Yeah, what is up with that? I don’t really watch much Bill Maher but I watched his season finale recapping the election results. He said the two biggest problems with contemporary liberals is being PC and accepting Islam. I thought it was very odd.

Yeah I know, that is one of the things stopping me. I’m also considering moving to a deep red state and continue teaching, and maybe run for school board there. I don’t know, just trying to figure out what to do from this point forward.

I am considering a move to DC so that I can be in the center of everything. I am currently a social studies teacher so I’d like to continue teaching, and then just dedicate every second of my free time to volunteering for PACs and interest groups and any organizations working for immigrant rights, reproductive rights,…

I was 9 when Bush was elected to office. I remember my mother viscerally hating him but didn’t specifically know why. Now that I am a history teacher and active political American, I know. And I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 for the first time the other week and it kind of terrifies me because I see (some) similarities…

This is exactly what I was talking about with my boyfriend recently. No one really reads anything anymore and the internet is, in a way, kind of a negative in that regard. People just see headlines and biased articles and make their decision off of that.

I am going to the Inauguration as a chaperone for the high schoolers I teach. I was so sure it’d be the inauguration for the first woman president. The other chaperones and I are pretty grim. I’d love to participate in this but I’ll be working of course. I send my best thoughts and encourage every woman to join!

My boyfriend is under DACA and he may be deported. I have been sobbing all morning. Marriage was never in the cards for us and I will be moving soon, but now I don’t know what to do. He is such a good person, and I can’t stand the thought of him going back to his country. He will suffer. I really just can’t believe…

Yeah I’ve seen a few posts like “If only we nominated Bernie we wouldn’t be in this mess” and that just makes literally no sense to me.

This is where I’m at. I watched a piece from the Guardian that interviewed an extremely impoverished county in West Virginia that lost all their jobs when coal mining slowed so they all voted for Trump. I started to feel a bit emotional and thought “maybe these people really are suffering and just desperately want…

I can’t even think about that. I saw my Eleanor Roosevelt biography on my nightstand today and immediately thought about Melania being our first lady and I just cannot.

I am so sorry. I can’t think of anything else to say. As an American, I am so ashamed of my country. I vow to work harder for the rest of my life to improve this nation. Something needs to be done.

I broke down and started crying. Had to call my mom to get her to comfort me. I think Donald Trump is going to win this election. I really don’t know what to do.

I honestly do not know what to do.

I was out out of the grays for the past few years but I noticed recently I’m in the grays now...I’m not sure why.

I also teach at a small private school and during my first year a parent complained about me because apparently her 9th grade daughter overheard some kids cursing in class before the bell rang...and administration actually pulled me aside to tell me to make sure no teenagers are cursing...

When Trader Joe’s first opened in my area they were so bad about this. I really enjoy running my errands in relative peace, to me it is entering a context in which I am there to buy products, give my business to the establishment, and then leave with minimal hassle. I’m used to living in a large town so I’m just not…

Maybe that’s why I just couldn’t get into House of Cards. I really tried. I teach government, I love politics, I’m very involved and aware of current events and love D.C.... but I just could not get into that show.

Yay I’m finally right here and on time for SNS!

How could I forget those two!

This site has become so predictable with the backlash-ing. M.I.A., Anne Hathaway, Amy Schumer...I’m sure there’s more I’m just forgetting at the moment.