Yeah- she insists they won’t marry until the law is revised. They aren’t married in the subsequent books about other characters in the universe.

Oh oh I didn’t realize the essay was about the second book but it’s the same principle- the hero decides to fight with her. And they aren’t planning to marry! It’s a whole point, because they’ll continue their political activism- together… geez why is she misrepresenting these books so much?

The second book in the Dunmore series, the suffragette heroine refuses to marry until the law on woman’s property is passed. The whole series is about women continuing their activism with supportive male partners!

The reason Dunmore’s romance succeeds in the end is the hero renounces HIS political alignments to support the heroine and suffrage. This essay is pushing forward a version of the books and romance genre that she wants to argue, not at all what the books say (tho I haven’t read the first one!).

Right- it was a devastating time, where every single humanitarian expert in the USG was at odds with a handful of political leaders committed to the course they set out. I think a lot of this has been memory holed. Thanks for sticking up for USAID! Folks tried, resigned, etc etc. Nothing worked.

Here’s another. It was truly constant thecradle.co/articles-id/...

I really want to clarify that the Biden political decisions were completely against rank and file USAID employee/official/expert positions. If folks google this youll see a great deal of reporting about official dissent from USAID over Biden/Power Gaza policy www.reuters.com/world/over-1...

600,000 so far have died because they illegally killed USAID. Frustrated this wasn't even included in this overview! This is by far, by far, the most significant impact of DOGE.

the lesson from doge is not that we need to cut waste fraud and abuse better. the lesson is that GOVERNMENT FULFILLS MANY VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS and that among those is SAVING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN.

please, please. try them for crimes against humanity - www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

They have traumatized and destroyed the concept of a nonpartisan civil service. It's very difficult to express how hard that will be to reverse. You need a nonpartisan, highly competent civil service to make anything work.

Yes that’s what struck me too- their justification is actually “well maybe death isn’t so bad?” It’s profoundly disturbing and shocking.

They’re doing this in DC and DC suburbs too!! Everyday aggressive violent abductions and intimidation. Capitol Hill is a zone unto itself - they are ignoring what is at their doorstep too because it’s directed at immigrant communities