President

In today’s Anything-Can- And-Will-Happen news, Kanye visits the President (OMGPLEASENO) Elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower AKA Cheeto Headquarters USA #MAGA.

We will not be having our first woman president and I, for one, must grieve. A dream deferred.

We are 17 days from the election. There is no amount of Facebook unfriending that is going to make you not related to your Fox-News-addicted Uncle Jeff. Your father will still be your father, whether he votes for Donald Trump or Santa Claus. In the zen tradition, I have a long way to go but if I make it until November 9th, I’m golden. Here’s my plan — but you might not like it.

We are 17 days from the election. There is no amount of Facebook unfriending that is going to make you not related to your Fox-News-addicted Uncle Jeff. Your father will still be your father, whether he votes for Donald Trump or Santa Claus. In the zen tradition, I have a long way to go but if I make it until November 9th, I’m golden. Here’s my plan — but you might not like it.

In my travels around the internet today, I happened upon an article about something Mike Rowe, dirty job expert

Prejudice against women has existed in this country since its very inception. Indeed, prejudice against women has existed throughout all of history, long predating the presence of America, and sexism continues on unabated today, in most parts of the world. And it goes mostly unaddressed, much less eradicated.

Instead of waiting around for someone with questionable morals and a lukewarm personality to take over our country’s leadership, it seems more beneficial to apply our lofty presidential idealism to characters we can actually count on. I long to amend the ridiculous process of modern American democracy by nominating candidates who closely resemble the following characters within my family’s most beloved children’s books.

She is the type of woman I hope my daughter looks up to, a successful feminist role model if there ever was any. She is strong in the face of adversity. She does not cower when criticized. She knows that her words and actions are powerful, and is not afraid of those who would call her bossy, grating, shrill, yelling — when all she is really doing is being a leader. It is powerful for a growing girl to watch a woman like that thrive.