"And now you fuckin' wench, you're just like, writing about love and stuff, and what happened to your politics and are you just gonna sell out?" "And it's like, hey man, I just got distracted...."That's from Living in Clip, Ani's first live album. It's imperfect because I couldn't find the quote on my iPod, the album is in my car, and I couldn't find the text of it on the internet. This is my memory of it. The point was, some of the people on the Righteous Babe staff were concerned because the music had seemed to get less political over time, (though I'm not sure I agree) and more concerned with personal things.
Aha! My blog, too, has strayed far from the political. It's not that I don't think about these things constantly, and it's not as if I've stopped reading about all these things. I'm just exhausted from thinking about it all. Yes, I believe things will get worse before they will get better, but YES, I believe they will get better. Do I think that the Bush administration can stop the march of progress? Not really. Whether bigots want to admit it or not, at some point, there will be gay marriage. It's institutionalized discrimination and it will be stopped.
I myself am paralyzed by inaction. I want to change the world (as does my friend C), but we're just not sure where to start. I can't figure out what I can do to change the world. I don't shop at Walmart, and I try really hard not to patronize companies that are evil. But that's all relative, because there are very few corporations that are simply good. Lately, I just can't bring myself to care. I was angry after the election, but now I just feel apathetic. The good liberal in me is yelling, screaming at me, but I'm paralyzed. Unable to think beyond how I'm going to finish all the things that I have to do.
So if the blog seems light on politics, understand that I'm probably outraged at the newest despicable thing that the Bushies have done, and that I wish it was different. But I'm too tired to speak intelligently about this stuff, at least right now.
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