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steve  ·  1439 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Refreshing

    Welcome to the future.

see? that just gives me goosebumps.

    I'm having trouble with the word presidential. The word seems weighted with 200 years of masculinity.

I can respect that... so I'll throw out a few synonyms that I associate with the word, and we could use instead:

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dignified

refined yet accessible

having integrity

thoughtful

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you know... several important things that we've gone without for four years. I am intrigued that the word "presidential" has always just seemed like the things I would want to see in a president... but not necessarily in the context of a male president. I would just as easily apply that word to a woman president in all the same ways... but we've not yet had the opportunity. I'm often wrong about words and their meanings.... this has been pointed out to me several times. I appreciate you opening my mind on this one. Even though I didn't mean it in the patriarchal - it could be taken as such. As always lil - thanks!