What's too bad is she isn't actually on my team, so I feel like I don't have that much leeway in giving feedback.

Do you have a good relationship with her boss? Run it by them. I don't think this is one of those things that should be let go. The subtlety of when to be a go-getter and when not is important.

Relatedly, should I move myself into the permanent job's desk in the new office to Make A Point or not?

Are you doing the job? Then you should.

If you want it, and want to remain with the org, then pitch yourself to the new boss. If the answer remains the same, you know how they feel and can conduct a job search accordingly. If you want out of Dodge, enjoy the upgraded desk while you're there, and move on to something fabulous.

I want out of Dodge, really, and would maybe rather sit in the lower-profile spot for that and other reasons. The actual desks are identical, so there's no benefit there. But I should want to make a point! I'm too tired to make a point.

Make the point when it matters to you. It doesn't sound like this is it. No reason to turn it into a crusade, especially if nothing short of a wholesale change in the business would make you happy there.

Thank you! Maybe the new Big Boss will lead to the wholesale change, but I basically doubt it.

Ugh, good luck Jesse.

Everything is making me cry this week. Just read a Jezebel article about a woman who had a non-viable pregnancy and it was just heartbreaking.

Also I am not super busy at work which makes me not want to even do the minimal work I have, which is bad. Ugh.

Yes, white guys carry a lot of privilege, but low-income white guys don't feel like they do and that nobody cares. A lot of privilege comes from money/social class.

Yeah, I've been thinking about the same issues quite a lot. This is one of those places where intersectionality comes in and can be useful, although I get how the term itself is probably alienating to some people. In my own family, there are significant differences in terms of income and class level and so I see a lot of the ways that privilege and class are linked in ways that lock out low income whites, and I see how often those same people assert their racial privileges as a way to compensate for their economic losses and hardship.

Husband has progressed to the on-site interview portion of another job. Yay. Please let this job search be over soon.

Interview~ma for your DH, Dana.

That Utah Lt. Gov. speech was surprisingly good. It's sad that I feel surprised when our elected officials display decency, but I guess that's where we are right now.

In good news, one of my gun nut coworkers (50 handguns, 30 shotguns, and a concealed carry permit to his name) suggested we could use better gun control today. Words I never expected to hear from this person.

50 handguns, 30 shotguns

Jesus. I get that there are collectors, but still, that seems so crazy to me. (Noting once again that I super hate guns, so my exposure to people who super love them is nil.) (Though Tim and I have pretty different POVs on gun control, even after Orlando. He's lukewarm on an assault weapons ban, because "they're already out there". But dude, the idea is to limit how many MORE are out there. It's not about eliminating gun violence, because that won't happen, but reducing the risk of harm. It's, essentially, like vaccinating, god damn it. Do it and you reduce -- but not eliminate -- the risk of harm. Don't do it and people die, in larger and larger numbers. Gah. It's just frustrating. I know that I suffer from the need to always be right, but seriously, an assault weapons ban -- I'm not talking hunting guns or handguns, and I made that clear to Tim -- seems like a no-brainer in terms of reducing the risk of harm. Jesus.)

My father has multiple guns, all kept in a safe. My brother and I have told him several times now that if he wants them to stay in family he best start talking to people. If he wants money from them he best sell them. Once something happens to him where we are making any decisions, they will be destroyed.

My uncle has had family guns he never used stolen out of his home. I have no interest in keeping any guns in circulation.