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WOMEN’S MARCH

On Saturday, I was one voice out of 750,000 that called out for change on the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. We were one city that participated in the Women’s March among a worldwide movement of cities that joined.

Throughout the rest of the weekend, between social obligations and household chores, you’d have found me on my couch, watching all of the speeches made Women’s Marches around the world, each moving and powerful in their own way.

Here are my favorites:

ASHLEY JUDD

This is extraordinary.

AMERICA FERRERA

“WE MARCH TODAY FOR THE MORAL CORE OF THIS NATION.”

BARBRA STREISAND

SCARLETT JOHANSSON

“LET THIS WEIGHT NOT DRAG YOU DOWN BUT HELP TO GET YOUR HEELS STUCK IN.”

And just in case you weren’t crying yet, here’s Rufus Wainwright singing “Hallelujah” at the March in Los Angeles:

To those of you who were there and want to do more, or, to those of you who could not join us for whatever reason, there is still much work to be done. Check out the Women’s March website for the best next steps. (Be patient! They are getting a lot of traffic and the site keeps crashing but they’re working on it!)

What’s In My Pocket, Friday? The best of…. something.

This was meant for Friday, but I did not have the will to finish it on Friday. Today I decided I needed it.

While I’ve not posted here or in my other blog in a rather embarrassing amount of time, it suddenly seemed important to me to put something out into the world that wasn’t… dark. I’m overwhelmingly sickened by the state of the world right now and if you thought I was laughing before, I’m downright hysterical now.

So here are things I’ve saved in my “pocket” that, hopefully, will make us all feel a little better — even if only for a short while.

If you don’t know who Justin Tranter is, you probably know his music. He’s responsible for Gwen Stefani’s new album, most of Selena Gomez’s, a lot of Britney, a lot of Bieber… I know Justin because we share a mutual friend dating back to college when we saw him play with his band, Semi Precious Weapons, at the coffee shop at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square. (His former bassist, Cole Whittle, now plays for DNCE.)

Anyway, the day after a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 at Pulse in Orlando last month, Justin got on a plane. He lent a hand wherever he could but he wanted to do more. The result is “Hands,” a track released earlier this week that features Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige, Pink, Juanes, Kacey Musgraves, Adam Lambert and many more. Proceeds from the song, available exclusively on iTunes, will benefit Equality Florida, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida and Glaad.

Similarly, the Broadway community came together on an episode of “Maya and Marty” to sing their iTunes single for charity. It’s rather beautiful:

Music brings me a lot of peace and joy. So do puppies. My friend Lisa got a new puppy and I love each and every photo she shares of her on Instagram. And since I absolutely refuse to sit on the internet all day reading the news at this point, I choose to have the puppy cam on.

This post on Facebook made me laugh:

And I thought this video Rufus Wainwright posted on Facebook was beautiful:

If you just need a good, great, gut-busting laugh? Well then you should click over to Buzzfeed for some hilarious tweets about kids!

3yo (in bathroom): Mummy, can I put this sticker on Daddy’s card?
Me (in bed): Yes.
3yo: Will he love it?
Me: Yes. pic.twitter.com/TJepUORQwH

— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) June 21, 2015

This quote also struck me as rather serene and I wanted to conclude with it:

One out of 750,000 out of MILLIONS

WOMEN’S MARCH

What’s In My Pocket Friday

What’s In My Pocket, Friday? The best of…. something.