Straws

Still Processing

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🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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California’s new legislation allowing college athletes to make money off endorsements. One step forward. The backlash against victims who came forward in the wake of #MeToo. Two steps back. Does big, sustainable change have to feel like grasping at straws? Discussed this week: “California Tells the N.C.A.A. to Share, and It Pitches a Fit.” (Michael Powell, The New York Times, Oct. 4, 2019)“The Toll of Me Too.” (Rebecca Traister, The Cut, Sept. 30, 2019)

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0:00.0	So I keep coming across this meme online, mostly on Twitter, and it's hilarious.
0:06.7	It's of a woman in this swimsuit, and she's frantically sweeping the ocean.
0:12.8	It's exactly as bizarre as it sounds.
0:17.3	She has a big room, she's racing around on the shoreline, looking more and more distressed,
0:21.8	and she's trying to sweep the waves back into the ocean.
0:26.9	You can't do that.
0:27.9	That doesn't work, boo.
0:28.9	That's not how it works.
0:29.9	So it's just the perfect way to think about how it feels to be alive right now,
0:34.6	which is the tide keeps on coming, and there's nothing you can do about it, despite all your efforts.
0:39.9	One of my favorite juxtapositions of this video with text is,
0:44.7	you see the woman sweeping in the ocean and the caption reads,
0:47.9	being on a diversity committee, right?
0:51.6	And you could really apply it to anything.
0:55.0	It's like, me versus my inbox.
0:57.3	Oh, that's me.
0:58.3	That's definitely me.
0:59.2	Getting a woman director nominated for Academy Award.
1:01.7	Oh, boy.
1:02.5	Good luck with that.
1:03.5	Trying to think through these impeachment inquiries.
1:05.4	I mean, sweep, sweep, sweep.
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