Thursday Murmurings
Mistresses, drugs and white dudes
This week, I’m finding it hard to think of anything but Afghanistan. I’m sure like many of you, I’ve been trying to keep up with the news. This picture (above) in particular made me stop dead in my tracks. I cannot imagine the sheer terror these people must feel - to have to just head to the airport and try to climb aboard literally any plane, going anywhere to escape the rule of the Taliban.
My heart breaks thinking about the women there. All their rights stripped in an instant. I’m in equal parts raging mad and feeling utterly helpless.
We watch, we wait, we donate - what else can we do? Serious question. We’re all learning as this thing unfolds, about the past, present and future of Afghanistan and I’m sure none of us are comfortable sitting idly by and watching whatever happens to these women (and men and children - everyone must just be terrified). So, if you’ve heard of ways to help, please do post them in the comments.
Things that caught my eye this week:
This may go some way towards explaining why dating apps are such a fiery hell pit - why men don’t understand what women find attractive.
Admittedly, I’m only about half way through reading this article, ‘cause it’s a long ‘un, but the first half of it has had me picking my jaw up off the floor a few times. There’s a company in the US using a ‘drug addiction risk algorithm’ to handle the opiod crisis and reader, I’m sure it comes as no surprise that this ain’t exactly panning out well.
An interesting read about what happens to traditional white guy roles on TV is this current social climate.
If you watched the documentary about Tiger Woods earlier this year (aptly called ‘Tiger’), you’ll be familiar with Rachel Uchitel, the woman he had an ongoing affair with (or one of them at least). This New York Times article about her is…whew! It’s very easy to point the finger at mistresses and make them pariahs, but I’ll bet you this article will have you questioning what you believe. Sure, there was trash behaviour by both parties involved, but it seems incredibly harsh that this woman should live out the rest of her life constantly being associated with this shitty thing, and essentially being made destitute in the process.
Your Biggie Smalls Weekly Pupdate
This week, Biggie wants to reassure you that he does, in fact, have four legs, though he knows it doesn’t look like it in this pic. He also wants you to know he has a really big heart and he thinks you’re great.
Until next week, smile at strangers, spread good vibes, be nice to people.