So.

Tonight a family member, someone whom I've loved and respected all of my life, outed himself as a person who believes that I should be and am under the control of a man.

I am content to report that both I and my spouse vehemently disabused him of that notion.

More on this later IF I can gather my thoughts & emotions enough to blog clearly about it.

For now...I feel frustrated & sad. Grieving a sort of death.

And yet, I do feel that contentment...because #ShePersisted. (I am she.) 🤘

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren made news when, as she was attempting to speak in the Senate, she was silenced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
...
McConnell said, in what would become a notorious comment, “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she
persisted.”
...
Whatever McConnell’s motivation, women heard his words and recognized the ways they, too, had been silenced. “Nevertheless, she persisted” instantly became a rallying cry for women everywhere who had been told to sit down and shut up. The quote began a storm of social media and blog posts associating #shepersisted with Malala Yousafzai, Rosa Parks, Sonia Sotomayor, Tammy Duckworth, Laverne Cox, and many other women who had faced adversity of all kinds and ultimately thrived.
It resonated so powerfully because persisting is what women do, each and
every day. Often we persist because we literally have no choice. We have
children to feed and a world to change, and we can’t stop just because it’s hard.
Overcoming obstacles like the Mitch McConnells of the world isn’t just a
necessary step on the way to our goals; overcoming those obstacles is part of our
success!

-- Emily and Amelia Nagoski Peterson, Burnout: The secret to unlocking the stress cycle

#WomenInternationalDay #persistance

The Kickstarter for My Name Is Hood starts soon. It's a game about a bunch of bumbling hicks trying to be revolutionaries. #Resistance #NotMyPresident #dumptrump #OscarsSoWhite #Kony2012 #CoronaVirus #Arabspring #Shepersisted #YesAllMen

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingyak/my-name-is-hood