#passive protest

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At the Women’s March on January 21 in Washington, D.C., these women had jackets embroidered with a quote from Hillary Clinton’s concession speech. I thought they were so cool, and an example of passive protest. They are something you could wear every day to say, “I’m here, I’m a feminist, and I’m not going anywhere.”

Robots have rights too! If corporations are people and deserve rights, I don’t know why, we as a civilization, can’t give robots rights as well. Or, even, people clearly dressed in rubbish robot costumes doing a stunt at a rally in order to film it and get attention. I don’t get what all this fighting is about. I would like to see more of this. I would like to see people dressed as that crazy old dancing guy from the Six Flags commercials show up at Bernie Sanders rallies. I’d like to see men dressed in red power suits at Hillary rallies. Crazy people who are dying for attention and will do anything have rights too!

Yes, at some level it could be argued that it is a passive form of civil disobedience, but I am picoaggressed for all those people who do it not for the political statement but because, you know, they just really need the attention.

Like the guys with the giant mustaches and mustache wax who only pull out the mustache wax when in large groups of people. Like the women who wear brightly colored bras under paper thin white shirts and then try to engage people who look at them. Or, you know, probably like a fourth of your friends. A fourth of my friends. Donald Trump. You know, the crazies.

They. have. rights. too.

Preserving Christmas Cheer in the Face of Adversity.

The holidays are stressful and due to a sense of obligation or a feeling that things “should” be better than they have been the rest of the year.  Here’s one tip on how to deal with “problem” relatives who insist on “Ruining Christmas”

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