The End of Men

by Christina Sweeney-Baird

What I do know, from years of reporting, is that ignorance, incompetence and fear so often go hand in hand with government that none of us should be surprised if the institutions we thought would keep us safe would in fact be woefully inadequate in the face of a pandemic.

I have never felt so powerful. This must be what men used to feel like. My mere physical presence is enough to terrify someone into running. No wonder they used to get drunk on it. I

We have seen men wage war since the dawn of time. Nobody wins the wars men fight.

“You know, the world doesn’t have to remember you for you to matter. We were loved by those we loved. Not everyone can say that,”

“Perhaps some traumas are too overwhelming to recover from.” On an individual and societal level, perhaps recovery is too great a goal. We can never regain what we have lost and we must accept that, mourn that, grieve what cannot be, and find a new way to exist.