Is Epstein's "Suicide Note" Real?
And a feminist cartoon for your enjoyment
I like the word skirmish, it’s funny in some way. A visual word. I don’t like the word patriarchy, or rather, I don’t like the concept. I think my first skirmish with the patriarchy— that I noticed— was when I lived in Italy, my family moved to Rome for a year. I was 16, and it was actually a crash course in sexism. The above cartoon is one you are seeing before anyone else, as The New Yorker chose not to take it.
Some news….
This is an interesting take, and glad someone is loud about it, because the Iran war is a lie, started by a madman and perpetuated by power-hungry yes-men. Much is being hidden from us. Journalist David Rothkopf wrote today in The Daily Beast (via Heather Cox Richardson):
“Not since Vietnam have we seen a more systematic effort by an administration to lie about the nature, costs, consequences, and results of a war than we have seen from the White House on Iran.”
The most significant news item I saw today is that apparently, Jeffrey Epstein left a suicide note. It’s not verified to be his handwriting, maybe that will happen soon. As reported by Politico, a judge released the sealed note, found by his cellmate weeks before he was found dead.
“They investigated me for month – FOUND NOTHING!!!” “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye,” the note continues. “Watcha want me to do – Bust out cryin!! NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!”
The NY Times argued in a letter to the judge that there was no basis for continuing to seal the note and that his cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione had waived his attorney-client privilege by talking about it publicly. The court agreed. Does this confirm that he comitted suicide? Is the note real? Why hasn’t the cellmate been deposed?
Finally, Howard Lutnik testified yesterday behind closed doors about his connection to Epstein. Representative Ro Khanna says it all:
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That’s it for me today. Thanks for being here, see you tomorrow! Have a great Thursday.
You're right---skirmish is a funny word somehow. The New Yorker is missing a bit of lovely wry humor in not publishing your cartoon. I think the sad part about "skirmishing with the patriarchy" is that we all do it every day---we just don't notice it. It's there---stuck inside our heads---telling us what women do, what men do, what men wear, what women wear, who's in charge and who's not. It's all there every day, it reconstitutes itself and we have to battle with it every day both inside AND outside our heads. Those children in the sandbox have already---by that age---skirmished with the patriarchy. As to Nutlick: Who knew you could turn yourself inside out telling the most outlandish lies and still walk around pretending to be a human being?
love the cartoon! can we start a movement to get it published?!