A baby boomer writes a piece about a young woman, so that both might raise awareness on an issue that could affect anyone with a still beating heart. And you hold the writer’s feet to the fire because she dared open her (old-ass) mouth and make reference to (entirely relevant) past events (that happened at the same…

Write your own article if you don’t care about her experiences.

I’m not sure what’s wrong with that being brought up? I loved that line. Sheehy is celebrating the fact that young women are leading many movements now. The fact that it was so short a time ago we were deliberately relegated to the women’s auxillery might actually encourage more young women into leadership roles.

I know! I didn’t realize it was Gail Sheehy till I got to the end and then I was like “OMG GAIL SHEEHY IS WRITING FOR JEZ!!”

Gail Sheehy? Holy crap. I hope she can write often for Jezebel—she is a towering figure.

See, I wasn’t insulted by the girl thing. I actually thought it was kind of sweet. They were young. He was a boy and she was a girl and together they matured. Well, That’s what I got out of it, anyways. He did what he was supposed to, humanize her. It’s up to us how we want to accept the anecdotes.

The most hilarious part are the interviews she gave leading up until the day before telling everybody that she’s been working the the speech herself for six weeks. Lying must be on that family’s crest.

She was handed a generic but on point first lady speech, she had just one job! Then somehow she copied Michelle word for word and then ultimately a Trump staffer fell on a sword for the press. BS, the same woman who married Beaker’s rotund cousin also lifted Michelle’s speech.

This just proves that good politics and good looks go hand in hand. My, my!

Virginia Dell Cassidy Blythe Clinton Dwire Kelley (née Cassidy )

Thank you. It’s been so easy to be cynical this past year. I really needed a reminder like this of how great we really have it, any why there is still good reason to be proud of this country.

this was beautiful. We really take our election system for granted most of time, it’s not perfect and now that people care it will be (hopefully) improved but it’s a clockwork system! Every 4 years! Imagine how envious countries are who’s “President”’s have been in power for 10+ years.

It’s easy to cynically point at all the failings of American democracy. But the one thing that will never cease to amaze me, and that I will never stop reminding myself is unique and incredible in the history of government, is the American transition of power. Like, there’s no subterfuge or questions or violence or…

Someone in my office was saying the DNC was “so over the top” and I was like FUCK YEAH IT WAS AND I ATE IT ALL WITH A SPOON.

Pretty sure Cinna was in charge of that decision.

The white suit was a genius move

i am such a sucker. i hate fight song, and i hate “america is the greatest country in the world!!!!!!!!!” stuff, but at the DNC i EAT THAT SHIT UP AND LOVE IT!!!!!!!! (also the olympics lol)

I’ve watched that video of the song maybe like 6 or 7 times now and it makes me tear up every time.

Man, I’ve always switched the station when “Fight Song” comes on the radio, but I finally watched that video they made today and I was tearing up and goosebumping like crazy at my desk.

When she came out, dressed all in white like a fucking angel coming to save us from Donald Trump, my heart just seized up in joy.