the ruins of the day painted with a scar
I didn't go through a single haunt this year. It's strange to say that. I have so many things to review, and I've missed the events they were at for all of them. I regret that. And I have so many drafts I wanted to go through and post. I still might, but...there are more important things to do. Listen. If nothing else, this has proved unequivocally that half of the United States still thinks women aren't people. The forced-birthers won. The COVID deniers won. The religious extremists won. The anti-vaxxers won. The anti-maskers won. The climate-change deniers won. The prosperity gospel churches won. The QAnon conspiracists won. The MAGAt cultists won. The tech bros with frat-boy mentalities won. The NRA won. The anti-feminists won. The Trump-as-Messiah worshippers won. The neo-Nazis won. It's morning in Gilead. This is who we are . But this is not who we have to be. I do not intend to subside quietly until the jackbooted thugs come to carry us away to t