and, now it's time for the inevitable round of trivially criticizing sexism in the media around a prominent candidate, or, as it would be, category of candidates - 'cause all them black women are all the same, right. it's via occupying that unique intersection point between gender and race that the negro female develops her unique characteristics, and artificially imposed hindrances within society.

listen, these gender roles are ancient; they're cultural, they're symbolic, they're religious, they're remnants of something that developed socio-biologically and they're baked into every day life. we're just beginning to understand them, we're not even close to making them go away. so, it's up to individual candidates to define themselves transcendent to their assigned roles, and that's going to be hard for as long as those cultural realities remain around us as we exist, in our lives.

so, it's kind of just background noise. you're yelling at the moon. it's how things are, and something women know they just have to deal with.

i'm not opposed in principle to the symbolic placement of a black woman on the throne as a placation tactic, as i think even the most cynical instance of the concept would have positive ramifications, socially. but, i just don't see a candidate i could actively support, and am finding myself more attracted to 2024 instead.