Body, I am not an animal. Body, I am not an animal...

I am not surprised that Roe v Wade was overturned. It has been in the making for years.

There are so many reasons that it should not have been overturned...practical first.

This does not mean there will be easy access to birth control. Quite the opposite.

This decision will impact poor citizens and people of color. Because, y'know, Republicans hate poor people, impoverished people of color. 

Eliminating abortions will force women to have babies and funding for social services will be vital. It will rest on the states. As I am writing this Missouri has banned all abortions and I am sure they are in the process making sure that social safety nets are being...yeah, prolly not.

Oppression next.

Controlling women's bodies. Institutional sexism. Institutional racism. It is all there.

I also have some questions.

If it is immoral to have an abortion then isn't also immoral to shoot a bunch of strangers?

So no abortions and strict gun laws?

Since the 1980s abortions have been declining (some of this due to day after pills) and this begs the question-

Does anyone ever really want to get an abortion? 

From my personal experience, I answer this question with a solid unapologetic no. 

Is getting an abortion something I regret? None of your business.

Was the decision to terminate a pregnancy really hard to make? None of your business.

I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. It is a personal choice.

The "funny" thing about all this is that many of these people who don't want you to terminate a pregnancy also don't want to wear a mask. 

Dummies.

Follow me into the desert , as thirsty as you are...

 For the past 28 years, I have had a crush on Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

KEXP the indie radio station in Seattle celebrates 50 years of music programming and plays music from a year on Wednesdays. Today it was 1991. Dang! 

1991 was a good year for music and the same year I moved out on my own. I did not leave my great state of California, but I did travel north. Don't get me wrong I consider the Bay Area my home, but I have thought often about going farther north. Before I got my forever job, I applied every couple of months to jobs in the Seattle area. Every time I am there I play a soundtrack in my head- Sunny Day Real Estate, Taco Cat,  Soundgarden, Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Gruntruck, Harvey Danger, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Mudhoney, Death Cab/Postal Service, and of course Nirvana and P. Jam. If we are driving then I will start my extended soundtrack in the Portland area with Heatmiser/Elliot Smith, Hazel, Dead Moon, Decemberists, and as we continue up I-5 Sleater-Kinney, Excuse 17, Bikini Kill, Godsheadsilo, Bratmobile, Quasi, and I could go on, but you get the idea.

None of these bands live in my favorite band category, but they do get honorable mentions because of their location. 

I am also way more aware of past, present, and future releases of labels from the PNW. SubPop, Barsuk, K, KRS, Hush Hush, Youth Riot, and so on. Years ago I made a conscious decision to invest in record labels. Explore their catalogs. Yep Roc, not out of the Seattle area, consistently puts out great records. FYI. Annnnnywho...

I spent a fair amount of time in the Seattle area in the 90s, some in the 00s, and multiple trips a year for the past 8 years.  So I know that I am not enamored of a town that no longer exists. Yes, there are places that are gone: Velvet Elvis, OK Hotel, the woman-owned burrito place by the Six Arms (which is still there, I think- LOVED that bar), Bop Records, and the really cool punk rock record store somewhere near the troll. With that being said I can still go to Vivace, Archie McPhees, and Cafe Flora. Plus there is always something new. I have also got to experience and enjoy other parts of the Seattle area (Ballard, West Seattle, Burien, White Center). A few years ago we spent a few days on Fox Island, which is in the southern part of the sound. So beautiful. We saw so many bald eagles. Fantastic. 

Maybe someday I will move up to the PNW. Perhaps that is where me and the husbando will retire to. Until then I will look forward to my visits.