In a perfectly just world, we might expect to see the demographics of the electorate reflected in the demographics of their representatives. It is not a perfectly just world. To find out just how unjust it is, I’ve been doing some counting, using population numbers as a proxy for electorate and comparing them to the newly-elected MPs.
Read moreIf you are a US citizen, the odds are that you can spare half an hour once a week to phone those who represent you in Congress and urge them to action.
Read moreI didn’t blog much in 2016: only 59 posts, exactly half as much as 2015. So I had fewer visitors: 64,077, down from 84,620.
Read moreAutocrats have always understood how to silence dissent and take control: divide and conquer. I’m watching it happen right now. But there is a way to win.
Read moreTrump won. A man with the internal psychology of a not-very-smart not-very-secure bully has just been elected the leader of the free world. Many people will suffer, especially those like me whose income is precarious and whose social position—woman, queer, crippled, immigrant—has just become even more so. The safety net is in ashes.
Read moreI’ve never hidden the fact that I have MS but today I’m coming out as a cripple—claiming my identity as disabled.
Read moreA couple of days ago I read this in the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — Women including sports icon Billie Jean King and…
Read moreThe US doesn’t need a debt ceiling. As others have pointed out, most countries get along just fine without one. But, hey,…
Read moreThanks to the ever-splendid Economist, I discovered a new word this week: psephology, the study of elections, voting patterns and electoral behaviour,…
Read moreI’m chasing plot moths, dashing about in the dark swishing my net trying to catch the flittery things. I know roughly what…
Read moreIn the New York Times nearly a week ago, Aaron Sorkin imagined a conversation between Barack Obama and Jed Bartlet: BARACK OBAMA…
Read moreI’ve been looking at the electoral maps. This is going to be a very, very close election. It’s entirely possible McCain will…
Read moreObama picked Joe Biden. Big surprise. What did surprise me is Biden’s relatively good record on quiltbag issues. According to Waymon Hudson…
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Nicola Griffith 