Just Good Shit: 09.20.20

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Hi, friends. I wish I had something eloquent or helpful to say about RBG’s passing but I’m kind of at a loss for words. But I’ve re-read Rebecca Traister’s latest piece for The Cut a few times now, and I have been thinking a lot about this sentiment in particular:

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg matters, now as much as she ever has, but her survival alone couldn’t have saved us, any more than getting rid of Donald Trump will save us. We are facing something far larger: a desperate, life-or-death fight to rebuild, reimagine, reform (and in some cases raze) enormous apparatuses, including our criminal justice, electoral, health-care, and education systems, labor and capitalism, education, housing, the courts themselves, and, most urgently, the health of our planet. It will call on us to fight as fiercely and with as much determination as Ginsburg herself fought, through her life and career.”

Here’s what else I had going on this week:

Reading

A pandemic, a motel without power and a potentially terrifying glimpse of Orlando’s future, Washington Post.

We Could Lose Roe v. Wade Next Year. What Now?, The Cut.

Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making, The New York Times.

Buying Myself Back, The Cut.

What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment?, The New York Times.

How to track your ballot like a UPS package, Washington Post.

It Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal, Glamour.

The Consequences of Your Actions, Design Mom.
Go OFF, Design Mom!! I loved this.

Watching

Becoming on Netflix; The Source Family on Amazon Prime (just OK imo, though three people I trust spoke very highly of it); and more Real Housewives of Potomac.

Donating

This week, I donated to Jaime Harrison, who is running against Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, and Mike Espy, who is running for Senate in Mississippi (where he’d be the first Black senator since 1881). I also have recurring monthly donations set up for Sister District, along with Black and Pink and Food Bank for New York City.

Have a good one. 🤍

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