“I am 14 and I’m struggling in algebra class. When I ask for help, the male teacher says, ‘I’m not surprised girls aren’t that good at algebra’.
I am 18 and go to my first fraternity party with girlfriends…
2. … we don’t ever say it out loud but it’s understood that we need to stick together at these parties and not get separated, for our own safety.
I’m 20 and I’m working as a hostess at the Red Lion Inn in San Jose, near the airport. …
3. Men in suits come in to eat after their meetings during the day and I see them takeoff their wedding rings before heading into the bar next to the restaurant. Every girl who works there learns quickly not to bend too far over because of the short skirts of our uniforms.
4. I’m 22 and it’s my first day on a new job. My male supervisor gets me into a room alone and I think he’s going to tell me about the job but instead he tells me about how much he likes sex and how he needs to have it every day. I get up and walk out of the room…
5. … and avoid him after that, but I don’t tell anyone because I’m one of the only women there and I don’t know what to do.
Im 24 and I’m watching Anita Hill on TV, testifying about a man who wants to be on the Supreme Court.
6. I don’t understand everything I’m watching but I understand that she’s a black woman facing down a panel of white men and she is going to lose because, at 24, I do understand who has power and who does not.
7. I’m any age in my 20s and I’m walking on the street, in a park, in a city, in a suburb, anywhere. Men tell me to smile, to wait a minute, to slow down what’s my hurry, can I ask you a question, can I stand too close to you, can I demand your space,…
8. …your time, your attention, hey where you going bitch?
I’m 25. I’m buying my first car and the salesman offers a price I know is way too high. I bring my stepdad to the showroom and the same car is now $3000 less. I smile and buy the car but inside I’m seething.
9. I am any age in my 30s and I think about where I park, where I go, whether I should get in that elevator that only has one man in it and how I should be sure not to make eye contact with men in the streets. All of this is normal to me and I don’t question any of it.
10. I’m 35. I’m buying my second car and the salesman said we should wait for my husband to get there before talking about the price but would I like to see the makeup mirror? I tell him I’m a lesbian and if he’s waiting for my husband, he’s gonna be waiting a long time…
11. … I leave, because I’m learning.
I’m 40 and a woman, Hillary Clinton, is taking a serious run at the Democratic Presidential Nomination . She’s smart, tough and qualified but she endures endless anger, viciousness and misogyny and she eventually loses in the primary…
12. Male friends tell me it’s probably for the best because there’s just something they don’t like about her, you know?
I’m 49 and a man who said he grabs women by the pussy is elected as the 45th President of the United States. The night of the election, I feel physically ill..
13. … and my 1st conscious thought is, ‘my god, the Supreme Court’. The next morning, I overhear two men laughing and congratulating each other about the election and I feel unsafe in my own country.
I am 51 and another man who stands credibly accused of sexual assault…
14. … has just been confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court. I see women on television sobbing, screaming, protesting, crying out in their anguish and their fear. I am so angry. I think of every woman I know and I am so angry.
15. I am any age, every age. I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am discounted. I am underrepresented. I am underestimated. But I am a voter. Today, that has to be enough”
I want to thank Lissie Stahlman… while she is not the Unknown Author, she is the one who shared it on FB. It struck a long buried, yet ever present chord with me (as it has with so many)… I had to share it here.
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🧵1. #ResisitanceUnited #ProudBlue #DemVoice1
WHEN YOU TWEET THAT BIDEN SHOULD STEP DOWN…you are playing into their narrative.
Division within our Party is what they want. Can’t you see that?
I’m so GD tired of all this.
THE GOP CANDIDATE IS A FELONIOUS TRAITOR!
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2. Yet no one in that Party is telling him to step aside. The media isn’t calling for him to drop out.
How is this any kind of normal?
trump will destroy our government. He will take over the DOJ, get rid of the Dept of Education and, thanks to SCOTUS, legally take bribes!
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3. He will now be able to, openly, abet our enemies. Undermine our allies. Get rid of his political enemies.
All of this possible, because SCOTUS gave him immunity.
And you’re talking about Biden’s age? Is this really what we’re doing now?
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🧵1. #ResisitanceUnited #ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlueEditorials
YOU DON’T HAVE A MONOPOLY…on the word “Patriot”. You co-op this country’s history and its founding tenets.
You’ve redefined “Freedom of Religion”, adding parenthetically, (but only if it’s Christian).
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2. You have bastardized “well-regulated militia” to mean anyone who owns a gun, as long as they’re white, and devoted to trump.
Our founding fathers rebelled against tyranny. Our parents/grandparents fought against fascist/imperialistic dictators.
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3. If they were alive today you and your MAGA/Project 2025 movement are exactly what would make them take up arms again.
You’re hoping this revolution will be “bloodless”? Are you freakin’ kidding me?
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OPINION:
DO NOT MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER…I will do it in a heartbeat, if I hear one more word about replacing Biden.
Some of you are Democrats. WTAF? Are you TRYING to hand the election to trump?
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2. One more pundit writes a tweet or op-ed suggesting the Democrats can win in November, if only they’d change the ticket… In July!
I swear, I will snap them like a twig.
You newspapers with your screaming headlines, calling for an upheaval of the ticket,
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3. …where were you when trump became a convicted felon 34 times over?
Where were your “For the good of the Party” articles, at any time, over the last 8 years?
The GOP is cannibalizing itself… and you got nothing?
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