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A drawing I did based on @kuzann ’s fic Time to Think. It’s super good and can be found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14471760

Go check it out!

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This is fucking beautiful

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Fuck MAGA: Then & Now

I started this blog right after the 2016 election.

I was angry, and it was an outlet that I needed, but after a few posts, I did not consider my rage a priority worth my time.

I was told that it might be unhealthy to indulge an anger so deep that it began to form, for me, an existential foundation of being—almost always in hair-trigger battle mode, rhetoric and righteous anger at the ever-fucking READY.

BUT I have a life that needs attention and only occasionally merits ferocity, so I gave up blogging.

And now? All this time later, I am still in a near-constant state of slow burn, and it’s been way too long without an eruption.

In the year-and-a-half since I let the blog slide, the Perpetrator-in-Chief has lived down to the worst of my expectations, and he shows no signs of improvement. It’s a narcissist thing. He CANNOT improve because he cannot recognize ANY of his infinite faults. Here’s one: GROWN-UPS don’t play Keep Away or Made You Look or the fucking Dozens with psychotic nuclear-arsenal-wielding tyrants. [It should go without saying that, if at all possible, nuclear arsenals should not be handed to psychotic tyrants in the first place, but MAGA, or whatever, right? If you live, maybe you learn. FINGERS CROSSED!]

But really, are we STILL living in a world where the safety of [at least] half the planet comes down to a man-child measuring contest?

Dear President Prick-for-Brains,

If you have to start a motherfucking WAR over it, it’s NEVER going to measure UP!

Sincerely,

Elinor S. and—oh yes, the ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD SO JUST STFU ALREADY!

Yep—still SUPER-PISSED!

If you’re looking at the world—and the supposed leader of those parts of it which are purportedly “free”—and you’re not losing your damn mind, you must have some sort of pre-established lunacy. [I’m not speaking of mental health problems. Mental health and mental healthcare are legitimate issues ignored by the thoughts-and-prayers crowd unless they need a scapegoat/catchphrase for the walking, shooting consequences of MAGA-indoctrination.] I’m thinking of the WHITE-NATIONALIST-NAZI-RACIST-MISOGYNISTIC-PATRIOTISM-BEFORE-PEOPLE-BUT-REALLY-ME-FIRST-AND-FUCK-EVERYONE-ELSE psychosis that passes for conservative politics since 45 first got his ridiculous feelings hurt by a black man and a “nasty woman” who were—and ARE—undeniably his betters. Or maybe since Mitch McConnell crawled out of his deep, dark shell and STOLE A SUPREME COURT SEAT while we sat on our hands and muttered, “Can he do that?”

Evidently, he can! AND with ZERO consequences—not for him or any other limp-dick Sentry of the Status Quo tip-toeing his way across the Glass Ceiling, stroking his Keys to the Kingdom, or hiding under his Protector of the Patriarchy parasol because HE KNOWS—they ALL know—that “Zero Consequences” comes with a big, fat, fucking YET, and she is a BOSS BITCH—woke and coming ready with a to-do list several centuries in the making. Her list says, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” It says Black Lives Matter, Me Too, My Body/My Choice, LOVEisLOVE, NoH8, and NO MORE. She’s got Science-based, Evidence-based, Fact-based TRUTH with ZERO Alternatives because TIME is fucking UP!

And that means White Male Privilege [WMP—pronounced “wimp,” right?] is coming to an end. I can’t pinpoint the starting line, but scared-shitless white men with money and/or guns have been running THE REST OF US down since well before this “great” nation was founded, and there are far too many of “the rest of us” who buy into their bullshit—53% of white women [pronounced “silly twits”]?! If you don’t fall into any category that benefits from WMP, and you voted/plan to vote for more of this nonsense, your patriotic duty, as of this moment, is to wake up every morning and punch yourself in the fucking face until something like SENSE prevails. Side effects MAY include REASON and a newfound appreciation for ACTUAL FACTS as opposed to the alternative variety, but if that fails, it is my heartfelt hope that when you make your way to the voting booth—to do what is, of course, your civic duty—you may just do us all a favor, and GET LOST!

[On a friendlier note, if you benefit from WMP and DID NOT vote in favor of our present national tragedy, congratulations on your conscience! Please take your place in the crowd, and resist the urge to act like you know everything. Instead, memorize this mantra and repeat to yourself as often as necessary to convert words to action: I’VE HAD MY TURN TO TALK. NOW IS MY TIME TO LISTEN.]

I am still angry, and I will remain so as long as “Making America Great” looks like:

1. Children murdered at school with unregulated guns or ripped away from immigrant parents who thought they could find safety in this “great” country,

2. Law enforcement abusing and KILLING men and women of color without consequence,

3. Tax cuts designed to further line the pockets of the few at the expense of the many and promote the “trickle-down” bullshit we’ve been forced to swallow, off and on, since the fucking 80s—when it didn’t work the first time.

4. Ordinary Americans struggling, or going without, while working full time for LESS THAN A LIVING WAGE,

5. Ignoring veterans who are homeless, wait months for promised healthcare, and/or commit suicide at more than twice the rate of civilians,

6. Women facing unconstitutional restrictions on access to reproductive healthcare and a choice that is STILL A LEGAL RIGHT,

7. LGBTQ+ people living with discrimination from bathrooms to bakeries and everywhere in-between—including public schools and the workplace,

8. People with disabilities at risk of losing the protection of the ADA, and disabled children at risk of losing their right to a “free and appropriate public education” under IDEA,

9. Underserved children, or those who suffer illegal discrimination in schools, losing protection from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights,

10. Environmental protections rolled back to protect corporate profits,

11. The sex offender/demagogue/imbecilic slab of semi-sentient slime—AND the soulless mob of Republican/MAGA-minions fighting to stroke his [gross] ego—that we have given ourselves in place of legitimate leadership,

12. And the untold number of HUMAN BEINGS suffering from the tragic FOLLY of a deluded minority of voters.

For as long as this country is attacked by toxic overgrown toddlers who play at governing, and in their incompetence, damage its environment, menace its people, abuse the fundamentals of democracy and the republic, and terrorize those who protest, I will NURSE this rage and STOKE its fire.

This is MY COUNTRY. I love it, and I recognize that TRUE LOVE does not ignore fault. This country has NEVER achieved “greatness” for all of its people. It is fortunate for “the rest of us” that patriotism does not demand blind loyalty. It does not hinge love of country on absolutes, and it does not forever marry us to White Male Privilege and what has been done in its name. We pledge allegiance to an IDEAL, and then we work the phones, yell ourselves hoarse, march until our feet bleed, and fucking VOTE to mold OUR COUNTRY into what it should be.

We DO NOT forget the progress we have made. We remember every step forward even as we recognize that the ignorant, forgotten [whatever], and privileged—with their long-overdue last gasp—forced us to take two steps back. We didn’t NEED to go backward. Nobody needs this bullshit—EVER. But we can use this. We can take a look, MARK what we missed and LEARN where and HOW we can do better. We can do what needs to be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Step One: EMBRACE the anger. We can be appalled at all the FUCKING BULLSHIT the MAGA-goons have wrought and amazed that WE STILL HAVE FUCKS TO GIVE. We can revel in the madness that living in this time brings us—because progressives know how to USE rage. We know how to mine it. We have a long history of crafting change from righteous anger, and [always] moving on—an inch or a mile at a time—pushing a reluctant nation to keep its promise of “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL.”

Numbers, time, and momentum are on OUR SIDE. We need to get MAD, and we need to do it TOGETHER—FOR FUCK’S OBVIOUS SAKE—and then we need to run these backward motherfuckers down with an ever-loving TIDAL WAVE OF PROGRESS that will put two steps back so far beyond the last red mile marker that even Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell will regain consciousness in the gender-neutral bathroom of an inclusive, well-funded public school with no fear of shooters, fully aware that Black Lives Matter, wearing a pussyhat, shouting TIME’S UP, and feeling grateful for the motherfucking PRIVILEGE!

So yeah, I’ve been paying attention, and I’m still angry, and it’s long past time to start talking about it again.

Stay tuned.

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Summer means poor children are not getting 2 free meals a day at school so if you’re able, please consider donating to your local food bank.

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For My Sisters

Ten days on in this Grave New World and the time has come to address my sisters, to speak to them from the place of love and compassion I have cultivated in my heart, to convey, to the best of my ability, the empathy and understanding I have come to since the horror of Election Day.

Here goes…

WHAT…THE…FUCK, LADIES?

“White woman” is now synonymous with “silly twit.”

Thanks for that.

And just what have the silly twits done?

For starters, every shred of credibility leapt right out the fucking window. Cry farewell to social responsibility…moral authority…human decency…and let’s not forget self-respect. A majority of white women in America voted to SURRENDER their dignity. If it stopped with them, I could throw my hands up, and shake my head, and walk away. I know a LOST CAUSE when I see one.

But our autonomy–the humanity of EVERY American woman–is their sacrificial supplement. We have been served up to the patriarchy at their Last-Gasp Supper, side dishes to the Great White Turkey.

Pussies up for grabs.

As a white woman who voted with her vagina–meaning with my very own super-smart lady brain and a fully developed CONSCIENCE–I have a few things to say to the silly twits…

1-My uterus is neither your right nor your responsibility. It never has been, and it never will be. Presumably, you have one of your very own that is entirely your business. Mind it.

2-Donald Trump is not THE ONE. He will not save, protect, rescue, or otherwise white-knight the world. The CHANGE you voted for is horseshit, and the thing about shit…it stinks.

3-I get it, you don’t like feminism. Equality is not for you. Nice for you to decide that no one else should have it either. Privilege and protection are reserved–for your fathers, your brothers, your husbands, and your sons.

4-Jesus does not like you better. He thinks you’re an asshole, but it is in His nature to love you anyway. It is not in mine.

5-Hillary Clinton is qualified and capable, with a long history of public service. Your inability to recognize WORTH does not make HER evil, but it does make you silly…and also a twit.

6-Congratulations on your self-subjugation. Please note that YOUR choice does not obligate me, or my mother, or my daughters–or even YOUR daughters–to follow suit. THAT is how choice WORKS.

7-Sexual predators are not good leaders. Period. And also…duh.

And last, but most definitely not least,

8-Your vagina is ashamed of you.

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A Special Announcement

Dear Trumpeteers,

We, the people on the other side–you know, the ones who didn’t vote to divide America along lines that ceased to be the will of the majority a while back–have legitimate grievances. We have concerns about the character and intentions of the President-elect, and we have the First Amendment right to say what is on our minds. We can even get together in large groups and shout ourselves hoarse should we so choose.

We accept that our next president will be a crass nut-job. We accept that civil rights and sound policy have given way to mob rule. We accept that more votes do not equal victory. We accept that we lost.

BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TO GET OVER IT.

We do not have to lie down and let you run over us. It is our responsibility as Americans to hold you and your candidate accountable.

Dissent is patriotic. It is not whining, and it does not make us Special Snowflakes.

Sorry, baby-darlings, but you don’t get to use that one anymore–not since you voted to crown yourselves the Specialest Special Snowflakes of them all.

We may not be safe anymore, but the guns you decided were more important than our civil rights–you know, the ones that were never at risk–those are safe. You can hurl racial slurs and paint swastikas on bathroom walls. You can celebrate rape culture, and doodle designs for the Wall in your dream diaries, and congratulate yourselves on Making America Great Again.

And while you wallow around in the smug, please don’t forget to pat yourselves on the back for making the whole damn country your very own Safe Space.

Enjoy it while you can.

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Where the post-election champagne is flowing

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As Nasty as I Want to Be

A few days ago, American voters went to the polls and scheduled the end of the world. Maybe you didn’t notice.

Liberty and Justice were sacrificed in the name of Supremacy. Next on the block: equality, religious freedom, the separation of church and state, the autonomy of women, climate consciousness, American education, and the Golden Rule.

I didn’t see it coming, and that’s on me. With all of our recent progress, I forgot to consider how far we haven’t come.

But I won’t apologize for having faith in the decency of my fellow citizens, and I won’t sit still and be quiet now that my faith has been shaken.

You cannot ask me to do that.

Well, I suppose you can ask, but you can’t be surprised by my answer.

Because really…fuck that.

This election is a travesty that has sanctioned the lowest of human behaviors. I will not pretend otherwise–not while children are being terrorized at school, not while immigrants, and women, and people of color, and LGBT+ citizens live in fear.

I will not pretend that it is okay for survivors of sexual assault and Americans with disabilities to be forced to call Donald Trump their president.

Fuck that as well. If you did this because you are struggling, I am sorry for you. Because it will not help. If you did this for change, I am sorry for you. Because you’re going to get it. If you did this to preserve your privilege, I pity you. Because you chose ignorance. If you did this in the name of religion, I pity you. Because you chose hypocrisy. If you think that you have won, I pity you. Because you have been deceived. If you did this, you legitimized hate, And it makes little difference whether that was your intention.

Whatever your reasons, if you did this, then you are complicit in every horrific act perpetrated in the name of Making America Great Again. That is on you.

So, no…I will not sit still and be quiet. I will not pledge unity to the oppressors who divided my country.

And I will not betray my values to make you more comfortable with yours.

Nope.

FUCK THAT.

Forever Nasty, -es

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Try Yelling, “F*ck!”

When you have to face the fact that Donald Trump might be your next president, try “Yelling Fuck” the new FDA approved drug for election relief.

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😐

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Hasan Minhaj on people who support Donald Trump despite his bigotry.

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As Nasty as I Want to Be

A few days ago, American voters went to the polls and scheduled the end of the world. Maybe you didn't notice. Liberty and Justice were sacrificed in the name of Supremacy. Next on the block: equality, religious freedom, the separation of church and state, the autonomy of women, climate consciousness, American education, and the Golden Rule. I didn't see it coming, and that's on me. With all of our recent progress, I forgot to consider how far we haven't come. But I won't apologize for having faith in the decency of my fellow citizens, and I won't sit still and be quiet now that my faith has been shaken. You cannot ask me to do that. Well, I suppose you can ask, but you can't be surprised by my answer. Because really...fuck that. This election is a travesty that has sanctioned the lowest of human behaviors. I will not pretend otherwise--not while children are being terrorized at school, not while immigrants, and women, and people of color, and LGBT+ citizens live in fear. I will not pretend that it is okay for survivors of sexual assault and Americans with disabilities to be forced to call Donald Trump their president. Fuck that as well. If you did this because you are struggling, I am sorry for you. Because it will not help. If you did this for change, I am sorry for you. Because you're going to get it. If you did this to preserve your privilege, I pity you. Because you chose ignorance. If you did this in the name of religion, I pity you. Because you chose hypocrisy. If you think that you have won, I pity you. Because you have been deceived. If you did this, you legitimized hate, And it makes little difference whether that was your intention. Whatever your reasons, if you did this, then you are complicit in every horrific act perpetrated in the name of Making America Great Again. That is on you. So, no...I will not sit still and be quiet. I will not pledge unity to the oppressors who divided my country. And I will not betray my values to make you more comfortable with yours. Nope. FUCK THAT. Forever Nasty, -es