I'm sitting here, writing an introduction to a study of women claiming their voice and their place in salons and on stage in a historic setting and the sort of crap they got for being trailblazers. It seems oddly apropos on a day when we (unexpectedly) can envision a woman claiming her voice and her place in the White House and making new history.[1] And we all know the crap she's going to get for taking that trail. But frankly I'm tired of doom-sayers and Debbie Downers. It's even harder to win if you don't act like it's possible. We aren't just working for the political career of one specific woman; we continue to work for the future of the USA as a democratic institution that truly believes in liberty and justice for all. And that is far more important than the specific name in the office. We all need to take the stage, shape the intellectual conversation, and wade through the crap we'll get for doing so. Because there is no other way to get where we want to be. And me? I'm dusting off that "Kamala" t-shirt I bought four years ago.
[1] In case you're reading this instead of the US national news, Biden handed off the campaign to Harris earlier today.
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