Conversation #19: "Me Too" Meets "I'm Guilty" (October 22, 2018)

In this week’s conversation, Grace and Paul give an update on what we’ve been reading and watching, including a quick review of the new film Blade Runner 2049, and thoughts on the first half of Elizabeth Warren’s book A Fighting Chance. We talk about today’s hike at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, then tackle three topics: our opposition to the political rehabilitation of George W. Bush, the purges of leftists by the DNC, and the trending “me toos” and “I’m guilties” on social media.

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Here is a review of Elizabeth Warren’s book.

Paul has written a long review of Blade Runner 2049 here.

This review of Blade Runner 2049 points out some of the disturbing ways in which women are portrayed in the film.

Here is the web site for Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the location of our Walk of the Week.

Here is an article from New Republic entitled “Liberals, Stop Applauding George W. Bush.”

Here is the article from The Intercept about the Democratic Party’s reorganization. I failed to mention in our conversation that, per NBC’s coverage, the DNC went of their way to put a positive spin on this that they referred to Marisa Richmond, age 58, as a “millennial.”

Here is a piece from Democracy Now! on Tarana Burke, the activist who started the “Me Too” movement back in 2007.