CALLING ALL FRIENDS, ADVOCATES, AND ACTIVISTS A leaked e-mail from a Texas Department of Protective Safety trooper documents the remarkably cruel measures Governor Greg Abbott has instituted at the border to deter crossings. These include hidden razor wire traps, the withholding of water even in extreme heat, and orders to push migrants—including children and infants—back into the Rio Grande where they might drown. The sight of razor wire to corral innocent human beings has echoes for me personally, when similar wire surrounded the Japanese American internment camps of my youth. We cannot let Governor Greg Abbott get away with this. I'm calling on you, my friends, advocates and activists, to help put a stop to this by signing the petition demanding the Biden Administration puts an end to these inhumane practices against migrants in Texas.
'He said that postponing #childbirth is a “depraved practice” that causes #infertility and #miscarriages .'
He called for 'over-the-counter sales of emergency #contraceptives to be restricted in Russia by the end of this year.'
So I had two men argue with me on a discord server. I posted a fun little VHS style video like the ones I've posted here. They argued that it was easier to purchase a VHS camcorder and/or route the file through a VCR + transfer it BACK to your computer then upload it.
Obviously using an app is easier, so I shot back. They later reach out to a moderator claiming I was "picking fights." I provided the receipts and the mansplainers both received warnings. They essentially told on themselves.
Now what makes this hilarious but also sad is that these two men were SO SURE that their manner of behavior was correct they attempted to get me reprimanded for daring to defend myself.
#Women online and especially in #tech deal with this shit CON-STANT-LY. It's so normalized by men that when women dare fire back we're out of line and "picking fights." This is the reason #feminism exists and this is the reason women have fucking had it with the bullshit.
U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops.
The AP reports the "FDA’s decision has no relation to the ongoing court battles over the abortion pill mifepristone."
"With some states curtailing women’s reproductive rights, the FDA has faced pressure from Democratic politicians, health advocates and medical professionals to ease access to birth control. The American Medical Association and the leading professional society for obstetricians and gynecologists backed Opill’s application for over-the-counter status.
If the concern about "fairness in sports" with the trans panic were valid, you'd see a pattern of coaches trying to recruit trans athletes to their teams to get an edge.
@geekysteven yeah...
Yet the only cases that come even close were the systemic #Doping|s of Athletes from the #GDR to the point that female athletes basically got non-consensual HRT...
But that doesn't work the other way around - in fact the #TransPanic in #Sports only saw #cis#women get banned because their natural testosterone is above an arbitrary limit...
@StillIRise1963 I am reading Julie Suk's After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It. It provides a helpful frame about why we are still struggling in the US.
"The laws of misogyny underestimate or belittle women’s contributions, while allowing men and society to benefit from and depend upon women’s sacrifices. The misogynist is more parasite then predator."
“Other countries have social safety nets, the US has women.”
Mainstream politicians thought adopting far-right policies would keep the far right away from power.
But beating people at borders, sending them to torture, letting kids drown en masse - all Europe’s immorality & illegality - it’s only fed the bloodlust at the core of far-right extremism.
outside court, the protesters vowed they would not be budged.
"We want our sisters dug up from out the most inappropriate burial site you can think of"
Episode 2 of Roar on Apple TV is so beautiful 🥹 A woman is held on a literal pedestal by her husband - anything else would be a spoiler. It's such a unique story that makes powerful statements on control, beauty standards, and self-image. #tv#television#women#feminism
Women in the spotlight; from alarming violence against women statistics to inspiring tales of women taking the helm, our #AsiaUndercovered Special by @waltonkate amplifies the struggles and the triumphs of #women in the #AsiaPacific.
The second gentleman, Douglas Emhoff, is to visit #Samoa July 23-24, following his trip to #NewZealand, where he’s leading the presidential delegation to the opening ceremony of the FIFA #Women’sWorldCup.
"The #FDA on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter #BirthControl pill... allowing women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops.