"When Britt delivered the Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union from a kitchen, wearing a cross and using a submissive speaking style, she represented the outcome of the longstanding opposition to women’s equal rights in the United States"
While my preference is to read your letters, I've listened to the audio version for a couple of them so I could give you some feedback. Like your writing, they are extremely well done! I hope you get enough positive feedback to continue them as I like having the option to listen on days i wasn't able to read them in the morning.
Brava, Heather! What an amazling job of summarizing a generation+ of our fight for full equality: succinct but you captured iconic markers, bringing the evolving story right up to this week's side-by-side view of VP Kamala Harris looking out on a sea of women in white -- followed by the Rightwing's bizarre Katy-in-the-kitchen stagecraft. "What a long strange trip it's been!"
Picky listener here... The music that starts your reading is so much louder than your voice that it has become my routine to turn the volume down and then up every time. It's an easy fix, I think, and your assistants should do fix it.
I cannot ndependently verify this information. That said, the author appears to offer ample proof that Katie Britt lied on national television when referring to a tragic and horrific incident that happened long ago in a foreign country and had absolutely nothing to do with President Biden.
Thanks, Brandy. Good to know the facts are out and Britt's lies are getting wide exposure. Elizabeth Spurlock Lambert, a woman of Britt's generation, recently posted a video message that was beautifully written and graciously delivered. She offered Britt (and by extension, all women) an invitation out of of MAGAland. Check it out. https://www.facebook.com/reel/936040674828257
As a life long Roman Catholic I often find it difficult to swallow the bible. But that's ok, because I feel they were written by men and all people are fallible. What I do not understand is which gospel the Republican Evangelicals are reading from that makes it ok to support their support of the current candidate running for President. If you believe Jesus came to change the world then you are not following any bible I have read. The gospels talk about change. Change through love not punishment, not lies, and, above all not fear. The man of the gospels accepted and loved the most hated individuals of his society. I believe Revelations talked about an anti-Christ in our midst. We have had several come to humanity - the latest one? Think about it.
I am a moderate, and listen to this podcast as well as other sources for my information. One of the challenges to getting individuals to listen to diverse sources is a los of objectivity in the media. As an anti-Trumper, I try to get my conservative friends to get information from moderate sources. Calling Trumps's Supreme Court nominees "radical" is a diservice. They are NO more "radical" than many nominees of the democrats including Jackson and Kagan. That would be a fair representation of Thomas and Alito as well as it would have been of Ginsberg. Please be careful to use words with negative connotations equally on both extremes.
Excellent! As someone who’s lived through it all, and is continuing to fight for racial justice, and women’s rights, I applaud you daily.
"When Britt delivered the Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union from a kitchen, wearing a cross and using a submissive speaking style, she represented the outcome of the longstanding opposition to women’s equal rights in the United States"
So true, and so chilling.
The Stepford Wives comes to mind...
I found this an interesting comment on the "fundie baby voice": https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-fundie-baby-voice
While my preference is to read your letters, I've listened to the audio version for a couple of them so I could give you some feedback. Like your writing, they are extremely well done! I hope you get enough positive feedback to continue them as I like having the option to listen on days i wasn't able to read them in the morning.
I find it much easier to listen to them. I am glad this is now an option.
Brava, Heather! What an amazling job of summarizing a generation+ of our fight for full equality: succinct but you captured iconic markers, bringing the evolving story right up to this week's side-by-side view of VP Kamala Harris looking out on a sea of women in white -- followed by the Rightwing's bizarre Katy-in-the-kitchen stagecraft. "What a long strange trip it's been!"
Picky listener here... The music that starts your reading is so much louder than your voice that it has become my routine to turn the volume down and then up every time. It's an easy fix, I think, and your assistants should do fix it.
https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
I cannot ndependently verify this information. That said, the author appears to offer ample proof that Katie Britt lied on national television when referring to a tragic and horrific incident that happened long ago in a foreign country and had absolutely nothing to do with President Biden.
Glenn Kessler wrote an article in the Washington Post on exactly this issue.
Thanks, Brandy. Good to know the facts are out and Britt's lies are getting wide exposure. Elizabeth Spurlock Lambert, a woman of Britt's generation, recently posted a video message that was beautifully written and graciously delivered. She offered Britt (and by extension, all women) an invitation out of of MAGAland. Check it out. https://www.facebook.com/reel/936040674828257
As a life long Roman Catholic I often find it difficult to swallow the bible. But that's ok, because I feel they were written by men and all people are fallible. What I do not understand is which gospel the Republican Evangelicals are reading from that makes it ok to support their support of the current candidate running for President. If you believe Jesus came to change the world then you are not following any bible I have read. The gospels talk about change. Change through love not punishment, not lies, and, above all not fear. The man of the gospels accepted and loved the most hated individuals of his society. I believe Revelations talked about an anti-Christ in our midst. We have had several come to humanity - the latest one? Think about it.
Brilliant!!!
I am a moderate, and listen to this podcast as well as other sources for my information. One of the challenges to getting individuals to listen to diverse sources is a los of objectivity in the media. As an anti-Trumper, I try to get my conservative friends to get information from moderate sources. Calling Trumps's Supreme Court nominees "radical" is a diservice. They are NO more "radical" than many nominees of the democrats including Jackson and Kagan. That would be a fair representation of Thomas and Alito as well as it would have been of Ginsberg. Please be careful to use words with negative connotations equally on both extremes.