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http://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america?mbid=social_twitterYes, some of the hardest hitting political journalism nowadays comes from Teen Vogue.
It wasn't one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history, so presumably that's another red-herring lie to distract from Trump treating the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States like it is some rogue blogger to be cast to the trolls. A foreign government's interference in our election is a threat to our freedom, and the President-elect's attempt to undermine the American people's access to that information undermines the very foundation upon which this country was built. It's also nothing new.
Trump won the Presidency by gas light. His rise to power has awakened a force of bigotry by condoning and encouraging hatred, but also by normalizing deception. Civil rights are now on trial, though before we can fight to reassert the march toward equality, we must regain control of the truth. If that seems melodramatic, I would encourage you to dump a bucket of ice over your head while listening to Duel of the Fates." Donald Trump is our President now; its time to wake up.
"Gas lighting" is a buzzy name for a terrifying strategy currently being used to weaken and blind the American electorate. We are collectively being treated like Bella Manningham in the 1938 Victorian thriller from which the term "gas light" takes its name. In the play, Jack terrorizes his wife Bella into questioning her reality by blaming her for mischievously misplacing household items which he systematically hides. Doubting whether her perspective can be trusted, Bella clings to a single shred of evidence: the dimming of the gas lights that accompanies the late night execution of Jacks trickery. The wavering flame is the one thing that holds her conviction in place as she wriggles free of her captors control.
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)under the hood.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Lauren Duca, interviewed by Joy Reid. It'd be great for her to get exposure.
LonePirate
(13,408 posts)underpants
(182,603 posts)After graduating from Fordham University, Lauren spent two years working as an entertainment reporter for the Huffington Post. While on staff, she created the weekly newsletter Middlebrow, and wrote an absurdly long, reported piece on Lifetime that frankly not enough people have read. Since moving on to pursue freelancing full time, she has expanded her brand of comedic anthropology (lol, sorry) to include a wide range of work, from political analysis to human interest pieces.
underpants
(182,603 posts)It may be a subscription thing.
LonePirate
(13,408 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)Thanks for posting.
underpants
(182,603 posts)I mean really good. Very impressive.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)tried. Some similarities,Fred Koch,this time his sons,JP Morgan and Sachs,this time Goldman-Sachs,Rockefeller and Standard Oil,this time Exxon-Mobile. Gee,who would have thought.
renate
(13,776 posts)I'm impressed by the author and I'm impressed that an editor decided to go with this.
democrank
(11,085 posts)So well written. I love this from Ms. Duca's excellent piece.......
The good news about this boiling frog scenario is that we're not boiling yet. Trump is not going to stop playing with the burner until America realizes that the temperature is too high.
She's right on the money. Lot of wisdom here.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)There is hope for the future.
As long as the writer is no sent to a reeducation camp.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)applegrove
(118,487 posts)Now it is Trump. Great! Elect a buffoon and give him the tools of the psychopath. What could possibly go wrong?
tecelote
(5,122 posts)Teen Vogue
Who would have guessed.
RESPECT
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Bravo!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Well, someone's gotta say it.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)@portraitgrip
That awkward moment when Teen Vogue has more journalistic integrity than CNN
@sarakmt
when teen vogue is less afraid to write news articles abt the serious political shit show going on than the nation's top news sources
@Nerduoso
Good on Teen Vogue. Can't wait for next week when Highlights exposes drug trafficking with a maze
@Z_Everson
I kinda want to subscribe to Teen Vogue except it'd probably land me on some registry
@Pappiness
America in 2016: People fully expecting the President-Elect of the United States to publicly denounce the journalism of Teen Vogue.
@netw3rk
2016
Media: white supremacists dress nice now
Teen Vogue: Trump is destroying democracy
@JustSchmeltzer Eric Schmeltzer Retweeted Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue schools the slowly boiling frogs at other publications and networks. Teen Vogue.
@amandadeibert
Where do you get your news? Oh, the only place left with guts enough to tell the truth: teen vogue.
@SarcasticRover
Exxon in charge of foreign policy and Teen Vogue in charge of journalism
Sure, whatever, 2016.
@JohnFugelsang
Mr Trump, I can't ban Teen Vogue from the WH press pool; they're not part of - wait, sir, please, you don't need to tweet about this, sir NO
@jameslucasjones
Time Magazine: Ha ha. We'll give him devil horns. It'll be subversive.
Teen Vogue: THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR SUBTLETY. THIS COUNTRY IS ON FIRE.
@burnlittlelight
Listen: these vile alt-right boys used video games to radicalize. I'm pretty happy with the thought of @TeenVogue rallying the resistance.
suegeo
(2,571 posts)Steve Bannon: 8 Things to Know About Donald Trumps Chief Strategist
Including that he reportedly didn't want his daughters to go to a school due to "the number of Jews that attend."
The Steve Bannon piece was written by Laura Stampler. She has other news stories on Vogue that might be worth a read, too.