What happened to Colorado? I’m so sad for a state that I used to consider as a place to live. With your lawsuit (I hope you win) and the Aurora gangs and sanctuary desire, I’m sad for Colorado residents.
Having been here for 20 years, I've watched the red state I moved to go purple to deep blue. There is still a lot of natural beauty and money that has flowed in over the years, and a lot of us are living very well, particularly because the last thing that will go deep blue is taxes. As with places like Seattle, Portland, et al, the problems are localized, and there are still big suburban swaths of relative paradise.
It's more the future that we worry about, because we can't have self-described communists in a state legislature with a massive D majority and survive forever.
The death of the state was famously being first to legalize marijuana. TONS of stoner culture moved in, and everything else lurched left as a consequence. Politics truly is downstream from culture.
The words "retard, moron, imbecile, idiot" were formerly technical terms the medical world used to describe specific levels of cognitive delay. I can't remember which designated the most involved disability, imbecile or idiot. Unfortunately, terms like irrational thinking patterns or indoctrinated mindset are not as appealing or humorous, despite the fact they don't have much meaning. Interestingly blind and deaf retained respectability as descriptive terms, as nouns and adjectives. I was recently profiled in the Daily Mail Online, as a trans widow, a term that evolved naturally to describe women such as myself, who divorced or left a suddenly demanding, full-time crossdressing man. Despite the explanations of this, which I gave at length to the Daily Mail reporter, the outlet described me as a woman "who calls herself a widow" and their headline claimed I said I felt I'd "vomit" when I discovered my husband's 3 crossdressing journals. I said no such thing, but rather that I saw my married life scroll out in my mind and turn into decades of lies. The media is permanently crooked, deceptive and sick, and I thank you Jennifer, for going up against their windmills, including the state of Colorado. My ex-husband is not a woman, never will be, and he does not have the right to claim motherhood.
It is an insult to all real women when men pretend and try to “show” what “real women” look like. More like drag queens and clowns. Truly. All while women pretending to be men tend to slink into a corner and keep the brim of the baseball cap over their foreheads.
I loved Gilmore Girls! I watched it after it long after it was released too - in 2016 because everyone was talking about the reboot season released that year, 10 years after the show finished originally. I enjoyed it, and have a 10-year-old daughter - now thinking that might be a good show to start watching with her too. But warning: if you go straight from the last episode of the original season to the first episode of the reboot, the sudden “maturity” of the characters is jolting! I know… we all age, I’m in my mid 50s and definitely feeling it, but very challenging to see 10 years of aging happen in the 90 seconds between episodes! 😁
Good luck in Colorado. Thanks for fighting for reason and freedom.
Thanks for the tip on "Gilmore Girls." I've started to stream shows (if I can find them for free on web) after many years of not watching TV. I also watch some old movies for free on YT (mysteries, film noire, etc.). These shows/movies seem to have a warmth and heart current ones don't. I've seen trailers for current ones. I decided after many years to watch shows again because I needed a balance between the hard-core news/analyses and educational pursuits with something more lighthearted. Finding good ones is admittedly hard. For everyone I watch, I must reject 50 or more. Too "Hollywood"--too many woke characters who have nothing to do with the plot or who direct the plot into some reality completely foreign to me.
Reminds me of the Veep episode when Jonah’s team seeks the help of communications specialists and Jonah gets the vaguely gay politically correct guy so angry he calls Jonah a retard (or something similar).
I also had my first child in 2000 and missed GG the first time around - and I'm diving in now. It is so wonderfully quaint, wrapping whole episodes around the smallest of dramas. With real life being so nutso these days, I need non-drama drama. :)
My youngest was born in 2000, so Gilmore Girls completely passed me by, too--until my first bout of COVID. Slept a lot, read my first Colson Whitehead novel, and discovered the joys and heartaches of Stars Hollow. Enjoy!
Last year a coworker was "transitioning" from female to male. She sent each of us a looong letter explaining it. There would be a time period to get used to it, then after January she would start correcting people. One day the supervisor was talking and used the pronouns he/him. I thought she was talking about the janitor, the only man in the building. NO! Of course I couldn't see the look on my face, but she, the supervisor, explained to me it's all about respect. That day changed our relationship, not for the better. Where is the respect for me, to not force a lie out of my mouth?
It’s worse when talking to adult children about a sibling who pretends to be female and doesn’t pass in the slightest. The urge to say his name or he/hm is great. I resist and use the faux fantasy gurl name he chose over and over. It still makes me mad. I named him after my beloved grandpa and my younger brothers were unhappy that I “took” the best family boy name.
Jennifer, thank you so much for standing up for women and for NOT promoting the nonsense that boys can be girls and girls can be boys. Few of the current woke issues bother me but this undermines women and girls and is a bridge too far. Women, authentic women, need to push back.
I'm not sure why women and girls don't just step away, refuse to compete. Are they that unsure? Where are the coaches? And the parents, partners, clubs? Everyone needs to support this lawsuit and many more must be launched. Sue those mofos into Hades.
Is it shallow of me that the mention of Gilmore Girls reeled me in to comment? I loved that series and like you, didn't start watching it until a couple of years ago, probably around deep Covid time. The show felt very "female" to me and given I have a husband and only sons, it was a perfect fit for my evening tv indulgences. Your mention of the series still brings a warm fuzzy to me, even now. Glad you're enjoying it. Maybe it balances out the crazy of lawsuits and the "boys are girls" insanity? I think the show was a nice touchstone for me from our out of whack reality.
All you have to say about Sookie is that she's fat? Yes, she is overweight, but she's also a brilliant world-class chef! She's not just a "cook". She's also, easily, one of the cutest people on the show.
What happened to Colorado? I’m so sad for a state that I used to consider as a place to live. With your lawsuit (I hope you win) and the Aurora gangs and sanctuary desire, I’m sad for Colorado residents.
Having been here for 20 years, I've watched the red state I moved to go purple to deep blue. There is still a lot of natural beauty and money that has flowed in over the years, and a lot of us are living very well, particularly because the last thing that will go deep blue is taxes. As with places like Seattle, Portland, et al, the problems are localized, and there are still big suburban swaths of relative paradise.
It's more the future that we worry about, because we can't have self-described communists in a state legislature with a massive D majority and survive forever.
The death of the state was famously being first to legalize marijuana. TONS of stoner culture moved in, and everything else lurched left as a consequence. Politics truly is downstream from culture.
I enjoyed Gilmore Girls but cannot get past the fact that there is never any liquid in their cups and mugs.
I can’t let it go.
Ok I need to check on that
The words "retard, moron, imbecile, idiot" were formerly technical terms the medical world used to describe specific levels of cognitive delay. I can't remember which designated the most involved disability, imbecile or idiot. Unfortunately, terms like irrational thinking patterns or indoctrinated mindset are not as appealing or humorous, despite the fact they don't have much meaning. Interestingly blind and deaf retained respectability as descriptive terms, as nouns and adjectives. I was recently profiled in the Daily Mail Online, as a trans widow, a term that evolved naturally to describe women such as myself, who divorced or left a suddenly demanding, full-time crossdressing man. Despite the explanations of this, which I gave at length to the Daily Mail reporter, the outlet described me as a woman "who calls herself a widow" and their headline claimed I said I felt I'd "vomit" when I discovered my husband's 3 crossdressing journals. I said no such thing, but rather that I saw my married life scroll out in my mind and turn into decades of lies. The media is permanently crooked, deceptive and sick, and I thank you Jennifer, for going up against their windmills, including the state of Colorado. My ex-husband is not a woman, never will be, and he does not have the right to claim motherhood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4C4kWVpk3o&t=238s
It is an insult to all real women when men pretend and try to “show” what “real women” look like. More like drag queens and clowns. Truly. All while women pretending to be men tend to slink into a corner and keep the brim of the baseball cap over their foreheads.
I loved Gilmore Girls! I watched it after it long after it was released too - in 2016 because everyone was talking about the reboot season released that year, 10 years after the show finished originally. I enjoyed it, and have a 10-year-old daughter - now thinking that might be a good show to start watching with her too. But warning: if you go straight from the last episode of the original season to the first episode of the reboot, the sudden “maturity” of the characters is jolting! I know… we all age, I’m in my mid 50s and definitely feeling it, but very challenging to see 10 years of aging happen in the 90 seconds between episodes! 😁
Good luck in Colorado. Thanks for fighting for reason and freedom.
Thanks for the tip on "Gilmore Girls." I've started to stream shows (if I can find them for free on web) after many years of not watching TV. I also watch some old movies for free on YT (mysteries, film noire, etc.). These shows/movies seem to have a warmth and heart current ones don't. I've seen trailers for current ones. I decided after many years to watch shows again because I needed a balance between the hard-core news/analyses and educational pursuits with something more lighthearted. Finding good ones is admittedly hard. For everyone I watch, I must reject 50 or more. Too "Hollywood"--too many woke characters who have nothing to do with the plot or who direct the plot into some reality completely foreign to me.
You might enjoy this.
Reminds me of the Veep episode when Jonah’s team seeks the help of communications specialists and Jonah gets the vaguely gay politically correct guy so angry he calls Jonah a retard (or something similar).
I still haven’t watched that show but maybe it’s my next one!
enjoy it's a pretty good series.
I also had my first child in 2000 and missed GG the first time around - and I'm diving in now. It is so wonderfully quaint, wrapping whole episodes around the smallest of dramas. With real life being so nutso these days, I need non-drama drama. :)
I know I’m loving it
My youngest was born in 2000, so Gilmore Girls completely passed me by, too--until my first bout of COVID. Slept a lot, read my first Colson Whitehead novel, and discovered the joys and heartaches of Stars Hollow. Enjoy!
Last year a coworker was "transitioning" from female to male. She sent each of us a looong letter explaining it. There would be a time period to get used to it, then after January she would start correcting people. One day the supervisor was talking and used the pronouns he/him. I thought she was talking about the janitor, the only man in the building. NO! Of course I couldn't see the look on my face, but she, the supervisor, explained to me it's all about respect. That day changed our relationship, not for the better. Where is the respect for me, to not force a lie out of my mouth?
It’s worse when talking to adult children about a sibling who pretends to be female and doesn’t pass in the slightest. The urge to say his name or he/hm is great. I resist and use the faux fantasy gurl name he chose over and over. It still makes me mad. I named him after my beloved grandpa and my younger brothers were unhappy that I “took” the best family boy name.
Jennifer, thank you so much for standing up for women and for NOT promoting the nonsense that boys can be girls and girls can be boys. Few of the current woke issues bother me but this undermines women and girls and is a bridge too far. Women, authentic women, need to push back.
I'm not sure why women and girls don't just step away, refuse to compete. Are they that unsure? Where are the coaches? And the parents, partners, clubs? Everyone needs to support this lawsuit and many more must be launched. Sue those mofos into Hades.
You are in Colorado for a reason!
Is it shallow of me that the mention of Gilmore Girls reeled me in to comment? I loved that series and like you, didn't start watching it until a couple of years ago, probably around deep Covid time. The show felt very "female" to me and given I have a husband and only sons, it was a perfect fit for my evening tv indulgences. Your mention of the series still brings a warm fuzzy to me, even now. Glad you're enjoying it. Maybe it balances out the crazy of lawsuits and the "boys are girls" insanity? I think the show was a nice touchstone for me from our out of whack reality.
That’s why I started watching with my daughter. I have 3 sons and she’s the youngest and it’s fun to have a girl! She pops in and out to watch …
All you have to say about Sookie is that she's fat? Yes, she is overweight, but she's also a brilliant world-class chef! She's not just a "cook". She's also, easily, one of the cutest people on the show.
Just have to return to calling men who believe they are women, and women who believe they are men what they really are…like the governor…
PERVERTS AND RETARDS
Problem solved…you welcome