Brittney Cooper

Yeah. You know, Rebecca and I were chit-chatting right before we went live today, and we were talking about this notion of like standing still or sitting still or just, you know, it's like when you're doing yoga and you have to breathe into the stretch, right? You have to get all the way into that. tension. And it reminds me of like, you know, I come from very Southern rural people.

Yeah. You know, Rebecca and I were chit-chatting right before we went live today, and we were talking about this notion of like standing still or sitting still or just, you know, it's like when you're doing yoga and you have to breathe into the stretch, right? You have to get all the way into that. tension. And it reminds me of like, you know, I come from very Southern rural people.

Yeah. You know, Rebecca and I were chit-chatting right before we went live today, and we were talking about this notion of like standing still or sitting still or just, you know, it's like when you're doing yoga and you have to breathe into the stretch, right? You have to get all the way into that. tension. And it reminds me of like, you know, I come from very Southern rural people.

And when we used to have thunderstorms down South, my grandmother would say, turn off all the lights and sit down. The Lord is at work. Right. And so we weren't allowed to move around the house when, when it was thundering and lightning, there was this kind of inherent reverence for like, we are not in charge right now. The earth is in charge. The cosmos is in charge. And our job is to

And when we used to have thunderstorms down South, my grandmother would say, turn off all the lights and sit down. The Lord is at work. Right. And so we weren't allowed to move around the house when, when it was thundering and lightning, there was this kind of inherent reverence for like, we are not in charge right now. The earth is in charge. The cosmos is in charge. And our job is to

And when we used to have thunderstorms down South, my grandmother would say, turn off all the lights and sit down. The Lord is at work. Right. And so we weren't allowed to move around the house when, when it was thundering and lightning, there was this kind of inherent reverence for like, we are not in charge right now. The earth is in charge. The cosmos is in charge. And our job is to

take a beat, right? And sit and hope for a better outcome. So it is not about retreating. I don't think it's about running away, but I do think that there's, so I think a couple of things. One is that we have to learn what it means when Black women and just old folks say, be still. And they would say it in the biblical sense, be still and know that I am God.

take a beat, right? And sit and hope for a better outcome. So it is not about retreating. I don't think it's about running away, but I do think that there's, so I think a couple of things. One is that we have to learn what it means when Black women and just old folks say, be still. And they would say it in the biblical sense, be still and know that I am God.

take a beat, right? And sit and hope for a better outcome. So it is not about retreating. I don't think it's about running away, but I do think that there's, so I think a couple of things. One is that we have to learn what it means when Black women and just old folks say, be still. And they would say it in the biblical sense, be still and know that I am God.

However you understand God to be, however you understand the world to be organized in that way. But there's something about the stillness that brings clarity because there's all this energy, all this chaos, all of this whatever. And a lot of it is designed to make us not be able to hear ourselves think. Right.

However you understand God to be, however you understand the world to be organized in that way. But there's something about the stillness that brings clarity because there's all this energy, all this chaos, all of this whatever. And a lot of it is designed to make us not be able to hear ourselves think. Right.

However you understand God to be, however you understand the world to be organized in that way. But there's something about the stillness that brings clarity because there's all this energy, all this chaos, all of this whatever. And a lot of it is designed to make us not be able to hear ourselves think. Right.

And so I think that we can give ourselves, we already know, one, we've had a peek at the playbook. Two, we've had an empirical experience of the foolishness. So we already know that what they plan to do is maximum chaos and destruction, not unlike what Rebecca said about toddlers. And I actually had a similar vision of that this morning, Rebecca. I was writing

And so I think that we can give ourselves, we already know, one, we've had a peek at the playbook. Two, we've had an empirical experience of the foolishness. So we already know that what they plan to do is maximum chaos and destruction, not unlike what Rebecca said about toddlers. And I actually had a similar vision of that this morning, Rebecca. I was writing

And so I think that we can give ourselves, we already know, one, we've had a peek at the playbook. Two, we've had an empirical experience of the foolishness. So we already know that what they plan to do is maximum chaos and destruction, not unlike what Rebecca said about toddlers. And I actually had a similar vision of that this morning, Rebecca. I was writing

And I was like, oh, no, they're like throwing a tantrum. And when they're throwing a tantrum, what they're doing is attention seeking. Right. And Trump in particular, though I'm loathe to say his name, the thing that is most true about him is that he is an attention seeker. He is a showman. The thing that he most wants is all eyes on him.

And I was like, oh, no, they're like throwing a tantrum. And when they're throwing a tantrum, what they're doing is attention seeking. Right. And Trump in particular, though I'm loathe to say his name, the thing that is most true about him is that he is an attention seeker. He is a showman. The thing that he most wants is all eyes on him.

And I was like, oh, no, they're like throwing a tantrum. And when they're throwing a tantrum, what they're doing is attention seeking. Right. And Trump in particular, though I'm loathe to say his name, the thing that is most true about him is that he is an attention seeker. He is a showman. The thing that he most wants is all eyes on him.

So the refusal to grant him that, the ratings, I mean, this man has moved his inauguration indoors, not because of the cold, but because he knew he wasn't going to do the numbers. Right. One of my friends was like, let me see. A few days ago, one of my friends said, let me see if I can get a hotel room in D.C. this week. A hundred percent. Yeah.

So the refusal to grant him that, the ratings, I mean, this man has moved his inauguration indoors, not because of the cold, but because he knew he wasn't going to do the numbers. Right. One of my friends was like, let me see. A few days ago, one of my friends said, let me see if I can get a hotel room in D.C. this week. A hundred percent. Yeah.