#DebateNight in a gif. pic.twitter.com/yj8Ju7Ob9z
— EmmyBengtson(@EmmyA2) October 20, 2016
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) October 20, 2016
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Sometimes he gets it right...
19 October 2016 02:40 pmJoss Whedon explains why he's proud to support Hillary Clinton https://t.co/urMcDnd9W0
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 19, 2016
Especially love that he points out that 'the unflawed candidate DOES NOT EXIST'.
A few things.
12 October 2016 06:36 pmAm about to skedaddle off to a family thing (for the weekend) so I thought I'd leave you with a few good things.
First of all - even if you are beyond fed up of the election, you should watch this ad, urging people to vote. I can't describe it, just trust me. Watch.
If you're already feeling nostalgic for Obama, here's something to make you more so.
And finally. This is truly truly brilliant. Just click on the link and have fun! (Do you have a favourite?)
First of all - even if you are beyond fed up of the election, you should watch this ad, urging people to vote. I can't describe it, just trust me. Watch.
"This moment is yours." Incredible ad from @SaveTheDayVote. pic.twitter.com/rOg5aJWmiM
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) October 10, 2016
If you're already feeling nostalgic for Obama, here's something to make you more so.
This will make you cry in a minute or less. It's worth it.
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) October 12, 2016
"You want to give me a good send-off? Go vote!" —@POTUS pic.twitter.com/WJO8ulbVYy
And finally. This is truly truly brilliant. Just click on the link and have fun! (Do you have a favourite?)
See the thing about a lifelong scumbag trying to start a conversation about a lifelong public servant's resumé is... https://t.co/ndVW8b6juI pic.twitter.com/d8kLrEzfy6
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) October 12, 2016
We all knew the first woman president would have to crawl through hell to get there. This is just what hell looks like.
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) October 10, 2016
( Just whatever looked interesting )
ETA: This is good:
Cosmoplitan: The Thrill of Watching Hillary Clinton Take Down Donald Trump
Having Trump as her opponent won't cheapen a Clinton victory. It will sweeten it.
"Anyone who thinks he’s an easy adversary hasn’t spent an hour and a half trying to get his or her point across while a boorish, loud, and entitled man interrupts, condescends, talks over, and eventually threatens you, all while physically menacing you in the few moments he lets you speak without interruption (and then when he talks, he lies)."
"This moment is yours." Incredible ad from @SaveTheDayVote. pic.twitter.com/rOg5aJWmiM
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) October 10, 2016
Seriously though. If Hillary had gone to Hogwarts she'd totally have been the one carrying around A History of Hogwarts. And when she found out about House Elves, she'd have been outraged too and done her best to do SOMETHING to help.
(I now have an image in my head of Hillary knitting tiny elf clothing...)
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(I now have an image in my head of Hillary knitting tiny elf clothing...)
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Hillary pwns (cont)
1 October 2016 06:08 pmIt's 3:20am. As good a time as any to tweet about national service. https://t.co/6hRCC16UiV
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 1, 2016
.@HillaryClinton's 3 AM tweet-storm did the impossible: got an entire large Reddit thread to compliment her https://t.co/B2WKGNffCY
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) October 1, 2016
ETA: The Reddit threads are amazing. Favourite comment so far:
'Cheeky Hillary is beating Trump in her sleep. For real.'
Hillary pwns
1 October 2016 03:34 pmA man who could plausibly become President was up in the middle of the night hate-tweeting about non-existent sex tape to defend fat shaming
— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) September 30, 2016
But the world is a just place...
!!! Inbox: [Clinton Travel Pool] Clinton pool #14 -- Clinton campaign comment on Trump porno (seriously.) pic.twitter.com/VLCQv9Kd5t
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 30, 2016
(Link with more details here: Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn. ETA: Clarification: He did not get naked, just broke a bottle of champagne and welcomed the stars to New York. And then they went off & did naughty things on their own without him.)
But, delving into the issue (not the porn!) more deeply and looking at the how and whys:
Donald Trump Is Being Outplayed by Women—and He’s Losing His Mind Over It
The GOP nominee’s pathological sexism could be what kills his presidential hopes. Good.
And then I found this excellent article by Sady Doyle:
Hillary Clinton, who has suffered fools all her life, is bulletproof against Donald Trump’s low blows
Money quote:
[Again,] Trump seemingly hasn’t noticed that by continuing to go after Machado, he’s playing right into Clinton’s characterization of him as a bully. If the opportunity to call a woman ugly comes up, he has to take it. To back down would make him less than a man. And that’s the kind of mindset Clinton is counting on. She’s ready for a debate-as-bullfight: Matador Hillary keeps waving her big red cape (or red suit) in front of the bull, so he’ll put his head down and charge. All the while, she’s planning to stick him as he rushes by.
Trump has not faced an opponent like this before. Jeb Bush cowered. Marco Rubio and Cruz tried and failed to match the reality TV star insult-for-insult. But Hillary Clinton understands the power of holding her ground and smilingly, knowingly baiting him, reaping the rewards every time he combusts.
Or, as she puts it in this tweet:
"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake" - Napoleon, and also Hillary Clinton's face right now
— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton's Appearance on 'Between Two Ferns' Breaks Records for Funny or Die (Exclusive)
(If you have not seen it, it's embedded in the article. It's worth watching.) (30 million people aren't wrong. *g*)
( And under here, my favourite tweets )
(If you have not seen it, it's embedded in the article. It's worth watching.) (30 million people aren't wrong. *g*)
( And under here, my favourite tweets )
(no subject)
21 September 2016 10:55 pmAfterEllen: The Power Lesbians Behind Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign
Related: The Hillary Clinton I Know Will Do Wonders for Women
For decades she has practiced what she preached in the workplace
(In case you wonder why so much about US politics... UK politics is too depressing for me to look at the news. Sorry. But there's still hope for America.)
Related: The Hillary Clinton I Know Will Do Wonders for Women
For decades she has practiced what she preached in the workplace
(In case you wonder why so much about US politics... UK politics is too depressing for me to look at the news. Sorry. But there's still hope for America.)
What Trump just did is a disgrace.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) 16 September 2016
ETA: Clearly Hillary agrees, she pinned it!
Well this is cheery...
15 September 2016 01:50 pmDespite a Century Of Women’s Rights Progress, Hillary Clinton Still Faces Outrageous Sexism
This is basically going through the whole last century recording progress for women.
Fear of a Female President
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has provoked a wave of misogyny—one that may roil American life for years to come.
Thing that especially stood out for me (it seems we are right when we say 'Masculinity so fragile'):
To understand this reaction, start with what social psychologists call “precarious manhood” theory. The theory posits that while womanhood is typically viewed as natural and permanent, manhood must be “earned and maintained.” Because it is won, it can also be lost. Scholars at the University of South Florida and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported that when asked how someone might lose his manhood, college students rattled off social failures like “losing a job.” When asked how someone might lose her womanhood, by contrast, they mostly came up with physical examples like “a sex-change operation” or “having a hysterectomy.”
This is basically going through the whole last century recording progress for women.
Fear of a Female President
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has provoked a wave of misogyny—one that may roil American life for years to come.
Thing that especially stood out for me (it seems we are right when we say 'Masculinity so fragile'):
To understand this reaction, start with what social psychologists call “precarious manhood” theory. The theory posits that while womanhood is typically viewed as natural and permanent, manhood must be “earned and maintained.” Because it is won, it can also be lost. Scholars at the University of South Florida and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported that when asked how someone might lose his manhood, college students rattled off social failures like “losing a job.” When asked how someone might lose her womanhood, by contrast, they mostly came up with physical examples like “a sex-change operation” or “having a hysterectomy.”
I get knocked down...
8 September 2016 09:21 pmThis vid made my day!
It somehow seemed to go well with this...
“I was taking a law school admissions test in a big classroom at Harvard. My friend and I were some of the only women in the room. I was feeling nervous. I was a senior in college. I wasn’t sure how well I’d do. And while we’re waiting for the exam to start, a group of men began to yell things like: ‘You don’t need to be here.’ And ‘There’s plenty else you can do.’ It turned into a real ‘pile on.’ One of them even said: ‘If you take my spot, I’ll get drafted, and I’ll go to Vietnam, and I’ll die.’ And they weren’t kidding around. It was intense. It got very personal. But I couldn’t respond. I couldn’t afford to get distracted because I didn’t want to mess up the test. So I just kept looking down, hoping that the proctor would walk in the room. I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk. Because you need to protect yourself, you need to keep steady, but at the same time you don’t want to seem ‘walled off.’ And sometimes I think I come across more in the ‘walled off’ arena. And if I create that perception, then I take responsibility. I don’t view myself as cold or unemotional. And neither do my friends. And neither does my family. But if that sometimes is the perception I create, then I can’t blame people for thinking that.”
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And of course we know that Hillary is ( The Final Girl )
(Icon by me, free to good homes)
It somehow seemed to go well with this...
“I was taking a law school admissions test in a big classroom at Harvard. My friend and I were some of the only women in the room. I was feeling nervous. I was a senior in college. I wasn’t sure how well I’d do. And while we’re waiting for the exam to start, a group of men began to yell things like: ‘You don’t need to be here.’ And ‘There’s plenty else you can do.’ It turned into a real ‘pile on.’ One of them even said: ‘If you take my spot, I’ll get drafted, and I’ll go to Vietnam, and I’ll die.’ And they weren’t kidding around. It was intense. It got very personal. But I couldn’t respond. I couldn’t afford to get distracted because I didn’t want to mess up the test. So I just kept looking down, hoping that the proctor would walk in the room. I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk. Because you need to protect yourself, you need to keep steady, but at the same time you don’t want to seem ‘walled off.’ And sometimes I think I come across more in the ‘walled off’ arena. And if I create that perception, then I take responsibility. I don’t view myself as cold or unemotional. And neither do my friends. And neither does my family. But if that sometimes is the perception I create, then I can’t blame people for thinking that.”
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And of course we know that Hillary is ( The Final Girl )
(Icon by me, free to good homes)
3 'political' links :)
5 September 2016 08:09 pm1. An excellent article:
Hillary Clinton’s feminism: a conversation with Rebecca Traister
The American presidency is coded male. Hillary Clinton is breaking that mold.
2. A hilarious article (with thanks to Petzi):
Democrats Troll Donald Trump With a Taco Truck in Colorado
Colorado Democrats are setting up a taco truck outside of Donald Trump’s campaign office in Denver to register voters after a Trump surrogate said that more Mexicans moving to the United States would lead to “taco trucks on every corner.”
3. Something that might make you need a tissue (in a good way):
Letters to Hillary
(I can't choose a quote. Go read them all. So far they have only posted nine, so it won't take you long.)
Hillary Clinton’s feminism: a conversation with Rebecca Traister
The American presidency is coded male. Hillary Clinton is breaking that mold.
2. A hilarious article (with thanks to Petzi):
Democrats Troll Donald Trump With a Taco Truck in Colorado
Colorado Democrats are setting up a taco truck outside of Donald Trump’s campaign office in Denver to register voters after a Trump surrogate said that more Mexicans moving to the United States would lead to “taco trucks on every corner.”
3. Something that might make you need a tissue (in a good way):
Letters to Hillary
(I can't choose a quote. Go read them all. So far they have only posted nine, so it won't take you long.)
About those bloody emails.
3 September 2016 04:25 pmI've been meaning to write this for ages, but life's been busy & I kept finding more links. So it's turned into a bit of a hodge-podge of links & tweets. Am hoping it can be of use to someone if you get into an argument...
Hillary Clinton Did NOT Lie About Her Emails
Contrary to the furious spin from Hillary Clinton’s adversaries in the media and Republican Party, FBI Director James Comey did not undercut Hillary’s truthfulness on her State Department emails. In fact, his statement and testimony affirm that Hillary has been honest about the email issue from day one. Here are the facts, not the spin.
14 Excerpts From the FBI's Report on Hillary Clinton's Email
You should read this.
And to add a little context, which you may or may not be aware of:
22 Million White House Emails May Be Missing
Up to 22 million White House emails may be missing, according to the US Attorney General. The emails, requested as part of a congressional investigation, could not be produced because they were sent on a non-governmental email server. [...] The 22 million emails were lost in 2007. Under the Bush Administration.
Read it. :) Oh, and the emails are missing because Karl Rove deleted them!
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Hillary Clinton Did NOT Lie About Her Emails
Contrary to the furious spin from Hillary Clinton’s adversaries in the media and Republican Party, FBI Director James Comey did not undercut Hillary’s truthfulness on her State Department emails. In fact, his statement and testimony affirm that Hillary has been honest about the email issue from day one. Here are the facts, not the spin.
14 Excerpts From the FBI's Report on Hillary Clinton's Email
You should read this.
And to add a little context, which you may or may not be aware of:
22 Million White House Emails May Be Missing
Up to 22 million White House emails may be missing, according to the US Attorney General. The emails, requested as part of a congressional investigation, could not be produced because they were sent on a non-governmental email server. [...] The 22 million emails were lost in 2007. Under the Bush Administration.
Read it. :) Oh, and the emails are missing because Karl Rove deleted them!
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we've found it, the best Instagram account on the internet https://t.co/pHIRSC6Mqn pic.twitter.com/54TRxTU2fG
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) 29 August 2016
ETA: Oh, and this one was too good not to share also:
This was a thing that happened. As you'll see, I could not keep a straight face. https://t.co/byC9UiPSjg
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) 28 August 2016
ETA2: The Onion is spot-on as usual:
What Is The Alt-Right?
#womancard....
4 August 2016 10:20 pmPlease enjoy two & a half decades of people asking HRC the same "question." "People hate you: please respond." https://t.co/AqlkUzPmfV
— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) 4 August 2016
This article pretty much nails it:
American Horror Story
I went backstage at the biggest political show on earth- and found America telling stories about itself.
Which ties in beautifully with this, shown before Hillary's entrance (her life & work, narrated by Morgan Freeman):
ETA: And then - an endorsement like this, which reminds us that it's about people's actual lives; and although the spectacle is nice, this is what matters:
ETA2: OK, so one more thing. I've been meaning to link to this for ages, so apologies for the delay.
‘My Country Accepts Me as a Woman’
Hillary Clinton was the force behind a little-known breakthrough in transgender rights. So why doesn’t she talk about it?
Yet another example of Hillary getting stuff done and making a significant and measurable positive impact on people's lives. Trans people in this case. And as far as I can tell she does it quite simply because it's the right thing to do, and she *can*. Whatever her flaws (which I won't point out, people are far too eager to list them), I believe her when she says that she adheres to what her Methodist faith has taught her:
“Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.”
American Horror Story
I went backstage at the biggest political show on earth- and found America telling stories about itself.
Which ties in beautifully with this, shown before Hillary's entrance (her life & work, narrated by Morgan Freeman):
Best analysis of the campaign - Heathers screenwriter Daniel Waters on Hillary, Bernie, Donald, and the Horror: pic.twitter.com/HIGu14QL47
— Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) 29 July 2016
ETA: And then - an endorsement like this, which reminds us that it's about people's actual lives; and although the spectacle is nice, this is what matters:
This is an extraordinary endorsement https://t.co/UUG3OYVDce pic.twitter.com/9cYZmD5Oqc
— Erin Ruberry (@erinruberry) 30 July 2016
ETA2: OK, so one more thing. I've been meaning to link to this for ages, so apologies for the delay.
‘My Country Accepts Me as a Woman’
Hillary Clinton was the force behind a little-known breakthrough in transgender rights. So why doesn’t she talk about it?
Yet another example of Hillary getting stuff done and making a significant and measurable positive impact on people's lives. Trans people in this case. And as far as I can tell she does it quite simply because it's the right thing to do, and she *can*. Whatever her flaws (which I won't point out, people are far too eager to list them), I believe her when she says that she adheres to what her Methodist faith has taught her:
“Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.”