1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff Mom Never told You from how Stuff 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Works dot Com. Hello, and welcome to the podcast. I'm 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Kristen and I'm Caroline, and I wish that our stuff 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: Mom Never told you introm music wasn't so cheerful, because 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: this is not a cheerful day. Um. Karen and I 6 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: rushed into the podcast studio to record this episode in 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: response to the election of Donald J. Trump as president, 8 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: something that The Simpsons unfortunately predicted years ago would happen. 9 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: But in that instance, at least Lisa Simpson was there 10 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: to clean up the messy left. We're gonna need so 11 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: many Lisa Simpsons now, yeah, and some Leslie notes and 12 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: honestly we probably a Hillary Clinton. Oh and surely Chisholm 13 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: and I to be wells perhaps, Yeah, uh, y'all, it's 14 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: a rough day. I didn't wanna get out of bed. 15 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: I was, honestly, Caroline, scared to wake up and turn 16 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: on the news because I just didn't want to face reality. Yeah. 17 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,639 Speaker 1: I didn't either. Actually, when I woke up this morning, 18 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: I lay face down in my bed for a while, 19 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: trying to muster the energy to even move because normally 20 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: when I have a bad day and I go to bed. 21 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: Typically when I wake up the next day, things are 22 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more in perspective, the negative doesn't seem 23 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: so bad, and typically I can get the feeling of like, 24 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: all right, I got this. I can move forward. I 25 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: know that I have to move forward, and I know 26 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: that we can all come together and work together to 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: move forward. But I still have a little bit of 28 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: a cloud of despair around me at this moment, and 29 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: so I look forward to getting to the point where 30 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: I will rally and UM, I I just like I 31 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: kind of need a minute today, as a lot of 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: my friends have needed a minute to UM. I've had 33 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: lots of conversations online, not not in person yet today, 34 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: but a lot of conversations with friends, UM who are 35 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: genuinely concerned about their rights, whether from a perspective of 36 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: being a woman, an immigrant, UH, an lgbt Q person, UM, 37 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: people with mixed families, maybe someone has just come to 38 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: this country. UM. It's it's scary. And you know, I've 39 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: also seen a lot of ah people who voted for 40 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: Trump telling other people to stop whining or stop complaining, 41 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: UM and get over it. And this is the way 42 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: of the world and the way that I see it 43 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: is that the way of the world is that, um, 44 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: the majority of voters voted to uphold white supremacy last night. 45 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and patriarchy. And we mean patriarchy in the 46 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: way that we talk about it on the podcast, in 47 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: terms of feminism and all of that stuff, But we 48 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: also mean patriarchy in the way of hierarchical systems that 49 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: are based on the oppression of already marginalized communities as well. 50 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: And this isn't just an issue of women versus men, 51 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: of black versus white. This contains so many layers. And 52 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: the layer that I'm grappling with the most right now 53 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: are the vast numbers of white women who voted for Trump, 54 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: voted for everything that he stands for, um, Which politically, 55 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: some say that it's all about the policy, but just 56 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: the very fact that it's fine electing a man who 57 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: uh so completely degrades women by his very existence is 58 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: unconscionable to me. Well, what that says to me is 59 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: that there are a lot of people who live very 60 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: comfortably and whose existences will not be rattled by Donald 61 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: Trump being president, by Mike Pence being vice president, by 62 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: potentially Rudy Giuliani being Attorney General. UM, I'm terrified. And 63 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: the thing is, I keep crying because every time I 64 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: start to think, Okay, you've moved on and gone on before, 65 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: you lived through a years of George Bush, you can 66 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: do this too, I just think of another social or 67 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: cultural aspect of this country that is now threatened. Um. 68 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: I think of how Donald Trump now has the opportunity 69 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: to appoint at least one justice to the Supreme Court. Um. 70 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: And Uh. Looking at the chart that was circulated on 71 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: social media last night showing the breakdown by race and 72 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: gender of who voted for whom Trump versus Clinton, I'm 73 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: not even addressing third party yet. UM. Clearly a majority, 74 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: I think it was sixty A majority of white men 75 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: and of white women feel comfortable enough with Donald Trump 76 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: as president and anything and everything that that means that 77 00:05:53,720 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: they are willing to overlook the sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia 78 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: that he represents. UM. And I was actually speaking with 79 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: someone on Twitter last night who voted for Trump, and UM, 80 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: he took issue with me saying that and me saying 81 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: that what you're you're voting for Trump because of what 82 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: emails like, You're not willing to vote for Hillary because 83 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: of emails, and he said, you know, no, drop that line. Um, 84 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: It's about more than that. It's about her corruption and 85 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: her lies and her pay for play. And also it 86 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: makes me wonder, like what do these people think about um, 87 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: dick Cheney and Halliburton, you know, like why is it 88 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: just her potential tainted edges that uh throw them off 89 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: and not someone like dick Cheney's. And all that it 90 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: comes down to for me that I can think of 91 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: is her gender, her husband that people take issue with 92 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: UM and her support for also worts of marginalized communities, 93 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: and absolutely the hypocrisy is mind boggling. UM. And for 94 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: people who want to take a deeper dive UM into 95 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton's career leading up to and through um the 96 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: beginning of her tenure as First Lady, we did a 97 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: whole episode about that called Who Is Hillary Clinton that 98 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to. Because because the 99 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: thing is to meet today, I don't want to waste 100 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: time talking to people who insists that she's a corrupt liar, 101 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: because we have way more problems and I'm never going 102 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: to convince those people that she is not a liar 103 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: and a murderer. And literally the embodiment of Satan, which 104 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: Pat Buchanan did suggest back in the nineties, like, our 105 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,119 Speaker 1: hatred of her runs deep, and it runs as deep 106 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: as our hatred of women. And because I'm not feeling 107 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: terribly eloquent right now, first of all, I'm letting my 108 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: sweatshirts speak for me. It does say the future is female. 109 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: You are wearing your pussy Grabs back shirt, which I 110 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: do think you should wear to every business meeting we 111 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: ever have. Um But David Remnick at The New Yorker 112 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: wrote a really powerful um take on this, like right 113 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: after the election was called early this morning, and I 114 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: want to read this one passage when he says Trump 115 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: is vulgarity, unbounded, a knowledge free national leader who will 116 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: not only set markets tumbling, but will strike fear into 117 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: the hearts of the vulnerable, the weak, and above all, 118 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: the many other, the Hispanic other, the female other, the 119 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: African American other, the Jewish and Muslim other. The most 120 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: hopeful way to look at this grievous event, and it's 121 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: a stretch, is that this election and the years to 122 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: follow will be a test of the strength or the 123 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: fragility of American institution. It will be a test of 124 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: our seriousness and our resolve. And right now, to me, 125 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: the most important thing to do is dig into that resolve. 126 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: I keep asking myself, what would Shirley Chisholm do? Yeah, um, 127 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: And when Shirley Chisholm lost the nomination when she was 128 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: running for the Democratic nomination for the race for president, Um, 129 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: there's a there's footage of her in basically like a 130 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: green room type situation. UM, in a room with a 131 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: bunch of her supporters and and a few journalists. And 132 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: she's sad, and she's choked up, and I mean, she 133 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: had dedicated her entire life to becoming the first African 134 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: American woman to get that nomination to be president. Um. 135 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: And she tells everyone around her, like, this is sad, um, 136 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: but we can keep going. We have to keep going. 137 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: And that's basically exactly what Hillary Clinton said in her 138 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: concession speech today. Uh. You know. She she immediately pointed 139 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: out that she called Donald Trump to congratulate him on 140 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: his win, and she said that I hope he will 141 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: be a successful president for all Americans. And she was 142 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: a better person than I could have been, although you know, 143 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: she did have a couple of hours to think about this, 144 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: I would have still been crying, though, um she said, 145 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead. 146 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: This is not the outcome that we wanted and we 147 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: worked so hard for, and I am sorry that we 148 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: did not win the selection, she says. I know we 149 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, 150 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: but someday someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might 151 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: think right now. And so at this point I am 152 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: already weeping, right like I was weeping from a moment 153 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: that Tim Caine, her VP pick, came out on stage 154 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: to introduce her, and I wept all the way as 155 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: I was driving into work today, But this is where 156 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: I started absolutely losing it. She says. To all the 157 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: women and especially the young women who put their faith 158 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: in this campaign and in me, I want you to 159 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: know that nothing has made me prouder than to be 160 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: your champion. And to all the little girls who were 161 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful 162 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: and deserving of every chance an opportunity in the world 163 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: to pursue and to achieve your own dreams. And I 164 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: think that's important for everyone in our country to hear 165 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: that girls are deserving of a champion. And I did 166 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: not vote for Hillary Clinton because of her gender or 167 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: because of my gender, but it was one aspect of 168 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: her as a powerful, amazing person. And regardless of her 169 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: loss in this presidential race, she has made history and 170 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: hopefully serves as a role model to a lot of 171 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: little girls out there. And one thing too from her 172 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: speech that jumped out to me was the line where 173 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: she's directly addressing younger people saying, never stop believing that 174 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: fighting for what's right is worth it. And to me, 175 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: her concession speech could be summed up in towards stay nasty. Yeah, 176 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: because we have to. And I also take heart that 177 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: she won the popular vote. Yeah, you know, Donald Trump 178 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: is now, I believe, the fifth president UM elected who 179 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: lost the popular vote. But down the ballot, there were 180 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: some successes for women that we do want to highlight 181 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: because that's so important too. That's so important to look 182 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: at the big picture of what's happening right now, and 183 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,839 Speaker 1: we're going to do that when we come right back 184 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: from a quick break. So, of course, um, the office 185 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: of president was not the only thing that we as 186 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: Americans were UM deciding yesterday and in the weeks leading 187 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: up to the election during early voting. UM. I know 188 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: I mentioned in an earlier episode that I was so 189 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: excited to vote early and I skipped to the poll 190 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: worker to hand over my my voting card. UM. And also, 191 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: of course we were voting for Senate and House. UM. 192 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: In the Senate, the Democrats gained one seat, so now 193 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: there are forty seven Democrats and fifty one Republicans. And 194 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: in the House of Representatives, the Democrats gained six seats 195 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: to get a hundred and ninety two versus two hundred 196 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: and thirty nine Republicans. So at this point the repub 197 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: we can sound control of everything, absolutely everything. UM. But 198 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: I tell you what, Caroline. When I went to vote yesterday, 199 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: First of all, I was wearing my rainbow Hillary pants 200 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: suit T shirt UM, which did attract some some glares, 201 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: mostly from older white men, which I responded to with 202 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: a resting bitch face. UM. And while I was happy 203 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: to vote for Hillary, of course I like had like 204 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: six of her dancing across my boots as I did so. UM. 205 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: I also love the fact that by virtue of living 206 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, I get to reelect civil rights icon John Lewis. 207 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: I was so excited to vote for him. I mean, 208 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: it's just that always just makes me makes me feel good, 209 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: and it also makes me feel proud to be talking 210 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: to you here in Atlanta, you know, because the sal 211 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: is understandably disparaged for being so politically and culturally conservative. Um, 212 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: but I'm really proud of, uh the civil rights heritage 213 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: that is here in Atlanta. Not to veer off onto 214 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: a total tangent, but um, John Lewis is amazing, and 215 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: uh that was a bright spot. Including some other women 216 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: in the Senate and the House who won yesterday, specifically 217 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois who ran a highly 218 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: contentious Senate race against incumbent Republican Senator Mark Kirk, and 219 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: she won. I mean, this woman, though, is a badass. 220 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: She's an Army veteran who lost both of her legs 221 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: when an Army helicopters she was piloting in a rock 222 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: was hit with a grenade. And now she will become 223 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: the second Asian American woman sworn into the Senate. Yeah, 224 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: and it is worth noting for sure that uh Duckworth 225 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: had to deal with some pretty nasty attacks from Mark Kirk, 226 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: and uh he not only attacked her politics, which part 227 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: of the course, um, and her message on gun regulations. 228 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: But he also attacked her actual family background in her 229 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: military service. It's like he was doing whatever he could 230 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: to throw hurdles in her way and it just didn't work, 231 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: and it didn't work with voters and so and we 232 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: should mention too that she was born in Bangkok. Yeah, 233 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: she has a Chinese mother and an American father who 234 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: had served in World War Two. And um, I think 235 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: voters were like, are you are you kidding? Yeah. She 236 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: also had a lot of support from Elizabeth Warren. Last night, 237 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: when I was frantically digging through Twitter to find some 238 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: solace as the the tide began to turn, I was 239 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: over on Elizabeth Warren's Twitter and it was nothing but 240 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: being pumped for Tammy Duckworth. I'm also just glad Elizabeth 241 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: Warren is there, that she exists and that she's not 242 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: going anywhere. Um. But let's say I don't know where 243 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: to California where Democrat Kamala Harris one Senator Barber Boxer's 244 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: open Senate seat. Yeah, and she had been California's Attorney 245 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: general and now she is just the second black woman 246 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: to be elected to the U. S. Senate. And that's 247 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: a shame. That is a shame that she is the second, 248 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: only the second. But I'm glad she's there. Oh, absolutely 249 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: she is. Her whole deal um is combating income inequality. 250 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: She wants massive comprehensive immigration reform, she wants to reform 251 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: the criminal justice system and protect civil rights. We need her, 252 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: We absolutely need her. And Hello, Catherine Cortez Mosto, a 253 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: Democrat from Nevada, made history last night because she will 254 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: become the first Latina ever elected to the U. S. Senate. Well, 255 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: I mean she's already been elected, but I should say, 256 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: we'll make history being sworn in, uh to the Senate. 257 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: So that's terrific. I mean, like there, and especially that 258 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: these are women of color who are making history is 259 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: definitely something that we should celebrate because not only do 260 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: we need more women in our political system, but we 261 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: need women of color in particular. Um. And there was 262 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: also some stuff happening in the old House. It's going 263 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: out of the House and the House are reps um 264 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: Val Demmings, who's a Florida Democrat. Uh. She's the former 265 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: chief of the Orlando Police Department, and she's the first 266 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: woman to ever hold that position. Uh. She had originally 267 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: run in unsuccessfully before she got her seat. Uh. Now 268 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: in and she focused a lot on job creation and 269 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: the economy, on reducing violent crime and protecting national security, 270 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: expanding education and making college more affordable for students. Um. 271 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: And all of these things clearly really resonated with voters. Uh. 272 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: And down in Florida, Floridan's listening. But what can we 273 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: say that we're in Georgia. But you did elect Stephanie Murphy, 274 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: a Democrat who beat a Republican incumbent with over twenty 275 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: years of a run in the House, Congressman John Micah. 276 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: And she won thanks largely to her progressive platform on education, 277 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: protecting women's reproductive rights. Hello, our uteruses are in dire 278 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: need of protection right now. Um. And she also stood 279 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: for guaranteeing pay equity. Uh. So this is the first 280 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: time she'll be holding office and glad to see that. 281 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: And then when we move over to Washington State, another 282 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: Democrat was successful. Promila Jayapal is a civil rights advocate 283 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: who is committed to passing immigration reform, stopping violence against 284 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: people in communities of color, fighting for LGBTQ equality again, 285 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: reproductive rights, and working for campaign finance reforms, and so 286 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: when she is sworn into the House in January, she's 287 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: going to be the first Indian American person in Congress. 288 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: And finally, we've got to shout out Delaware's Lisa Blunt Rochester, 289 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: whose resume is just a laundry list of first uh. 290 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: This woman first served as Delaware's first African American female 291 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: Secretary of Labor, she was Delaware's first African American Deputy 292 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: Secretary of Health and Social Services, and now as of 293 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: last last night, she is Delaware's first woman and African 294 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: American woman to serve as the at large congresswoman, meaning 295 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: she represents the entire state of Delaware. So there is 296 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: some rad news coming out of last night. There is 297 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: a lot more sad news, of course, but this is 298 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 1: also why it's important for us to remember, a y'all, 299 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: it's not just in four years that we got to 300 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: step back up to the plate that pussy is going 301 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: to grab back. Because we have two years until the 302 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: next set of Senate and congressional elections, and obviously, like 303 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: our main focus is on the presidential election, but down 304 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: the ballot matters so much all the way down to 305 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: your local politics and again, UM, hopefully this election becomes 306 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: a rallying cry for more women to get involved in 307 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: politics from the ground up and in the same way 308 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: as Uh, the Anita Hill testimony against Supreme Court Justice 309 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: Clarence Thomas not only broke wide open the realities of 310 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: sexual harassment, but also inspired a lot of women too 311 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: run because the system is broken. And I gotta tell you, Caroline, 312 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: UM waking up, it was not fun this morning. But 313 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: our stuff Mom Never Told You community made it easier. 314 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: And you all have not only been sending a lot 315 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: of love our way, UM, we're also sending you're very 316 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: understandable angst that we share with you, wondering what do 317 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: we do now? What do we do? Um? And we're 318 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: going to talk about that when we come right back 319 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: from a quick break. So I posted this morning on 320 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: the stuff Mom Never Told You facebook page that all 321 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: caps nasty women keep fighting. Uh. It took me way 322 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: too long to even just cobble that sentence together because 323 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: my brain was so shell shocked, and I wanted to 324 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: share some of the comments UM that listeners from around 325 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: the world we're sharing on this thread that has really 326 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: just become UM one comforting corner of the Internet, so 327 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: thank you all that. Listener Cathy shared, I'm married to 328 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: a Latino man whose father was an undocumented immigrant until 329 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: he married my mother in law. My uncle is gay, 330 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: my best friend is Jewish, and I have several survivors 331 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: of sexual assault in my family. I went to school 332 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: with many Muslims, my co workers are active in Black 333 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: Lives Matter, and I grew up next to a reservation. 334 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: I will continue to stand with you, I will continue 335 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: to fight for you. You are loved, you are my community. 336 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: I promised to continue to use my voice only louder, 337 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: and I gotta tell you to Caroline. I've been thinking 338 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: a lot a about parents of small children, what do 339 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: you say? And also about teachers who are dealing with 340 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: this in the classroom. Listener Heather commented, I teach it 341 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: a small private school in Alabama. Today has been a 342 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,959 Speaker 1: difficult day for me and the few minority students at 343 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: my school. I've dried tears and given hugs, but most importantly, 344 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: I came to school to day, even though I wanted 345 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: to stay home. I came to school and loved every 346 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: single one of my students, and we had a discussion 347 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: about kindness and empathy and how we should all be 348 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: spreading it. I'm going to be the light for my students, 349 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: because now I might be the only one that they have. 350 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: And we've also definitely heard support from our friends and 351 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: listeners outside of this country as well. Becky writes, as 352 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: your neighbor to the north, all I can say is 353 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: keep fighting. This is a wake up call for everybody 354 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: who stayed silent because they thought their voice didn't matter. Well, 355 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: now your voice needs to be heard louder and more 356 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: clearly than ever before. Shed your tears and more, and 357 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: but then move on and prepare yourselves our fear. Your 358 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: country is in the start of a very volatile revolution. 359 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: But when it's all over, whenever that may be, make 360 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: sure everybody comes out safe and on the right side 361 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: of history. It's never too late to right the wrongs. 362 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: I'm sending every single American in shock and sadness right 363 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: now a huge bear hug and a fist bump love 364 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: your Canadian neighbor. Yeah, we've been sieving a lot of 365 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: messages of support and solidarity from our beloved Canadian audience 366 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: and listeners in Europe as well, and we thank you 367 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: for that. That means a lot um, and in terms 368 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: of the question what do we do now to me 369 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: at least Caroline the first thing, as in today, because 370 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: this is a very one foot in front of the 371 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: other process. I want to make sure I check my 372 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: privilege in all of this, because as a straight, married, 373 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: financially stable, healthy as far as I know, etcetera, etcetera 374 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: white college educated woman, I am emotionally distraught, but I'm 375 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: going to be okay. I'm going to be fine regardless. 376 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: The same cannot be said for millions of people in 377 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: this country who do not benefit from all of those 378 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: societal privileges that all of my identities afford me. And 379 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:22,959 Speaker 1: while it's important and valid for us to have emotions 380 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: around us and to process it, we also have to 381 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: keep an eye on what the ripple effect is beyond 382 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: our own like psychological pain, and how it affects the 383 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: marginalized communities that we come in contact with, and especially 384 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: the ones that we don't that are largely invisible. Right, UM, 385 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: I have been trying to keep up with as many 386 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,959 Speaker 1: different voices as I can on Twitter, for instance, just 387 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: to try to listen and see what other people are saying. UM, 388 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: in my tiny corner of my zip code and uh 389 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: well adjacent to Atlanta. Um, I've done my part to 390 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: just reach out to Lady France like you, UM to say, Hey, 391 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: stuff is hard today, and if you need a place 392 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: to just get away and decompress and cry or yell 393 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 1: or whatever like you can come over and hang out 394 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: and have a glass of wine. Because I I want 395 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: to be able to help. I don't know what to 396 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: do and I don't know how. I can't fix the 397 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: world myself. I'm one person and I can't um change 398 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: anyone's life. I'm one person. But what I can do 399 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: and all I know how to do is invite people 400 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: over to listen to them and almost treat it like awake. 401 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: I don't know how else to say it. I don't 402 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: want to sound morbid, but it's kind of what it 403 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: feels like. It feels morbid. UM also very disappointed that 404 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: you cannot change the world just by yourself, Caroline, I know, 405 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: right low and as daunting as social media is today, UM, 406 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: the thing that is super useful with Twitter, especially that 407 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm planning to do once my my brain settles a 408 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: little bit, is seek out the voices and the reactions 409 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: and the experiences right now, of people who do not 410 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: look like you, who are having to deal with these 411 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: more imminent threats. People whose reproductive rights are under dire 412 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: threat because there is no abortion clinic anywhere to be found. Um, 413 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: people who are terrified to be Muslim and in public 414 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: now because they don't know what's going to happen, people 415 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: in low income areas. Whatever it might be too. Try 416 00:29:54,680 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: to take a holistic look at it and see what 417 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: you can do. I don't know if that sounds to Pollyanna, um, 418 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: but right now listening is also powerful. Yeah, and hopefully 419 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: with enough listening and with enough patients, both for yourself 420 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: and for other people, you can find that good starting 421 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: point for when and where to step out into Uh 422 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: what am I doing with my metaphor? To step out 423 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: into the parade, start to the stream, to cross your 424 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,959 Speaker 1: horse in the middle of the road. I like that 425 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: circle the wagons, yes, and but of course, since we 426 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: are ladies, we will ride that horse side saddle. You 427 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: bet your breeches will. Um. Actually, I'd prefer to go 428 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: Lady Godiva style right now because I'm feeling real brassy. 429 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: Just take it all off, Oh my god, brassy. I 430 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: mean like I want to be new in public. But 431 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: whatever we pull. What's her name, Inez mill Holland who 432 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: she was, the suffragist. She died very young, but she 433 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: rode a white horse through like this parade of drunken 434 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: men who were like throwing their bottles at her and 435 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: screaming at her. But she was I mean, she was 436 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: a woman of incredible privilege. She was white, um, and 437 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: she was like, I'm riding my horse a freedom. She 438 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 1: was not Southern, she did not have that accent, but 439 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: I do in my head for her. Uh. And So 440 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: whether you're getting on a literal horse or a figurative 441 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: figurative one, maybe maybe it's time that we get on 442 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: our angry, angry feminist of horses of rage and ride 443 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: through this angry parade. I'm gonna take that metaphor up 444 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: a notch and call it angry feminist unicorn because we 445 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: know that they are magical and more powerful. Not that 446 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: feminism is magic, it's actually really basic. But before we 447 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: wrap up, um, speaking speaking of men throwing bottles, what 448 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: would you suggest to the guys who are listening. Hello, fellows, 449 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: I know that you're listening, um, because I'm sure there 450 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: are guys out there who are similarly outraged, but also 451 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: have women in their lives that they want to stand 452 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: in solidarity with. UM, So what what's the best course 453 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: of action aside from again listening? UM? Yeah, I don't 454 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: know what else to say, because like that's all my 455 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: boyfriend did when he got home from work last night, 456 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: and I was just crying with my white wine spritzer. 457 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: UM like a bougiefool. I mean he all he did 458 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: was listen and and UM. We talked a little bit 459 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: about the numbers. I caught him up on what was 460 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: going on as far as statistics, uh, and developments were going. 461 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: And he just listened and we talked a lot about 462 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: Toronto moving there. I hear Toronto as beautiful this time 463 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: of year. I'm more curious about Vancouver myself. Yeah, I 464 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: just like all of my urban's. UM came to Ontario 465 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: from Ireland. So there you go. I need to I mean, 466 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,239 Speaker 1: I figure why to start there, and then I can 467 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: move around Canada as needed. Two words though, regardless of 468 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: whether you are a dude, regardless of your gender identity 469 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: to words that are of zero help that I'm going 470 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: to flip today if I am told this, calm down, now, 471 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: do not apologize for your feelings. Don't calm down if 472 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: you don't want to. This is this is not a 473 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: time to be calm. This is the time to be angry. 474 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: And you know what, I think that women need to 475 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: go on strike again. I think it's time we take 476 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: a cue from our rad ladies in Iceland and in 477 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: Poland and across Latin America lately and go on strike protests. 478 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: Let's shake things up. I'm mad as hell right now. 479 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: And I forget the rest of that quote from the 480 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: movie Network, but you all know the one that I'm 481 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: talking about, and hopefully tuning into this has maybe been 482 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: not comforting because I feel we can't we can't take 483 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: the pain away, obviously, but know that we are here 484 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: and we are standing in solidarity with you, dear listener, 485 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: and standing in solidarity for intersectional equality for everybody, everybody, everybody. Yeah, 486 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: so I want to hear from listeners. How are you 487 00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: feeling what's going on? Um? Are you scared? Are you motivated? Um? 488 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 1: And if you're motivated, what are you what are you 489 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: gonna do? Like? What steps are you going to take 490 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: to be an advocate or an activist? And just a 491 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: note to save people time. If they're thinking about this, 492 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 1: we don't want to hear anything trying to convince us 493 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: about how bad Hillary Clinton is, how terrific Bernie Sanders is, 494 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: because he is why third party nominees should have gotten 495 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: more support. That was yesterday, y'all, and we gotta look 496 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: at tomorrow well and even today, because today's it's a 497 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: rough one. So y'all, thank you so much for your 498 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: support to us, and we're going to keep fighting because 499 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: that's what nasty women do. For more on this and 500 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: thousands of other topics, Does it how stuff Works dot 501 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: Com