Random Thoughts

I guess I have always been a feminist.  A feminist in the sense that I believe that all genders are equal. The older I get, the more deeply I believe that, and the less I care about people who judge me for it. Apparently this is what a feminist looks like while watering the garden I am also a democrat, and a believer of many of the ideals the democratic party supports: women’s right to choose, gun control, health care as a human right, equal rights for all, etc. The night before the election at a big rally in Virginia In the 2016 presidential election I was unabashedly on TEAM HILLARY.  I had a big yard sign.  I sported t-shirts. I watched the debates (and played debate BINGO).  I was all in.  Ready for GOP Bingo - early on in the campaigning season Peace, Love, Hillary (canvasing with my partner 2 days before the election - we knocked on 49 doors and talked to 59 people) I live in Arlington, VA, very near DC, and on electio...

If you haven't watched the video associated with this blog yet, you can see it at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XChb49oUa2o “project VOTE” came from an idea, a feeling, a discomfort I had with noticing how many people are saying they are not going to vote in the upcoming presidential election.   Wait - let me back up. Elections are important to me.   Democracy is important.   I don’t know why really – politics are not something I remember as being central to my upbringing.   My family didn’t really discuss politics.   I don’t remember going to a polling place with my parents (though maybe I did?).   I don’t remember dinner conversations about political issues or candidates.   My first memory of elections is when I could vote in the 1984 presidential race - I was excited to cast that first ballot.   Fast forward a couple of decades.   I now live near the capital of our country (“one stoplight from DC” as all local real estate...