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Art Killing Apathy: The Day After Tuesday
http://www.artkillingapathy.com/the-day-after-tuesday/
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Americans were apparently supposed to wake up this morning with a glowing sense of pride, cast a smile at the shards of glass ceiling now scattered on the floor, strike a Rosie the Riveter pose, and go about their day feeling empowered.
Yet I woke up much as I went to bed: with a sinking feeling.
History has indeed been made. So far this election year, we have seen an unprecedented amount of voter suppression and fraud. The candidate for the left might be indicted before the election ironically, for one of her lesser crimes and shes not even the first woman to win a presidential nomination (Cynthia McKinney 2008; Jill Stein 2012). The glass ceiling may have broken for a woman in the Democratic Party, but when youre armed with Wall Street cash, drones, missiles and grenade launchers, even unbreakable barriers crumble relatively easily.
This country is due for a female president; in fact, its long overdue. Many countries in the world have elected female leaders and we are far behind in womens rights in general. For example, the United States ranks 74th in wage inequality, its the only industrialized nation that doesnt offer guaranteed paid maternity leave, and it ranks in the bottom half of national parliaments around the world when it comes to female members.
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VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)All three of us have learned just how scripted American politics is with this cycle.
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(14,672 posts)Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)Signed it and will forward the link to all my fellow Bernistas.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)we're at 9,154!
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