The result? A pre-election piece on “ how to vote for Hillary despite her weaknesses” (I paraphrase) along with the requisite “ what the fuck just happened” op-ed that came just hours after Trump’s acceptance speech. But I went old fashioned with a Google search expecting to see a piece in The Guardian or The New York Times where the well-regarded feminist often is published. In hindsight, I should have looked at her Twitter feed first, a platform the writer has used to comment on both politics and pop-culture with equal fervor. Someone who knows what it takes to fight back and thrive. An alternative voice who has, as she said of herself at a reading at the Last Bookstore, infiltrated the mainstream. Some days later I figured out what I was looking for: I needed to read someone who can also do sexy. But nothing seemed to get right at the heart of the matter. I looked and looked, visiting essays by Gloria Steinem, by Susan Faludi, by Camille Paglia. I wanted to read something smart but relatable, fast paced but deeply thought out, even funny as long as it was also emotionally resonant. Looking for comfort, I searched to see what other women I respect and admire had to say about the results. In the days after the election I found myself devastated, like so many feeling lost of hope and crying unexpectedly.
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