@booneybig1 Something similar happened to my sister, a long time ago, before anyone had dreamed of a Trump presidency. The cult of the religious right has been going on for a while. Sadly, the boy wouldn’t go behind his father’s back.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
@carolinerenard_@_AlanaKing_ Literally my nine year old said this last night: “Maybe some people are voting for Trump because they want to keep it that a woman has never been president.” He gets it. Lots of people will try to deny it, but a child gets it.
@providenceluvr I thought I was having another miscarriage with my last pregnancy and went to the ER. As my male doctor was doing my pelvic exam, speculum inserted, up in my entire personal space, he questioned my decision to come to the ER. Or his ER, specifically. Luckily the baby was fine.
If you read just one thing today, read this excerpt from my @parisreview interview with #RayBradbury. Today is Bradbury’s birthday and this story has one of the best endings EVER. #inspiration