Art Killing Apathy: The Day After Tuesday

[Iwillnevergiveup]

http://www.artkillingapathy.com/the-day-after-tuesday/

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Americans were apparently supposed to wake up this morning with a glowing sense of pride, cast a smile at the shards of glass ceiling now scattered on the floor, strike a Rosie the Riveter pose, and go about their day feeling empowered.

Yet I woke up much as I went to bed: with a sinking feeling.

History has indeed been made. So far this election year, we have seen an unprecedented amount of voter suppression and fraud. The candidate for the “left” might be indicted before the election — ironically, for one of her lesser crimes — and she’s not even the first woman to win a presidential nomination (Cynthia McKinney 2008; Jill Stein 2012). The glass ceiling may have broken for a woman in the Democratic Party, but when you’re armed with Wall Street cash, drones, missiles and grenade launchers, even unbreakable barriers crumble relatively easily.

This country is due for a female president; in fact, it’s long overdue. Many countries in the world have elected female leaders and we are far behind in women’s rights in general. For example, the United States ranks 74th in wage inequality, it’s the only industrialized nation that doesn’t offer guaranteed paid maternity leave, and it ranks in the bottom half of national parliaments around the world when it comes to female members.

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[stopbush]

1. I'll be happy when anti-D bullshit like this article

is disallowed on DU.