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  HANDS OFF! Houston was another wonderful example in this city of step up to make their voices heard. Compared to the greater Houston area’s population, the turn-out of six thousand was on the modest side, but with a front coming in and tornado warnings, I can understand why people would stay home. Mostly what you’ll see here are pictures from the rally and the march. I was holding my sign (which got a few pictures took, thankyouverymuch), but I want to emphasize a few things that many Americans don’t seem to understand. Yes, Rallies and Protests are Performative This does not mean that they are merely that. We are willing, particularly those of us who follow and write up pop culture, to talk about how a movie or an album is so impactful and life-changing. We do not extend that same rationale or courtesy to millions of people who at any given time, are feeling political and social pressures so great that they are compelled to organize and hit the streets. Today is a textbook examp...

Candidate for Chair of the Texas Democratic Party Lillian "Lillie" Schecter Source: lillieforchair.com To say that Texas is full of strong women is a gross understatement. Barbara Jordon, Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, my mother, the list could go on. In Houston, we’ve had Kathy Whitmire and Annalise Parker, both remarkable mayors and groundbreakers. We lost a great woman when Sheila  Jackson  Lee passed and currently we have Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Commissioner Leslie Briones , Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher , and Lillian "Lillie" Schecter , who spoke yesterday at the monthly ROADwoman meeting.  A longtime and incredibly successful political fundraiser and strategist, she has worked on campaigns at all levels of government up to the national, on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. As chairwoman, she raised five million dollars for the Harris Country Democratic Party (HCDP), more than the state Democratic Party. She knows the machine, she know fundraising, and s...