It really feels like I'm balancing on one toe on top of a pyramid.
Watching this country in all its dysfunction, unsure of which way it will fall has caused enormous stress for women. I'm pretty damned sure what I'll do if it falls too far into dystopian fascism. I'll leave. Not everyone has that opportunity. I wish everyone did. A mass exodus out of this third world country would be a wake up call to our government.
With the loss of Roe v. Wade, surely all other protections that right wing evangelicals don't like will start to come under fire, as well.
I am holding on to the mid-terms. I think that will be predictive of which direction this country will go.
I am also holding on to a very elusive idea that the Supreme Court Justices who lied in their confirmation hearings will be impeached and removed, as will Clarence Thomas for failing to recuse himself in cases where he and his wife had very deep involvement. I'm eternally optimistic on things that are, for all intents and purposes, completely dismal.
I implore all my sisters to get out and vote in November. This is not a vote about whom you are for, or which candidate appeals to you. This is a vote against the loss of your rights. This is a vote to stop the reinforcement of your second class status. This is a vote to free your bodies and your minds from people who have no interest in your voice and view you as little more than livestock. Do not let a bunch of rich old white men and their sycophant servitude women direct your life. Vote against facism. Let's turn this around.
And if we can't turn it around, well, then America truly is over. At least for me.
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