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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pop. -100K here, and somewhere upwards of 6,000 showed up to march (some FB posts claim 10K). It's a college town, so lots of students, but a good proportion of older women, and men, and a visible percentage of First Nations folk.
Seattle, of course, will be much larger.
ETA: Could I ask a huge favor, and pay a knitting Buffista for yarn and labor? A Canadian friend is begging for a pink acrylic p*ssy hat, and I don't knit!
Seriously people, I am suffering from emotional whiplash! After the despair of yesterday I am giddy today. Full of love for the millions that showed up at marches. 10,000 in Miami and 7,000 in West Palm Beach apparently.
I don't know what it means for tomorrow, or next week, but today is the first time I have felt hope in months.
I feel exactly the same way, Laura.
Beverly, I'll do it. do they specifically want acrylic?
Yes please, ma'am, she has allergy issues. And thank you!! You really are the nicest!
ok. I will see if I have any. all I know for sure that I have on hand is wool and cotton.
I don't know what it means for tomorrow, or next week, but today is the first time I have felt hope in months.
Me, too.
A lot better than yesterday and the day before, that's for sure.
I was so depressed yesterday, I just sat around the house and watched GABS. Today I got in a run, and went to the march, and saw so many awesome signs and so many fabulous people. It was a whiter crowd than I wanted to see -- not a lot of African-Americans -- but still fairly diverse.
I saw quite a number of Star Wars signs, but only a couple of Harry Potter signs, which was a surprise; I had expected Dumbledore's Army to be a bigger deal. Still, it was great. Then I went out to a late brunch, ate too much, had a long nap, and now I'm making a cassoulet to put in the freezer for the week.
And yeah, I'm more optimistic, but still afraid. There's not much we can do in the short term to stop the shit that's already going on, given the gerrymandered congressional districts and the GOP hold on the House & Senate.
I don't know what it means for tomorrow, or next week, but today is the first time I have felt hope in months.
Same for me. Seeing the news, seeing the posts from everyone, and seeing the comments along the lines of "We need to follow this with more hard work" -- all of that was great.
IO(petty)N: it always amuses me when someone tries to start a political flamefest on things I post on FB, because I know a HELL of a lot of people who will politely throw down and work on educating the clueless troll.