Supreme Courtesans, Reactionaries And Other Deplorables—Back Off!

LIS The overturning of Roe v Wade has overturned me. And US.

A core group of radical reactionaries* including Vladimir, Samuel, Mitch, a couple of Steves, and the Federalist Society** (and their clones) have a powerful grip on our country.

These dangerous snakes and their slimy minions are dragging our country backwards, pitting US against each other and crushing Our Democracy by:

1. Decimating our right to vote by gerrymandering, intimidation and other dirty tricks. Some states are using The Big Lie as an excuse to create new election rules and regulations that will diminish and constrict our votes and could dangerously manipulate the results of our elections. How can we possibly hold on to our Democracy and make changes for the good when our votes may not even count?

2. Making US vulnerable to mass shootings. They do not care if we get shot—particularly in public. They vehemently protect the unborn as they hunt down, prosecute and imprison pregnant women. They crush programs that might protect and nurture our born children who have no right to life and randomly get gunned down. I once had a photo of an aborted fetus shoved in my face. Can you imagine what born children blown to bits with a military style weapon must look like? Automatic Kalashnikovs are legal. Abortions are illegal.

3. Controlling and denying our privacy and reproductive rights by overturning Roe v Wade. In the late 1960s, when I and my friends were juicy and vulnerable, abortion was illegal. Back alley abortions were real. And rapists, abusers and molesters were rarely held accountable for their crimes. The burden of proof was on us—the sluts. By any standard, we were second class citizens. That was 50 years ago. And now. What are we now? No woman should ever be forced to have an unwanted child.

This is only the beginning. Our marital, gender, and environmental rights are now under threat.

Truth bomb:

The only power we have left is our VOTE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SKIP THE 2022 MID-TERM ELECTIONS. The outcome of the 2022 elections will decide the future of elections in our country. Will everyone’s vote count or will we lose our vote to officials who can overturn elections?

Truth Bomb:

Thank you Hilary Clinton for making the word “deplorable” a noun.

Truth Bomb:

Thank you Liz Cheney.

Truth Bomb:

Senator Manchin, you’re only a legend in your own mind.

I wrote the following poem in 2020. It was inspired by a spoken word piece I had written in 2016 for the IN MY BODY musical. I am working on another version.

My body belongs to me 
And because it does 
No one has the right to violate me
Or you
Or denigrate the color of our skin
Or what’s inside our skin
Or my heshewetheythem
Or yours
Or the shape of our body
Or our disability
Or our rainbow
Or those we choose to love
Or our right to choose. 
No one! 
Not you there bully 
Or you hiding in the corner
Or you wearing a mask or not. 
YES I/we see you
Nervously giggling (or weeping)
Because it finally occurred to you
The person you voted for
Is THE BIG LIE!
Who doesn’t care a wit about you
Or the likes of you
Or your inalienable rights. 
Bang! 
I see the barrel of your gun
And it’s back firing
Because every BODY knows
Who the real fake news is 
And because my body belongs to me! 

*political extremists who are dedicated to moving our country backwards

**right wing extremist judicial idealogues who are packing our Courts with reactionary judges and justices so as to bypass Congress and legislate from the Bench