Hate Speech in the White House

From its chief strategist, no less.  I'm sorry, where do we draw the line?

Referring to Ann Coulter, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin in a 2011 radio interview on Political Vindication Radio, he said: “These women cut to the heart of the progressive narrative. That’s why there are some unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement. That, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children. They wouldn’t be that came from the Seven Sisters schools up in New England. That drives the left insane, and that’s why they hate these women.”


I'm also left thinking, if this is how these men talk IN PUBLIC, what are they saying in private (besides laughing about they "grab 'em by the pussy?"  (To quote the President-Elect.)

I'm going to look up the legal definition of hate speech so I can make sure I have this right, but right now my 4 year old is freaking out, so I gotta run.

More on the new Chief-Strategist-Elect:
Turn on the Hate: Steve Bannon at the White House

Perseverance: How to Become a Hamilton Star

Or a star in any career, I suppose.

I watched Renee Elise Goldberry's Tony Acceptance speech.  She mentioned that she spent her child-bearing years pursuing both her career and motherhood, and that she was so happy to be able to stand there with a Tony and say that, and to also pay tribute to her parents. I looked up her history and found a nice article on Cosmo that shows the path to success is not easy.

On... What? Seizing the Moment.

Found a page of writing from last year to type up that's still relevant:

"...as I've been driving around Stamford-Greewich, feeling like, it's no longer me and MY future that matter, it's my kids. 
It's one thing to have that vague notion-- it's another to look back on your life and think, WOW- there was a time when it was all about me and I totally didn't appreciate it or make the most of it!"
And this brings me to my feeling about Lin-Manuel Miranda...

And if my time is up, have I done enough?
(Why Hamilton is so great.  There is so much of the universal in it, told through those specific stories.)

HOW did Lin write two great musicals?
What kind of a brain can do that?  How did all that music get in there?

Which brings me back to my brain, which I can feel just isn't as flexible and agile as it was when I was, oh, 22, when I did what I think was my best writing.

Bronx Zoo: Gorilla Toddlers

We were so lucky to get to the Bronx Zoo: Congo before it was crowded.  We got a good close look at a gorilla's foot:

And I was struck by how much gorilla toddlers act like human ones.

Lane is often sitting on me like I'm a couch:

Proud of Obama's Presidency, Blacks Sad to See Him Go

Looking at that photo... I think, My God, it has been a miracle.

That New York Times article captured a lot of what I feel and think.

What a gorgeous couple.  What a different-looking couple than has ever walked an inaugural parade.

Numerous times over the past 7 years, I've been driving and thought to myself, My God, we have a black president.  I just never thought that would happen, if I ever thought of it at all.  Good.  Lord.  

When your child learns to write

When your child learns to write, and writes on your favorite  jeans... while you're wearing them.

I felt something gently caressing my leg, and later realized it was these letters, being written in permanent marker.

I'd say that's the death knell for these jeans.  Jeans that saw me through meeting my husband and having two kids.