US textile artists Alison Chambers and Emily Robbins, “Strong Tradition” quilt #WomensArt pic.twitter.com/OjL3B9rXBr
— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) January 26, 2022
Petula Dvorak, in the Washington Post — “An ode to those women who say what we’re thinking”:
There is something gratifying about the no-nonsense, fed up women who just let ’em have it.
This week has brought us two extraordinary examples. One called herself “Black Jesus” on Amtrak. The other is now trending on Twitter for her punchline to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin: #readtheroombuddy…
Thursday was when Stacey Patton, a.k.a. Black Jesus, made an appearance on the Northeast Regional headed to Trenton.
Patton, a journalism professor at Howard University, book author and frequent contributor to The Washington Post, was in business class on an Amtrak train from D.C. when she decided she’d had enough of The Guy.
You’ve seen him. Manspreading, maskless, perhaps, voice booming through the quiet of a train, Metro, bus, space…
“I’m about 8 rows behind him. He’s been on his cellphone since we boarded. He’s talking loud, as if he’s in his home office. Everyone else in the train car seems unbothered. But I’m annoyed…
“GIMME A SEC. GOT ANOTHER CALL COMIN’ THROUGH. YELLL-OOOO?”
I whisper. “Hello, this is Black Jesus calling. I’m riding on Northeast bound train 176. I hope y’all find the right interns for your search. You will make it to New Brunswick in time for that teams meeting. I also think your pitch for the new project, with some minor adjustments, will be well received by the rest of the team. And I recommend either the Frog and the Peach or Steakhouse 85 for dinner tonight. But for right now, Imma need you to lower your voice while riding this train. In my name, Amen.”
Click.
Dude actually stood up and looked around frantically. I kept looking at my computer like I’m not Black Jesus.”…
For the video of Ms. #ReadTheRoom, see the tweet at the top of my Coronavirus Update post, immediately below this one. But there’s more — you should definitely read the whole thing!
Speaker Pelosi had a huge role in the #BidenBoom as well. pic.twitter.com/t2sMz1v0gO
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 4, 2022