the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else
nora: I remember watching a comedy thing about "white woman emails" and the comedian was just describing how my tenants union operates lol.
one tactic for a small target is to organise a "phone blockade" schedule so someone is calling at all times during opening hours. fucks up a full day's work.
nora: incidentally extremely fun. setup a groupchat to coordinate the thing and have a giggle with your friends.
join a tenants union if there's a local one folks, healthy and productive outlet for your rage.
imogen: does feel a bit like this though:
