If it’s wrong to vote with your skin or genitals, then why have white men been doing exactly that for the entire history of our civilization?

I dunno, it seems like they have a pretty good track record.

Boy, it’s almost like the down ticket elections are IMPORTANT OR SOMETHING.

So why weren’t you crying over Sarah Palin?

For real. I voted for Bernie today (as a Socialist who voted Democrat for decades, it was cathartic to finally vote for someone who came so close to winning), but I’ll be damned if I didn’t hesitate and just think, “Wait. I know I don’t agree with her anywhere near as much as him politically/economically, but damn,…

I just read some other very good news tonight on FiveThirtyEight’s liveblog:

IT’S TIME.

Same here. I voted for him and I still prefer some of his beliefs (although solutions are a whole different game). I now realize that Bernie was important this election because he set forward a progressive movement that is likely to help more progressive candidates down ticket, but this presidency is Hillary’s. She is…

Yeah, hillary being president is going to bring down patraichy as much as obama being president did for white supremacy.

Yeah, it was a completely brave move to finally swallow Hillary Clinton as our presidential candidate, 25 years after she telegraphed interest in the job. The lady who sucked so hard at campaigning she blew a dominant advantage and lost to a fucking black guy. In the United White Supremacist States of America. (I…

Or mistaken for marketing when you actually run the R&D team for a tech startup.

I voted for Hillary today because she is the most qualified presidential candidate. But right now? Right now I’m sobbing because she is a woman and today is fucking beautiful. Can’t wait for little kids to grow up knowing that anyone can run for president. I cannot believe that it’s finally real.

Thank you so much for saying this Lauren. A lot of people I care about are Bernie supporters. I get that it’s going to be a disappointment for Bernie supporters. I really do and I respect that. But please for the love of all that’s holy, if you actually care about a progressive agenda, don’t let that that…

I keep thinking, if you don’t understand why this is important, you’ve never been one of two women in your PhD class of 15. Or one of three women in your cohort at work. Or though, maybe I’d want to do this in my career, and then remembered that 90% of people in that position are men. I cried the whole train ride home…

I said basically the same thing. I was a Bernie supporter, even voted for him in the Indiana primary, but I will be happy to vote for her in the general. And, similarly to you, I have a six-year-old daughter who is already very interested in U.S. Presidents. The fact that she finally can aspire to be one herself…

Edited because of kinja :/

I started this primary season as a Sanders supporter and now I’m pouring myself a nice big glass of wine. I'm enjoying the fact that my daughter is going to grow up in a world where a woman is a nominee for the presidency. A world where most likely Hillary Clintom will be president and she will be able to remember it.…

Don’t forget, we only got the vote in 1919.

It truly is shameful that it took this long. It says a lot about this country.

In less than a month it will have been 240 years since America declared its independence and this country began. In those 240 years there has not been a single woman as a presidential nominee of a major party. ABOUT GODDAMN TIME.