Roxane Gay

And so that's the approach I've been trying to take.

I have chosen, I am more than happy to go to a protest.

I think that it's useful.

I'm actually very shy and quiet.

So for me, that where I can just sort of blend in and be there is,

um is good but i also am more than happy to write a check i and i'll do whatever is asked of me but what what do i have that i can contribute and what a lot of organizers need is money to do that work um lawyers to get them out of jail um

So I am trying to show up when and where I can, and it seems to be useful.

I was at a protest about four or five weeks ago, and someone said, oh, it's so good to see you here.

And I just thought, oh, really?

I'm just standing here, but okay.

So sometimes those things do matter, and I do try to do work with mutual aid in L.A.

when I can, where I live, have time.

And because that's just the community I'm more connected to and that I know more closely.

And I'm always writing.

It's a small tool, but it is one.

I don't think he needs an excuse, honestly.

Yeah.

I don't think he cares.

But...

Do I think that they are trying to bait people with all of the pomp and circumstance?