Laughter Is Good Stuff
I am quoting from “Make America Laugh Again: How the exuberance of Kamal Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing.”
The antidote to MAGA is feminist laughter. “Make America Laugh Again” has become a rallying cry for electing the first Black woman president in U.S. history and an emotional weapon against the furies of Trumpism.
A new acronym: MALA “Make America Laugh Again.”
Harris’s laughter has become a national symbol of collective healing, affirming the powers of contagious joy to unite community across the bitter divisions of culture and identity. . . . laughter is a lifeline for resistance against the global onslaught of authoritarian hate and fearmongering.
No more killjoys, no more self-isolating cynicism, or supercilious pessimism: The people will laugh a new era of democracy into possibility.
“Make America Laugh Again” is a plea for generous pleasure over endless misery and suffering.
[Harris’} laughter gives voice to all the unlaughed laughs of feminist history, which may very well determine the election outcome in November–and beyond. Listen up!
When I started this blog, one of my principles was to avoid politics, negativity, and criticism. I took this tiny step into politics because laughter is the polar opposite of much of current politics and negativity.
Hennefeld, Maggie, Make America Laugh Again: How the exuberance of Kamal Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing, {Editorial} The Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 26, 2024
PS. I generated the above image using Photoshop’s AI function. I asked Photoshop to generate an image of laughing animals.