Dear President Trump, This is Day 6 of my illness, which the doctor says is a pretty mild (but still miserable) case of bronchitis. I've stayed home all week and won't be going in tomorrow either since I'm still feverish and coughing. I rarely get sick and when I do, it usually is a one … Continue reading We are still stuck in a victim-blaming mindset
Month: October 2017
The only thing you can think to build is your damn wall
Dear President Trump, Is it feeling surreal to you to be seeing reports of named Republicans and people close to you being quoted expressing concern over your fitness for office? It's way beyond Corker and Flake at this point and it feels so much scarier now that it isn't just Democrats and liberals calling you … Continue reading The only thing you can think to build is your damn wall
Yucky complicity
Dear President Trump, I've been thinking a lot about complicity in the wake of the Harvey W revelations and have been trying to get into the heads of the passive, do-nothing witnesses. There have been two times in my life when I was in situations where I ended up feeling complicit in someone else's wrongdoing. … Continue reading Yucky complicity
Stand up for us when we aren’t there
Dear President Trump, This morning we got an email from you about how for $3 we could enter a rally for a chance to have dinner with you in Dallas. The message began with the greeting "Friend" and ended with "....and I hope you'll attend, Friend." You are being pretty presumptuous with all that "friend" … Continue reading Stand up for us when we aren’t there
“Even when we’re tired”
Dear President Trump, In church this morning our pastors made a concerted effort to remind us to look for joy even when, or especially when, we are feeling overwhelmed with grief and strife. The service was well done, the examples provided were solid, and the music and messages were uplifting but it was kind of … Continue reading “Even when we’re tired”
Plausible deniability
Dear President Trump, The phrase "plausible deniability" has been prominent in the news lately. Maybe it always has been or maybe it has come to the fore since you came on the political scene, I'm not sure. Whatever the case, recently it is has gotten enough traction that I realized it's a phrase I kept … Continue reading Plausible deniability
Whales, porpoises, and seals in New York Harbor
Dear President Trump, If I were to step back and code my letters for positivity/negativity (hmm, only one of these words is recognized by your spell check; guess which one...) and intensity, say on a -10 to +10 scale, and recorded the codes on a calendar, I bet there would be a sort of back … Continue reading Whales, porpoises, and seals in New York Harbor
It’s hard to prioritize women’s issues when there is so much else going on
Dear President Trump, Nice as it was, I'm back from yesterday's whale watch. How about you go on one though? And maybe get lost at sea. I know there would be a big fuss about us misplacing the president but if you were missing at sea you couldn't say hurtful things to slain military people's … Continue reading It’s hard to prioritize women’s issues when there is so much else going on
Banality of misyogny
Dear President Trump, As I see it right now, I think the two primary factors needed for someone to behave badly and get away with it are motivation and opportunity and I'm going to start with the latter. [It might seem logical to start with motivation; in many ways it is the simpler of the … Continue reading Banality of misyogny
The very ubiquity of misogyny enables it
Dear President Trump, Yes, #MeToo. Seems pretty likely that nearly every girl over the age of 11 and every woman in the US could tell a #MeToo story or five or ten. Fortunately we don't all have rape stories, though way, way too many of us do. Virtually all of us do have non-fiction stories … Continue reading The very ubiquity of misogyny enables it
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