So I probably should be writing about the Golden Globes, and allyship, and how Patty Jenkins and Daniel Kaluuya were robbed, and fake allyship, and James Franco being a predatory dick. Instead, I’m going to emphasize the fact that feminism is a process, not just a practice.
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Traditionally, I’m not really one for New Year’s Resolutions. This year, however, I’m going to share my resolutions with all of you. Because we could all use a Feminist New Year.
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Sometimes, being a feminist blogger feels like living through Groundhog Day. Only instead of learning how to play the piano or stalking a woman, you’re having the same arguments over, and over, and over again. This week’s argument on repeat? Being criticized for being a woman is different from being criticized while being a woman. I have literally written about this four times already.

But now I get to write about it again, because Susan Collins.

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When I was in high school, I took economics and political science. Those classes taught me that people behave in a logical fashion according to their wants and needs, and that they choose candidates whose values and opinions most closely resemble their own. Then I took those same classes in college and learned “lolololol the f*** they do.”
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[Content warning: Sexual assault: Brock Turner case. Again. I was totally hoping to talk about something more pleasant this week, and then this dumbass had to go and get in the paper yet again. If talking about sexual assault is (understandably) not something you wanna do with your Friday then please join me next week where I will, I hope, be getting to talk about something less awful.]
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