okay if I could time travel to the past, you know what I’d be most excited to see? THE QUALITY OF TEXTILES. Clothing was built to LAST before the industrial revolution and everything was HAND-MADE. We lose so much of women’s art from the archaeological record because textiles are perishable and we only get vague snapshots of what clothes and tapestries, etc, were like, and these would have been so important to everyday life! What did a hand-made toga feel like! How heavy was it! What did the tapestries hanging in castles look like! How did needlework enrich the home! Fuck! I love textiles!
Do you want to vote, but feel overwhelmed when you look at a voting guide? Me too, my man. Good news though:
1. There are simple, plain-language voting guides online that break ballot measures into bullet points. Google “progressive voting guide for [your city/state]” to see what I mean.
2. (And this is important): Voting isn’t all-or-nothing. If you literally only have the mental energy to vote on one thing, you should still vote.
You don’t have the brain space/ability to slog through the information for every single ballot measure? That’s okay. Vote anyway.
It’s totally fine to leave things blank. Is there even a single issue or candidate that you want to vote on? That one issue/candidate is enough. Get thee to a voting booth, and do your thing.
Oh, and don’t be hard on yourself about the rest. Celebrate the fact that you got out there and voted the best you could.
tl;dr Vote within your abilities, and don’t guilt trip yourself for not filling out your ballot 100%. It’s better to vote on some things, than not vote at all.
Dama Cherepaha 