I know I'm breaking my once-a-month posting streak, but I'd been thinking of writing a political post for ages. And then Kate went and said it way better than I ever could:

So, yeah, like so many women discussed in the aforementioned posts, I felt like I couldn't admit out loud that I really liked Hillary and was sincerely considering voting for her. All the cool kids hate Hillary! I'm not supposed to vote with my lady parts! What am I thinking?!?

(The whole post is great. Go read it. Really.)

I'll add the caveat that I actually ended up not voting. I'd be ashamed of myself if it weren't for the fact that Shawn and I were canceling each other out, both on the property tax amendment and on the primary candidate (well, that and the fact that my vote for primary candidate wouldn't have counted anyway -- thank you Florida legislature!). I was going to go anyway, but vacation lasted a day longer than planned (we only had hotel money for two nights, but opted to sleep in the car one night rather than going home). So I, unexpectedly, wasn't here to go.

But the blatant misogyny (mostly on the part of the media) in this election season has really been bothering me for months now. Almost as much as the unwitting sexism by people I've spoken with. But I've been in enough anti-feminist debates (mostly with people who don't have a clue about the feminist movement, historically or currently) lately that I just haven't had the energy to address it the way I've wanted to (one conversation about rape fantasy is my quota for life, thanks). So I really appreciate Kate's ever-present way of putting things so eloquently and logically.

I am just so in awe, so inspired, and so hopeful by this election. On top of all of the things that make her a good candidate -- a visually prominent female role model of substance? Yes, please!