Making the Bed as Political Process

Sometimes you just have to strip the bed and change the sheets.

Photo by Tina Lear

For a couple weeks, I’ve been making the bed by grabbing the top edge of the sheet and the blanket together (up by where the pillows are), and pulling out as many of the wrinkles as possible. I repeat this method on the other side. Because the bedspread is thick, it hides whatever little wrinkles…