The first thing I need to make clear is that I love and support women. I am eager to see more women rise to positions of power. Hashtag pink wave! Hashtag pink hat!
But I have to say, I'm a little frustrated that we keep putting forward this specific woman who really grinds my gears. Not because she's a woman. I would know if that were why. It is not that. It's just — ugh, her, you know? She just doesn't excite me, and I feel that she is too compromised. That's not a woman thing, though. It's just a her thing. I would have that issue with anyone who had her baggage, that same difficult-to-pin-down sense that something about her was fundamentally tainted.
But it is just this one woman in particular. And can I say how glad I am that we are at a point when we are able to judge women on their merits, as people, and find them inexplicably, inevitably wanting, as people? But definitely all women do not do this. There are plenty of women who do not make my teeth go on edge in the way this one lady does. My mother, for instance. My daughter, for another instance. And others I could name! Oprah, in her current capacity, though I hope she stays in her lane.
In general, I am excited to vote for a woman, maybe even in 2020, though I do, I have to say, worry that maybe other Americans are not so ready, and we wouldn't want to make that mistake in a year with such high stakes. Not me — I was born ready! I was given birth to by a woman. So it's clear where I stand.
That is why I am so frustrated with the specific women who keep being put forward. Like, Nancy Pelosi? I want women to lead everything! I want them to stare down charging bulls on Wall Street, and I can't imagine anyone other than a lady being Wonder Woman, but — this is the House we're talking about, and… ugh, Nancy Pelosi.
You see what I'm saying here. I am flabbergasted and upset that each and every one of the women being talked about as front-runners are the specific women who have already alienated me. I am as frustrated by this terrible coincidence as you are, believe me! Believe, women!What I want is not impossible! I want someone who is not tainted by polarizing choices in the past, but who also has experience, who is knowledgeable but doesn't sound like she is lecturing, someone vibrant but not green, someone dignified but not dowdy, passionate but not a yeller, precise but not mechanical, someone lacking in off-putting ambition but capable of asking for what she wants, not accompanied but not alone, in a day but not in a month or a year, when the moon is neither waxing nor waning, carrying a sieve full of water and a hen's tooth. Easy!
That's why I'm so worried about our current slate of choices. A woman, sure, but — Kamala Harris? Elizabeth Warren? Kirsten Gillibrand? There are specific problems with each of them, entirely personal to each of them, all insurmountable. We need someone fresh. Someone without baggage. Joe Biden, maybe. But female! If you see.
I can't wait to vote for a woman in 2020. A nameless, shapeless, faceless woman I know nothing about who will surely be perfect.
Article. Alexandra Petri. Washington Post. November 16, 2018
Photo. New York Times. November 19, 2018. Nancy Pelosi’s Last Battle
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Post Script. Listen to the chatter around you. You have heard it before. You will hear it again. It is same misogynistic foolishness mocked in this smart article. #Hillary2016 #ImWithHer #IStandWithPelosi
An aside, did you know that the one woman who has been mentioned by Seth Moulton, and his misogynistic gang of 5 to replace the Speaker is Marcia Fudge, one of two Democrats who voted against the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ Americans. Oh.
