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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:10 AM Feb 2022

An ode to those women who say what we're thinking

There is something gratifying about the no-nonsense, fed up women who just let 'em have it.

This week has brought us two extraordinary examples. One called herself “Black Jesus” on Amtrak. The other is now trending on Twitter for her punchline to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin: #readtheroombuddy.

They’re women who take a stand against those bellicose, passively belligerent acts that jank up our daily lives, who speak for thousands — in their own special way — and leave the rest of us breathless, whispering, “Brava.”

And they’ve all been on this Earth long enough to be sick of keeping quiet.

Thursday was when Stacey Patton, a.k.a. Black Jesus, made an appearance on the Northeast Regional headed to Trenton.

https://wapo.st/3J82jLA

"Read the room, buddy"! Preach it, ladies!

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An ode to those women who say what we're thinking (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2022 OP
👍 Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #1
Oh my God! The Black Jesus story! This is the first I heard of it. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #2
Brava!!! niyad Feb 2022 #3
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