Saturday, February 15, 2020

Some Tweets from Rebecca Traister


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    A good morning for reading suggestions to help process fury. Because I wrote it, I’ll start with my book, Good and Mad, about the history & political power of women’s anger, now in paperback (& on sale in hardcover). BUT WAIT THERE’S LOTS MORE:
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    This, from on Amy Klobuchar is a must-read. "For the nation’s middle managers, Klobuchar’s qualities are aspirational. Her behavior to staff, and her record as a prosecutor, prove her toughness, and toughness is a virtue."
  • Which reminds me that I did not post this story about his musical, which is about to go up at Playwrights' Horizons:
  • It means a lot to me that you've posted this for three years, because it's also three years since my beloved friend Michael Friedman, who I recall dumping in 8th grade at the start of this essay, has been gone. Happy Valentine's Day, Michael. I miss you so, so much.
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    I run a group dedicated to abortion rights. Bernie Sanders has a 100% voting record & just said that the Dem party must be 100% pro-choice. Trump wants to punish women who have abortions and is hell bent on gutting Roe. There's no comparison and none should be made on air or off.
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    85 percent of homeless school age children in NYC are Black or Latino
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    The conduct described here by a supposed liberal lion of the judiciary is absolutely outrageous.
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    Bloomberg has spent a long time in public life, which means that there are many, many videos of him saying all kinds of things. This will be a problem for him going forward
  • I think they can BOTH be big problems!
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    We joined with on an important statement today about the NYS Senate Majority bail reform rollback proposal. Read it here👇🏽
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    Redlining was an explicitly racist policy that ensured that until 1968 98 % of federally insured loans went to white Americans. It created one of largest white affirmative action programs we’ve seen and is a direct cause of the devastating black/white wealth gap.
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    This is appalling and disqualifying. In resurfaced footage being reported tonight by the , describes redlining as a rational and prudent tactic -- and blames the end of that discriminatory practice against African-Americans for the 2008 crisis.
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    This is......completely outrageous