I was listening to a podcast from the radio show On Being. It was a conversation between the host, Krista Tippett, and Brene Brown. I had to download a transcript of the program. I found it at https://onbeing.org/programs/brene-brown-strong-back-soft-front-wild-heart/#transcript if you want to read it. I wanted to be sure I had this quote from Ms. Brown correct. It goes “Right now, with the #MeToo movement and this reckoning we’re having around sexual violence and sexual harassment and assault of women, we see, again, the corporate sector taking really firm, hardstands on this, while we see zero movement in the government and politicians. And we see (the) corporate sector really questioning their tolerance for the bombastic, raging, shut-people-down, “speak at, not to” — it’s unusual.” Ms. Brown is absolutely on target. The politicians seem to be frozen. They yell at each other and tell us how bad the other side is, but they do nothing about our problems. Their sole purpose in life seems to be to get reelected. It is no longer about representing their constituency. We need to tell them to stop taking care of themselves and take care of us.
