Sunday, March 12, 2017

What'd Red Do This Week

A bit late but it's cool, I still got this
Citizening

  • Reached out to local reps to call for bipartisan and independent investigations into the Russia link, especially given the nonsense this weekend around wiretapping.
  • Reached out to local reps to call for an investigation into the Yemen Raid that led to the death of around 25 people, including the Navy Seal William "Ryan" Owens.
  • Reached out to senators per ACLU about the second Muslim Ban
  • Reached out to local reps about the garbage AHCA proposed. I believe the ACA has room for improvement but this nonsense is not it.
I need to reach out to my local rep Leonard Lance because at his town hall he explicitly opened it saying he didn't believe anyone there was a paid protester and that is ridiculous and blah. THEN he sends out a fund raising letter claiming that liberal groups are sending paid protesters to his events and WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE? And I know, politicians are full of shit, but I can still get pissed and voice said displeasure.

Reading
Still reading Sing, Unburied, Sing, which I sort of paused to read Feminist Fight Club cos I wanted something light and quick. 

Watching
I will be watching The Force Awakens (finally) in a bit with my bro, who lent it to me a while ago but I never actually watched. Whoops. Oh and more stand up on Netflix (Jen Kirkman, please make more standup specials, kthxbai) and I thought instead of watching anything new I would just rewatch Futurama for the billionth time. #goodchoices

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Congrats on the calls and nudges: it's hard to keep up the momentum. The women's march on Saturday here was nowhere near as well attended as the one in January, and while I can understand why, I think it's really important that we remain vigilant and encourage each other to speak up, even when the behaviour is not surprising but is still disappointing (and sometimes just plain bonkers). I'll have a look at Jen Kirkman: I'm looking for more comedy these days!
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Thank you! I've found I'll get tired, take a break for a day and then I read the news and there's a whole FLURRY of new stuff to be terrified about. So I guess that's something. Now I have my list for this week (as of today, though I fear it will change again as the week goes on).

Jen Kirkman has 2 specials on Netflix that were fun. I liked her on Drunk History so I've found myself leaning towards those comedians. And leaning away from white dudes who are FINE and some of them are great (John Mulaney, I heart you) but more often than not I feel like I'm burned by those.

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