I promised myself I wouldn't write about politics or this election but its becoming increasingly clear that I have to out my two cents in and add to the noise. In the wake of the election results, I was sad. I even cried. I woke up and got ready for school before checking the results because I knew it would derail me. When I was ready, I grabbed my phone and refreshed the page I had up. It said that Trump had won the presidency. My heart broke. I wasn't sad for myself at first. I was sad for all the people who had voted for Hillary hoping for the glass ceiling to finally be broken. I was sad that all the progression under Hillary was not an option anymore but now a faint dream. But most of all, I was sad for Hillary. I felt as if I failed her, that we the American people failed her. She worked her whole adult life to make America better, for us. For you. For everyone. You can say whatever you want but having our first female president would've been huge, it would've propelled us into a stronger future that gives women the equality we deserve. Hillary would've done us good and progressed this country far more than Trump ever will.

Trump has divided us. He brought out the darkest side of humanity by playing on fear and some of us let it snake into our hearts and make a home. Hillary deserved this presidency and she won popular vote. America wanted her. Women wanted her. Men wanted her. More people who wanted change rather than hate and fear wanted her. America was failed by our flawed system and now we have a racist, misogynist President who has boosted about sexual assault publicly. You can't deny his own words. You can't say it wasn't him or it was lies because we see and hear him with our own ears. You can't pretend you didn't know. I hear people telling me they choose the lesser of two evils. The sad thing is his sexual assault on women isn't considered horrible or evil. Emails, to America, is worse than rape. It makes me wonder if that's how unimportant women are to society. Those so called emails had nothing illegal in them. Want to see for yourself?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/politics/hillary-cli...

This article explains it. No bias. Just pure facts. Read for yourself about the emails and educate yourself further. But I'm jumping to conclusions because maybe you didn't like Hillary because of her husband's Presidency. Well, let me tell you something...she is not her husband. She. Is. Not. Him. Her plans differed from how he ran things. Her plans were better, plans which would've brought unity and progress. Another reason people don't like her is because of her husbands scandal and why she stayed with him. Maybe she forgave him and loves him. Personally, I would rather a forgiving person who chooses her battles rather than blows up in the White House. Let's play with the thought she didn't forgive him but rather she had to stay married to him to be eligible to run and reach her dreams. A woman running for president? Crazy. An unmarried, divorced woman running for president? Impossible. She wouldn't have even made the nomination in this double binded government. So take your time to grieve but don't forget to stand up after you are done. If you need something to cheer yourself up and if you want to be inspired here is her concession speech, it's beautiful and empowering:

Look, my article isn't to rant. I wanted to educate people who don't know what happened and I want to send a message. The message I want to send is: Don't lose hope. After all this, I watched Hillary's concession speech. I cried while I watched, I was so moved. I watched and I didn't feel hopeless, lifeless. No, I felt empowered. I felt angry and I plan to use that anger. I never cared about politics until this election and until I took my politics class in college. I never thought about pursuing politics...until now. As of this morning I have decided to double major in English and Politics. I have decided that we need someone to stand up for what's right. I decided the Trump will never hold me back or put me down. I decided I'll never let a man make me feel like I don't deserve the rights to my body or mind. Trump's win made me feel like I don't matter. I do matter, and the world is damn well going to see it. I won't let fear make me weak. I won't let him hurt my LBGQT friends or my racially diverse group of friends. I won't let him hurt our daughters or give our sons the wrong ideas. I won't let you fall, no matter your race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender. When he turns on the people who are putting their faith in him, I'll help you too because America is about being free, loving each other, and standing for what's right. We will stand tall, we will stand together, and we will fulfill Hillary's legacy. As she said, "This loss hurts. But please, please never stop believing that fighting for what’s right is worth it. It’s always worth it."

I am a woman. I am sexually fluid. I am a sexual abuse survivor. I will not take defeat. We truly are "Stronger Together". This isn't the end. This is just the beginning.