A paradigm shift is defined by the writing of Thomas S. Kuhn (1922-96) as a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.
Or in revolutionary war lyrics made popular modern day via ‘Hamilton,’ “the world turned upside down.”
It took me until my mid 40s to care about politics.
My teenaged daughter is not the usual in our country town. She”s not obsessed with the local football players and, for the moment, I’m not concerned with being a grandma too early. But the way politics is turning, she’s going to have to live in a world where her power of choice over her own body may be a limited one. My hysterectomy has made it so I don’t have to worry about pregnancy — but she will someday.
With everything else the current president has done, all the feelings he’s brought to the forefront in our society — it’s the topic of choice/life that will drive who steps into the Oval Office next.
I marched for choice in college. She really doesn’t think about it. I don’t know if that makes me lucky or not.
If all things move in cycles, like seasons, we seem to be cycling back to the 1950s. Or if you monitor media – we’re moving into “Handmaids Tale” territory. If you are moderate to progressive…it’s a terrifying time. It’s not just women who are in trouble, it’s lgbtq, it’s anyone who is ‘different.’
I wish I could send the bill for my antidepressants to the government. What was just something I took daily to balance out a genetic brain chemistry issue has become a necessity on all fronts. Between the pandemic and politics — the prescription doesn’t always seem to work anymore. So now with too much time on my hands thanks to Covid – I fall back on exercise in between job hunting and house cleaning. Online classes via Masterclass and binging Hulu.
It’s almost a year since I’ve seen my father face to face. Coming from a first responder household, I can’t risk taking the Covid to him. I think we’ve come up with a solution though…they’re doing tests nearby in October. Here’s how it’ll work I think….I go get tested, duck and cover until I get my (fingers crossed) negative result then drive to Arkansas. If I don’t stop anywhere potentially Covidy until I’m on my way home…seems like it’d work. Thoughts?
This is my flavor of pandemic sanity.
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