I was flipping through a used copy of THE BELL JAR and someone wrote on the margins of p. 42 "go to therapy dummy" with an arrow pointing to a certain passage, and this is why you should always read the last couple pages of a novel before deciding to make notes.
Most men have never and will never face a home intruder in their lifetimes but all of them have ignored misogyny occurring right in front of them. It’s easy to say you’d help when the risk is remote and you’ll be lauded for it, standing up in the opposite scenario, not so much.
Tennessee's vaccine chief says she's been fired following outrage over a memo she sent to health providers saying teens do not need parental consent to get a COVID shot — a doctrine established by the state's own Supreme Court.
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Imagine a world where people of all ages, all backgrounds from anywhere, of any gender, or any ethnicity, whether able-bodied or no, have equal access to food, water, medical care, education, shelter, and representation.
We'll never get to space if we can't do the basics.
Ask the women you know to tell you about a time they were abused, humiliated, or dismissed by a man and the men they thought would support them said nothing. We all have at least one.
@emrazz And the most demoralizing thing is that if you ask men about times when they witnessed one of these things and stepped in, most of them have nothing. Just like almost every woman knows someone who’s been raped, but most men don’t know any rapists! 🧐
“I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us, and I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.”