**I didn’t really consider myself an overtly political person until I moved to Geneva, a small town in upstate New York. AdvertisementI still used a paper calendar to cobble together appointments for the kids and my gigs as a karaoke host. One female city councilor routinely ended up in the local paper, villainized for calling out the weird men on council who had gone their entire lives unchecked. My niece was automatically enrolled in the fifth grade, and we opted out when we saw the DARE officer’s name. Immediately, I flashed back to the ancient Republican creeper who had followed me on Instagram at the start of the campaign.

Source: Huffington Post November 04, 2025 14:36 UTC