for many women, the problem with reading the reporting on Kavanaugh, the Jian or Hockenberry essays, and the Soon-Yi Previn profile, is the immediate additional layer of short and long-term mental fatigue many men cannot even fathom, much less understand and make room for
I don't want to remember many of the times a man tried to force themselves on me, felt entitled to harass or berate me in professional settings, or act predatory and tell me how mature I was for my age so I'd date them but you bet I had to this week
there are going to be a lot of women struggling even more this week and there's no easy way to say "hey my brain is a mess because the news is particularly awful" but if you're a manager or editor (especially dudes!) please keep this in mind
