Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt DANA Anyway should we get started? Secretary Sasha? SASHA Yes! According to my notes, tonight’s intention is: Determining our spring action item. Does anyone want to start? LUCY I think we should host a fundraiser. At a bar. In the neighborhood. . SASHA (!) For the ACLU VIVIAN (!) Or BLM LUCY (!) Or NARAL SASHA (!) Or CAIR DANA But wait What bar would we do this at? LUCY I’m sure…Winterhill would be interested DANA (!) Winterhill is terrible VIVIAN (!) That place is like Gentrification 101! SASHA (!) Their ad campaign? LUCY Ohmygod I’m kidding I’m totally kidding VIVIAN Ok, I was gonna say… LUCY I can’t believe you guys thought I was Condoning Gentrification
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt SASHA And then you clarified LUCY Yeah but that moment in time existed! DANA Dude. Chill. LUCY Sorry. SASHA I’m pretty sure Winterhill’s gonna close down. They’ve been getting terrible Yelp reviews VIVIAN Yeah I wrote one. SASHA Oh my god go Vivian!! LUCY So, seriously though. I was thinking we could ask: Queen Tilda’s VIVIAN That place is really cute DANA I don’t know…Queen Tilda’s is like a block away from Winterhill LUCY Yeah but it’s not associated / with DANA Right / but LUCY It’s run by someone who’s lived here for a really long time SASHA Is it? LUCY Pedro! SASHA Oh yeah Pedro!
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt VIVIAN Pedro is super nice DANA Their cocktails are pricey though… LUCY But they have a happy hour. And 3 dollar tamales SASHA I do love those tamales… LUCY I just want to be clear like I know, I know by hosting this bar night we are definitely excluding people who can’t afford the price of a drink and I just want to be upfront like I recognize that. VIVIAN Thank you. LUCY You’re welcome. DANA What about a march? LUCY (…?) Wait so is bar night off the table / or DANA It doesn’t seem that active to me LUCY (…) But we established last meeting that we wouldn’t shoot down an idea until we tallied all the positives DANA I’m sorry, I thought we already did that. Aren’t we doing popcorn style? SASHA (looking over notes) We did decide on popcorn style. And no hierarchies. And no privileging one idea over the other DANA So: what about a march? LUCY Didn’t that kind of, already happen
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt DANA What do you mean? LUCY (duh) The Women’s March DANA (?) That was in January VIVIAN Honestly I’m Still impressed with all the signs we made SASHA They were epic DANA Yeah I have a bunch of them hanging in my bedroom SASHA Guys I’ve actually been working on a little collage, of photos from the march VIVIAN Oh that’s so cute Can we vet them first? SASHA What VIVIAN The photos you use. Can we vet them SASHA Oh sure LUCY Definitely put in that group shot. The one where we’re angry VIVIAN Oh yeah the one with the fists, use that one SASHA It just sucks KJ isn’t in any of the photos LUCY I can’t believe she didn’t come
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt VIVIAN She was on the group thread and everything DANA Well the thing is you guys, we can’t just stop at One march We need to keep up the momentum SASHA That’s so true actually. LUCY Well if we did another one, what would it be for? DANA (considers…) How about a march for….. Intersectionality VIVIAN That’s good SASHA That’s really good LUCY Is it though… DANA What? LUCY I’m just wondering if that’s. The best we can do DANA Do you not want to honor intersectionality? LUCY Oh no no no I totally want to honor intersectionality DANA Awesome LUCY I am like, hyper-devoted to intersectionality DANA Sounds like a perfect theme for a march, then Vivian’s phone buzzes. She looks at it. Scrolls. 69
Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt SASHA Hey do you guys think that in our lifetime, robots will get discriminated against? LUCY (…) What SASHA I really think that in like a couple decades, the most vulnerable group will be Robots! Like, Our Kids will start dating robots DANA Not everyone wants kids SASHA I mean IF we have kids, sorry, If we have kids / VIVIAN (re: phone) Guys, there’s a march happening in the park! I just found it on Facebook! Maybe we could team up with them. It’s for (looking at phone) Another police shooting DANA Fuck. LUCY Fuck. SASHA Fuck. VIVIAN We should go. DANA We should definitely go. LUCY When is it? VIVIAN It’s! Oh it’s…. Tomorrow The group deflates.
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt VIVIAN (to Lucy) Kim’s bridal shower is tomorrow LUCY I know… VIVIAN I think it would be pretty bad if / we LUCY If we bailed, yeah. SASHA Who’s Kim again? DANA Their friend from Alpha Phi. Oh sorry their “Sister” LUCY We don’t actually like, use the word sister seriously SASHA (desperately wanted to be in A Phi) Ohhh right I always forget you two were in a sorority DANA Wait didn’t you guys already go to her bridal shower? LUCY No no that was her engagement party. DANA If I ever get married, I am saying No Thank You to all that noise And, I’m going to propose SASHA (!?) You’re gonna propose to Mike DANA Not like, Tomorrow but, in a couple years, if we’re still together, then Yeah. I’m going to do the proposing VIVIAN Oh my god. That is SO fierce SASHA That’s amazing
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt DANA It shouldn’t be amazing LUCY (let’s stop….) Can you go to the march tomorrow, Dana? DANA Sadly I can’t. I got tickets to see that new documentary about immigration detention centers SASHA I’ve been meaning to see that DANA Yeah I can’t wait VIVAN The trailer was SO sad LUCY (competitive) It’s life-changing. I was ugly-crying during the whole thing. DANA (….) Oh. You’ve Already seen it? LUCY Yeah, opening night. DANA (….) Wow, commitment LUCY (a dig) It’s just a really important story so, I didn’t want to waste time. DANA Yeah I hear you. Why can’t you march, Sasha? SASHA I’m um I’m Going on a date VIVIAN Don’t tell me it’s with Nick DANA Do not say Nick
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Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt SASHA It’s LUCY Oh god SASHA …Nick VIVIAN Sasha! DANA Sasha what the fuck SASHA I KNOW he works for a hedge fund but he had a lot of student loans to pay off! DANA (has never had any student loans) There are always other ways LUCY (still dealing with student loans) Well, loans do suck… SASHA (definitely still dealing with student loans) (yeah they really really suck) DANA No one’s saying they don’t suck I’m just saying: you have to decide what kind of person you are, right? Everyone decides what they want to sacrifice. VIVIAN (has also never had any student loans) Yes Dana! Mic drop! LUCY (trying…) What are you and Nick gonna. Do? SASHA We’re um Seeing a movie LUCY The immigration documentary? SASHA Um no. Not the Not that 73
Del Rosso – 53% OF Excerpt VIVIAN Ok SASHA Yeah. DANA …So what are you seeing SASHA (can barely say it) The ….. new movie LUCY The / SASHA (shame shame shame) with Emma Stone A collective groan. LUCY You are NOT seeing that movie VIVIAN I’m boycotting that movie. Have you seen the trailer? / It’s DANA Soooo many white people SASHA (ashamed) I know I know LUCY Isn’t that a podcast? Sooo Many White People? DANA Wait does this mean we’re all busy tomorrow? VIVIAN Looks like it. Guess we’re not marching. DANA Well When we do our own, we’ll just make sure it’s on a night that everyone’s free. 74