The lie of whiteness invites white folks to assume we're individually powerful/immune to the consequences of something like abortion bans. White denial can supersede real threats. Racist narratives do the inverse: create illegitimate fear of an uncontrollable other who must be coralled by the state.The lie of whiteness invites white folks to assume we're individually powerful/immune to the consequences of something like abortion bans. White denial can supersede real threats. Racist narratives do the inverse: create illegitimate fear of an uncontrollable other who must be coralled by the state.

YEP! I don't think it's a coincidence that we got positive sunbelt polling for these freaks after this has had time to churn through the electorate a bit.

Appreciate you spelling that out. Both the women I know who self-terminated pregnancies are conservativeAppreciate you spelling that out. Both the women I know who self-terminated pregnancies are conservative

We are immune. The system sees to it.

And to be clear, lest I be accused of unduly dunking on my fellow white women, the white men of the GOP know this, which is why they're going in on this racist narrative. They suspect (rightly) that some number, maybe the number they need, of white women will choose whiteness over womanhood.And to be clear, lest I be accused of unduly dunking on my fellow white women, the white men of the GOP know this, which is why they're going in on this racist narrative. They suspect (rightly) that some number, maybe the number they need, of white women will choose whiteness over womanhood.