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“Two weeks ago a man in France was arrested for raping his daughter. She’d gone to her school counselor and then the police, but they needed ‘hard evidence.’ So, she videotaped her next assault. Her father was eventually arrested. His attorney explained, ‘There was a period when he was unemployed and in the middle of a divorce. He insists that these acts did not stretch back further than three or four months. His daughter says longer. But everyone should be very careful in what they say.’ Because, really, even despite her seeking help, her testimony, her bravery in setting up a webcam to film her father raping her, you really can’t believe what the girl says, can you? Everyone ‘knows’ this. Even children. Three years ago, in fly-on-the-wall fashion of parent drivers everywhere, I listened while a 14-year-old girl in the back seat of my car described how angry she was that her parents had stopped allowing her to walk home alone just because a girl in her neighborhood ‘claimed she was raped.’ When I asked her if there was any reason to think the girl’s story was not true, she said, ‘Girls lie about rape all the time.’ She didn’t know the person, she just assumed she was lying… No one says, ‘You can’t trust women,’ but distrust them we do. College students surveyed revealed that they think up to 50% of their female peers lie when they accuse someone of rape, despite wide-scale evidence and multi-country studies that show the incident of false rape reports to be in the 2%-8% range, pretty much the same as false claims for other crimes. As late as 2003, people jokingly (wink, wink) referred to Philadelphia’s sex crimes unit as ‘the lying bitch unit.’ If an 11-year-old girl told an adult that her father took out a Craigslist ad to find someone to beat and rape her while he watched, as recently actually occurred, what do you think the response would be? Would she need to provide a videotape after the fact? It goes way beyond sexual assault as well. That’s just the most likely and obvious demonstration of ‘women are born to lie’ myths. Women’s credibility is questioned in the workplace, in courts, by law enforcement, in doctors’ offices, and in our political system. People don’t trust women to be bosses, or pilots, or employees. Pakistan’s controversial Hudood Ordinance still requires a female rape victim to procure four male witnesses to her rape or risk prosecution for adultery. In August, a survey of managers in the United States revealed that they overwhelmingly distrust women who request flextime. It’s notable, of course, that women are trusted to be mothers—the largest pool of undervalued, unpaid, economically crucial labor.”

Soraya Chemaly, How We Teach Our Kids That Women Are Liars

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The Titanoboa, is a 48ft long snake dating from around 60-58million years ago. It had a rib cage 2ft wide, allowing it to eat whole crocodiles, and surrounding the ribcage were muscles so powerful that it could crush a rhino. Titanoboa was so big it couldn’t even spend long amounts of time on land, because the force of gravity acting on it would cause it to suffocate under its own weight.

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continuing the trend set by

dr seuss -- stole from Helen Palmer, his wife

paul klee -- stole from Hilma af Klint

andy warhol -- stole from Hilma af Klint and Yayoi Kusama

albert einstein -- stole from Milena Maric, his wife

cy twombly -- stole from Hilma af Klint

hayao miyazaki -- stole from Akemi Ota, his wife

leo tolstoy -- stole from Sophia Tolstoy, his wife

otto struve + henry norris-russell + ejnar hertzsprung -- stole from Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

pablo picasso -- stole from Baya Mahieddine

pappus -- stole from Pandrosion

tycho brahe -- stole from Sophia Brahe, his sister

johannes hevelius -- stole from Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann-Hevelius, his wife

jacob berzelius -- stole from Anna Sundstrom

henri matisse -- stole from Baya Mahieddine

george lucas -- stole from Marcia Lucas, his wife

f scott fitzgerald -- stole from Zelda Fitzgerald, his wife

john steinbeck -- stole from Sanora Babb

karl marx -- stole from Jenny von Westphalen, his wife

watson and crick -- stole from Rosalind Franklin

piet mondrian -- stole from Marlow Moss

jackson pollock -- stole from Janet Sobel

wolfgang amadeus mozart -- stole from Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart, his sister

felix mendelssohn -- stole from Fanny Mendelssohn, his sister

today i had the dubious honor of learning that william wordsworth stole entire passages out of the journals his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth, wrote.

"The Grasmere Journal and Wordsworth's other works revealed how vital she was to her brother's success. William relied on her detailed accounts of nature scenes and borrowed freely from her journals. This passage is clearly brought to mind when reading William's 'Daffodils', where her brother, in this poem of two years later, describes what appears to be the shared experience in the journal as his own solitary observation. Her observations and descriptions have been considered to be as poetic if not more so than those of her brother."

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Men as a class have a very seemingly organized, very aggressive social PR department/campaign. This PR department may not be official, (altho, not to be tin foil hatty but I swear it is official in some underground top secret operations government basement somewhere) but it's very obvious, it can be seen, felt, heard. And it's reach is everywhere. This PR department is always trying to give men a good image. It's very successful too, because people never seem to shut the fuck about it, repeating the same things over and over again to the point where certain things seem to have become slogans or chants almost. Like how people love discussing male sexuality in a positive light, for example. And seem to be absolutely tickled pink with delight to remind everyone within earshot as many times as possible (seems to be their life's mission to do so) how males just *love* sex and will sleep with any woman, and oh, aren't they so funny and cute and likeable for this, they imply with a chuckle. These same people would never, ever ever be caught dead even stating the words "women have a sex drive too" , tho. Oh, that must never ever be uttered, that must be kept more secret than the nuclear codes, kept under lock and key at all times, and those who dare utter it must be punished and looked at with disdain, for some reason. Women's sexual behavior is a shameful secret, but mens sexual behavior is just so delightful and to be celebrated. And lied about to make them look good. Oh, how people chuckle with glee at being reminded of their hero, the dick. How delighted they get to be reminded of seemingly their favorite thing.

This PR campaign also involves the media of course, to a high degree, and it says things like: men would never hurt women, men love women, men want to be around women and learn about women's interests, men look at women with adoration, men would never ever want to humiliate women on purpose, men think women are good, and the men who do not (the pr campaign must do damage control, because you see, evidence of mens hatred of women is just so common they'd look like ass hats completely denying it) are just merely a few outliers, a few bad apples if you will, and the majority of good other men always quickly and swiftly protect women from their wicked ways.

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“On 24 October, no woman in Iceland would do a lick of work. No paid work, but also no cooking, no cleaning, no child care. Let the men of Iceland see how they coped without the invisible work women did every day to keep the country moving.

Ninety per cent of Icelandic women took part in the strike. Twenty-five thousand women gathered for a rally (the largest of more than twenty to take place throughout the country) in Reykjavík’s Downtown Square – a staggering figure in a country of then only 220,000 people. A year later, in 1976, Iceland passed the Gender Equality Act, which outlawed sex discrimination in workplaces and schools. Five years later, Vigdís Finnbogadòttir beat three men to become the world’s first democratically elected female head of state. And today, Iceland has the most gender-equal parliament in the world without a quota system. In 2017 the country topped the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for the eighth year running.

Iceland has also been named by The Economist as the best country to be a working woman. And while this is of course something to celebrate, there is also reason to take issue with The Economist’s phrasing, because if Iceland’s strike does anything it is surely to expose the term ‘working woman’ as a tautology. There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work.”

-Caroline Criado-Perez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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men's idea of protection is performative, not substantive. most men insist they're good and protective because they act territorial over us in public or toward other men (it's never really about us) when in reality, they'd actually protect us by holding other men accountable and reporting their sex-offending friends.

but they don't. and i think it's because most of them are complicit in the same crimes. telling on their friends is telling on themselves.

so all they can do is yap and perform in public to placate their guilt until their conscience rots inside them completely and they slowly deteriorate into being more abusive, more entitled, more predatory, making every guy in their cycle even worse over time.

men are not protectors. they are a public safety issue.

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If we could start a movement like this, it could really change things. I wish people thought about the power of boycotts, especially in a society that runs on profit and consumption. I think if people quit American-hosted social media it would be powerful too, as they run on ad-revenue. The more you scroll and view adds, the more profitable it is.

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What are sex buyers thinking?

**Trigger warning**

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John Berger, Ways of Seeing

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Was it Over Then?

Was it Over Then? https://ift.tt/Q1ipf8x by gm_flowers Astoria was supposed to marry Draco Malfoy. Even with the suspicions of her boyfriend flirting with Hermione, she was sure they would end up together. That was until the rift between them drove them so far apart that he ended things, and moved on remarkably quick. Draco and Hermione's relationship was painfully public. She did her best to ignore the articles until a photo of Draco and Hermione surfaced, and Astoria felt a pang in her chest. Was it over then? Words: 1512, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Astoria Greengrass, Ron Weasley, Daphne Greengrass, Theodore Nott, George Weasley, Pansy Parkinson, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Blaise Zabini, Luna Lovegood Relationships: Astoria Greengrass/Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass/Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson/George Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Additional Tags: Revenge, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Supportive Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy is a Little Shit, We don't like Draco, We also don't like Hermione, This fic is for Astoria, Past Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Past Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Post-War, Canon Divergence - Post-Hogwarts, Hermione Granger is a Liar, We stan Ron Weasley, Hot Ron Agenda, Revenge Stori via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/cTzVZDr January 09, 2024 at 10:40PM

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Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

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to be clear. the problem isn’t that you are personally experiencing some sensory issue with prickly leg hair or that you have an aversion to natural body odors.

the problem is that you insist on loudly interjecting yourself and your personal issue into what is intended to be a larger discussion about something meaningful—for example, the expectation on women to shave, or the disgusting language people use to describe vaginas that don’t smell like fresh cut roses.

the problem is that you insist on self-centeredly derailing a conversation about our large scale issues. and then you cry ableism when you’re called out for it.

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Eighty five people died in the deadliest fire in California's history in 2018. And there were so many headlines about this. Remains found "comingled" together. Remains found trapped inside vehicles. A couple of feet outside of the windows of their homes. On their porches. Beside the remains of animals. Side by side with each other. Attempting to flee.

And what never was mentioned is that most of these people were our elders. 84 years old, 99 years old, 78 years old.

"Ms. Farrell was 99 years old. Ms. Farrell was found deceased on the front porch of her residence at 1378 Herman Way in the Town of Paradise. Her wheelchair was found near Ms. Farrell." "Ms. Dodge was 70 years old. Ms. Dodge was found deceased between two cars in the carport of her residence at 5152 Pentz Road in the Town of Paradise. Ms. Dodge’s husband, Randall Dodge, was found deceased next to her. Based upon the evidence, Mr. and Ms. Dodge were attempting to flee the fire." "Ms. Cline was 81 years old. Ms. Cline was found deceased in her residence at 578 Roberts Drive in the Town of Paradise. She was physically immobile and unable to leave her home without assistance." "Ms. Ammons was 82 years old. She was found deceased outside her home at 6674 Pentz Road, Unit 112, in the Town of Paradise. The evidence indicated Ms. Ammons died while attempting to flee the fire as she was found just outside her trailer with her purse nearby." "Mr. Alderman was 80 years old and was found deceased inside his home at 5775 Deanna Way in the Town of Paradise. A severely sprained ankle prevented his mobility at the time of the fire, and he made several phone calls to friends seeking rescue before he perished."

Most of these people died alone, completely defenseless and helpless, and in such a terrible, horrifying way. People who have lived through so many years of history and have so much knowledge to pass on. The few who weren't elderly were physically disabled.

"Mr. Downer was 54 years old. Mr. Downer was found deceased outside the front door of his residence at 8030 Skyway, Unit A, in the Town of Paradise. Based upon the evidence, it appears Mr. Downer died while attempting to flee the fire. He was a wheelchair bound amputee and was unable to drive."

We need headlines to speak to who the bulk of the casualties and injuries happened to. 85 elderly and disabled human beings were burned alive. We need to think about them when we think about natural disasters, climate change, abuse and neglect. They're a vulnerable population and they bring so much value to our world.

Ms. Haley was 67 years old. Ms. Haley was found deceased at 5577 Heavenly Place in the Town of Paradise. Ms. Haley’s remains were found comingled with the remains of her sister, Barbara Carlson.

And I'm bringing up something that happened in 2018 because it's going to happen again. It's fire season right now. And if it's not a fire, then a flood. If not a flood, then a hurricane. If not a hurricane, then an earthquake. Our elders are our connection to a period of time we didn't exist in and we aren't taking care of them or thinking about them when we consider threats to people. They are human.