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| The week in patriarchy: it's easy to take the simplest things for granted | |
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| Today is the seven year anniversary of the day my daughter first breathed without medical assistance. It was six weeks after she was first born, and to be able to see her face - without tubes, without fear that she would stop breathing and turn blue - was one of the best moments of my life as a mother. | Today is the seven year anniversary of the day my daughter first breathed without medical assistance. It was six weeks after she was first born, and to be able to see her face - without tubes, without fear that she would stop breathing and turn blue - was one of the best moments of my life as a mother. |
| I’ve been thinking about this day a lot these last few weeks, as the latest Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare failed, and as communities in Puerto Rico, Mexico and beyond pulled together to try to help each other in the aftermath of devastation. | I’ve been thinking about this day a lot these last few weeks, as the latest Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare failed, and as communities in Puerto Rico, Mexico and beyond pulled together to try to help each other in the aftermath of devastation. |
| You don’t realize how we take the simplest things for granted - whether it’s breathing with our own healthy lungs or having access to clean water and a bed. Every day that we need to think about our basic necessities is a good day. I’m hoping for some more good days for all of us soon. | You don’t realize how we take the simplest things for granted - whether it’s breathing with our own healthy lungs or having access to clean water and a bed. Every day that we need to think about our basic necessities is a good day. I’m hoping for some more good days for all of us soon. |
| Glass Half Full | Glass Half Full |
| Beyonce released a song this week, singing in Spanish, to raise money for the relief efforts in Puerto Rico. At least one of our national leaders is getting it right. | Beyonce released a song this week, singing in Spanish, to raise money for the relief efforts in Puerto Rico. At least one of our national leaders is getting it right. |
| What I’m RTing | What I’m RTing |
| New from @KFILE: Possible a Sen. Roy Moore will oppose nominees on basis that they are openly gay. He did in 2006. https://t.co/1QV4UKT8M7 | New from @KFILE: Possible a Sen. Roy Moore will oppose nominees on basis that they are openly gay. He did in 2006. https://t.co/1QV4UKT8M7 |
| Never forget the indignities Gloria Steinem withstood for this undercover reporting of A Bunny's Tale. https://t.co/Elgr0RYfOS | Never forget the indignities Gloria Steinem withstood for this undercover reporting of A Bunny's Tale. https://t.co/Elgr0RYfOS |
| A man kneels with a folded U.S. flag as the POTUS motorcade passes him in Indianapolis. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) pic.twitter.com/KrBlzhauai | A man kneels with a folded U.S. flag as the POTUS motorcade passes him in Indianapolis. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) pic.twitter.com/KrBlzhauai |
| Who I’m reading | Who I’m reading |
| Nicole Chung with a beautiful piece on being adopted and talking to her white family about Trump; Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Guardian with an excerpt from his new book; and Jean Peters Baker on the hardest phone call a prosecutor has to make. | Nicole Chung with a beautiful piece on being adopted and talking to her white family about Trump; Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Guardian with an excerpt from his new book; and Jean Peters Baker on the hardest phone call a prosecutor has to make. |
| What I’m writing | What I’m writing |
| On Hugh Hefner’s death and myth that he launched the sexual revolution. | On Hugh Hefner’s death and myth that he launched the sexual revolution. |
| How outraged I am | How outraged I am |
| While the Trump administration whines about athletes’ first amendment rights to protest, Puerto Rico is in dire need of assistance. | While the Trump administration whines about athletes’ first amendment rights to protest, Puerto Rico is in dire need of assistance. |
| Acting secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, claimed that what’s going on in Puerto Rico is a “good news story,” though, ignoring all facts to the contrary. | Acting secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, claimed that what’s going on in Puerto Rico is a “good news story,” though, ignoring all facts to the contrary. |
| I would have been at a full ten out of ten on the outrage scale, but the incredible Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, shut Duke down so effectively it turned everything around (and reminded us of what’s really happening in PR). | I would have been at a full ten out of ten on the outrage scale, but the incredible Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, shut Duke down so effectively it turned everything around (and reminded us of what’s really happening in PR). |
| San Juan mayor reacts to Homeland Security chief calling Puerto Rico a "good news" story: "This is a people are dying story." pic.twitter.com/8u913B3jWt | San Juan mayor reacts to Homeland Security chief calling Puerto Rico a "good news" story: "This is a people are dying story." pic.twitter.com/8u913B3jWt |
| How I’m making it through this week | How I’m making it through this week |
| Baby elephant bath time. That about does it. | Baby elephant bath time. That about does it. |