here.