One of the best mainstream articles I've seen about rural politics in a long, long time. I'm curious particularly what other rural-origin folks think. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/b...

How ‘Rural Studies’ Is Thinking About the Heartland

What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.

Time to fight, y'all. Don't wait on national "leaders" who lack the guts to stand up to runaway power--this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for We The People. #JusticeCantWaitjimhightower.substack.com/p/do-it-your...

Do It Yourself Democracy: Let’s Fight the Supreme Court

It’s July 4th week! Sure, do a few 12-ounce elbow bends and set off some sparklers in celebration of our people’s democratic values. But wait – why are we celebrating the Spirit of ‘76, but meekly acc...

Who is working on active campaigns to fix #SCOTUSFixTheCourt.com doesn't have any new actions up, nor do other go-tos like Public Citizen, Common Cause, Brennan. (This is for Jim Hightower's newsletter, fwiw.) Please share to help me find the good trouble!

New from yours truly: Electoral despair and something you can do. I had a particularly good time making the graphic for it. open.substack.com/pub/deannaza...

Electoral despair and something you can do

No, really.

Thank you!! It’s Lion’s Scarfie line, in black/hot pink. It’s not quite bulky enough for the pattern so I made adjustments, I couldn’t resist the color 😀

Ready for the fashionable dystopian sci-fi winter with this hood & cowl I finished, fantastic pattern by @creatrixinthematrix #MatrixxHood#crochet

Fuck #GalentinesDay. My intimate platonic relationships have provided me more unconditional love and giggles than all of my romantic ones combined. Why should celebrating them, on a separate day no less, be a cute side story to some main bullshit event? Fuck romantic supremacy.

I was serving up a lewk last night, as the kids said 15 years ago. ✌️👩‍🎤

It is so stupidly disheartening on an acutely micro level to experience progressive men enabling each other’s dishonesty.

Read all about it. 💖 deannazandt.substack.com/p/welcome-to...