i think 2016 was a traumatic event for a lot of women. and i hope to god this time our nation chooses a woman over a proud, repeated rapist

it was traumatic but i don’t think it fully sunk in until the Kavanaugh hearings. that was like the concentrated form.

nonbinary transmasc and not a woman, but it took me months to change my alarm back to news in the morning. the lead-up to that election is what pushed me to start binding full time

part of me died that night. but "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air."

I’ll never forget the sinking feeling I had that night, or the disgust I felt in my fellow Americans. It was like a mask was removed and I could see how ugly and hateful so many Americans are.

I lost faith in humanity, watched (now ex) friends and fam transform into hateful, deranged ppl. maybe they only revealed who they really were all along, but when a guy pal (not even American ffs) was thrilled and told me I needed to have 2 kids to further the white race I decided to never have any

I’m not even American and I found it traumatic (sure it also reminded me too much of my then recent abusive conservative American bosses)

I know two different women who were pregnant and had alcoholic drinks that night

My oldest kid can’t even talk about it right now because watching Trump win was a pivotal moment in her development. And we’re fucking Canadian. But she just knew he was a person who shouldn’t win anything.

I cried and despaired that night. I sought out other moms at school drop off the next day and cried again. Then we all protested in pink hats and organized. Feeling that same motivation again

I never really recovered