Since October 7, 2023, I’ve increasingly felt disconnected from my progressive community. I've witnessed organizations losing funding, workers being fired, and voices silenced for raising appropriate concerns about the U.S.'s unwavering support for Israel’s military campaign against the Palestinian people.
I’m aware there’s an election around the corner, and like many Swifties, I’ll be voting for Harris — mainly because I don’t want my daughter to grow up in a reality reminiscent of the Handmaid’s Tale. With Project 2025 looming and Trump’s promise not to “hold back” Netanyahu, the thought of him at the helm as we spiral into regional conflict is unbearable.
Yet it’s impossible to feel inspired by a leader representing the same administration that has repeatedly enabled genocide for more than a year. It’s impossible to reconcile the future we desire with the grim reality of the violence we are witnessing today. When 70 percent of those killed are women and children, when a population is starved, and when hospitals, aid agencies, schools, and refugee camps are repeatedly bombed, what more must we see?