I, Miss Hannigan, Condemn The Inhumane Treatment Of Orphan Annie, Which Is Why I’m Maintaining Policies That Enable Such Treatment To Continue
Who wouldn’t condemn my brother’s behavior? It wasn’t just inappropriate. It was un-Hannigan.
“It’s one thing for the Biden administration to condemn abuses conducted by its own government that recall the worst parts of our national history. But it’s quite another to do so while maintaining the policies that enable those abuses.”
— Moustafa Bayoumi, The Guardian, 09/23/2021
As custodian of the Hudson St. Home for Girls, of course I welcome orphans. This place was built on the dreams of those kids. Without hope for a brighter future, who else would provide so many hours of back-breaking labor, or those interminable renditions of “Tomorrow”?
I know my girls have experienced some hard knocks, but frankly, who hasn’t? By this stage in my career, I thought I’d be shacked up with a millionaire in Buenos Aires, not housing fifty kids under one roof with nothing to take the edge off except a bathtub full of gin.
For the love of God, please don’t placate me with lines from that song. Like I say to my girls when they’ve completed their chores, and I’ve…
