Beatrice Franklin is hopping mad! And she is going to let you know about it in the most courageous way possible. She is going to repost some jarring memes on social media, the single most dangerous place on planet earth. Some might think that no-mans-land in World War 1, or religious fidelity in a time of persecution, or taking to the seas during the age of exploration, or things like that are the contexts of the greatest courage required of people in human history. Forget soldiers or explorers or faithful men and women. Beatrice has come that you might have an exemplar of bravery in these perilous times.
Not only has she stormed the ideological beach of Normandy, but she comes with opinions so bold, so razor sharp, so original, so beautiful, that they can only be uttered by the most courageous of the courageous class! She is so courageous that she is like a woman wearing daisy dukes taking a stroll down the streets of Kabul.
Her social media feed includes such culturally radical forays into battle as these:
“White people are so racist it disgusts me. I feel sick being white.”
“Women’s bodies are their own bodies and they can eject parasites inside them if they want to! Parasites are gross!"
"If women were in charge, there would so much less killing!"
“Everyone should be free to love whoever they love for as long as the loving lasts.”
"Capitalism enslaves!"
“Gas powered cars and plastic bottles and billionaires are killing the planet. Buy a Tesla and a yeti!”
“Rich people are so greedy. They should give their Tesla’s to college students.”
“College should be free, like the credit card my dad gave me.”
Now one would think that with such radical and minority views Beatrice would surely be facing persecution, and that probably is coming soon for such steely and courageous bravery, but most days she is only forced to summon her courage in facing her too hot chai tea latte at Starbucks, never yielding in her laser focus for social change from the plush safety of her corner booth. Thank you, Beatrice, for standing in the gap for all of us.
