Vanessa, I wish Substack offered a Care emoji. My heart goes out to you. I feel your pain and understand your sense of trauma. I wondered what had happened...why there were no posts. And then this one hit my inbox. The damning thing about what happened with the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision and the legislation in Iowa is that it takes away our personhood and autonomy. It doesn't matter if we have children, had children, never wanted children...the point is that without the ability to decide for ourselves, we are "less than." And that it is a hard hard thing to reckon with. I don't know how this is going to get resolved. I do know that lots of people are working arduously to reinstate our rights--the right to abortion, the rights of the LGBTQ community, the right to be free from a state-imposed religiosity. We must stick together. We must do all that we can. We must also allow ourselves the space to grieve and then regroup if that's what we need to do. Please take care.
Thanks, Vanessa. It is the weirdest of times. It gets to me a lot. But you are right, breathe. I am well past reproduction but my kids are in their 20s. I worry for them. But they are awake. I just wish they knew a better time. I’m doing what I can to shape a better future. Always open to new ideas!
Vanessa, I wish Substack offered a Care emoji. My heart goes out to you. I feel your pain and understand your sense of trauma. I wondered what had happened...why there were no posts. And then this one hit my inbox. The damning thing about what happened with the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision and the legislation in Iowa is that it takes away our personhood and autonomy. It doesn't matter if we have children, had children, never wanted children...the point is that without the ability to decide for ourselves, we are "less than." And that it is a hard hard thing to reckon with. I don't know how this is going to get resolved. I do know that lots of people are working arduously to reinstate our rights--the right to abortion, the rights of the LGBTQ community, the right to be free from a state-imposed religiosity. We must stick together. We must do all that we can. We must also allow ourselves the space to grieve and then regroup if that's what we need to do. Please take care.
Like many others I’m in shock. The session and hearings were performative-decisions were made long ago and finalized on stage.🤬
Thanks, Vanessa. It is the weirdest of times. It gets to me a lot. But you are right, breathe. I am well past reproduction but my kids are in their 20s. I worry for them. But they are awake. I just wish they knew a better time. I’m doing what I can to shape a better future. Always open to new ideas!