I would really love for one week to go by when I don’t have to think about Russia. Or the Trumps. Or the seemingly never-ending threat to democracy that we’re currently dealing with. Can’t a girl have a week off?
Let’s try to focus on the positive: at least this stuff is coming out; at least there are emails proving what so many suspected. At least it’s looking unlikely that Trump Jr will be able to weasel his way out of being held accountable. (Though if I see any more pieces calling this nearly middle-aged man a “kid” I will lose it.)
So yes: this is all truly bizarre and scary, that much hasn’t changed. But it does feel like we’re starting to get somewhere. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself.
Glass half full
When a family was pulled out in a riptide, Florida beachgoers formed a human chain to save them – this story is exactly what I needed this week.
What I’m RTing
Saving this screenshot for when my grandkids ask me what 2017 was like. pic.twitter.com/oFt0Nm86wP
— Copy McPasty, Writer (@KashannKilson) July 10, 2017
.@janetmock discussed her memoir, Maya Angelou, publishing, and more on The NYPL Podcast: https://t.co/EnhaLKdcwQ pic.twitter.com/0aDF8xsqc3
— NY Public Library (@nypl) July 11, 2017
He literally has no idea how to interact with women without reducing them to their bodies. https://t.co/GwsHwQWVqJ
— Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler) July 13, 2017
This @nytimes article is interesting but wow, this is a stunningly bad (& harmful) definition of intersectionality. https://t.co/rgv9Cq3cwi pic.twitter.com/768VhJTd9m
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) July 10, 2017
Who I’m reading
Michelle Goldberg on Trump and reproductive rights; April Wolfe at LA Weekly on the tricky politics & skill of filming a rape scene; and Tamara Walker on black tourists and racists abuse.
What I’m writing
Besty DeVos met with organizations this week working to end campus rape, but somehow also made time for those claiming that that sexual assault at colleges isn’t that big a deal.
How outraged I am
On a scale of one to ten, this airline requiring women applying for crew jobs to take a pregnancy test has me at a full ten. Peeing on a stick shouldn’t be part of a job application.
How I’m making it through this week
My friends opened a new bar in Brooklyn, and I’m spending an awful lot of time there drinking incredible cocktails and thinking about how exciting it is that Cecile Richards is writing a book. There are still good things in this world.
