Women do not owe the world an increase in birth rates. Every few months there’s a new headline: “Fertility crisis.” “Declining birth rates.” “Who will take care of the ageing population?”
And every time, the finger points at women. Have more children. Sacrifice more. Save the economy.
But let’s be clear: women are not incubators for GDP. We are not vessels for demographic policy. We are human beings with autonomy.
Hot take: arresting all the men in the Epstein files would actually not collapse the government/economy. The men in the files are the ones who created this narrative. Stop falling for their propaganda!
You cannot argue with MAGA. They demand evidence, then call your sources biased. You provide primary sources, they claim they're doctored. You show them video, they say it's out of context. You give them context, they say you're cherry-picking. This isn't debate. This is a systematic refusal to allow reality to intrude on mythology. You're not arguing facts. You're arguing whether facts exist.
My stepdad, Greg, never said 'I love you.' He was a hard man. Worked construction. Came home, ate, slept. He paid for my college. He paid for my car. But he never hugged me. I always thought he resented me. I wasn't his real son. Greg died of a heart attack last week. I was cleaning out his truck. In the glove box, I found a worn-out notebook. It was a diary. Entry 1: Met a woman with a boy today. The boy looks sad. I want to make him smile. Entry 50: The boy needs braces. Picking up extra shifts. Entry 200: He graduated today. I stayed in the back so I wouldn't embarrass him with my dirty work clothes. I've never been prouder. Entry 500: I wish I knew how to talk to him. I just hope he knows I’d die for him. I sat in the driver's seat of his dusty truck and cried until I couldn't breathe. He didn't say it. He did it. Every single day. Love isn't always words. Sometimes, it’s calloused hands and a tired back.
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wondering if I should book a session with this girl who was awful to me all throughout high school and is now a therapist & tell her she's the reason i wanted to d ie at the age of like 14 because that sounds like an interesting way to spend ur sunday afternoon
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
“why do you care if they overturn gay marriage if you live in new york?”
mmm god forbid i care about all the queer people that live in red states who might not want to uproot their entire lives in order to benefit from that basic af human right.