It's interesting to hear "hopium" used in this positive context, as I learned the term from therapist Patrick Doyle in the context of the kind of false hope that keeps people in abusive relationships.
I don’t care for Joel Webbon. He thinks of his wife as another household appendage and doesn’t have the sensitivity to remember she is a human being and his wife.
It gives me hope the polls are underestimating Harris’s support because of how many registered R women will vote for her while not feeling safe/comfortable reporting who they’re voting for ahead of time.
I was a 13 year old when Bush was elected and remember cheering with my family because climate change was a “liberal hoax” and the democrats were “baby killers.” I was 21 during the first Obama election and registered R. My mom followed me into the booth to tell me who to vote for. I kicked her out when it was time to fill the bubble for the president. I voted for Obama.
I’ve come a long way since then but still vividly remember the coercive environment of my childhood — the brainwashing that it was our god-given duty bring morals and “family values” back to a country that was being likened to Sodom and Gamorah. I understand the MAGA mentality from the inside out and the “rescue fantasy” an authoritarian leader fulfills for folks who are so reliant on an authoritarian god to save them from hell. Now that I’ve deprogrammed, the rescue fantasy fills me with complete dread.
I appreciate your work so much. It gives me hope that as we keep “waking up” and simply doing the next right thing, we will collectively find our way. Thank you💙
I'm also writing a series on my Substack about how Patriarchy started and sunk it roots in FIRST thru the State and then religions. Tomorrow's post (coming out election morning) begs all of us to remember this momentum and not let it stop. We have a lot of work to do to undo the LIES this Patriarchal structure was built on...that became "natural order" of things...and led us to the battles we are still fighting today. Thank you Tia for doing your healing work and speaking up!!
It's interesting to hear "hopium" used in this positive context, as I learned the term from therapist Patrick Doyle in the context of the kind of false hope that keeps people in abusive relationships.
It is! What a reclamation! I hadn't heard it before and it gave me such a smile.
It’s time we gave it a positive meaning.
I don’t care for Joel Webbon. He thinks of his wife as another household appendage and doesn’t have the sensitivity to remember she is a human being and his wife.
This gives me hope 💙
It gives me hope the polls are underestimating Harris’s support because of how many registered R women will vote for her while not feeling safe/comfortable reporting who they’re voting for ahead of time.
I was a 13 year old when Bush was elected and remember cheering with my family because climate change was a “liberal hoax” and the democrats were “baby killers.” I was 21 during the first Obama election and registered R. My mom followed me into the booth to tell me who to vote for. I kicked her out when it was time to fill the bubble for the president. I voted for Obama.
I’ve come a long way since then but still vividly remember the coercive environment of my childhood — the brainwashing that it was our god-given duty bring morals and “family values” back to a country that was being likened to Sodom and Gamorah. I understand the MAGA mentality from the inside out and the “rescue fantasy” an authoritarian leader fulfills for folks who are so reliant on an authoritarian god to save them from hell. Now that I’ve deprogrammed, the rescue fantasy fills me with complete dread.
I appreciate your work so much. It gives me hope that as we keep “waking up” and simply doing the next right thing, we will collectively find our way. Thank you💙
I'm also writing a series on my Substack about how Patriarchy started and sunk it roots in FIRST thru the State and then religions. Tomorrow's post (coming out election morning) begs all of us to remember this momentum and not let it stop. We have a lot of work to do to undo the LIES this Patriarchal structure was built on...that became "natural order" of things...and led us to the battles we are still fighting today. Thank you Tia for doing your healing work and speaking up!!
Aghh- I was just going to share the pic here...let me know if link is okay or not here? But I created an awesome MEME to help support the idea of the Household Vote to go to WOMEN: "Vote to take away MEN’S vote. They know not what they do and how they have destroyed LIFE. They need the sanity and care of women to protect them from themselves. Bless their little hearts." https://www.etsy.com/listing/1805890062/feminist-humor-political-satire?fbclid=IwY2xjawGWMphleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaUQ85_pqcFVeEWv5o67JDl1SwByUG5DXZk8TrDZU9Cs4c-Arlg0fs5Klw_aem_XVEaLe1SO_4-7vgaa9srKg