All of these very public testimonies and arguments prior to their appointments were and are designed precisely to put women in their place. And I’m feeling all kinds of PTSD all over again.

Both with Brent Kavanaugh and Pete Hegeseth (and Trump for that matter), the cruelty is the point. There were infinitely more qualified people for both of those positions, but their treatment of women is a feature, not a bug.

“Sometimes you have to crawl through the desert between when you hear it and when you can play it with your hands.” - Ani Difranco

Tis I!