{"id":41172,"date":"2018-10-15T23:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41172"},"modified":"2018-10-15T23:54:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:54:58","slug":"recommended-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/recommended-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to make sure you haven&#8217;t missed these great videos!<\/p>\n<p>When Trump said it was a &#8220;scary time for young men in America&#8221; earlier this month, artist Lynzy Lab responded with this song about how scary America has always been for women. She manages to be both accurate and funny.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s a really scary time for dudes right now. So I wrote a song about it. Go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vote<\/a> friends! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheResistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheResistance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1Thing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1Thing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ACLU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WC4SJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WC4SJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/letsmakesomenoise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#letsmakesomenoise<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hz7E3xMRqR\">pic.twitter.com\/hz7E3xMRqR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lynzy Lab (@mercedeslynz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mercedeslynz\/status\/1049215347025465344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Rapper Mysonne was in Washington, D.C., for the Kavanaugh protests, during which he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/2018\/10\/rapper-mysonne-arrested-protesting-kavanaugh-confirmation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested<\/a>. Shortly before the arrest, he made this powerful statement about men&#8217;s responsibility to change rape culture.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;We all look at Kavanaugh and we see some similarities to things that happened in our lives.&#39; \u2014 This man perfectly described what it means to live in a rape culture <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CmjgEITe2\">pic.twitter.com\/2CmjgEITe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1048627194870845441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2018\/10\/10\/mysonne-rape-culture-rapper-interview\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I also appreciate the interview he did with The Fader after the video went viral<\/a>, talking about how he only recently got over his defensiveness and started to look at male behavior differently.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, actor Samuel L. Jackson is ready to do anything &#8212; ANYTHING &#8212; to help Democratic congressional candidates. He&#8217;s scooping litter for Angie Craig in Minnesota &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I got lots of shit to deal with, but I don\u2019t mind helping out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieCraigMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AngieCraigMN<\/a> \u2014 this election is THAT important. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/byhvG2zmdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/byhvG2zmdC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UbpkfgSPmg\">pic.twitter.com\/UbpkfgSPmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelLJackson\/status\/1050436404537249793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and waiting for the cable guy at Colin Allred&#8217;s house in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volunteer this fall. What the fuck are you waiting for? I\u2019m waiting for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinAllredTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColinAllredTX<\/a>\u2019s cable guy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/byhvG2zmdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/byhvG2zmdC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTBSIRkobR\">pic.twitter.com\/qTBSIRkobR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelLJackson\/status\/1050433082799546368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to be working at a poll site on Election Day and it&#8217;s a 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. shift! I&#8217;m wondering if Sam can come by my place and walk Edward the dog a couple of times. Sam, call me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to make sure you haven&#8217;t missed these great videos! When Trump said it was a &#8220;scary time for young men in America&#8221; earlier this month, artist Lynzy Lab responded with this song about how scary America has always been for women. She manages to be both accurate and funny. It&#8217;s a really scary&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/recommended-watching\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,49,143],"tags":[1701,1700,1683],"class_list":{"0":"post-41172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-feminism","7":"category-in-the-news","8":"category-politics","9":"tag-lynzy-lab","10":"tag-mysonne","11":"tag-samuel-l-jackson","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41172"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41184,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41172\/revisions\/41184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}