{"id":922,"date":"2016-10-22T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T20:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/?p=922"},"modified":"2021-02-10T23:11:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T23:11:27","slug":"mary-poppins-right-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/mary-poppins-right-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Poppins and my right to VOTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve decided to take November off from blogging, social media, and newsletters.  I\u2019ll be challenging myself and participating in National Novel Writing Month<\/a>.  The general idea is 50,000 new words on a novel by the end of the month.  I am an uber slow writer, so this seems insanely difficult and unattainable to me\u2014but I will try it and let you know how things pan out in December.<\/p>\n

A few things over the last couple of months made me realize it\u2019s time for a break from my routine, and nanowrimo is the perfect distraction.  Surprisingly I think a large part of this need for internet quiet time comes from all of the election coverage. I\u2019ve always voted, but this election is different than any other one I have experienced. (Just keep reading. This isn\u2019t turning into a vote for my candidate thing. I promise.)<\/p>\n

Mary Poppins (Not the books, but the musical with Julie Andrews.) introduced me to voting, and unwittingly set the tone for how I\u2019ve approached politics for thirty-seven years. Mrs. Banks comes home singing \u201csister suffragette,\u201d wailing the battle cry of \u201cVotes for Women\u201d and touting the sacrifice that \u201cMrs. Pankhurst\u2019s been clapped in irons again.\u201d She unwinds her suffragette scarf, finishes her song, and runs to hide all evidence of her feminist ways because Mr. Banks will be upset if he\u2019s forced to see the reality of his wife\u2019s activism.  I sang the song with Mrs. Banks and learned the power of the vote, but it wasn\u2019t until this election that I realized Mrs. Bank\u2019s was the first in an infinite line of examples to teach me I need to keep the uncomfortable truths of being an intelligent woman from the men in my life. In this election there has been no room for me (or any other American) to hide the uncomfortable truths we face (be it as women, minorities, supporters of the 2nd<\/sup> amendment, etc.).  I have been forced to look at issues in depth, with unflinching honesty\u2014and it\u2019s exhausting.<\/p>\n

I found solace when I heard Michelle Obama\u2019s New Hampshire speech<\/a>, because I knew I wasn\u2019t alone in what I have felt over the last few weeks, as a woman.  (If you watch it, you can start at 2:28 and watch to minute 14 to avoid the blatant campaigning part of the speech.) Mrs. Obama voiced sentiments I hadn\u2019t yet been able to assign to words, and I cried as I watched it because I recognized she had given a voice to the same emotions many of the women around me were feeling at this very moment in history.  \u201c[6:01] I can\u2019t stop thinking about this.  It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn\u2019t have predicted. I\u2019d love nothing more than to pretend like this isn\u2019t happening\u2026 [7:11] I feel it so personally…Disrespect of our ambitions and intellect. [7:41] That sick sinking feeling you get when you\u2019re walking down the street and some guy… makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin\u2026  That feeling of terror and violation.\u201d  But the part that rang out to me was when nine minutes in when she says, \u201cWe are drowning in it.\u201d Because that\u2019s exactly how I feel.<\/p>\n

The drowning comes from stuffing the hard conversations in the closet.  Not just conversations about women\u2019s rights, but all the conversations about healthcare, guns, taxes, education, social reform, immigration, abortion, and so much more. These are conversations that impact every aspect of our government and our society. And while I hate<\/em> this election, and can\u2019t wait for November 9th<\/sup>, I am grateful for being forced to confront issues in a way I never have before.  This election has already changed our world, and we haven\u2019t even voted yet.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s important for you to make your own decisions, based upon the issues that impact you, and vote for the person you want to represent you in the world. I know my readers are educated people, capable of research, and making sound decisions.  Have the hard conversations before the first week of November, make up your mind for yourself, and for fuck\u2019s sake: vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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