꧁ 𝙹𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚔 ꧂

ᴄᴀʟɪꜰᴏʀɴɪᴀ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ | ジェイピルク | gt/vo Grey Goddess | ENG/日本語 |移民プライド

[ふみ @nalcooon1]

川崎競馬場からみて火事？みたいなのが見える

[Pubity @pubity]

Japan is set to roll out nationwide LGBTQIA+ education programs in schools, universities, and workplaces.

The goal is for more people in Japan to understand sexual orientation and gender identity outside of cisgender, heterosexual norms.

[Juvy @JuvyWicks]

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[꧁ 𝙹𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚔 ꧂ @thejpilk]

@consequence I love Weird Al

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Happy Friday. 🌱
📷 credit: Blcksmth

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

In May 1860, she kissed her six children goodbye. She thought about the dinner she would cook later. She thought about the laundry. She thought about the quiet life of a mother in Illinois.

She had no idea that when the front door clicked shut, it would stay locked for three long years.

Her husband, Theophilus Packard, was a respected minister. To the neighbors, he was a man of God. But inside their home, he was a man who could not stand a wife who thought for herself. Elizabeth Packard liked to read.

She liked to debate religion. She had her own opinions about life and faith. In the 19th century, for a woman to have a brain was considered a danger.

Theophilus decided to end the argument once and for all. He didn’t need a crime. He didn't need a witness. In those days, the law in Illinois said a man could commit his wife to an insane asylum without any evidence or a public hearing. He simply had to say she was "disturbed."

One morning, a group of men arrived at her home. They didn't listen to her logic. They didn't care about her tears. They dragged her away to the Jacksonville Insane Asylum. Elizabeth was 43 years old, perfectly sane, and suddenly a prisoner.

When she entered the asylum, she expected to see people who needed medical help. Instead, she found a warehouse of "inconvenient" women. There were wives who had argued with their husbands about money. There were daughters who refused to marry men they didn't love. There were women who were simply too loud or too independent.

"This is not a hospital," Elizabeth realized. "It is a cage for the unwanted."

The doctors tried to break her spirit. They told her that if she just admitted her husband was right and she was wrong, she could go home. They wanted her to say she was crazy for wanting her own thoughts. Elizabeth looked them in the eye and said, "I cannot buy my liberty by a lie."

She didn’t give up. Instead, she started to write. She hid scraps of paper in the linings of her clothes. She tucked notes under floorboards. She recorded every abuse, every scream in the night, and every story of the women around her. She became a secret journalist inside a living nightmare.

After three years, she was finally released, but her husband locked her in a room at home. He planned to move her to another asylum in a different state. This time, Elizabeth’s friends helped her get a message to a judge.

A trial was finally ordered to determine if she was actually insane.

The courtroom was packed. Theophilus was confident. He brought "experts" to say that her religious doubts proved her mind was broken. But then, Elizabeth stood up.

She didn't shout.

She spoke with the calm power of the truth. She explained her beliefs. She showed the jury that having a different opinion is not a disease.

The jury only needed seven minutes. They came back with a single word: Sane.

Elizabeth walked out as a free woman, but she found that her husband had taken everything. He had sold their furniture, taken her money, and disappeared with their children. She was alone and penniless.

Most people would have disappeared into the shadows. Elizabeth did the opposite. She spent the next forty years traveling the country. She stood before the legislature and demanded new laws.

She said, "A woman's mind is her own, and the law must protect it."

Because of her, states changed their laws. They made it illegal to lock a person away without a fair trial and a medical exam. She turned her private pain into a public shield for thousands of other women.

She proved that even if you take away a woman’s home, her money, and her children, you can never truly take away her voice.

[꧁ 𝙹𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚔 ꧂ @thejpilk]

@AdventGamer89 @RiseFallNickBck How could you forget the one and only MAJOR GLORY?

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Nothing has changed since 1952.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

A lesson on social democracy that is not from a lying billionaire.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I can’t wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center!

Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you’ll be able to check out the Museum along with public spaces like a new branch of the Chicago Public Library with a reading room, a two-acre playground, a fruit and vegetable garden, and more.

Tickets available at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

There once was so much kindness and beauty in this country.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

“We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.”

- John F. Kennedy

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

And there you have it, folks.

[꧁ 𝙹𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚔 ꧂ @thejpilk]

@WildSentences Goated with the sauce. Seriously.

[AWAZARD @AWAZARD1977]

地下鉄桜田門駅の1番出口。
議事堂方面への階段前に警察官がいて封鎖している。他の出口に誘導されそうになるが「どこ行くんですか」と問われ「外」とだけ答えると「あ、分かりました……」と素通りさせてくれた。
警察官の後ろには「閉鎖中」というバリケードが置かれていたのだが、なんだったのか。

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

15th Amendment, Section 1:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote SHALL NOT BE DENIED or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

19th Amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote SHALL NOT BE DENIED or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

24th Amendment, Section 1:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, SHALL NOT BE DENIED or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

26th Amendment, Section 1:
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote SHALL NOT BE DENIED or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Sure seems like a Constitutional RIGHT to me. 🤷 🤷

[Cxspxxr✘🧸 @_6signxxx]

white people your time is now!!! go apply since hispanics are always "stealing jobs"