Nerd Pride Radio

I'm watching the speeches at Philadelphia now. They sound amazing. I am no longer worried about tomorrow.

My poor parents, who have seen so much and watched the rise of Hillary Clinton with interest, are so sad for her. My dad, who is in his 80s and says precious little about politics but often votes Republican, was deeply sad to see the rise of open bigotry again in politics, given his memories of what it was like when that was last publicly acceptable. They wanted a female president even more than I did, I'm ashamed to say, because they have a better grasp of how monumental that is, having lived pre-1960s anti-discrimination legislation and 1970s popular feminism.