Some Observations
Feb. 11th, 2026 07:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pennswoodsI attended a community event at my bookstore last night. I am now registered to take part in 3 hours of online training tomorrow in support of immigrant communities. I am also pursuing involvement in the midterm elections in Maryland. I am looking at two possible options - the first is as a voter registration volunteer. The second is as a challenge or watcher at the polls. Both require training and approval from a local election board. I will unfortunately be in Europe when the primaries are held in June but I am clearing my calendar for the fall election to be available for early voting and day of voting. I am trying to think of where I would be the most use.
In order to make room in my life for civic engagement, I have already said no to two things: (1) to serve as an examiner for a dissertation defense in October in Sweden in an area not directly related to my research. This would be online, but again, the defense is scheduled the week before the election and if there is early voting, I want to be maximally available. And (2) to review an article this month - it is a re-review which means I did not see this the first time around. I said no because I am saying no to all reviews until I finish my damn book and also because the 4.5 hours I am going to spend on civic engagement this week is coming out of stuff like reviewing for free.
Today felt tough and it was only in the late afternoon when I began fantasizing about how I would kill and disembowel Bondi that I realized I was being triggered by her theatrics. As a survivor of child sexual abuse, the disrespect and disregard shown the survivors of the Trump/Epstein class while the perpetrators are protected and shielded by incredibly foolish women reminds me a lot of my mother.
Women who work so hard to protect sex traffickers and pedophiles are so broken and gross.
In order to make room in my life for civic engagement, I have already said no to two things: (1) to serve as an examiner for a dissertation defense in October in Sweden in an area not directly related to my research. This would be online, but again, the defense is scheduled the week before the election and if there is early voting, I want to be maximally available. And (2) to review an article this month - it is a re-review which means I did not see this the first time around. I said no because I am saying no to all reviews until I finish my damn book and also because the 4.5 hours I am going to spend on civic engagement this week is coming out of stuff like reviewing for free.
Today felt tough and it was only in the late afternoon when I began fantasizing about how I would kill and disembowel Bondi that I realized I was being triggered by her theatrics. As a survivor of child sexual abuse, the disrespect and disregard shown the survivors of the Trump/Epstein class while the perpetrators are protected and shielded by incredibly foolish women reminds me a lot of my mother.
Women who work so hard to protect sex traffickers and pedophiles are so broken and gross.
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Date: 2026-02-12 03:45 am (UTC)I think what you're doing is very admirable, and you're going about it in an intelligent way. I... oof. I feel ya on Bondi. Makes my blood boil for similar reasons with my upbringing. But what you're doing with that anger is fucking brave. And inspiring. I've been waffling on being more active with my local Dems, mostly out of fear, but this gives me the guts to start showing up. Thanks.