At a family dinner, my uncle started complaining that menstrual products were a waste of wood because pads contain cellulose, which comes from trees. He kept insisting women in the old days survived without them anyway. My little sister looked at him and said, “Actually, your birth certificate was a waste of paper.” The table went completely silent.
Meu barbeiro tava perguntando se a gente se importava dele mudar o corte de 25 pra 30 se ele fosse colocar ar condicionado na barbearia
teve vagabundo perguntando se o corte diminuia pra 20 se ele tirasse o ventilador
i just heard someone on TikTok say “this is the first time in history women are dating men for their character. and that’s why no one is dating.” and she was right.
Maturing is realizing they never burned witches. They burned midwives, healers, herbalists, and knowledgeable women.
Women who understood medicine, nature, and their own autonomy. Women whose knowledge threatened patriarchal control. The "witch hunts" were never about magic, they were about silencing women who couldn't be controlled.