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Artist: Rodislav Driben.

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modern gynecology was built upon the experimentation and torture of enslaved black women. i can't help but make connections with that fact and what's happening to adriana smith right now

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"There's a bloodlessness to the liberal feminist rehabilitation of the witch. When the actress Emma Watson, presenting an award at the 2022 BAFTAS, declared she was 'here for ALL the witches', this was taken to be a dig at the older, supposedly 'exclusionary' JK Rowling. Yet in taking on the role of the younger woman denouncing the older woman who nurtures her, Watson was really signaling that SHE wasn't a witch: I only played Hermione. Burn the author, not me.

Commercialized hag culture has given us a love of women talking about women talking-but not a love of women talking about anything else. Misogyny flourishes in spaces where it can be made to appear virtuous It takes far more courage to defend the women of Mumsnet or the latest victim of internet hag-shaming than it does to cheer on the garrulous hag of folklore. As long as this narrative of subversion is strictly controlled, any liberation it provides is illusory. I suspect one of the reasons that it is easy for younger feminists to defend the fictional or historical hag is precisely because she isn't here now. In fairy tales, the only good mother is a dead one; in feminism, the only good older feminist is a dead witch. Through her, you can imagine a world in which older women are not just powerful but are able to have strong bonds with their younger counterparts. The dead witch's wickedness is perfectly contained; living, breathing hags are, by contrast, too messy and flawed They just won't stick to the script." - Victoria Smith, Hags: The Demonisation of Middle Aged Women.

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every part of living as a person in 2025 feels like fighting a losing battle. and you’re supposed to just get on with it or you’re weird

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LOL but seriously release the hounds

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goujon

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Fulvous Whistling Duck!!!

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They are attacking a woman from Swaziland, Southern Africa who walks miles a day to give away free pads and try to end the stigma surrounding menstruation. All because her language isn’t inclusive enough.

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The Art Deco peacock doors, Chicago 1925

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Pornhub is finally going down. They're about to rid most of what's left - which is 9% - by the 30th. The other 91% that's gone consisted of 50+ MILLION files and videos.

This is a victory.

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Okay and I’m gonna totally sound like my mom for a second here but it’s interesting that soooooooo many women in entertainment have careers based on “embracing their sexuality” but the vast majority of men in entertainment base their careers on like … being people…. and like maybe there’s a reason most men don’t seem to find going on stage in underwear “empowering”…? Bc it’s not…?

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does anybody want to match my sneep

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people in books and tv shows are always getting so upset they throw an untouched meal in the trash. that would never be me. i'd receive the worst news of my life and still be like Let me put this in the fridge.

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Juvenile Guineafowl Pufferfish is found in the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific. This tiny fish uses its vibrant pattern to stay safe and confuse predators.

📸: Alex Permiakov

credit: 1 Minute Animals

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be the grown woman you didn't have growing up