Wear is the Love, Episode 26
With the Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v Wade, we discuss the fallout, and a potential, though unlikely, path forward for Democrats. We also discuss the newly signed gun reform law, which happened in almost near obscurity with all the attention on Dobbs.
Episode notes:
Dobbs reactions in Politico, including Michael’s
President Biden signing gun reform into law (BBC)
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The Top 5 articles for your week:
“Teenage Justice” (The Cut)
Because though we don’t necessarily agree with all the ways the author frames her arguments, this is an interesting window into young people’s desire to establish and enforce a new culture and set of norms concerning sexual harassment.
“When Innocence Isn’t Enough” (The New Republic)
Because this article shows another confounding facet of our judicial system by chronicling the life of Christopher Dunn, an innocent man, who was sentenced to life in prison but cannot get out of jail in Missouri due to state laws.
“How 2022 Became the Year of Over-the-Top Masculinity in Politics” (Washington Post Magazine)
Because “…perhaps the bigger question about the rise of an ultra-macho style in Missouri’s — and America’s — politics isn’t whether it’s effective; it’s what it all means. If this new exaggerated masculinity proves consistently appealing to voters on both the right and the left, then what does that suggest about the kinds of candidates who can, and cannot, realistically seek office in the future? About what types of issues we can debate and on what terms? About what kind of people we want to lead us — and what kind of country we want to be?”
“Brexit: Good or Bad for Britain?” (Persuasion - Substack)
Because, hey, the USA isn’t the only country with interesting fallouts from big political decisions. I really like this debate on what’s happened in the last 6 years in the UK with the 2016 vote to leave the EU.
“The Invisible Man Does Elegantly What Promising Young Woman Fails to Do with Lectures” (Freddie deBoer - Substack)
Because deBoer talks about the ham-handedness of some movies lately when it comes to being political, and where we might see filmmaking go. “I look forward to a correction for this stuff in the coming years, where getting more films by women and filmmakers of color stops being a novelty and people are more comfortable letting the stories tell the tale, in and of and for themselves.”
Wear is the Love Episode 26: Dobbs + Guns