Ep. 87: A Letter to the 55%

EQ: How did we go from the Woke White Women Movement that embraced BLM and rejected PSL in April to 55% of White women voting for Trump in November? 

We start this episode trying to build our empathy for all the basic white women out there by taste testing pumpkin spice flavored thing. We then launch into a discussion how shameful it is that white voters STILL vote for Trump DESPITE the last four years. As hhhwhite women ourselves (or white passing in Megan’s case), we feel especially convicted to “get our girls.” Ultimately, this conversation boils down to the fact that white women MUST do better and we cannot let our foot off the gas just because Biden is elected.

Jumps on soapbox: Equity is not a hat that you wear. Where you do a couple posts on your social media, read a book, and then you can walk away from it for the rest of the week, thinking you checked the box. It is simply not enough. Equity should be a value you carry with yourself all of the time. It should be a part of you and how you walk through life. Steps off soapbox

Related Sources:

• Vox: We Need To Talk about the white people who voted for Trump

• Vogue 2018 Piece “Why Do White Women Keep Voting for the GOP” 

• White Women: Most Divided Voting Bloc

• Story of Phyllis Schalfly

Champagne & Real Pain:

🥂 The Judges who have absolutely no patience for the ridiculous lawsuits the Trump campaign is filing. Read the transcripts, they’re great.

👎🏻 The Texas Lieutenant Governor who offered up $1 million to anybody that could come forward with proof of election fraud… BUT a Champagne for the PA Lieutenant Governor who came back with the best tweet in response!

Do your fudging HW:

• Megan & Hope: DO THE WORK.

Ep. 8: #MeToo, Fake Apologies, and Supporting Survivors

Our EQ is: How does rape culture hurt everyone and how is the political climate shifting to support survivors and hold abusers accountable?

We begin by defining the term rape culture and process our way through the swamp that is this “trend” in white men being taken to task for the sins they've committed--abusing their power to sexual harass, assault and rape. How does rape culture hurt women? Other men? What’s the impact on children? How are celebrities protected by their status? HOW and WHY is the present political climate causing those protections for the rich and famous to break down? In this episode, we specifically focus on Roy Moore and Louis C.K., including their denials and half-baked apologies (and apologists).

Worth reading on the issue:

• The Worst Roy Moore Take Ever Has Arrived
• The New York Times List of Men Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
• “Louis C.K.’s Powerful Army of Celebrity Enablers”
• Sarah Silverman
• Lena Dunham’s weird hypocrisy (she’s since apologized for being a weird hypocrite)
• Huffington Post: Why Some Women Smile at Men Who Sexually Harass Them
• The #MeToo Moment
• 'Me Too: is Harder to Say Than You Think

What it boils down to is this:

• Fight all the elements of rape culture in our society.  
• Don't be a creep.
• Stop telling women what they could've/should've done in dangerous situations.
• Call out your Bros when they are rape-y.
• Believe victims of assault.

Continuing down the thread of White male mediocrity--Blake Shelton is certainly not the sexiest man in the world. How about Mahershala Ali? Or the Greek Men’s Water polo team

Timeless or Terrible meets Do Your Fudging Homework:

“Teribless Landscape Quotes”

“White Lady Vision Quest”