With Kavanaugh confirmed, it's time to burn him

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<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Harper's BAZAAR"data-reactid =" 13 "> From Harper's BAZAAR

"I wish you to remember the Ladies and be more generous and more supportive than your ancestors. Do not put so unlimited power in the hands of husbands. Remember that all men would be tyrants if they could. If we do not pay special attention to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and we do not hold ourselves bound by laws in which we have neither voice nor representation "

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Abigail Adams wrote that in 1776. His words never seemed more prescient than they are today. "Data-reactid =" 15 "> Abigail Adams wrote this in 1776. Her words never seemed as prescient as today.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "This is surely a time when many women wish so much of us today want to burn a system that could put a man like Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused of multiple accounts of sexual assault, at the Supreme Court. Especially when there is such a strong feeling that justice has not been done. The FBI investigation was limited. Mark Judge, an alleged witness, has never been summoned to appear and done to testify. Ford nuanced, accurate testimony apparently could not resist a man shouting how much he loved beer. "data-reactid =" 16 "> This is surely a time when many women wish to foment a rebellion, so many of us today want to set fire to a system that could put a man like Brett Kavanaugh, A man accused of multiple testimonies of sexual assault before the Supreme Court, especially when justice has not been rendered and the FBI's investigation was limited Mark Judge, presumed witness, Never been summoned to appear. "Ford's nuanced and accurate testimony apparently could not stand up to a man who was screaming how much he liked beer.

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Some people (men) may fear that women may instigate rebellion. For them, I can say with certainty that the rebellion is already under way.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Like Ford, women"are used to being college. "Thus, the rebellion might seem more polite and orderly than what some people expected." Data-reactid = "29"> Like Ford, women "have the habit to be collegiate. "Thus, the rebellion may appear more polite and orderly than expected.

It does not mean we are not furious.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" Women are so angry, " Trump said in a rather distorted press conference on Kavanaugh Tuesday night: "Women are very angry." "data-reactid =" 31 ">" Women are so angry, "said Trump in a rather distorted press conference on Kavanaugh: "Women are very angry."

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "It may be the first time that I agree with Trump, God, we are angry. If we had calendarsLike Kavanaugh, for many of us this week would simply be represented by the word "fury" scribbled in capital letters. "data-reactid =" 32 "> This may be the first time I agree with Trump, are we angry, if we had calendars, like Kavanaugh, for many of us, this week would simply be represented by the word "fury" scribbled in uppercase.

<p class = "canvas-atom web-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "For years, women's anger has been rejected. We've learned to leave everything that looks like anger at all costs, watch a woman speak with a tone that does not distort and look at it call it "strident". Watching a woman speak firmly accused of "screaming". If she does not smile, she seems "angry". If the woman is openly angry, they will be called "hysterical" a term that implies that the root of their anger is a form of madness. "data-reactid =" 33 "> For years, women's anger has been pushed aside and we have been taught to subsume anything that looks like anger at all costs Watch a Woman Speaks in a Tone does not cause any deference and looks to her to be described as "strident." Observe a woman who is firmly speaking accused of "screaming." If she does not smile, she looks "angry." If the woman is openly angry, she will be called "hysterical", a term that implies that the root of their anger is a form of madness.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Fortunately, for the first time in a long time Soraya's book Chemaly, perhaps even the first time that women's rabies is considered valuable and useful. Rabies becomes and Rebecca Traister's Good and crazy are recent books on how women's fury has created a more just world. In Chemaly's book, she notes, "Anger has a bad name, but it's actually one of the most optimistic and innovative ideas about our emotions. It breeds transformation, manifesting our passion and We keep investing in the world. It's a rational and violation of emotions, violation and moral disorder. "" data-reactid = "34"> Fortunately, for the first time in a long time – perhaps the first time that women's rabies is considered valuable and useful. Soraya Chemaly's book Rabies becomes and Rebecca Traister's Good and crazy are recent books on how women's fury has created a more just world. In Chemaly's book, she notes, "Anger has a bad name, but it's actually one of the most optimistic and innovative ideas about our emotions. It breeds transformation, manifesting our passion and We keep investing in the world. It's a rational and emotional violation, violation and moral disorder. "

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "And women's anger Is create a change, even here, even at this age. In an excerpt from Good and crazy Posted in New York MagazineTraister not only quotes Abigail Adams, my favorite and angry American woman, but the many times the anger of American women has been the impetus of social movements. These range from women's lowell textile factories in Massachusetts to 19th century, in one of the first transformations of a labor movement, Emmett Till's mother opening her son's coffin to reveal the damage that had been done to her. Thus, in the words of Traister, "lit a match as part of a nascent social struggle that would help partially recast the United States and mitigate (without virtually erasing") the legal and political barriers to racial parity. . "" Data-reactid = "35"> And women's anger Is create a change, even here, even at this age. In an excerpt from Good and crazy Posted in New York MagazineTraister not only quotes Abigail Adams, my favorite and angry American woman, but the many times the anger of American women has been the impetus of social movements. These range from women's lowell textile factories in Massachusetts to 19th century, in one of the first transformations of a labor movement, Emmett Till's mother opening her son's coffin to reveal the damage that had been done to her. As Traister put it, "lit a match as part of a nascent social struggle that would help to partially reshape the United States and to lessen (without practically erasing) the legal and political barriers to racial parity."

We have already been angry. We channeled our anger to rebuild society, before. We are good at that.

"Why are not women on the street then?" Asked some people.

Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm "type =" text "content =" These people are remarkably unobservable. percent of members and almost all leaders of local resistance groups are women. We are outside the Hart Senate office building psalmody "We Care" and "Abolish I.C.E." We hold parades to protest against Kavanaugh. We went to the streets, we count millions since Trump was elected. "Data-reactid =" 40 "> These people are remarkably unobservable – we are – 70% of the members and almost all the leaders of the local resistance groups are women. from the Hart Senate office building singing "We Care." and "Abolish ICE" We are holding rallies to protest against Kavanaugh, and we have been on the streets, in the millions, since the election of Trump.

And yet, every year, when we walk, Republican men wonder why women even parade.

It's easy to answer this week. When we walk, we walk against your blindness and say that women's lives are valuable. We walk to inform you that we are people and not objects of male pleasure. We walk to show that our lived experiences of pain can not be dismissed by a laugh and a shrug of the shoulders.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, when it was asked what she remembers most about her assault, replied"The indomitable laughter in the seahorse is undeniable." "Data-reactid =" 46 "> Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, questioned about what she remembered most about her assault, replied:" Indelible in the seahorse is laughter, the tumultuous laughter between the two. "

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "That says how few Republicans have evolved in 50 years when of this lawsuit, as a woman described her sexual assault, Republicans like Kurt Schlichter tweeted"I laugh". "Data-reactid =" 47 "> It is indicative of the little things that Republicans have evolved in 50. At this trial, when a woman described her sexual assault, Republicans love Kurt Schlichter tweeted, "I laugh."

Women are not.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Women will not continue to laugh politely with you. Even Republican women, who will tie themselves in knots try to justify male misbehavior, have apparently reached the end of their rope. "data-reactid =" 49 "> Women will not continue to laugh politely with you, and even Republican women, who will tie themselves to knots to try to justify bad male behavior, have apparently reached the end of their rope.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "They flee en masse the Republican Party. % of young women identified as Republican. In 2018, 23% make. Steve Bannon (a m said "The republican woman graduated from college is over. They left. They went there anyway at any given time. Trump triggers them. "I would say it's the whole GOP dismissal and mockery questions like the # MeToo movement that "triggers" them, but that's fine. That, in itself, should be a message to the right men that they stop laughing and start taking the women seriously. "Data-reactid =" 50 "> They are fleeing the Republican Party in 2002. In 2002, 36% of young women Steve Bannon (said:" The republican woman graduate of university has finished. was going anyway at any given time.Trump set them off. "I would suggest that it's the rejection by the entire GOP and the mockery of topics such as the #MeToo motion that" trigger "them, but hey, this alone should encourage right-wing men to stop laughing and take women seriously.

Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm "type =" text "content =" But they refuse to do it. they lean towards misogyny. "data-reactid =" 51 "> But they refuse, on the contrary, they rely on misogyny.

In Kavanaugh's confirmation, they revealed their true colors completely.

<p class = "web-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The GOP has clearly indicated that the confirmation of A man accused by several sexual assault victims, who responded to the charges by lamenting the difficulties he had experienced, was not only tolerable for them, but also desirable.Many spectators saw Kavanaugh angrily and was entitled – he alternated between crying, screaming, Hit Senator Amy Klobuchar and expressing his fondness for beer. "data-reactid =" 53 "> The GOP made it clear that the confirmation of a man accused of sexual assault by several people, who had responded to the accusations by lamenting the difficulties that he had experienced It was not only tolerable for many people to watch Kavanaugh present himself angrily – he alternated between crying, shouting, attacking Senator Amy Klobuchar and expressing his taste for beer.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Christina Cauterucci to Slatewrote an article entitled"Brett Kavanaugh's testimony has made it easier than ever to imagine him as an aggressive and empowered teenager." New York Times writer Mara Gay says on MSNBC "You hear a lot of rights coming from him." Alexandra Petri from Washington Post joking on Twitter, "is that how people can talk if they do not spend their whole lives being scrutinized?" "data-reactid =" 54 "> Christina Cauterucci's Slatewrote an article entitled "Brett Kavanaugh's testimony made it easier than ever to imagine him as an aggressive and empowered teenager". New York Times writer Mara Gay said on MSNBC "You hear a lot of rights coming from him." Alexandra Petri from Washington Post joked on Twitter, "is that how people can talk if they do not spend their whole life looking for the tone?"

It is fair to say that, in women, Kavanaugh's speech has not gone too well.

But Donald Trump Jr. loved it. During the trial, Trump Jr. tweeted, "I like the tone of Kavanaugh … the other GOP members should take note!" Trump was also enthusiastic and tweeted. "Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I named him. His testimony was powerful, honest and captivating.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The GOP gave women an incredibly good reason to vote against them at the halfway point, they introduced us the image of a man who shouts data-reactid = "60"> The GOP gave women an excellent reason to vote against them at the mid-term. They presented us with the image of a man who screams how he is the real victim of the sexual assault charges against which he rebels.

And women all over the world are already getting up to face men as powerful as him. And not just the "perfect" women. For a long time, our imperfection, the fact that we could be revealed to have not walked perfectly on the tightrope of female respectability, was an incentive to keep women silent. Get up and call the men and we'll tell you it's because you're a slut. Or ugly. Or dirty, it somehow means that you deserve your bad treatment.

<p class = "canvas-atom-text-canvas Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "This is still happening, but it seems like women like Stormy Daniels clashed to fight against Trump and the GOP. Jill Filipovic Rudy Giuliani commented, "I do not respect a porn star as I respect a career woman, a woman of substance or a woman who respects herself tremendously as a woman and as a person. So, Stormy, do you want to bring a case? Let me question you. Apparently, he did so with the intention of shaming her, as women had often done the same before. Except that – and it was unusual – it did not seem to bother her. She did not flinch. Stormy stayed, as Filipovic wrote, "An imperfect, completely self-possessive woman, telling her story clearly and without shame. And we are listening to it. "" Data-reactid = "62"> This is still happening, but it seems that this year, women have stopped worrying about anything. Women like Stormy Daniels have clashed to fight against Trump and the GOP. Jill Filipovic commented Rudy Giuliani: "I do not respect a porn star as I respect a career woman, a woman of substance or a woman who respects herself enormously as a woman and as a person. So Stormy, do you want to carry a case? Let me cross-examine you. "Apparently, he did it with the intention of shaming her, as women had often been ashamed in the past." Except – and that was unusual – it was She was "Filipovic writes:" An imperfect woman, completely self-possessed, who tells her story with clarity and without shame, and we are listening to her.

The day comes when, when men make statements to remind us of how imperfect we are, they will not be greeted by fear, but by looks. Our imperfections do not deny our truths. There is such power in the fact that we will no longer be ashamed.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "And this rebellion, in its large and small manifestations The women are going nowhere.We will continue to exist and, increasingly, we will share our truths. as Senator Leahy told Dr. Ford, "Is contagious". This week has been horrible, but it's a lost battle, not a war. An unprecedented number of women run for office. We risk suffering under the direction of old white men who are not respectful of women. Data-reactid = "64"> And this rebellion, whether big or small, will continue. Women are not going anywhere. We will continue to exist, and more. In addition, we will share our truths. "Bravery," said Senator Leahy to Dr. Ford, "is contagious." This week has been horrible, but it's a lost battle, not a war. An unprecedented number.We risk suffering under the leadership of old white men disrespectful of women.It seems more and more unlikely that the next generation will suffer.

So, do not let anyone tell you that the rebellion has not started yet. This week's events only mean that it does not have to end yet.

Our rage is burning so hard. I look, and I see a nation of women glowing with anger. We will burn the patriarchal institutions. And I pray that for our girls, the fire will light the way forward.

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