State of the Union
My dear Baronies,
I hope this post finds you better than the post of MBB and LB found me. I need a moment to commiserate with my Baronies. I am confused, disappointed, and quite frankly, hurt.
Before anyone calls me parasocial or a hater or whatever, I don’t care.
The world is scary right now. There is a lot of pain and a lot of hurt. Our leaders at home and abroad are failing us and I know it has made a lot of us feel unheard, unseen, and alone. The people that are supposed to stand up against injustices and protect us are not.
Ride, and her comedy, felt like a safe space in the wake of this political nightmare. MBB’s “politics for hot people,” pre-episode political rants, and involvement in Mamdani’s election made me feel empowered and excited for the political future. I know Ride is neither an inherently political podcast nor are they required to speak on politics. But, she sort of made progressive politics a major tenet of the show.
And lest we forget, the personal is political.
There is no world in which she can maintain her social/political morals, and simultaneously be with someone who takes sponsored trips to Saudi Arabia and supports AIPAC. We are the company we keep.
MBB is smart, hilarious, and so much hotter than that cockroach. I hope she reflects from this and learns. She is now irrelevant to me. I trust in the Baronies to keep this sub hilarious and I will lurk from afar. But I cannot in good faith support her anymore.
Anyways, *insert Ben Affleck smoking meme* I’m out. Thanks for listening. Love yall.