#mediocre men

Way back in the very early 90s, I wrote a poem about cunnilingus. At the time (late 80s to 1995 or so), poetry was completely dominated by men. All the big name poets were men. The publishers were men. The critics were men. It was accepted back then that poetry was really two separate genres: robust, insightful, vigorous poetry written by men; and soft, nurturing, quiet poetry about small things and gentle emotions written by women. Utterly shitty, I know, but that's how it was in the Dark Ages. I wrote angry, in-your-face, visceral poetry. And it pissed me off that the Big Topics of sex, violence, appetite were all reserved for men. So I wrote this:

Love letter to my exes.

Mehmet Oz is a lying quack. And he’s running for office in my state. No, you don’t get to be called a ‘Doctor’ when you sell snake oil for over a decade.

Now, the top video is from 2014, but he’s still up to the same old tricks. Their ad campaign is running misleading spots I keep seeing on TV which imply their main opponent is doing all the crazy shit that cult-whose-name-is-a-letter believes, and even wanting to make murder legal; even though the clip they show cuts off the rest of what was said. Wanting to abolish a law does not always mean you want to make something legal; but it does mean you think the law is flawed and needs replacement, not merely to be adjusted.

But then, this is a man who repeatedly claims to have found “miracles”, then when asked to his face, under Congressional testimony, flat out denies it, and has continued to do so. He should not have a medical license or any political power, period. And of course he thinks you should use an anti-malaria drug, for a parasite, on an unrelated virus, which never made any goddamn sense..

Fuck him, fuck the traitor Doug Mastriano and all the other mediocre men who are trying to follow up on America’s Beer Hall Putsch, Greg Abbott is a little piss baby, and DeathSantis is also a piece of shit. Heck, let’s throw in a fuck Rafael “Ted” Cruz too while we’re at it, who hides his name & origin while simultaneously demeaning transfolk and being anti-LGBT+ in general!

This is one of the many tropes that should die in Hollywood. You have this super ambitious beautiful popular girl who has hopes dreams and goals for her life only for her to settle for a mediocre to less than mediocre guy who does not share the same aspirations. This trope is decades old and I am getting tired of it.

Becky Connor, from Roseanne was the popular girl in school got straight As, and was accepted into college but she throws that away for a guy who drinks, lives in a trailer and doesn't have any aspirations of his own and was completely fine raising their future child in a trailer. However when he died Becky spiraled (The actor died in real life so the character died) and became an alcoholic.

Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls, almost gave up Chilton to be with Dean a guy she has known for a whole week, she cut school for Jess, she dropped out of Yale and stole a Yacht because one man told her she didn't have what it takes to be a journalist. This girl loved to read books was a straight A student and went to one of the most prestiegous schools in the country and ends up with a job where she makes no money, and ends up pregnant living with her mom at 32 years old. Oh lord her character is so unbearable and pathetic.

Topanga from Boy Meets World gave up Yale for Cory, got into a school that was not all that hard to get into but Shawn barely got in and it's annoying. The later seasons of Corpanga irritated me because Cory begged for sex in public, acted obnoxius. She was obnoxius too and both of them hardly dated other people which that is not healthy.

Paige and Emma from Degrassi great students in High School, were in extra circulars but flunked out of college and Emma especially always seem to make choices based off of the guy she was dating at the time.

Elle Woods from Legally Blonde orginal goal to get into Harvard was to get Warener back but she is kind of an exception due the fact she found she loved law school and being a lawyer and met a smarter more handsome and suitable man. So Elle for the win.

Elena sacrificing her morals, ethics and values for a man who goes on murderous, violent temper tantrums because she tells him no, rejects him or because they have a break up. I mean who wants to worry about their Boyfriend going on killing sprees every time they break up.