That you began with Uvalde makes this podcast spring instantly to life: who can ever forget the image of all those armed "good guys" standing around nervously while a massacre went down? Later in the podcast, I felt a familiar restlessness with the invocation of the young woman choosing to self-arm simply noted, It's scary out there. There is so much behind her reflex to "pack," including the feminist ethos of self-support. Being able to take care of oneself is the goal and measure of being a strong woman as well as the essence of "being adult." But the trouble in choosing to self-arm is that we take the law into our own hands -- never a wise choice. Why people feel so pressed to do so, because of their mistrust of police response and even responsiveness, for example, deserves further discussion.
That you began with Uvalde makes this podcast spring instantly to life: who can ever forget the image of all those armed "good guys" standing around nervously while a massacre went down? Later in the podcast, I felt a familiar restlessness with the invocation of the young woman choosing to self-arm simply noted, It's scary out there. There is so much behind her reflex to "pack," including the feminist ethos of self-support. Being able to take care of oneself is the goal and measure of being a strong woman as well as the essence of "being adult." But the trouble in choosing to self-arm is that we take the law into our own hands -- never a wise choice. Why people feel so pressed to do so, because of their mistrust of police response and even responsiveness, for example, deserves further discussion.