West Texas! Oh, wait...

How did that come off as mansplaining—let alone mansplaining to women of color? If anything, I would think it would come off as mocking white women of an age bracket and regional locale that would predispose most people around them to presume they are Democratic voters—or not voters at all.

You need to spend more time in Texas. Believe me, anti-choice laws are quite specifically aimed at SOME women, and not the wealthy, white ones who pretty reliably vote for the assholes who enact such laws. The OP is dead accurate that she’s not the demographic the governor and legislature was aiming for; she’s also…

This idea that our fellow citizens are innately good people.

What say you? I say — sorta!

Why do people reach for such extreme measures? There are so many, less drastic things that women can do. Such as:

It’s worse than that. I think the cops are trying to say “Look at what we deal with every day, aren’t we heroes? Don’t you feel bad for us?” They are using a child’s circumstance to elevate themselves, that is highly cynical.

I know right? Take a lesson from motels, paint that pool floor turquoise.