Marnie Screams into the Void
92: Training for the Resistance
August 4th, 2024. 92 days left. Training for the resistance. The Olympics never really interested me. Something about athletic excellence makes me physically uncomfortable. I have issues. I know I should care. I should be riveted, invested. And I felt sort of guilty for not caring more and it used to be mostly "person from country wins the gold" and occasionally some bigger drama but this year has been "Where do we start?" And I've only seen a few clips, a ton of memes, lots of headlines, and I regret not investing more of myself from the beginning. I need to remember that everything is political now. From the opening ceremony, here come the Christians claiming oppression again to the geyser of misogyny and racism rushing across our screens reminding us that biological advantages are pure luck for men but for women they are a sign that maybe they are really men because women should be soft. But we've never been soft. We've always been hard and you just keep making us harder. Resistance training builds strength. Or did you forget that?