From Barbara Kingsolver:

[ret5hd]

Trump changed everything. Now everything counts.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/23/trump-changed-everything-now-everything-counts

With due respect for the colored ribbons we’ve worn for various solidarities, our next step is to wear something on our sleeve that takes actual courage: our hearts.

I’ll go first. If we’re artists, writers, critics, publishers, directors or producers of film or television, we reckon honestly with our role in shaping the American psyche. We ask ourselves why so many people just couldn’t see a 69-year-old woman in our nation’s leading role, and why they might choose instead a hero who dispatches opponents with glib cruelty. We consider the alternatives. We join the time-honored tradition of artists resisting government oppression through our work.

We refuse to disappear. We keep our commitments to fairness in front of the legislators who oppose us, lock arms with the ones who are with us, and in the words of Congressman John Lewis, prepare to get ourselves in some good trouble. Every soul willing to do that is part of our team, starting with the massive crowd that shows up in DC in January to show the new president what we stand for, and what we won’t.

[annabanana]

1. speaking truth

and calling for self reflection .

[SleeplessinSoCal]

2. but be careful. the one time we joined with Republican/"conssrvative" family membe, I got an earful.

I am apparently the bully. I am on the receiving end of of passive aggressiveness from my mother. This is a definite reaction to my reaction of voicing complaints publicly. Tricky business. And it makes tuning out attractive.