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| The week in patriarchy: there's nothing uplifting to say | The week in patriarchy: there's nothing uplifting to say |
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| I don’t have anything uplifting or insightful to say on Charlottesville that hasn’t already been said. I do want to point out, though, that as we hear again and again that white supremacist terrorism and Trump’s reaction to it is not how most Americans or Republicans think, these polls prove that wrong. | I don’t have anything uplifting or insightful to say on Charlottesville that hasn’t already been said. I do want to point out, though, that as we hear again and again that white supremacist terrorism and Trump’s reaction to it is not how most Americans or Republicans think, these polls prove that wrong. |
| A full 67% of Republicans approve of Trump’s message after Charlottesville, in which he blamed “many sides” for violence and later equated counter-protesters to neo-Nazi and white supremacist terrorists. Another poll showed that six in ten people who approve of the president say there is nothing he could do that would change their level of support. | A full 67% of Republicans approve of Trump’s message after Charlottesville, in which he blamed “many sides” for violence and later equated counter-protesters to neo-Nazi and white supremacist terrorists. Another poll showed that six in ten people who approve of the president say there is nothing he could do that would change their level of support. |
| So let’s stop imagining that Trump’s reaction to this horror is an anomaly – it’s not. | So let’s stop imagining that Trump’s reaction to this horror is an anomaly – it’s not. |
| Glass Half Full | Glass Half Full |
| At least the magazine covers are getting it right. | At least the magazine covers are getting it right. |
| What I’m RTing | What I’m RTing |
| Folks lining up to be arrested at durham jail supported by hundreds of community members pic.twitter.com/ZYLYvVeH1c | Folks lining up to be arrested at durham jail supported by hundreds of community members pic.twitter.com/ZYLYvVeH1c |
| If you've wondered what you would've done during slavery, the Holocaust, or Civil Rights movement...you're doing it now. #Charlottesville | If you've wondered what you would've done during slavery, the Holocaust, or Civil Rights movement...you're doing it now. #Charlottesville |
| Never forget to be extremely wary of every person in your life who has not experienced this last year as a personal moral emergency | Never forget to be extremely wary of every person in your life who has not experienced this last year as a personal moral emergency |
| "Yes I flew across the country to march in the dead of night w/ a torch while yelling I will not be replaced but I'm not an angry racist." https://t.co/SoYpfxRT0t | "Yes I flew across the country to march in the dead of night w/ a torch while yelling I will not be replaced but I'm not an angry racist." https://t.co/SoYpfxRT0t |
| Who I’m reading | Who I’m reading |
| Adam Serwer on the conservative mythology around Robert E. Lee and Karen Attiah with a piece that imagines the way media would cover Charlottesville if it happened in another country. I’m also watching Heather Heyer’s mother talk about why she won’t be speaking with Trump. | Adam Serwer on the conservative mythology around Robert E. Lee and Karen Attiah with a piece that imagines the way media would cover Charlottesville if it happened in another country. I’m also watching Heather Heyer’s mother talk about why she won’t be speaking with Trump. |
| Mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer: "I'm not talking to the president now. I'm sorry." https://t.co/OAof8quXJP pic.twitter.com/5p3opa2bBV | Mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer: "I'm not talking to the president now. I'm sorry." https://t.co/OAof8quXJP pic.twitter.com/5p3opa2bBV |
| What I’m writing | What I’m writing |
| At Marie Claire, my take on the well-meaning but dangerous reaction to Charlottesville that insists “this is not us.” | At Marie Claire, my take on the well-meaning but dangerous reaction to Charlottesville that insists “this is not us.” |
| How outraged I am | How outraged I am |
| A police officer in Texas was caught on video forcibly searching a college student’s vagina after pulling her over, something so egregious there’s no scale of outrage that would do it justice. | A police officer in Texas was caught on video forcibly searching a college student’s vagina after pulling her over, something so egregious there’s no scale of outrage that would do it justice. |
| How I’m making it through this week | How I’m making it through this week |
| No clever gifs or cute videos for this week. Just wishing you all well, and hoping that you’re safe and taking care of yourself. | No clever gifs or cute videos for this week. Just wishing you all well, and hoping that you’re safe and taking care of yourself. |
| Feminism | Feminism |
| The week in patriarchy | The week in patriarchy |
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