"In the new Trump era, older male customers have started making passive-aggressive comments as they leave our office."

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"It is just disgusting and unnecessary. Incidentally, there are only two men in our entire organization. Our team manager and our organizational director are both women. This sort of sentiment is so jarring in our office culture."—Anonymous, 50, Georgia 

"I never thought I'd have to have regular talks about minding your own business and people having rights to their own bodies. But we do. All I can do is plant the seeds. I just want them to be good people."—Anonymous, 47, California 

"The idea of having a daughter and her growing up in a world with increasingly fewer freedoms and rights because of being a woman is absolutely terrifying. So much so that I no longer want children. And it's painful."—Anonymous, 30, Pennsylvania

"Second, the racial profiling of people who could be my family members has affected me so deeply that I have nightmares, and at times, I'm afraid to even go to the store because I live in a very pro-Trump area. I was born and raised in the Bronx, yet I have been told to go back to my own country more times than I can count. I've been told to move out of the area, that I don't belong here, etc."Anonymous, 50, Florida

"Doesn't matter if I'm in my corporate attire and look presentable; ICE has shown that they don't care and that it doesn't matter. Racial profiling and discrimination are so normalized, even in liberal states like CA. It's depressing to live like this."—stephaniec4ca241dff

"Since then, I’m just thankful to live in a blue state and try to avoid the news but still attend protests. I’m raising a son, so I am focused on him being the opposite of MAGA."—Anonymous, 35, CA

"What would happen to me if something went wrong with the pregnancy and I needed to terminate? Would they let me die? Would I be jailed? Would I be able to go to another state to get an abortion? I almost died due to extreme hemorrhaging after giving birth to my son. Thankfully, I delivered him at a larger city hospital, not a rural one. I would not trade my son for the world; he is perfect. But pregnancy is difficult, and the maternal mortality rate for the US is higher than in most other high-income nations. I thank god I had a son and not a daughter, so he will never feel the fear I have felt personally over the past few years..."

"It doesn't get in the way of a tea time or weekend at the lake house. And heaven forbid I bring up current events among my family or friends. I get silence, deep breaths, and maybe a 'well, it's a tough situation.' This is the view from the 10%. We are comfortable enough that it doesn't really affect us. How nice for us. It's probably no consolation at all, but everyone in my social group is very generous with donations. We have enough insulation to keep us warm, but not enough to affect anything. I'm concerned about everyone else, though."—Anonymous, 57, Texas

"My pregnancies sandwiched the fall of Roe ('21 and '23). I was genuinely terrified for all of my second that something would happen and I would die. The relief I feel each month when my period comes, and I'm not pregnant, never fails, even though my husband had a vasectomy. The irrational part of me is always scared. I am hyper-focused on the news and constantly consumed by it. I keep hoping every day that he'll get impeached or arrested."—Anonymous, 36, Texas