As I get calmer, I think I will go. I think, in the end, I’ll be glad I did and there’s the added benefit of driving back north on Saturday after the march and stopping along the way to visit my bff. So hopefully it will all go fine.

So right! After watching this hearing on CSPAN, my neural pathways were rewritten.

You know what? You need to take care of yourself first. If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of anyone else.

If you are staying with persons as politically inclined as you, it might be a balm. I feel as though taking proactive steps will actually help combat feelings of despair. But that is just me.... take care of yourself however feels right....

I totally understand the Freudian slip, but I think you mean vial.

I just took an Ativan following a complete panic attack complete with hyperventilation and carpal paralysis when I remembered about tomorrow. I have a feeling I’m going to get severely addicted to them in the coming years.

Aww thanks! I do feel good about helping bump the numbers for a Midwest-deep red state! Still, it would be nice to see the one in DC for myself!

The Sister Marches are even more important because they show solidarity not only across the country, but at this point across the world! It amazes me how many people can get to the D.C. March at all, much less close to 200,000! But the numbers I’ve seen for cities tiny and huge all over the world make my heart soar!…

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After how he behaved at Gawker, I hope to gawd above it’s my frenemey Brend-O. :) And, if Hillary - Ms. Rodham if you’re (a) nasty (woman) - makes a surprise appearance it will be sweet justice.

Why??

Stay safe and good luck!

And then did you faint? I would faint?

I mean....me. I’m in my mid 30s, college educated, succesfully self employed, married, have a child, pay all my bills, am an active member of my community, vote in all elections, call my elected representatives often, participate in protests, and wear goofy shirts and (*gasp*) hats with animals on them. I am a…

One must never wear stripes if one is to be taken seriously by serious people.

That baby is wearing a t-shirt and pants too. Are those infantilizing as well?

And the hats look more like this:

I think you should carefully examine the respectability politics you’re pushing here.

And they’re pink because they’re Planned Parenthood pink not because pink=girl.

This might make me a petty, awful person, but I am also happy that turning cute knitted cat-eared hats into a women’s rights symbol is bound to upset some of the women who voted for Trump. A while ago I learned some fundamentalist Christians were upset that the LGBTQ community had “stolen” the rainbow and so those…