LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
on fear, exhaustion and frustration
with the Muslim Brotherhood-led
government,” Hafsa Halawa, a former employee of the National Democratic Institute, tells Sophia. “In
short,” Sophia adds, “public revulsion at the prospect of Islamist rule
has been manipulated into tacit
acceptance for a crackdown antithetical to democratic rule.”
Elsewhere in the issue, Jason
Linkins points out that we now can
count more people not running for
president in 2016 than people running, despite rampant speculation
about potential candidates. California Gov. Jerry Brown recently
joined the growing list of those
who have officially stated their disinterest, including Democrats Cory
Booker, Julian Castro, Deval Patrick, Elizabeth Warren, and Republican Susana Martinez.
“Let us now praise the real heroes of this period of premature
frenzy,” Jason writes. “Those men
and women who have seen the
light of presidential speculation
beaming in their direction and
have forthrightly declared, ‘You
can include me out.’”
In our Voices section, Kia Makarechi explains the problem with
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“outrage fatigue” — AKA, why
won’t everyone stop complaining
about the lack of roles for black
actors and Katy Perry performing
in yellowface?
It’s not that we’re “suddenly”
seeing people express their dissatisfaction with racial and cultural
While the Arab Spring
raised hopes for a new
era of democracy, those
expectations have long
since dulled in Egypt.”
inequities, Kia argues. It’s just that
we’re hearing more diverse perspectives than we’re used to hearing. And what we’re used to has
largely consisted of “every idiosyncratic white male beef with everything that has happened and/or
will happen,” Kia writes.
Finally, as part of our ongoing
focus on The Third Metric, we look
at some of the daily habits that can
help you reduce stress and
be more present in your life.
ARIANNA