I usually vote in the afternoons, when I have a lull after the bulk of my work in the morning. But with encouragement from CB, I voted bright and early before work this morning. At 5:45 am, I was standing in line outside my polling place. I was third in line, and by 6 am, the line was about a hundred people deep. I actually said “Yay, democracy!” to the woman behind me, even though I’m pretty sure she was a Trump voter. As I was standing there, waiting to cast my vote for the person I hope will be America’s first female president, I did start to cry. I thought about Susan B. Anthony getting arrested for casting a ballot in November 1872. I thought about the Suffragettes and the long struggle for voter rights and equality. I thought about Seneca Falls and Selma. And now I’m crying again. This might make you cry too:
Susan B. Anthony was never able to vote, so women are leaving "I voted" stickers on her grave in Rochester. pic.twitter.com/ilBUwvJqns
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 7, 2016
All the feels!!!!!
Hillary Clinton closed out her campaign in Philadelphia last night with the biggest rally of the election cycle. President Obama was there. Michelle Obama was there. And everyone was feeling the history. Here are some of the speeches:
Bonus: Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen both performed before the speeches. Here’s Bruce singing “Thunder Road.”
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Here we go folks…….good luck Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!
good luck America! I can’t imagine my country with Donald Trump as president.
Fired up! Ready to go! And, praying for a Hillary win!
Yesterday, in one of his speechses, Potus explained where he had gotten the
“Fired up! Ready to go!” phrase and I hadn’t heard it before. Now I enjoy it even more.
I loved that moment!! I love our President and First Lady and was very emotional watching them last night in my hometown. Today I am sooooooo excited to continue the Democratic Party’s legacy and vote for Her!
Voted (for HRC) this morning and it was as exhilarating as always.
Also, on yesterday’s post I told a story about seeing a hawk with a dead rat in its talons on my run to work and hoping that it was symbolic for an HRC win. Well, you guys won’t believe it but on my run home from work a hawk literally dive-bombed right in front of me and tried to grab a sparrow. There was a guy running right behind me and he saw me kind of jump because it was so startling and he was like “Holy shit that was insane!”
The hawk chased the sparrow to a corner of a building and got it. The guy actually went over there to take snaps with his cellphone because the hawk was just chilling in plain site.
Anyway, this HAS to mean something right? I really think it’s a good sign for HRC 🙂
I think I would alter my running route (although that is a cool area for running) or give the hawk a name. Constitution gets my vote. Or Chuck Town.
on my way in this AM, I saw an eagle in flight, very low, flying right alongside my car.
I’m taking it as a good omen, because I am so f*cking stressed about this whole thing.
To all of my nasty women who helped bring me some sanity during this election, Thank You. I seriously could not have gotten through all of this without y’all. Everyone taught me so much, you opened your hearts and your voices and I will forever link this election with my favorite women at Celebbitchy. And Kaiser, of course, thank you for leading us and holding our hands and updating and making us laugh when we all wanted to cry. Damn, I’m emotional today!!
Rocking my favorite pants suit waiting for the polls to open at 7 AM here in Cali. 💄👖👩🏼🇺🇸
Xoxo 😘 LD
@LP-You know where the Steriti Memorial Rink is in the North End? That’s where I saw her. It’s just nuts because I do this same running route twice a day every day and I’ve NEVER seen a hawk before, much less one this close.
Maybe it was the same hawk? But wow it is so incredible to behold. She looked so proud and stoic with that prey between her talons 🙂
@Doofus-WOW that must have been incredible! And yes, let’s take it as a hopeful sign.
@LD- I echo your sentiments. I can’t say that I would have definitely voted HRC if I hadn’t watched the debates and come to this forum afterwards to discuss and dissect. My BF is still giving me shit for not voting third party, but I am 100% confident and proud of my choice, thanks in large part to my celebitches’ intelligent and insightful political commentary, along with C/B, Kaiser, and crew.
Thanks to all ♥
I posted about seeing hawks everywhere yesterday. Giant red tails, they have to be at least 18 inches high. They look almost chubby, with giant white breasts. I saw more than usual yesterday, but was passenger on an hour ride, so could look for that kind of thing and not get us killed.
Of course it’s a sign. I pay attention to this sort of thing. Where I live we have a lot of wildlife, but I notice when it hits a certain note in my gut, soul, heart, whatever.
The speeches were great. Did bill speak? I have to check. This is a soothing balm today.
I second what LD said. This election would have been so much worse without you guys. I thought I’d cry about the first woman president but I am excited to see inclusiveness beat out racism & sexism tonight. I hope that Hawk tears him to shreds.
I am so proud to be a liberal woman today and so hopeful about the future for all us women and my young sons (my 10-yr-old is stressed but knows that the good guys/gals usually win). Damn it- how am I going to not cry all day?
I hope we all celebrate really, really hard tonight. (((())))s
Little Darling said it best. I have been so emotional and could never have gotten through this without ya’ll. I already had to take a ten at work from the tears. Republicans all around me, but my head is high and prayers are strong today. Go America, I love ya’ll!
@Kitten, yes, I’ve skated there. Probably the same bird as that’s not all that far from where you saw one yesterday. And she can fly over the water. I wonder if her nest is atop the bridge (or as they describe it in The Town, “the f*cking bridge!”) or even up on the Zakim. That would give her a clear view of that section of the waterfront. There are raccoons living under the pedestrian bridge that goes from the Cambridge side over to the Charlestown side of the Greenway. A lot of wildlife in a busy city area.
I remember this story from yesterday. Red tailed hawks aren’t only popping up in downtown Boston. I live on the Upper West Side in Manhattan and saw one in Riverside Park last year. He tried to dive bomb after a squirrel, didn’t catch him but it was awesome to see.
We got coyotes who have been spotted here too. HOW they managed to get onto Manhattan which is an island surrounded by water is beyond me but they are smart and intelligent. Won’t surprise me when we have deer and bear running around Central Park.
Kaiser why did you think the person behind you was a Trump supporter? Was she wearing a Make America Great Again hat? Or was it just that she was white?
I hate thinking that people would assume I’m a Trump supporter just because I’m white 🙁
I very much doubt it’s because she was white. By that standard, my predominantly white (liberal) neighborhood would go trump. I can.
Promise you it will not
Cannot speak for others, but I have made a little game out of guessing affiliation.
It has nothing to do with being white, but more about personality traits and temperament. I have only been wrong twice in real life, and can immediately gauge any new TV talking heads. The DT supporters also tend to have a different body language (defensive).
Hmmm interesting.
I guess I’m really learning what it is to feel judged for my skin color. Not to compare my experience to what people of color go through, but it’s a unique feeling in my life and a hard one.
When I went to vote this weekend I walked into the lobby and there was a black couple sitting there, and also two immigrants speaking what I assume was Thai. They all looked at me and I felt so overwhelmed wanting to say “I’m with you not against you!”
I’m sure it was all a projection of my feelings. It’s just a true humiliations and disgrace how alive and well white supremacy is all around us still. I’ve never felt so ashamed of white people.
I’m sorry you feel that way Patricia! I have never heard of people expecting white voters to be for Trump. Could it be the area you live in?
I understand, Patricia. I live in the country outside Mobile in an area that goes about 90% Repub every election. As I left the polling place this morning two A-A couples were approaching. I impulsively held up crossed fingers and muttered Hillary, Hillary. They returned a thumbs up. It’s pathetic feeling that I have to show I’m not one of those awful trumpsters, but that’s how I feel.
On my drive to work I saw people from my neighborhood walking to the polls with their voting booklets in hand (actually, they are more like books, they’re pretty thick this time) and I was excited to see everyone doing their civic duty. Then I saw a white woman in yoga pants carrying a coffee and thought “crap, I wonder if she’s a Trump supporter”. Then I laughed. I’m a white woman in yoga pants and carrying a coffee and wondered if she’d think the same thing of me. LOL
I think Kasier lives in a more conservative area which may be a huge part of it.
Same here! I simply looked at the lady’s sheet in front of me and it said Republican.
Sorry, that was to Patricia!
“I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I’m well aware of, but that’s just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history — empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.”
– Hillary Rodham Clinton
After 18 months of hell, and 240 years of dudes… it’s time.
❤️
Hells yeah, it’s time.
Ms Rodham, if you’re nasty 💕☮️
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/07/samantha-bee-s-final-pitch-for-hillary-goddamn-brilliant-badass-queen-beyonce-rodham.html
F#ck yeah! It’s time.
What a great quote! Thanks for posting.
YES!
Amen.
I forgot to add 96 years since we got the vote. Let’s do this, ladies!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37885513
Women born before female suffrage voting for first woman president.
That quote gave me goosebumps. In a good way. Keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for a historic win for Hilary.
You are making me cry! And Susan B Anthony!!! Oh my gosh! Today will be such a day.
Awesome!
Today I voted in my pantsuit, blasting “Nasty” as I drove around the neighborhood. Being at work is kind of a let down. 🙂
Cast off the shackles of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!
Wore white and voted!
“Cast off the shackles of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!”
Im so emotional today that this made me start to cry.
From Kensington to Billingsgate
One hears the restless cries!
From ev’ry corner of the land:
“Womankind, arise!”
Political equality and equal rights with men!
Take heart! For Missus Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again!
Lightpurple,
Well done Sister Suffragette!
Last night I watched Mary Poppins for you, LP. It was such a thing to behold. Soldiers in petticoats, here we are. I’m already crying and it’s only 830 here.
I think i’m on my 4th or 5th time of randomly crying today from inspiration and the audacity of hope.
Granted, I have the stomach flu (so glad I early voted), but I was sobbing last night, reading PANTSUIT NATION on Facebook, and explaining to my 13-year-old daughter how I voted, why I voted, and how important it is.
It is time to stand up and say NO MORE.
I took my 87 year old great-aunt to the polls with me. She wore white too. And she cried. She was crying when she checked out and when she put her ballot into the machine and the two women helping her cried too. Tears of history. Tears of joy that they had this chance on this day. The first time this chance itself has every existed.
That’s so sweet, LP.
It always blows my mind that some people don’t exercise their ability to vote. It’s such an exciting and thrilling experience. Every time I vote I get goosebumps.
I’m bawling now. How beautiful.
I am filling out my ballot with you ladies right now and then off to the poles. I wasn’t planning on white today and I have zero pantsuits (that will change). Damn- what to wear?!
You could wear jeans in memory of my mother, who back in the late 1940s got a lot of flack from the in-laws and their generation for wearing jeans to do housework instead of a proper house dress…. Apparently that made mom quite a rebel. I don’t even remember her wearing jeans while I was growing up, though. (No house dresses, however!)
jwoolman- jeans for your mom it is! And a white shirt. I am so proud of the women before us today and kudos to ladies like your mom!
Our daughter’s daughters will adore us
And they’ll sing in grateful chorus
Well done. Well done.
Well done, Sister Suffragette.
i’m so nervous you guys! i’m voting later in my pussies grab back t shirt
Grab the ballot by the pussy.
Lmao feel free to mail me that shirt afterword
Excellent! I wore my “Such a Nasty Woman (who votes)” tee. I had to zip my hoodie up while inside, but I felt good!
I thought the entire rally was amazing, inspiring and a very effective way of getting people excited to vote for Hillary today.
I voted for her early and I am looking forward to calling her Madame President.
I don’t know how I’m going to make it through today. I’ve already received a barrage of text messages from my younger sister about how she cannot believe I’m voting for a criminal, a terrorist, someone who is “working to destroy our country.” Apparently I am a “huge disappointment to our entire family.” Imagine… being the only person in your family NOT voting for Trump and somehow YOU’RE the disappointment!? Wild.
I’m just so ready for this to be over, but at the same time, I fear what’s coming. Either he wins, which will lead to INSANITY, or he loses, which I think still probably leads to INSANITY. I don’t foresee he or his followers accepting the loss graciously and fading quietly into the background. I am afraid!
My family is voting for him because they think he is the face of a revolution. I also think that if he wins, a revolution is coming — I just don’t think it’s the same revolution they’re predicting.
@Brown
Sending hugs to you and crossing fingers that you won’t have Trumpard like Potus tomorrow!! I would hate for you to feel like 50% of Brits on June 24th.
Aww honey, sending you Hugs from Switzerland! You followed your conscience and that is what matters most !
Brown, sometimes sanity and decency can be lonely.
Thinking of you Brown. You have support here. ❤️
Right there with yah brown. Scary times and so much hate.
I wish I could have real policy discussions with some of my families and explain that my gay friends, my friends that are minorities, etc etc are truly fearful for the hate of the trump pence campaign. I want to ask them about climate change, spending (because hello defense spending eats away the entire budget), women’s rights, and poverty, and have a really discussion about immigration. And to the folks I grew up with (predominantly white, catholic upbringing) I want to ask how they can be adamantly pro life and vote in favor of the so called “crime and punishment” candidate who certainly Does not care much for life after birth.
Ugh sorry for the rant. I’ve been holding in…
Stay strong, and maybe take a minute to look up the new story about JJ, a young disabled boy who was recently kicked out of a rally by the orange one himself. And the crowd booed the boy (who can only speak through a computer-aided device) and actually shoved and kicked his wheelchair.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them. This election cycle has been extremely revealing.
I saw that story!! Heartbreaking.
I watched a video today where a black man gets berated by a white man who kept saying horribly racist things after chanting “Trump” and the black man just looked at the camera at the end and said “Vote!” This is just insane….
Brown, I think you are very courageous. The easy road would have been to tell your family that you agreed with them, and then voted for Hillary. But you chose to be honest and are taking hits over it. I hope it helps that you have so much support here, and to know that you are standing on the right side of history. Hugs from Texas!
Brown … better a black sheep than a lamb led to the slaughter, that’s what I’ve always said!
Congratulations on doing what’s right for you.
Brown-you are a strong woman voting for another strong woman who also happens to be one of the most capable presidential candidates we’ve seen in quite some time.
Proud of you, friend ♥
You did the right thing. Best from Germany, a country that followed once a racist that members of parliament thought they could control and got a “revolution” that did cost more than 60 million lives.
GUYS these comments are so nice!! Thank you for the support. I told my friends that if I’m going to “defect” and disappoint my family, this is a great reason to do that!
If it wasn’t so infuriating, it would actually be hilarious. They feel so disenfranchised and angry about everything, yet to an objective outsider, their lives have played out pretty f*cking awesome. My dad worked hard his whole life and is retiring at 65 with a paid off home worth half a million bucks and a second home on the lake. Mom hasn’t had to work a day since she had me 28 years ago. I just want to shake the both of them and yell WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY!? Because Obamacare and EMAILS! Give me a d*mn break.
Totally out of touch, totally unwilling to acknowledge their privilege, totally ridiculous.
That’s how it is in my family too, although no one has shamed me for supporting Clinton. The easier they have it and the more privileged they are, the more likely they are to vote Trump and carry on as if we’ve all been living in the sewers for the past eight years. Stay strong, Brown!
Brown, know that you are not alone. I have read story after story of people in similar situations to you. I’m sorry you are going through this. Look to others for support! When the dust clears, then you can figure out where to go from there.
I feel for you, Brown.
And I think it’s more of a revolution in which all the good that exists (equality, freedom of expression, education, health care etc) will be destroyed.
Dear America,
Please don’t fuck up!
Rest of the world
Dear Rest of World,
We’re trying!
– America
I need to stop for some wine to go with my weed and tums for the evening… this election has been traumatic…on the plus side latinos up 103% in Fl and the black vote up 9.2% as a people we CANNOT let the GOP ever ever forget they allowed this situation
It really is amazing how this election has pushed people to vote. Let this be the start of a new trend 🙂
Frustratingly, tho, folks don’t vote true other 6 times until the next presidential cycle. And then they’re mad about the lack of good candidates? Try voting for your state and local races, man.
Vote in local elections if you want your mayor and local reps and school committee to listen to you when you call about potholes, streetlights and trash pick-up and school schedules. They ALWAYS check to see if you voted in the municipal elections. They won’t know who you voted for or if you even turned in a blank ballot but they will know you vote.
Yep, I’m heading out to vote, then it’s straight to the liquor store.
I’m already stocked up with like 5 bottles at home haha! Let’s hope the outcome is clear early on in the evening and that I won’t need all of them….because I still have to be able to wake up and get to work tomorrow morning! 🙂
I always used to split my ballot but got to the point years ago of not wanting to vote for a Republican for dogcatcher… I know that’s unfair to local candidates, who can be just as competent as anybody else, but I just am so angry with the national party for inflicting us with incompetent Presidential and Vice Presidential and Congressional candidates.
We once upon a time had a really good (honest, hard working, listened to people) Democratic Congressman who routinely pulled 80% or 85% in a heavily Republican District, so of course the national Republican party targeted him and poured money into the campaigns of a series of eventually infamous incompetents (who didn’t even live in the district initially) that they were grooming as easily manipulated national candidates. So our Congressman decided to retire early, it was getting to be too stressful being up against the gobs of Republican money from outside the district thrown into the campaign. So we have been downgraded to worthless Representatives ever since. We really have to figure out a way to completely level the financial playing field in these elections, so that kind of thing can’t happen from either party and candidates have to actually win or lose on their own merits, not on who can be funded by outsiders to produce the most propaganda.
We had several local Republicans running unopposed for city and county/township positions and I just left them blank on my absentee ballot. They’ll win, of course, even if they are the only ones voting for themselves (what a system!). But not with my help… The local Republicans also have a responsibility to at least try to take their party back from the extremists or just run as independents. Trump is just the last straw.
Can’t you go up for a local election?
You obviously seem to have given this quite some thought…
Think about it 🙂
I’ve been thinking about the GOP so much — their party needs to evolve or die. The writing on the wall could not be plainer. There’s no doubt in my mind that there are very desperate and disenfranchised people that are voting for Trump bc he is selling snake oil. The Dems cannot ignore this, and must do what we can to help them. A 56 year old man who has been making a living and feeding his family by working at a manufacturing trade that was outsourced overseas is not magically going to become a competitive worker in tech or new energy. Tech advances like Uber have seriously disrupted stable fields of work for many people. Global trade will not make American labor affordable for companies. We have to understand, and be sympathetic about this.
I’ve always worried about the impending tech v labor issue for the Dems, and these people who are affected by it cannot just be cast aside, lest they bring support someone worse than Trump. It is too late for the older generations, they will just have to be managed out with government “makework” – we cannot expect for them to be competitive against the hordes of 20-30 somethings that have grown up in the new economy. This is beyond pulling up bootstraps, this is about managing out a lost generation who will be left behind, if it hasn’t already.
If the GOP can shed its bible thumping, socially conservative, Leave it to Beaver clinging side, and get on board with the tech oligarchs, evolve labor and empower people economically, we may see a resurgence. We are not living in Mad MEn days anymore, those days are gone, disrupted. Our new society looks like Modern Family.
Also, three high schools in Arizona were left with empty seats as a bunch of students who couldn’t vote tool to the neighbourhoods to get out the vote : ) As a teacher, I love it. (they are committed to getting Sheriff Arpaio out of office , one of the first Trump supporters)
I actually feel sick to my stomach today. I’m so concerned with how this election is going to go… and I’m Nova Scotian. I can’t imagine this going well – either way. If Trump wins, we’re all f****ed. If Hillary wins – you’ve had people riled up for 18 months being told that she’s here to take away their guns and that she’s a criminal. It’s complete insanity, and it makes me genuinely nervous.
It is comforting to hear that so many people have already cast their ballot in support of HRC though – here’s hoping the rest of the week doesn’t turn tragic.
I wore my Shirley Chisholm shirt to the polls last week and said a silent prayer as I was voting.
I’m going to an Adele concert and possibly getting extremely drunk tonight.
Ahhhhh, you got tickets to Adele at Toyota center?! OMG!!!!! Have a great time, Marty!
Thanks so much Miss M!
I woke up this morning crying and determined to put a woman in her place: the Oval Office.
I just went with my mom to vote. My mom was dressed in an all white pantsuit and had me put a “Nasty Woman” sign on the back of her wheelchair. In short, she looked like a boss. Being a younger Nasty Woman, I had my electric blue leggings and Nasty Woman sweatshirt. I needed to pay homage to my suffragette sisters, so I also had my white heels and a white ribbon in my hair.
Now it’s time for me to take a xanax and watch election coverage until my eyes bleed.
Amazing!
Melly I love your post.
Aw thanks! I love all of you!
I love your post, too! Fist salute to you and your mom! Go easy on the Xanax, though. We need you back here tomorrow for the recap!
You think i’ll miss the recap of my girl Hill winning? NEVER! There is not enough xanax in the country to make me miss something so spectacular! I’ve stressed and vented frustration with all of you over the past many months, we’ve earned a celebration befitting of my fellow celebitches.
I have a good feeling. I have confidence that love will trump hate (and sheer ignorance).
I have the audacity of hope today too
That’s so amazing, Melly. My mom can’t vote but I would so much love to have that experience with her. Sigh.
BUT she’s a huge HUGE HRC fan so I know she’s very proud of me.
I’m sure she’s immensely proud of you, and not just because you are both such nasty women!
Yay Melly! So glad you could go vote with your mom, who sounds fabulous, btw 😀
She’s the most fabulous person I know! She has never voted for a democrat before either! We were both crying after leaving the polling place.
I have never in my life been more afraid for election results. I have spent countless sleepless nights reading about what was going on and worrying myself to death.
I want to say that of ALL of the sites I read (mostly news , political), this site, BY FAR has the most intelligent, thoughtful and interesting comments. I am mostly a lurker, but I have to send a big THANK YOU to Celebitchy and Kaiser and all of their devoted readers for being so eloquent and passionate with your thoughts and comments throughout this election.
I first realized the amazing intelligence of readers of this site after the Brexit vote – I learned so much from the comments on this site to the post about Brexit.
I only read 3 gossip sites regularly – this site, Lainey and Dlisted and my husband used to ask what I got out of reading the gossip sites. WELL, the last few months I have quoted information and feeback from site over and over and I (we) proved to him that this site possibly has the most well-informed and intelligent readers on the Internet!!
I am Jewish and have read a lot of books about the Holocaust and I have traveled extensively in Europe and seen the historical sites related to that unimaginable tragedy. I always asked the same question – how could this have happened? How could people have allowed this in their country. Sadly, I never have to ask that question again. I totally understand now.
Thank you so much everyone. Here is hoping that tomorrow we have a post about the first woman president and we can all calm down!!
I second this emotion!
you are welcome. and don’t be a stranger! 🙂
Lilly, we are glad you are here.
I am also Jewish and have gone down the same path. This campaign has found me most flabbergasted by the (few) Jewish men I’ve seen supporting Trump — to the point of saying they don’t see the anti-Semitism in the final Trump ad about the global financial interests.
Because this campaign, after 30 years of enduring right-wing insults and assault, has finally found a lot of us drawing the line and cutting off relationships, it’s much easier to identify with the Jews and “good Germans” of the Weimar Republic. Some people just crossed the line and I don’t see how they can cross back.
Men have a tendency to be really clueless about such things. I don’t really know why or if it’s a nurture or nature situation, although there are exceptions among both genders. It’s so obvious to me what the underlying message is. Maybe those dog whistles are more likely to have a more transparent effect on women than men and many guys really don’t pick up the message at a conscious level but only at an unconscious level, while many women are hearing it blasting in their ears.
This is true in other contexts as well, so men think we are “overreacting” or “imagining” things or being “too emotional” when actually we just have clearer vision and are picking up aspects of the situation that are floating right over the heads of many guys. Yet another reason to make sure women vote and run for office in equal numbers to men, too many guys are handicapped this way and can’t see the whole picture very easily.
@jwoolman: and women being ‘too emotional’ has really been disproved by this election.
Lots of men vote out of anger and hate, which are emotions, and not exactly the best ones.
Interesting. And telling women they are “too sensitive” “too emotional” “don’t have a sense of humour” etc etc is also a way to perpetuate controlling behaviour without having to deal with the consequences.
I was told I was humorless about Clinton being likened to a witch.
Right.
YES to everything you said. I haven’t been able to sleep or eat for weeks.
I’ve just been a whirlwind of emotions because of this election.
This forum has been such a safe haven, such a wonderful reprieve from all the ignorance and hate. I also cannot stress enough how much I’ve learned from all of you. Seriously, some of the smartest women on this site.
Love you guys.
I completely agree, Lilly! I mostly lurk, but the women, the conversations, the intelligence shown on both sides of controversial topics keeps me coming back. I know of no site that compares to the content I find here. I love it here and have found so many sisters in heart.
As for today, I have been having long conversations about this election with my son and daughter. We plan to watch the news together as history is made. If, heaven forbid, Hillary loses, I absolutely need to be there for my children to walk them through the meaning and ramifications of this historic decision.
Tomorrow, I will be back here to work through my own emotions dealing with election results with you all – it’s always good to know I have a place where I belong even if it’s only a virtual location.
I woke up at 4:30am, was dressed and ready to go by 6:15am and my polls don’t open until 7am. I was just so excited to vote! And at 7:15am, I voted for a woman for president and it felt awesome.
Don’t f**k this up America. Remember, we need to “hold the door”!
I’m too anxious to be emotional about a female POTUS yet. These past few weeks have been such a rollercoaster, I am hopeful but not confident.
I’m planning to stay up tonight to watch the results. It should be around 3am or 4am Irish time, and I have to work at 9, but I really wouldn’t be able to sleep anyway, and I really don’t want to miss what will (hopefully) be an incredible moment of history. I went to bed before Obama’s victory speech in 08 and always regretted it.
PS. Obama is such a skilled orator. I haven’t seen his entire speech, but the clip of him telling the story about the woman in Greenmount (Greenville?) – amazing.
I can’t stop laughing about the fact that Hillary invited basically everyone to this event EXCEPT her running mate
He was campaigning in Virginia at the time.
Yes, he and Biden spoke in VA last night.
So? Tickets usually split up during the campaign. Did Trump and Pence appear together?
Nothing to see here, folks.
Except a troll. Ooooohh, scary.
He’s in his home state of Virginia, and voted there this morning.
A friend just texted me that she voted first thing this morning here in the Boston area and she and her husband are now in their car driving to Rochester, NY, where they grew up, to place “I Voted” stickers on the grave of Susan B. Anthony. She plans to be at Anthony’s grave site when the results come in. I’m crying.
awesomeness.
I might swing by Abigail “Remember the ladies!” Adams place today to do something similar.
Wow. I just got chills.
Hey, that’s my town! It’s Mount Hope Cemetery. We have Frederick Douglas there, too, and the Susan B. Anthony house little bit away.
I was kind of hoping I could get there today.
OoooH, there may be a partay there tonight. I should seriously consider this. Who is going to drive my butt home at unholy oclock, though? Must think.
There’s a webcam of her grave. It IS covered in I voted stickers and flowers today
How powerful and special.
I mailed in my ballot a couple of days ago. But I’m kicking myself for not remembering to take a picture of my ballot (absentee, so not a crime) to be able to show my grandchildren that I voted for the first female president in American history! Major head slap…
But I will be proud to tell my grandchildren (and great grandchildren, if I’m that lucky) that I voted for her.
Me too! Damn! And my daughter, too – her 2nd presidential election!
One small shout-out for home: her last rally was actually in Raleigh, NC.
Here’s to nasty women making history today!
(And alas, it’s predicted that 62-65 percent of white voters in NC will vote for Trump.)
Not the three white NC voters in my family!
Not most of the white people I know, either, but those are likely to be the numbers tonight. That’s so upsetting to me!
The 2 white and 1 Asian North Carolina voters in my family voted for Clinton and straight Democratic down the ticket. But we think the battleground state of NC will be very close due to voter suppression – it’s not that Black voters are so down on Hillary, it’s that they have been systematically disenfranchised. And there may be recounts and lawsuits.
The voter suppression tactics being used in various states are scary – and yet apparently legal, which is even more scary. There was a news story that covered a young black girl in NC trying to vote in her first presidential election, only to be told her name had been stricken from the rolls between the time she voted in the primary and this week. It made my heart hurt, and then burn with righteous anger.
The tactics are “legal” because they’ve been passed by racist state legislatures, and have to be challenged in court. The NAACP has a Legal Defense Fund that welcomes contributions — which can be earmarked for Voting Rights. As they are not tied to any political party, all contributions are tax-deductible.
There will be plenty more work to do after the election is over, and they deserve our support.
@Who ARE (great name btw) – I saw that at least one such challenge has already been successful. I expect most, if not all, to be won eventually – but that’s not much of a consolation to anyone who had their voting rights negated for this election. Those laws should have never been passed, and those that voted for them should be ashamed of themselves, but there is a lot for people to be ashamed of when it comes to this election cycle.
Some white people are crazy.
For some reason, I love it when the black women I know say that. I got called crazy for helping a raccoon out of a dumpster.
Seriously, though, some white people are crazy.
Changing my screen name today.
First I was “Shambles” — a reflection of my early-20s life. A beautiful shambles, but a shambles indeed.
Then I was “LiterallyaShambles,” A response to the dumpster fire that was Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Today, I am “NastyShambles,” for my Madame President. Win or lose, Hillary has made history and done it with grace, and I will always be a nasty woman.
Whatever you call yourself, Shambles is a good look on you.
Now I’m crying, thanks😉 Waiting on my 9 year old daughter to wake up and we’re heading to vote, wearing our white! She’s skipping the first few hours of school for this memorable occasion. I took her to the democratic headquarters here and every single time the little old ladies made a fuss about how exciting this is and how lucky they feel to still be alive for it, one of them cried over her and told her don’t ever forget you were a part of this, love it❤️ I’m also in Alabama so I promise there’s hope for the south😉
I saw your post after I posted mine, silly me! I blame my tears, 🙂
Thank you! I took my 6 year old to the polls today and she was so excited to be a part of electing Hillary. Let’s do this!
My daughter can vote for the first time this year. As soon as she gets out of class we are headed to the poles. I’ve been in tears all morning thinking about what this means.
Awww. How memorable for you both, aang.
@Jess, hello fellow Alabamian!
I don’t live there anymore, but grew up there and my parents still do. It’s heartening to see that not everyone there is on the Trump Train! Almost all my friends back home seem to be leaning his way, and I *cannot* understand it.
I know a lot of liberals here but we tend to be quiet about it. During the last election I had many people come up to me and whisper that they loved my Obama sticker, and I’ve noticed this year we’ve gotten a bit louder, it can be scary to go against the masses and open yourself up to criticism for being different in the south, but it’s getting there! I saw a few other women at the polls rocking their white or pantsuits and we exchanged knowing smiles and nods, makes me proud. I often think about leaving here for a place where I’m surrounded with like minded people, and how wonderful that must feel, but this is also my home and I think it needs people like me to help it move forward.
Hi, from Mobile, Jess & Nene. I hope one day we can band together and rid this state of the neandertals that have it in a death grip. In all my driving around I haven’t seen and abundance of trump signs. Maybe they’re embarrassed to show their colors. It’ll be interesting to see the results.
I mailed in my ballot a week ago and will put together a pant suit to wear today! Listening to my new “friends” at FiveThirtyEight: Nate, Jody, Harry, Claire, Farai. Go Hill!
posting from Europe. Loving all the stories about voting in the morning, wearing your white outfits. It definitely feels like a historical occassion.
Establishing a media embargo tonight and probably taking a sleeping pill to hopefully wake up in the morning to good news.
I’m the same Maria. Too tense to stay up – I think the result should be known about 4am UK time. I think that’s probably too early for a gin, in either celebration – I hope – or desolation, but come 12 noon it’ll be down the hatch…
Posting from Canada – I’ve not gone on any social media today, nor turned on the TV or radio. I’m currently recovering from breast cancer surgery and need to stay in my happy place to help healing. I hope my happy place tomorrow morning will be waking up to Madame President in all her glory and Trump going away with his tail tucked between his legs.
Am I the only one crying?! I am not American, but I have lived my while adult life in this great country. Unfortunately, I cannot vote. Please, go vote!!!!! Good luck, Americans!
I do hope you’ll consider filing an application for citizenship if you meet the requirements.
@whoareallthesepeople: thank you! I need to change my visa type first, then file for green card and , after that file for citizenship. It is a long process. But I will try, 🙂
Paperwork can be very annoying but it will be so worthwhile for you to have both the protections and the privileges of citizenship. In the end, it’s JUST paperwork.
Now I can tell other people’s children that I VOTED for the first woman president! (I can’t have any of my own). But I’m still proud!
I’m also terrified about these results. I hope Hillary gets it but I’m afraid of violent behavior afterward.
Trump has made us worse off either way.
My daughter thanks you and SO DO I!
I am cautiously optimistic that, as with most bullies, when confronted these Trumpsters will crawl back under their rocks.
That top pic of Hillary is so amazing I made it my profile picture.
Good Luck today USA. May you make the best choice (the only choice) for all of us.
((hugs))
If anyone really wants a good cry, read Bradwell v. Illinois (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/83/130/case.html), which the Supreme Court held that Illinois could deny the right of women to become attorneys.
Per Mr. Justice Bradley:
“The humane movements of modern society, which have for their object the multiplication of avenues for woman’s advancement, and of occupations adapted to her condition and sex, have my heartiest concurrence. But I am not prepared to say that it is one of her fundamental rights and privileges to be admitted into every office and position, including those which require highly special qualifications and demanding special responsibilities. In the nature of things, it is not every citizen of every age, sex, and condition that is qualified for every calling and position. It is the prerogative of the legislator to prescribe regulations founded on nature, reason, and experience for the due admission of qualified persons to professions and callings demanding special skill and confidence. This fairly belongs to the police power of the state, and, in my opinion, in view of the peculiar characteristics, destiny, and mission of woman, it is within the province of the legislature to ordain what offices, positions, and callings shall be filled and discharged by men, and shall receive the benefit of those energies and responsibilities, and that decision and firmness which are presumed to predominate in the sterner sex.”
Fuck that guy and go Hillary!
What the actual fuck.
This is 2016, is it not?! Ugh, America – come on.
Ladies, always be on your guard.
Too many of them are still trying to push us under.
Good luck to all our American friends across the pond.
Heard a woman interviewed on BBC Radio 4 at lunchtime: she “doesn’t think women should be in the position of President” so she’s voted for the tiny-handed orange madman. Hopefully most women will be slightly more enlightened. Gah.
Can’t decide if I’m more excited or terrified …. Will be keeping vigil through the night here to find out the result asap.
My bet is that a lot of female Trump supporters think that and that makes them especially susceptible to favoring Trump despite all his flaws- at least he’s not a woman. One older woman was interviewed on tv a long time ago and went on and on about how women can’t be President because they are moody especially at “their time of the month” and would be starting wars all the time. (!) The interviewer pointed out that all our wars have been started by men. She hadn’t thought of that.
I think women especially of my generation have been convinced that they are weak because of menstruation and then later menopause (coming and going!) in particular, when actually I always felt I just needed to be more careful at that time (discomfort and pain does make you irritable if you let it) and never saw it as an excuse to be ragey or snap at people. The standard scenario in tv shows is women being out out of control during their period. If you really can’t control yourself at such times, you have a medical problem because there is no way the species would have survived this long if that were normal. Women have been too crucial in raising the next generation and that’s always been a 24/7 job. You have to be at the top of your game to successfully deal with a two year old….
Other physical conditions can put you into a moody state – my brother was the moody one in my family and unpredictably irritable (he was undiagnosed at the time but was bipolar except never manic). Medication or nutritional deficiencies can cause similar problems. But only a small percentage of women truly have such unmanageable issues around their period, although the culture encourages us to think that we all can be impossible at that time and that’s part of being a weak little woman. Discomfort is not a free pass to being obnoxious. I suspect our relative lack of exercise and nutritional issues are a major part of menstrual discomfort for many of us. My cramps actually disappeared once I started doing just a few minutes of yoga every day (I had noticed before that the cramps were milder when the flow started during the day rather that while I was in bed), the only difference was more stretching exercise. Muscle tone can make a big difference. There are serious medical issues that require a different approach, but they aren’t actually typical.
If you see how Trump and his male followers have raged, there is really no justification to point to women for being moody.
I am not sure if you can watch it, but Jordan Klepper interviewed a bunch of Trump supporters for Comedy Central. One woman said women shouldn’t be president because they aren’t fit – women could get hormonal and just start a war. To which he replied “but haven’t all wars been started by men?”.
I voted. Let’s get it Hillary!!!!!!
@lightpurple has inspired me to post this for my fellow Sister Suffragette:
Mrs. Banks:
We’re clearly soldiers in petticoats
And dauntless crusaders for woman’s votes
Though we adore men individually
We agree that as a group they’re rather stupid!
Cast off the shackles of yesterday!
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!
Our daughters’ daughters will adore us
And they’ll sign in grateful chorus
“Well done, Sister Suffragette!”
From Kensington to Billingsgate
One hears the restless cries!
From ev’ry corner of the land:
“Womankind, arise!”
Political equality and equal rights with men!
Take heart! For Missus Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again!
No more the meek and mild subservients we!
We’re fighting for our rights, militantly!
Never you fear!
So, cast off the shackles of yesterday!
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!
Our daughters’ daughters will adore us
And they’ll sign in grateful chorus
“Well done! Well done!
Well done Sister Suffragette!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1NZDFvZU
Thank you for this!! Making me tear up 🙂
Love this song, and all of Mary Poppins, of course!
Go Hillary! I want you to win so badly for the good of our country and the world.
And a woman president sounds pretty good, too.
Remember, a woman’s place is in the house. The White House!!!
ha ha !
Many years ago, in 5th grade, we were assigned to choose an historical figure and dress up as them and give a presentation about their contributions to our country. I chose Susan B. Anthony. I wore a hideous old brown dress that my mother made for herself that looked like it was made in the 1800s LoL. And I rocked it! The teacher even asked if another girl in our class could borrow it for her presentation! I wish I still had it because I would wear it to go vote today. When my husband gets off of work, we are going as a family, with our 2 young boys, to cast our votes for Hillary! In the good old red state of Tennessee. And I will probably cry like a baby.
I was also Susan B. Anthony in grade school! Except, sub the hideous dress for a hideous wig that my mom pulled up into a bun!
Please, West Coast folks — Ignore whatever ‘predictions’ start bubbling on the news this afternoon/evening and VOTE! Don’t ever assume your vote isn’t needed or won’t matter.
Please share widely by whatever means you have at your disposal :
http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/voter-protection/voting-hotlines.html
I watched Mrs. Banks sing this morning to get me in the mood. “Our daughters daughters will adore us…”
https://youtu.be/L13b0t9aARY
Voted on my way into work. Let’s do this!! 💪🏻
I loved how there was one guy we could hear in the audience who would shout out like in church- preach! you tell em! truth! that’s right!
I loved it. Probably intentional, but this is politics. I love that guy.
LOL. I noticed that too throught the President’s speech and thought there was something wrong with my TV. He sounded so into it, I had to smile.
I enjoyed that guy’s voice, too. One time he said, “Not your fault!”
The military women posting pictures of themselves in their “pantsuits” on Pantsuit Nation and the webcam from Susan B. Anthony’s grave are making me cry. Let’s do this!
I wonder is Hillary is thinking about her own Mom and the sacrifices she made for Hillary. If she (and her Dad) were alive, they’d be overwhelmingly proud of their daughter today.
I’m thinking of my dad. He was a big Hillary supporter from back in the early 1990s.
I’m a total lurker but wanted to say that I echo Lilly’s comments about how amazing Celebitchy and its readers/posters have been during this election cycle. I’ve visited several different sites for election coverage and the comment sections here consistently been the most informative and civil of all the sites I’ve read. Thank you!
@Brown – I am in a similar situation with my family and I just want to give you a big hug. I am currently taking a break from social media to get away from certain family members and asked others to only contact me via e-mail or text and only if it is related directly to family stuff. Since then, not a one has contacted me for any reason. We have disagreed during past election cycles but it’s never been this extreme or divisive.
I took advantage of early-voting in my state and cast my ballot for Hillary. I was proud and excited to be voting for her but was caught completely off-guard by the urge to have a big ugly cry after voting. I think I set a land speed record in getting out of the polling place so I could get to my car and let it all out. It was a good cleansing cry and I needed it. Today, I’m a nervous wreck and I suspect I will be crying again later today. Hopefully, they’ll be tears of jubilation.
Stick around, Jess. I have a feeling the best is yet to come.
This is an important day, I can feel it!
Good luck Hillary !!! From Montreal, Canada
Can’t wait to see Bill as the “First Lady/Husband” becoming an style icon as such!!! lol 🙂
I’m so emotional today. Florida is not going to disappoint Hillary.
My dad can vote even though he is not from this country, became a citizen in the late 90s. He doesn’t want to vote for anyone and he wants to abstain but since I have to return to my hometown to vote tonight, I will be dragging him to the polls. He won’t vote for Trump and he is not an HRC fan but I will not leave the polling location until he votes. Steal his car keys if I have to. 😲
Ha! Naughty girl!
My mom and I both early-voted last week for HRC. I’m being cautiously optimistic today. To echo the sentiment of many other posters here, thanks to all of you for being a voice of reason and intelligent conversation over this election season. It was nice to go to a site where I knew I wasn’t going to have to unfollow people because of their nonsense (my Facebook unfollow button got a good workout this election). I could not have made it through this election cycle without you ladies! Good luck to ALL of us tonight!
And now I’m crying! Very emotional today but also proud to be voting for our first female president. Also seeing my 100 year old grandmother vote for our first black president (twice) and now first female makes me tear up at how much has changed since she was my age.
I had a moment the other day when I thought about the results coming in and seeing that we had elected the first woman President and I started to well up. I remembered how I felt when Barack Obama won his first term and how emotional and important that moment was and how blessed I felt to be part of it.
I’m white, so I can never truly know what it felt like to African Americans all over the country, who were bound by the horrors of slavery, Jim Crow and seen countless of their leaders and participants give their lives to that cause for generations they would never meet, to see one of their own in the Oval Office.
I might know that feeling a little better tonight.
…oh dear me…Im laughing my head off…next time Hill come back as something more than Bills doormat..