Debunking the old fat man myth

Why should young people be involved in the political process anyways? 

"It's just a bunch of old, fat, men sitting in a room."

That "old fat man" remark is the biggest reason I hear when hanging around people who talk about politics that prevents never go beyond just talking about politics. They think because they're not old or fat or male they don't have the right to say anythig

So let me put an end to that line of thinking in the first of most likely many quotations from The West Wing: as President Jed Bartlett states, "Decisions are made by those who show up." 

This is precisely why we, the young people of American, need to start taking part in the political process. Politicians (aka the old, fat, guys) and their compatriots/supporters are the ones that show up, ergo they become the ones that get the power. Then they have the power to make decisions in countless aspects of our lives, decisions ranging from declaring wars, to passing economic and educational measures, to even whether or not two men or two women can marry each other, decisions that will ultimately affect us when we are older and paying taxes, getting married, and paying off our student loans. We need to make sure or local, state, and national representatives of all the branches of government will support us and our goals in life, because we are the future. If our legislators leave us a "hot mess" in terms of economic, foreign, and social policies, it's our hot mess to clean up after. 

I hope by now I've hit home enough on the fact legislators make decisions that effect us, even though for most of our lives we haven't been able to vote (it's actually one reason why candidates won't ever dare to mention eliminate social security, but some will promote cutting students loans-because old people vote en mass and young people don't-but that's a topic I'll discuss in a later blog).

It all comes down to the fact we, the young citizens of America, need to stop just discussing our anger over decisions of legislators over lunch in the cafeteria in high school, or dinner in the dining hall in college. We need to step up and start making our voices heard. Let's stop listening to the little old ladies sitting at the front of the church telling us "we young whipper snappers are going to send the country into ruins", and instead; let's start listening to the history teachers in the front of the classroom that have repeatedly told us that movements start when a group of mostly young people get together under a common goal. 

An Introduction

Establishing Ethos/Setting the Scene

HELLO WORLD!!! 

Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many editions of Poli-Sci Puellae!

To begin, you may be wondering what exactly Poli-Sci Puellae means. Well it's a phrase I invented for the sake of this blog. Pullae is the dative case for the world girl in Latin and Poli-Sci is short for political science,  so the phrase Poli-Sci Puellae means girl of political-science.

I figured that title was pretty fitting because 1. I am a girl and 2. I am in love with all things Political-Science related. Which is precisely why I created this blog. I LOVE political-science, but I really can't do the political activism/campaigning I yearn for because I'm in college trying to get degrees in Political-Science with an emphasis in Public Service-Political Management, International Studies, and Public History. Also the college I'm at is in North Dakota, so there's really not a lot to do for a blue girl in a red state. 

But I'm not going to write this as a Democrat or as a female. I'm writing this because I am a young person, and being and a young person I see the need for youth to be active. So here I am to hopefully connect with a wider audience to convince my friends, and their other friends, and people I haven't met to pick up a clip board, or a poster and get out there!