Bella Distain

Too old to care if your feelings get hurt

[Tallow Twins | Skincare @Tallowtwins]

Now THAT is an icon.

[pinkleftygirl @pinkleftygirl]

"ARE YOU A FEMINIST?"

I am five years old. My mother just told me to go fetch a sweater because an adult man would be coming over soon, and I need to cover up.

I am seven years old. A boy wouldn't stop chasing me on the playground and throwing rocks at me. I'm upset. My best friend says it's because he likes me and she told me boys are mean to girls they like.

I am ten years old. We just had our first health class in school. The teachers were trying to educate us on sexual assault. After class, my friends told me to scream fire instead of rape if I'm ever being attacked, because no one will come if they hear the word rape being screamed.

I am twelve years old. I just got my first period. A pad fell out of my book bag at school and everyone started laughing. Apparently, periods aren't normal and they should be hidden at all costs.

I am fifteen years old. I'm in the office crying because a boy I don't know kept following me down the hallway and grabbing my ass even after I told him to stop. The administrator scolds me - "Maybe you shouldn't be wearing leggings if you don't want that kind of attention" She sends me home with a dress code violation. She marked the "distracting" box.

I am seventeen years old. I've just been slapped because a boy got angry with me after I wouldn't let him put his hands down my pants.
Apparently, i led him on by letting him copy my math assignment.

I am twenty-one years old. My best friend has bought me special nail polish to wear to the bar. She says it changes color if it's dipped in a drink that has a date rape drug in it.

I am twenty-three years old. I'm reading this to the first class I will ever teach. A student raises her hand and says, "no offense, but doesn't this stuff happen to every girl?"

So yes, I am a feminist. And when you ask me why, I will read this to you. Again, and again, and again.

[Natalie Page @NataliePage]

Paramedic and football coach among group accused of raping wife drugged by husband. Thirteen defendants can be named and pictured after historic legal challenge by the media.

All the men who have entered not guilty pleas are due to face a 12-week trial beginning on Sept 1 at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

https://t.co/uR2NS1GFNc

[Katherine @supressedvoic]

Gaza today 💔

Don't let this be normal. Keep talking, sharing about Palestine 🇵🇸 for the sake of humanity!

[Mlht Dng @MDengic]

@mrkcygt @feministtkadin Kadın sizi doğurmasaydı esameniz okunmuyordu.

[Lazzyyyyyy @em_Lazzy]

The fact we are going to have our first trillionaire before everyone has access to clean drinking water is proof our current system is not for the greater good but for the greedy.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

THIS IS HOW YOU INTERVIEW TRUMP AND SHOW THE WORLD WHO AND WHAT HE IS ✊✊✊✊

[7NEWS Sydney @7NewsSydney]

The family of an Australian World War I hero is demanding an apology from Israel after the graves of almost 150 diggers were destroyed in Gaza. Alfred Cork's relatives want them restored and the cemeteries rebuilt, but our federal government says, right now, that's impossible.

[GRRLUnderground @kvrjules]

@JaneCaro

[Jenny Pickles #HopeAlwaysDefeatsHate ♥️ @JennyPickles1]

@virgotweet Morning Stuart ♥️

And …

#KeepAustraliaOneNationFree

[💧🌱 #BoycotttheUSA @DeepPolitics]

@ThinkivistBlog @AnaEscobarShow

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

Manosphere: women are only valuable until 25!
Manosphere: no man will ever want a woman over 30!
Manosphere: he will definitely abandon you the minute he can trade you in!
Manosphere: women aren't marrying men and being housewives for some reason

[Ammanichanda @Arkasiraee]

Let me explain educate you all what just happened,

5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran…

Someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.5 minutes.

These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the market at that time.

Whoever did this wasn’t guessing.

You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch.

There was zero public indication this announcement was coming.

No leaks.

No press.

Nothing.

The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made.

Someone in that room picked up a phone.

And within minutes, they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes.

In a single trade.

On a war that cost you $4+ gas and $16 billion in tax dollars.

American citizens funded this war. Politicians are positioned to profit from it.

This is not the first time.

Major announcements have repeatedly been preceded by suspicious market moves tariff reversals, policy shifts, war decisions.

This may be one of the most blatant examples of potential insider advantage in modern American politics.

You would go to prison for trading on a tip from your cousin.

Yet billion-dollar trades happen minutes before decisions like this and no one asks questions.Nobody gets investigated.

Nobody gets charged.

By tomorrow, this will be buried under the next headline.

Just like last time.

And the time before that.

The game is rigged. The insiders pull the strings and win over and over.

And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Headlines from the past 24 hours. Sexual abuse and violence against women and children. Yet our media rptedly reports the perpetrators as being "good guys" "loving fathers" or "struggling with mental health issues". And our politicians are silent. 😠 #auspol #DV #VAW #ChildAbuse

[Bella Distain @MsBellaDisaster]

@evergreenqveen This is why I gave up on mothers groups, they’re very strange to say the least