It was a lovely menu!! Particularly as it would have been ridiculously pricey otherwise.
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CJ voted in college for the first time. It wasn't a presidential election. In her district in Northern California, there wasn't much competition for the democratic vote. They were an isolated pocket of liberalism in a vast and changing world and that made her ridiculously happy some days. She liked the word feminist (she also liked being braless and if the two were intwined so be it!)
California allowed referendum's, and now, so many years later, she doesn't even remember what the issue was, nor how she'd voted, only that she'd felt this awe at having a voice in a process, however small. She's pretty sure the thought, the awe, didn't linger much past the moment, that she went on about her day and didn't give it another thought, even as she attended rallies and protests - the felt so much like doing something, anything to bring about change - but she can capture the brightness of that ballot still. That tangible proof that she had a right to have her say.
This, at least, is what she tells the press when they ask her about her votes, her record. She tells them about that day, and if it's so much spin, well, it's still spin she believes.
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CJ voted in college for the first time. It wasn't a presidential election. In her district in Northern California, there wasn't much competition for the democratic vote. They were an isolated pocket of liberalism in a vast and changing world and that made her ridiculously happy some days. She liked the word feminist (she also liked being braless and if the two were intwined so be it!)
California allowed referendum's, and now, so many years later, she doesn't even remember what the issue was, nor how she'd voted, only that she'd felt this awe at having a voice in a process, however small. She's pretty sure the thought, the awe, didn't linger much past the moment, that she went on about her day and didn't give it another thought, even as she attended rallies and protests - the felt so much like doing something, anything to bring about change - but she can capture the brightness of that ballot still. That tangible proof that she had a right to have her say.
This, at least, is what she tells the press when they ask her about her votes, her record. She tells them about that day, and if it's so much spin, well, it's still spin she believes.