Happy Saturday, Everyone!

Rico: Thanks for your post. I respect Obama’s decision. If only more men in politics, corps, etc., would take a stance against other countries who don’t respect their women and treat them as equal. Hint: The countries who supply us with our oil – you know who they are. Men would stop doing the sick things they do to their women if enough men said “enough,” and backed it with action.

I’m taking the day off from politics. (And perhaps the weekend…we’ll see.)

I haven’t written about my four-legged furry friends in awhile. Today’s the day.

From Men’s Journal:

The Science Behind How Dogs Make Us Happier, Healthier, and Fitter

The health benefits of owning a pup go far beyond extra exercise. New research shows canines help ward off disease, lower stress levels, and even detect cancer. Here’s a breakdown of how your dog is saving your life. 

SPECIAL FEATURE: Why Owning a Dog Adds Years to Your Life

The Eyebrows

Dogs may use facial expressions — raising their eyebrows to make their eyes look bigger — to elicit affection and deepen the bond with their owner.

The Tongue

Researchers discovered a protein in dog saliva that may help human cuts heal twice as fast. So go ahead and let your pup lick your wounds.

ALSO: A Navy SEAL’s 5 Tips to Train Your Dog

The Nose

A dog’s sense of smell is up to 100,000 times more accurate than ours. Canines are being trained to detect the scents of early-onset diseases in humans.

The Eyes

“Imagine looking at your dog and he looks back at you — in about 30 seconds, oxytocin courses through your body,” says psychologist Chris Blazina. This hormone, associated with feelings of trust and bonding, could increase by as much as 300 percent, research suggests.

The Fur

Pet and play with a dog, and your brain soon releases the feel-good endorphins serotonin and prolactin. After 15 minutes, your levels of the stress-hormone cortisol decrease significantly.

The Paws

Service dogs use their paws to dial 911 for a diabetic owner with dangerously low blood sugar or to turn on lights for PTSD sufferers. Dogs also use their paws to comfort us when we’re anxious, similar to giving us a soothing pat on the back.

The Legs

Owning a dog means you’ll walk an average of five hours per week (non-owners log fewer than three). Compared with cat owners, you’ll also be leaner, have a stronger heart, and live longer.

❤️🐾❤️

Readers: My little Lucy girl means the world to me. The love I feel for her and her for me is just as precious as you can imagine. Whenever I’m stressed a few minutes playing with my girl is all I need. Her mischievous looks keeps the oxytocin a flowin’ when our eyes connect, and the excitement she shows me when I walk into the house gives me wonderful dose of endorphins that elevate my mood no matter how I’m feeling.

Does she add to my life? Oh yeah…a steady stream of happiness on a daily basis. I am joyously grateful.

Do you have a little love in your life?

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Peace & Puppy Love 🐶

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Good morning!

Readers: I thoroughly enjoyed reading the comments yesterday. What a hoot. This election and the events surrounding it are just like no other. We’ve got the LSOS Trump claiming he saw a “top secret” (Shhhh!!) video of 400 Mil in cash handed to Iran, and the questioning of Melania Trump’s legal U.S. citizenship. (Oohhhh!) How ironic if it turns out she is an illegal immigrant. (Oh, the gods must be quite entertained by all of this.)

The republicans are showing their true colors and are sticking with it.

We’ve got another LSOS Paul Ryan still supporting Trump. After all the negativity Trump has thrown his way about him et al…

It appears that neither insulting the family of a soldier who sacrificed his life serving the U.S. in Iraq, nor proposing a ban on Muslims from “terrorist countries” nor attacking the impartiality of a federal judge over his heritage are crossing the line for Ryan. ~ Excerpt from the Huff Po

And then there’s John McCain. Vets crashed his office demanding he dump Trump:

McCain, like nearly all GOP lawmakers, is endorsing Trump for president, despite the GOP nominee’s comments disparaging women, Muslims, people with disabilities, immigrants and, most recently, the family of a Muslim American war hero who died in Iraq while protecting his troops. Trump isn’t returning the favor ― and he has even directly targeted the Arizona senator, mocking McCain’s status as a prisoner of war. ~ Excerpt from the Huff Po

Yes, the political environment is pretty interesting to say the least. So much for the republican’s trite sentiments of “country first.” If this is how they act with regards to “country first,” one can only imagine what would happen if they couldn’t care less about country.

Oh…wait…excuse me…we don’t have to imagine because it is in our face. We. See. It. Daily.

If Obama was even a smidgen like Trump and the other white privileged hypocritical LSOS’s…well…it goes without saying what would’ve happened.

Oh, the expression of rampant white privilege. It is quite shocking what one can get away with when one is of a certain color.

OK enough of that…Onto, today’s topic. I want to talk about sexism. Because in my opinion it’s showing up big time in this presidential race.

I’ve been saying how much more Clinton is scrutinized and held under the microscope more than any other man would be in this position. I discovered this write in my local newspaper and found it to be seriously right on, in a not so serious lighthearted way.

From the SF Chron:

Gender matters in the presidential election

If Donald Trump were a woman, her tweets would be seen as catty, gossipy, and more like something out of “Mean Girls.”

As a sociology professor who has researched and taught about gender for many years, I know that gender matters. And that gender difference matters. Yet, it is the difference that gender makes in our lives that matters most. Nowhere is this more evident right now than in the current election.

If Hillary Clinton were a man with the political prowess she possesses, he would be seen as not just qualified but more likely overqualified.

If Donald Trump were a woman with his same lack of political experience and qualifications, she would be told to go back to wherever she came from, most likely the kitchen. And, she likely would not have made it this far.

If Clinton were a man, his rational authority, pragmatism, optimism and sober speeches would work in his favor and would be celebrated.

If Trump were a woman, her name-calling would indicate that she is ruled by her out-of-control, post-menopausal body, her tweets would be seen as catty, gossipy, and more like something out of “Mean Girls,” and her condescending ways with marginalized others would be seen as exclusionary bitchiness.

If Clinton were a man, having been a senator and secretary of state would be a good thing and a sign of understanding complicated budgets.

If Trump were a woman, her history of bankruptcies would indicate that she is careless with money and that she went shopping one too many times.

If Clinton were a man, his speeches would be seen as strong and exuding confidence.

If Trump were a woman, her speeches would be regarded as shrieking, hysterical rants.

If Clinton were a man, his pantsuits might earn high marks.

If Trump were a woman, she’d be told that she should hire a better hair colorist. And a speech coach to assist her with controlling her belittling facial expressions and hand gestures.

If Clinton were a man, he’d be regarded as monogamous and lovingly loyal, even in the face of a spouse who had previously cheated. He would be admired for staying with his wife through thick and thin.

If Trump were a woman, she’d be labeled an immigrant-loving slut for her choices in whom to marry.

If Clinton were a man, we’d be apt to see his spouse as a magnetic public speaker who routinely and magically wins over a room.

And now we have the unique chance to have Clinton, an exceptionally accomplished woman, as our next president. That is, unless we let sexism get in our way.

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Agree? Disagree?

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Happy Friday, Everyone! Thanks for being here with me!

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Good morning!

Josie: I’ve read stats on black men being incarcerated but not much on the women. Much of what you posted was all new news to me. Thank you for enlightening me. Absolutely horrific. This needs to be in the media more.

Helena 1, Juanita, Cynthia, Anonymous, et al:  Thanks for posting some really good reminders (delighted some were past blog comments that stuck with you till this day) about white privilege and just who truly is the beneficiaries of Affirmative Action. Good stuff worth repeating.

Rebecca:  You know me well. :)

Patty:  Sorry you have trouble being the first. I have no control of that. As you can see it is not always regulars who post the first comment. Just happy you are here commenting too.

Danielle:  My pleasure.  Thanks, I’m with you – I would most like to meet Michelle Obama too, not to mention her darling husband, who fascinates me. :)

Doris: Right? Let’s not focus on that. So sick of the media saying this and that about her. Also, get off the fact that she’s not as warm and fuzzy, or relatable, or authentic, blah blah. They scrutinize her so much more than a man, down to her looks and how she dresses. Hell, I’m in the style business and everyone I dress tells me they want to be more relatable and authentic to the world It’s not the easiest thing to be when you aren’t in the limelight 24/7 so you can imagine how Clinton feels when all eyes are on her.  I want to focus on her talents, her commitment, her tenacity to hang in there when hate surrounds her. What about her ability to work across party lines, stay strong under pressure, her years and years of support of women and girls. Sorry no man is going to be as a strong of a supporter when it comes to the rights of women. 40 years in politics. I’m putting my trust in her.

Gwen: I have no doubt. I’d like to read that book. I say, “Write it.” Hmmm… Just read your added comment. Interesting that “…her biggest beef with white men was that they discriminated against her because of her sex...” yet she believes that “…OTWs are not as civilized as whites,“ if I’m understanding your comment correctly.

Terri: Ditto on much of what you said. I have way more to say here and perhaps I will later.

Frankie: I definitely see that as a good thing. I supported Obama’s goals as they were my goals too, along with many others in this country that supported him. And yes, I will admit that I too wanted Obama for a third term. But as I know that is impossible, I totally support Hillary - it is her turn now. And quite Frankie (Corny but I couldn’t resist :),  I like that Hillary is continuing the process that Obama started. That is the problem that we come across when parties switch back and forth in elections and agendas are changed, real change is hard to advance.

Skipping around today, and Alycedale, your comment caught my eye. First of all, thank you. Secondly, I was just reading an article, one that I decided was going to be my write for the day. Sometimes when I have time I read the comments on a particular article just to see what their audience is thinking. During my reading I came across exactly what you brought up: “Symbolic Annihilation.” Interesting. We must be on the same thought wave.

That was a new term for me so I “googled it” as you and the person who left the comment suggested.

Here’s the write from Vulture.com:

BURN IT ALL DOWN AND LET’S START OVER

Constance Wu Slams Matt Damon’s Great Wall Film for Perpetuating a ‘Racist Myth’

Constance Wu isn’t here for your excuses, equivocations, or apologies for Matt Damon’s upcoming film, The Great Wall, in which he stars as a heroic dragon-slayer defending the Great Wall in ancient China. (No, really.) “We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that [only a] white man can save the world,” Wu writes in screenshot of her Twitter drafts. (Side thought: Is Twitter drafts the new Notes app?) “Our heroes don’t look like Matt Damon. They look like Malala. Ghandi. Mandela. Your big sister when she stood up for you to those bullies that one time.”

She doesn’t mince words when she says that Hollywood needs to step up and do better. Wu told Vulture something similar about executives who say that they “try,” when she said, “Boo fucking hoo, a lot of shit is hard. Care more, make it matter.” Wu isn’t about to let Hollywood executives off the hook:

Rather, it’s about pointing out the repeatedly implied racist notion that white people are superior to POC and that POC need salvation from our own color via white strength. When you consistently make movies like this, you ARE saying that. YOU ARE. Yes, YOU ARE. YES YOU ARE. Yes, dude, you fucking ARE. Whether you intend to or not. We don’t need salvation. We like our color and our culture and our own strengths and our own stories. (If we don’t, we should) We don’t need you to save us from anything. And we’re rrrreally starting to get sick of you telling us, explicitly or implicitly, that we do.

And yes, that goes for the “money” argument:

Money is the lamest excuse in the history of being human. So is blaming the Chinese investors. (POC’s choices can be based on unconscious bias too) Remember it’s not about blaming individuals, which will only lead to soothing their lame “b-but I had good intentions! but…money!” microaggressive excuses.

After all, actors of color should have the chance to make box-office bombs — just like white ones!

Think only a huge movie star can sell a movie? That that has NEVER been a total guarantee. Why not TRY to be better? If white actors are forgiven for having a box office failure once in a while, why can’t a POC sometimes have one? And how COOL would it be if you were the movie that took the “risk” to make a POC as your hero, and you sold the shit out of it?!

Here’s the full statement:

And here is what I found in the comments section of this write from someone named “Johnny Division:” 

There is a word for these kinds of limited opportunities – it’s called a “Glass Ceiling.”

And as long as we are stereotyped and underrepresented in the media, we are generally seen in the public eye as a monolith (and less as individuals). There’s actually a word for that in the social sciences: “Symbolic Annihilation” (Google it), hence why we can’t get more complex roles – Hollywood thinks it’s too “unreal” for the general public. 

Did you know the very first international male sex symbol EVER – was an Asian man? His name was Sessue Hayakawa, of the silent era (1910s/20s). He was the first, and to this very day, the LAST – internationally recognized male Asian sex symbol. Obscure today, he was as huge and mainstream as Chaplin! A DiCaprio of his time; his roles were mainly forbidden heartthrobs, and dashing villains – the essence of “tall, dark and handsome”.

His career went to shambles as Yellow Peril ideals/propaganda (anti-Chinese immigration and anti-Japanese WW2 sentiments) and anti-miscegenation laws set in (if you were non-white, you could even lose your citizenship entirely for marrying an Asian man). It was about this time that many of today’s Western stereotypes against Asians were born from and continue today… and to this day, Asian women are fetishized, while Asian men are portrayed as geeky nerds/martial artists, asexual/desexualized, short, and the butt of small penis jokes… imo, it contributes to why Asian men are the least desirable in interracial relations (but notice how that all goes out the window with non-Asians who absorb Asian media like anime, J-rock/Kpop, etc), and otherwise never get leading heroic roles (unless martial artist, of course). There has never been another Hayakawa since. 
Some TV shows are fixing it today (like The Walking Dead), but movies are still a farcry behind. 

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 12:02 PM Readers: Oops PS…I forgot to add in my commentary.  In response to Wu’s comment, “We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that [only a] white man can save the world,” This continues to be perpetuated, and yet we know that in reality this isn’t true because it was only about 8 years ago that a black man, Barack Obama saved the world from a financial meltdown. He did that in spite of efforts by a determined racist bunch of American politicians planning to sabotage his every effort.

An act of treason by anyone against a sitting POTUS if that POTUS were white, but this hero saving the world is black. And yet no one has been arrested for treason even though it is widely known that the republican party’s main goal was to bring Obama down with little care for what happened to the country in doing that. Does that mean it didn’t happen or that perpetuating the myth that only a white man can save the world means history can’t recall it that way? At least as long as the white man controls what history accounts.

What say Wu? (Lol – bear with me – Looks like I’m in that kind of mood today) Agree with Johnny D? Other comments?

Blog me. 

Peace out.

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 Good Morning!

Whew – what a night, right?

Congratulations Hillary Clinton for breaking the glass ceiling! 

I’m so proud. I loved last night…I loved the last 4 days. Clinton is so smart, tenacious, committed, compassionate, competent, and completely qualified to be our president. She will not quit on us. I will not quit on her. #GirlBoss

If there is anyone reading this blog (and there were many in yesterday’s blog) that still needs convincing, read this:

Let Me Remind You Fuckers Who I Am

by Hillary Clinton

What the fuck is your problem, America??

I’m Hillary goddamn Clinton. I’m a political prodigy, have been since I was 16. I have an insane network of powerful friends. I’m willing to spend the next eight years catching shit on all sides, all so I can fix this fucking country for you. And all you little bitches need to do is get off your asses one goddamn day in November.

“Oh but what about your eeeemaaaaillls???” Shut the fuck up. Seriously, shut the fuck up and listen for one fucking second.

Here’s all you need to know about me:

• In 1992, I said I was proud to have followed my career instead of baking cookies.
• The GOP fucking dragged me for it. They made me bake cookies. They’re scared of me.
• Every time I have a job, y’all love me. Every time I run for anything, the GOP breaks out the big guns again and fucks me up good. And apparently it fucking works.

But you know what? I don’t fucking care. If I gave two shits about the haters I would’ve dropped the game decades ago.

You know why I keep fighting? Because we all want the same shit. We want economic and racial justice, we want to seriously attack climate change, we want everyone to be able to afford college and health care and housing and food, we want women to be treated like humans, yada yada yada.

And I’m the only person in this goddamn country who knows how to do it.

Because of course I do. Because I’ve been preparing my whole fucking life for this job. So stop making me dab on Ellen and just give me a fucking chance already.

If it seems like I have contempt for the American voter, it’s because I do. Frankly, most of you are fucking stupid. Most of you have no goddamn idea what it takes to run a country. I mean god damn, almost half of you think God created the Earth 10,000 years ago!

What the actual fuck????

Look, this is the big leagues. If you think any problem has a tweetable solution, you’re just wrong. If you think “border wall” or “muslims = bad” is gonna solve our problems, I don’t have time for your shit.

This is literally why we have a representative government. I know you don’t want to read long, boring things. So I do it for you, and I ask a bunch of smart people, and we come up with shit that works. Here’s my solution on energy. Here’s my solution on Wall Street. Here’s my solution on jobs. I have fucking binders full of this shit and you know it. I’m so fucking ready, America.

The GOP just spent their entire convention fantasizing about literally imprisoning me. They are terrified. They know what I can do.

I’ve spent my life clawing my way into a system that’s terrified of change. A system that just wants to let rich white dudes be rich white dudes. And holy shit, you guys, I could not have picked a better opponent for my final boss battle.

So lemme sign off with the same Nancy Scheibner poem I quoted back in 1969 (when I gave the commencement speech at my own fucking graduation, btw).

My entrance into the world of so-called “social problems”

Must be with quiet laughter, or not at all.

The hollow men of anger and bitterness

The bountiful ladies of righteous degradation

All must be left to a bygone age.

And the purpose of history is to provide a receptacle

For all those myths and oddments

Which oddly we have acquired

And from which we would become unburdened

To create a newer world

To translate the future into the past.

We have no need of false revolutions

In a world where categories tend to tyrannize our minds

And hang our wills up on narrow pegs.

It is well at every given moment to seek the limits in our lives.

And once those limits are understood

To understand that limitations no longer exist.

Earth could be fair. And you and I must be free

Not to save the world in a glorious crusade

Not to kill ourselves with a nameless gnawing pain

But to practice with all the skill of our being

The art of making possible.

(Flip flop my ass.)

GIRL♡♀♡POWER

Lol. I’m having so much fun this morning.

This is for you Hillary and all us girlz and guys who are in this fight with you:

******

Readers: On a serious note, we have 101 days left to make this happen. Let’s do this. #GoHillary

Happy Friday! Flap your lips. Blog me. 

✌🏽& ❤️

PS: Loved her all in white. That’s my stylist side talkin’ 😘

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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Good morning!

First of all congratulations to Hillary Clinton for becoming the Democratic Nominee for President! Herstory has been made! I am thrilled for her and us.

I was one who liked Bill Clinton’s speech in support of his wife. I almost always agree with Rachel Maddow on everything that she says, but this time I disagreed with her. I didn’t think it was weird or a knock to feminists (I’m a feminist and I didn’t find his speech to be derogatory.) because Clinton spoke about courting his wife and calling her a “girl.” I love that term and always refer to myself as a “girl.” I could’ve called my cadre “Womenz” but I didn’t; I preferred Girlz. :)

Nor did I find it to be shocking and rude as Maddow stated. No, I enjoyed it because we got to hear about a different more personal side about Hillary. I had no idea how much she actually accomplished during the time of her courtship to Bill, nor what her goals and ambitions were earlier in life before she married him. Because he brought himself and their courtship into the story it made it more interesting and I remembered more than if he just started listing all that she had done. The time line shows her unwavering perseverance and commitment to do what she sets her mind out to do, that is not just recent but throughout her entire career in and out of the public eye.

Bill Clinton has always been a compelling and inspiring speaker and this time he was no different. Many say it humanized Hillary for those that are struggling to connect and trust her.

Firstly, thank you Social Butterfly for posting that short video of Tim Wise. I thought everyone should watch it if they haven’t. I’m posting it here because I think it is that good.

Now onto today’s Write. 

The video above inspired me to dive a little deeper. I found this video, another from Tim Wise that I wanted to share with all of you - no coincidence that his last name is “Wise” because he certainly is in my opinion. 

Antiracist essayist, author and activist Tim Wise delivered a keynote speech at the California Federation of Teachers 74th annual statewide convention on March 11, 2016 in San Francisco on the topic of “Using racism to divide and conquer, from the 1600s to Donald Trump.”

This is an awesome speech. He shows how the wealthy in this country uses the education system to set up the masses for inequality rather than an opportunity to rise to their level of privilege. He shows why those in power do their best to cripple education. Their philosophy is “if they all learn to read, who is going to do that work that priorities the needs of the Haves?”

Pay special attention to Tim Wise’s “There are no accidents only precedents” statement and explanation. You will find many uses for this in your life time. Spending this 46 minutes with Mr. Wise is all it takes to thoroughly understand the “Algebra of Inequality,” and the “Calculus of Oppression.” Afterwards, whether you are a teacher, relative, friend or parent you too will be able to ratify the Truth of young people.

Watch it: 

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michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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