People talk about politics as if it’s this isolated, abstract concept that only matters at election time. Somebody’s politics is their world view. It’s whether they think certain human beings deserve rights. It’s how they think the world should be. And if somebody thinks that the world should be colder, meaner, less accepting and downright hostile to people that are different to them, then sure as fuck is the friendship over.
next time someone tells you Muslim countries oppress women, let them know Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Turkey, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, and Senegal have all had female Presidents or Prime Ministers and 1/3rd of Egypt’s parliament is female but the US has yet to even have a female vice president and can’t say “vagina” when discussing female reproductive rights
I just cracked my screen I reblogged this so hard.
you know who i feel bad for right now? hillary rodham. i feel bad for the woman who’s been told ever since she was the first lady of arkansas that she had to be less herself, less authentic, less feminist, less anti-segregation, less forceful and opinionated, that she should be awkwardly smiling, dye her hair, change her name to clinton and love every second of the status quo. so she dyed her hair, changed her name, stayed on message and started smiling more. and then she was criticized again as flotus, again for being involved, for caring about social issues, for being too radical and daring to want universal health care.
and now everyone complains how she’s not authentic enough, not left enough, doesn’t have the courage of her convictions. yeah uh, there’s a reason for that: america always hated her authentic self.
hillary clinton is deeply flawed, i will never deny that… but damn i want hillary rodham to get her due.
As small as the world 