Drowning in the Blue Wave

 So glad for the diversity represented by those elected. Our governor, Deb Haaland, first Native American governor. First black governor. A trans woman elected in Alabama!

But I find myself thinking more about our losses. DEI*. EPA. ICE. Alaska pipeline. Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade. 

* On Thursday, the official White House X account posted, “FYI: DEI is still dead,” just two days after Democrats scored major election victories, including Abdul El-Sayed’s historic U.S. Senate win in Michigan.

(Abdul El-Sayed is a health disparity researcher).

I think about the white women who trigger me at church, when they express their anxiety, and it's all about what's happening out there... in realms they have no leverage over, things that don't affect them much but worry them greatly. And I wonder, is that what I'm doing?

"Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far."

Isn't it obnoxious privilege if I focus on how good my little white bubble life is?

Is it enough to spend time imagining a better America? What work should I do?