{"id":8324,"date":"2013-06-27T18:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starshipnivan.com\/blog\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2013-06-28T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:01:39","slug":"one-step-forward-two-steps-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/?p=8324","title":{"rendered":"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starshipnivan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Joyce-Kohl-One-Step.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8332 alignnone\" alt=\"Joyce Kohl, One Step\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starshipnivan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Joyce-Kohl-One-Step.jpg\" width=\"439\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Joyce-Kohl-One-Step.jpg 426w, https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Joyce-Kohl-One-Step-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m delighted that DOMA has been overturned, especially if it leads to eventual changes in state laws. Far less so about the other decisions of the Supreme Court that open the way to shenanigans that hinder voting and to further weakening of employees\u2019 rights in the already brutal work landscape \u2013 or about unmanned drones patrolling the Mexican border.<\/p>\n<p>And since people eagerly invoke intersectionality whenever feminists speak up, I find the non-stop relentless erosion of women\u2019s basic rights in the US frightening \u2013 and bravely though Senator Wendy Davis stood through the hazing ordeal, all the thugs had to do was re-introduce the SB5 bill at the start of a new special session.<\/p>\n<p>I have already discussed the plight of scientific research; sequestration was the last blow to that complex, fragile structure. It\u2019s unclear which way the US will tilt longer-term; its top 1% seems intent on reconstituting a feudal, fundamentalist society. That\u2019s the last thing I envisioned when I arrived in this country full of vim, hope and the burning desire to contribute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image:<\/strong> One Step Forward, Two Steps Back by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csub.edu\/~jkohl\/\">Joyce Kohl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m delighted that DOMA has been overturned, especially if it leads to eventual changes in state laws. Far less so about the other decisions of the Supreme Court that open the way to shenanigans that hinder voting and to further weakening of employees\u2019 rights in the already brutal work landscape \u2013 or about unmanned drones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}