This is a moment of tremendous political instability in your country.

I'm assuming you're not American on account of saying "your country" and not "our country"

Ma'am. If you've ever tried any level of activism in this country, you would know that its not that easy to disrupt the two party system. I've worked in non-profits and activist spaces on both the left and the right. Many GC women work with the right because the right is kinder to the politically dissident/homeless and actually give us a platform. Whereas you can get thrown out of left wing spaces for being too Jewish or not centering TIMs hard enough.

I'm sure its possible for us to take advantage of the instability on the left and in the DNC to make some progress. But it will take time to get there. Trump has only been president for ONE MONTH. Give us some goddam time to catch our breath and work (and enjoy our small victories) before you pass judgment. JFC

Have you somehow gotten the impression that US women have some level of political power? Or that it's coincidental that there are only two political parties and that neither respect women?

Yeah we'll get right on that. You've saved all American women from ourselves.

I really can't believe none of us have thought to take control of the Democratic party before?? Like, are we stupid? You've really opened my eyes, OP. Thank you ❤️

You have two posts and four comments here and this is what you're posting? Since you're saying "your country" I'm guessing you're not from here. Don't come to Ovarit insulting American women who have zero power. What do you suggest we do? Orange in charge has been in office for just a couple weeks now, that's not enough time to recharge and make plans. This post is super unhelpful.

But now that the most misogynistic, racist, rapist pig the world has ever seen

Yeah, no. This hyperbole is the reason Democrats are gonna lose 2028 as well.

Okay, what's the next step, besides posting on Ovarit?

while the other is working to ensure you never get to play organized sports again.

Yeh I don’t buy this at all. You’re being massively hyperbolic. Have you tried consuming a broader variety of media? Trump is arguably a shit, but he isn’t the biggest shit ever, and given the steps his administration is taking to protect women’s rights, I don’t think it’s the worse thing that he’s in power. Let’s be real, Kamala wasn’t gonna pass EOs that get men out of women’s spaces and stop the medical abuse of minors. And no, that doesn’t mean I like Trump as a person or condone all his actions or support all his decisions. But I really don’t think him being in power is the end of the world some people seem to believe it is.

Those of us who've knocked our heads against the edifice of the Democratic Party know a lot better than you do what a waste of time, energy and heart it is trying to reform it or take leadership roles. We're talking about folks who could raise and then blow through 2 billion dollars in three months but they're going to welcome the organizing and leadership of gender critical women? No, they will vilfiy and push out any such attempts: I know, I watched it happen.

Women's liberation begins with the recognition that no system under patriarchy is our friend. None will save us. Feminists like Sonia Johnson and Audre Lorde and Andrea Dworkin tried to warn us, but we didn't want to believe them. We convinced ourselves that the left is our champion. It's not. We must stop propping up patriarchal systems, organize alternate systems on the local level and stake out new territory.

while the other is working to ensure you never get to play organized sports again

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Honestly, I wouldn't know wtf to do to change things on a broad scale. Politics is not my thing. Culture is. I'm an artist. All I know how to do is be a good influence and an example to others in my very captured and misguided circle. I think that the best thing we can do is create and nurture communities. I try to show people there's another way of thinking, a way that is orthogonal to blue team vs. red team tribalism, and cuts to the heart and the humanity of the issues. That's what I pour into my work and into my image.

The politicians will play their games, and they like to let us think we play a part in them, but we are pawns at best. We can scream at the top of our lungs, but it's just like microtransactions in mobile apps; no one likes them, but they're profitable, so they're not going anywhere until an even more profitable model comes along to dupe you anew. Until then, they'll lie to your face and tell you they're just offering you these nice shiny options because that's what you want.

Transcend politics, transcend the script, and transcend gender. (That can be the new transgender!) Some things will get harder because Trump is screwing with them. Other things will get easier because Biden is no longer fucking them up. Some things we blame on Trump or on Biden but really have nothing to do with the president at all. And it's unfortunate, but it's very hard to compete with the lobbyists and the Wormtongue types whispering in our politicians' ears. We are not their real constituents.

So...go out and live despite them. Find your people. Be mindful of their rules, but don't be constrained. In Afghanistan the women cannot speak to one another. Thank our lucky stars we do not have that situation here, because community is the answer. It is what will save the human race. Putting down our damn phones (like the one I'm typing on right now, I know, I know) and talking to each other and understanding each other. Create stability of your own in this time of instability.

It's the only answer. Love is always the answer. It sounds trite, it sounds naïve--and trust me, I always prefer to be the snarky cynic, and I cringe every time I have to say this kind of shit--but God help me, it's true. Love is always the answer.

Yes sure I'll quit my state job to waste all my resources trying to become a politician (which I have no idea how to do) in a party that does not want me with people who will not vote for me. And, if somehow I do actually become a politician, I will still have next to no power because I will be low level and will have only gotten that far by pretending to agree with everything about a party I do not agree with.

Great idea. 🙄

I do think some on the left have TDS,m

But I’m going to agree you have a point,

Even if we don’t succeed, we can work to become king makers if not Queens ourselves

The two party system sucks

But independents have affected electoral outcomes. Like Ross Perot

If women could organize, if we had any sex class consciousness, we could rule. We are half the population.

Most men have some of us in their homes and we can make life hard if we take a stand

But we put class, race, religion etc ahead of sex

Be the change bro.