i'm just gonna straight up borrow this because i love her and it couldn't be better said
(From AngryBlackBitch--no, I didn't get her permission--the election is tomorrow and time's a wasting so I hope she doesn't mind.)
Girl, get your suffrage on!
Channeling vote-based energy to the music of Corinne Bailey Rae…
To my sisters in the struggle…to the millions of American women between the ages of 18 and 34 who never miss an episode of Grey’s Anatomy but can’t get their happy asses to the polls to save their lives.
Mmmhmmm.
Girl, get your suffrage on!
If you think politics doesn’t have anything to do with you…if you think the only things on ballots are candidates and issues that don’t apply to you…you need to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Politics will jump yup and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. There are huge issues being discussed…stem cell research, tax increases that will impact how much your happy ass pays for all kinds of shit and a potential minimum wage increase that you need to voice your opinion on.
Voting shouldn’t have to be sexy for you to participate…it shouldn’t have to be marketed a special way or spun out via YouTube complete with focus group tested fruit flavors and a cool suitably trendy free music download.
Lawd give me strength!
American women got the vote in 1920…and women of color waited until 1965 for a federally protected vote.
Before that...less than 100 years ago in our nation’s history…public policy happened to us. And catch that knee before it jerks. Catch it! Take a walk through history before you start mouthing off about how shit happens to you now....you ain't seen shit compared to 1915.
Apathy is powerful...it has managed to accomplish what jail, fire hoses, police dogs and intimidation failed to.
Now is the time to shake it off, y'all!
Get your motherfucking vote on...or get out of my face.
Too many were denied and there is a reason they were denied…because the vote has power.
Never forget that. That is the reason The Man wants you apathetic, comfortably numb and blissfully ignorant.
Power.
And that is the reason lives were risked…lives were sacrificed…to gain the vote.
Power.
I really wish I could stop giving a shit. Lawd knows I’ve tried and failed.
This is my country too. I live here. My reasons for voting have names and faces…hopes and dreams…needs and wants that are directly tied to public policy and therefore to the vote.
So…
****shaking my groove thing to Ms. Bailey Rae****
This sister is going to go get my suffrage on…and then put my records on (wink).
It matters.
Now more than ever.
Fuck milk.
Got the vote?
Girl, get your suffrage on!
Let’s just jump right in, shall we?Girl, get your suffrage on!
Channeling vote-based energy to the music of Corinne Bailey Rae…
To my sisters in the struggle…to the millions of American women between the ages of 18 and 34 who never miss an episode of Grey’s Anatomy but can’t get their happy asses to the polls to save their lives.
Mmmhmmm.
Girl, get your suffrage on!
If you think politics doesn’t have anything to do with you…if you think the only things on ballots are candidates and issues that don’t apply to you…you need to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Politics will jump yup and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. There are huge issues being discussed…stem cell research, tax increases that will impact how much your happy ass pays for all kinds of shit and a potential minimum wage increase that you need to voice your opinion on.
Voting shouldn’t have to be sexy for you to participate…it shouldn’t have to be marketed a special way or spun out via YouTube complete with focus group tested fruit flavors and a cool suitably trendy free music download.
Lawd give me strength!
American women got the vote in 1920…and women of color waited until 1965 for a federally protected vote.
Before that...less than 100 years ago in our nation’s history…public policy happened to us. And catch that knee before it jerks. Catch it! Take a walk through history before you start mouthing off about how shit happens to you now....you ain't seen shit compared to 1915.
Apathy is powerful...it has managed to accomplish what jail, fire hoses, police dogs and intimidation failed to.
Now is the time to shake it off, y'all!
Get your motherfucking vote on...or get out of my face.
Too many were denied and there is a reason they were denied…because the vote has power.
Never forget that. That is the reason The Man wants you apathetic, comfortably numb and blissfully ignorant.
Power.
And that is the reason lives were risked…lives were sacrificed…to gain the vote.
Power.
I really wish I could stop giving a shit. Lawd knows I’ve tried and failed.
This is my country too. I live here. My reasons for voting have names and faces…hopes and dreams…needs and wants that are directly tied to public policy and therefore to the vote.
So…
****shaking my groove thing to Ms. Bailey Rae****
This sister is going to go get my suffrage on…and then put my records on (wink).
It matters.
Now more than ever.
Fuck milk.
Got the vote?
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