Yeah, look—I think this time around women are skipping the knitting of hats and social media posts and instead are getting connected to our communities and putting our heads together to figure out how we’re going to survive this storm. Harris’s loss was like a gut punch to many of us. We’re recalibrating and trying to figure out how to a…
Yeah, look—I think this time around women are skipping the knitting of hats and social media posts and instead are getting connected to our communities and putting our heads together to figure out how we’re going to survive this storm. Harris’s loss was like a gut punch to many of us. We’re recalibrating and trying to figure out how to actually get shit done. Our rights are being stripped away one by one and none of it is fun anymore. Who cares about being cheeky when we are watching so many people being sentenced to die? Like this article states, more women are showing interest in running for office than they did in 2017–isn’t that more impactful than a hat and a hashtag everyone else can poke fun of? The Bulwark is my favorite news source but aren’t we all on the same team here? Most of our elected officials are showing a terrible lack of leadership, but we normies out here are just trying to figure out what we need to do to fight back. There have been so. many. damn. protests. over the last couple of months and there is no media coverage of them. So many of the protestors are women. We ARE fighting back—protesting and boycotting and calling our reps and attending town halls and running for office and writing postcards and pitching in locally … but, no, we’re not focusing on the performance of it all anymore. We’re beyond that now.
Should any of you be interested in a rock anthem for your Monday morning, here’s a song I came up with last night after sitting in my feelings (and the story behind it): erincurlett.substack.com/pink-hat
Well said, Erin! I am connected to a very large group of mostly women working hard to build community and fight against this administration together. While the "performance" may not look the same this time around the commitment is stronger than ever. We are much more strategic about the work and holding everyone, including Dems, accountable. And...to answer the original question from the article, I still wear my Pussyhat to every protest I attend.
Could we not "fight back"? Could we, as you said, live our lives and try to figure out the best way to do that, and do the right things without fuss and fanfare and all the attention getting tactics? Because things *are* serious now. If you're fighting, you're not uniting Americans, but dividing them. You can't win without consensus. Consensus isn't arrived at during a fight. Consensus is found when people agree on things, and we need people to agree.
The perception of "fighting" is sometimes erroneous. For instance, protesting is not fighting. Protesting is useful for drawing attention to possible cracks in the societal foundation. It points, it doesn't punch. Thinking you're fighting when you're protesting is erroneous. If you're using protesting effectively as something that draws the attention that otherwise wouldn't be given, great! If you're protesting thinking you're changing the world, you're next to useless.
Most of the discussion I've seen about fighting is actually about going through motions to help relieve feelings of helplessness. It's a coping mechanism, not an effective strategy. We've told the voters for ten years that we see things we consider bad, and the voters response was to vote for Trump in greater numbers. This is not an effective strategy. What is effective is engaging with others to create a consensus, and that is done by showing a benefit. Telling people Trump is bad is not of benefit to them because they want Trump to do things. If you're only dividing people into groups of good people and bad people, you can't create the unity of consensus. You can't fight; you have to agree.
Dissent is very important. We now need leadership to gain traction for opposition to start being heard and noticed. So big NO! We can’t just keep “living our lives without fanfare …” the division amongst Americans exist because of disinformation, corporate corruption and one sick Ketamine junky with too much money to buy the country with his new cheating golf buddy. I see consensus to put an end to the current cruelty. Make change positive and address real problems. Dogs aren’t eating cats, but corporations and billionaires are consuming our freedoms now.
I think you are confused about what dissent is. Dissent can be very quiet but very effective. Maybe you might want to read some books about historical dissenters and see how they began.
I have thoughts I’ve been ironing out, though not directed at particular firms — and I’m just a normie attorney so it’s mostly for my own sanity at the time being (but trying to find people.)
Sounds like the Dems are still listening to consultants and not being authentic. Plenty of women of all ages, races, and life experiences in line with me and my daughter in Tucson yesterday to see Sanders and AOC.
Yeah, look—I think this time around women are skipping the knitting of hats and social media posts and instead are getting connected to our communities and putting our heads together to figure out how we’re going to survive this storm. Harris’s loss was like a gut punch to many of us. We’re recalibrating and trying to figure out how to actually get shit done. Our rights are being stripped away one by one and none of it is fun anymore. Who cares about being cheeky when we are watching so many people being sentenced to die? Like this article states, more women are showing interest in running for office than they did in 2017–isn’t that more impactful than a hat and a hashtag everyone else can poke fun of? The Bulwark is my favorite news source but aren’t we all on the same team here? Most of our elected officials are showing a terrible lack of leadership, but we normies out here are just trying to figure out what we need to do to fight back. There have been so. many. damn. protests. over the last couple of months and there is no media coverage of them. So many of the protestors are women. We ARE fighting back—protesting and boycotting and calling our reps and attending town halls and running for office and writing postcards and pitching in locally … but, no, we’re not focusing on the performance of it all anymore. We’re beyond that now.
Should any of you be interested in a rock anthem for your Monday morning, here’s a song I came up with last night after sitting in my feelings (and the story behind it): erincurlett.substack.com/pink-hat
It definitely feels more dangerous this time.
Agreed. But also more necessary.
Well said, Erin! I am connected to a very large group of mostly women working hard to build community and fight against this administration together. While the "performance" may not look the same this time around the commitment is stronger than ever. We are much more strategic about the work and holding everyone, including Dems, accountable. And...to answer the original question from the article, I still wear my Pussyhat to every protest I attend.
Could we not "fight back"? Could we, as you said, live our lives and try to figure out the best way to do that, and do the right things without fuss and fanfare and all the attention getting tactics? Because things *are* serious now. If you're fighting, you're not uniting Americans, but dividing them. You can't win without consensus. Consensus isn't arrived at during a fight. Consensus is found when people agree on things, and we need people to agree.
I don't understand this comment
The perception of "fighting" is sometimes erroneous. For instance, protesting is not fighting. Protesting is useful for drawing attention to possible cracks in the societal foundation. It points, it doesn't punch. Thinking you're fighting when you're protesting is erroneous. If you're using protesting effectively as something that draws the attention that otherwise wouldn't be given, great! If you're protesting thinking you're changing the world, you're next to useless.
Most of the discussion I've seen about fighting is actually about going through motions to help relieve feelings of helplessness. It's a coping mechanism, not an effective strategy. We've told the voters for ten years that we see things we consider bad, and the voters response was to vote for Trump in greater numbers. This is not an effective strategy. What is effective is engaging with others to create a consensus, and that is done by showing a benefit. Telling people Trump is bad is not of benefit to them because they want Trump to do things. If you're only dividing people into groups of good people and bad people, you can't create the unity of consensus. You can't fight; you have to agree.
Dissent is very important. We now need leadership to gain traction for opposition to start being heard and noticed. So big NO! We can’t just keep “living our lives without fanfare …” the division amongst Americans exist because of disinformation, corporate corruption and one sick Ketamine junky with too much money to buy the country with his new cheating golf buddy. I see consensus to put an end to the current cruelty. Make change positive and address real problems. Dogs aren’t eating cats, but corporations and billionaires are consuming our freedoms now.
Not confused- I agree that dissent comes in many different flavors! Let’s discuss more on this.
I think you are confused about what dissent is. Dissent can be very quiet but very effective. Maybe you might want to read some books about historical dissenters and see how they began.
Amen. Been trying way more to find ways to organize and harden the law profession in particular.
Please, could you maybe start with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison?
I understand they needed a little hardened support from an organized profession.
I have thoughts I’ve been ironing out, though not directed at particular firms — and I’m just a normie attorney so it’s mostly for my own sanity at the time being (but trying to find people.)
HARD AGREE. And, if I may--
Sounds like the Dems are still listening to consultants and not being authentic. Plenty of women of all ages, races, and life experiences in line with me and my daughter in Tucson yesterday to see Sanders and AOC.
I HARD AGREE to both of these comments.