A Sunday Sermon for Everyone Fighting Against Fascism

It might not feel like it, but you’re doing an amazing job

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Congratulations. You got up today. Maybe you’re reading this from bed…but I think that’s still worthy of congratulations. You opened your eyes. You looked at your phone. You saw this somewhat peppy title and you clicked on it.

It might not seem like much, but that’s the kind of self-care we need to celebrate right now. The bar might be lower than it’s ever been…but that’s okay. We can work with that.

Are you having at least one good meal a day? Getting in at least one green food that grows out of the ground? Excellent. And I’m not being sarcastic or even making a gentle but dark joke. During the summer of 2022, after enduring a traumatic entanglement with a predatory man, I ate processed food for almost every meal, including having Top Ramen out of the pot it was cooked in, right there at the stove every single night — and other than what I was going through, things weren’t nearly so bad back then. So I think if we’re able to sneak in a salad or snack on a cucumber this season, in the face of America going off the rails, that’s pretty amazing.

If you have kids, you get an extra shout-out for making sure they’re getting all their meals in. It seems impossible to go about normal life…