Rebecca Traister

That same year, you had the defeat of the attempt to overturn the ACA, which was because people on the ground went and terrified their local Republican representatives and got them to vote against ACA repeal. You had Me Too, in which really powerful, abusive people lost their jobs and their continued ability to abuse with impunity. You have seen...

That same year, you had the defeat of the attempt to overturn the ACA, which was because people on the ground went and terrified their local Republican representatives and got them to vote against ACA repeal. You had Me Too, in which really powerful, abusive people lost their jobs and their continued ability to abuse with impunity. You have seen...

That same year, you had the defeat of the attempt to overturn the ACA, which was because people on the ground went and terrified their local Republican representatives and got them to vote against ACA repeal. You had Me Too, in which really powerful, abusive people lost their jobs and their continued ability to abuse with impunity. You have seen...

One abortion referendum after another be won by the forces that these guys want to suppress. And yet they have won, including in red states. So I want to first of all, tell everybody to question this notion that the resistance didn't work last year, like their last time around. That's not a true story. Secondly,

One abortion referendum after another be won by the forces that these guys want to suppress. And yet they have won, including in red states. So I want to first of all, tell everybody to question this notion that the resistance didn't work last year, like their last time around. That's not a true story. Secondly,

One abortion referendum after another be won by the forces that these guys want to suppress. And yet they have won, including in red states. So I want to first of all, tell everybody to question this notion that the resistance didn't work last year, like their last time around. That's not a true story. Secondly,

with that view to that 75-year cycle, right, that we are talking in centuries about forward motion and pushback and forward motion and pushback. I want everybody listening to question every time they hear political media tell them that this is just not the same as last time. There's not the same spirit of resistance, okay? This is not a problem that is going to be solved

with that view to that 75-year cycle, right, that we are talking in centuries about forward motion and pushback and forward motion and pushback. I want everybody listening to question every time they hear political media tell them that this is just not the same as last time. There's not the same spirit of resistance, okay? This is not a problem that is going to be solved

with that view to that 75-year cycle, right, that we are talking in centuries about forward motion and pushback and forward motion and pushback. I want everybody listening to question every time they hear political media tell them that this is just not the same as last time. There's not the same spirit of resistance, okay? This is not a problem that is going to be solved

this week with a march, and the fact that this is not a problem that's gonna be solved because a person is yelling, especially when the other thing you're telling us is that the last time when people yelled, it didn't do anything, right? So these are part of the reason that you pause, that you take a breath, that you breathe into the stretch. is to prepare for something far longer term.

this week with a march, and the fact that this is not a problem that's gonna be solved because a person is yelling, especially when the other thing you're telling us is that the last time when people yelled, it didn't do anything, right? So these are part of the reason that you pause, that you take a breath, that you breathe into the stretch. is to prepare for something far longer term.

this week with a march, and the fact that this is not a problem that's gonna be solved because a person is yelling, especially when the other thing you're telling us is that the last time when people yelled, it didn't do anything, right? So these are part of the reason that you pause, that you take a breath, that you breathe into the stretch. is to prepare for something far longer term.

Work that you can't have the expectation is going to be finished in a week or this term or this administration or this lifetime, you know? But that doesn't mean that you're like, this is the next generation's problem either. And so it's that balancing of how do you think about time and work and effort and who's in coalition with you and what is the work to be done together.

Work that you can't have the expectation is going to be finished in a week or this term or this administration or this lifetime, you know? But that doesn't mean that you're like, this is the next generation's problem either. And so it's that balancing of how do you think about time and work and effort and who's in coalition with you and what is the work to be done together.

Work that you can't have the expectation is going to be finished in a week or this term or this administration or this lifetime, you know? But that doesn't mean that you're like, this is the next generation's problem either. And so it's that balancing of how do you think about time and work and effort and who's in coalition with you and what is the work to be done together.

And let me put in a plug for InWords too. InWords. Because, I mean, and this is, you know, Brittany and I basically were on a rage tour during the last administration. We both had books about women's rage. Yes. And we often were speaking together. And I think both of us got asked a lot. Versions of... What can I do?

And let me put in a plug for InWords too. InWords. Because, I mean, and this is, you know, Brittany and I basically were on a rage tour during the last administration. We both had books about women's rage. Yes. And we often were speaking together. And I think both of us got asked a lot. Versions of... What can I do?

And let me put in a plug for InWords too. InWords. Because, I mean, and this is, you know, Brittany and I basically were on a rage tour during the last administration. We both had books about women's rage. Yes. And we often were speaking together. And I think both of us got asked a lot. Versions of... What can I do?

Maybe I got it more because often white women were my audience and a lot of them were newer to wanting to do something to begin with. And so it was like, what can I do? I'm not a protest person or what can I do? And a thing I used to say to them that this conversation has reminded me of is. is like, there is not one model at all. And it's not just like, there's not a comforting thing.

Maybe I got it more because often white women were my audience and a lot of them were newer to wanting to do something to begin with. And so it was like, what can I do? I'm not a protest person or what can I do? And a thing I used to say to them that this conversation has reminded me of is. is like, there is not one model at all. And it's not just like, there's not a comforting thing.