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they’re so real for this one

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There is a way of washing your body where you stand use just a damp wash cloth to clean yourself, and you don’t stand under water or in a bath. Do you call this a:

- top and tail

- pta/ pits tits ass

- dry bath

- other (put in tags pls)

- never heard of this

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Another 'wonderful news' from Russia for your consideration! This week, the BRICS forum on traditional values took place in Moscow. And it was fucking insane.

In short, the opening meeting was BRICS countries representatives verbally jerking off on how well they oppress or plan to oppress their people especially women. The only person who bothered to contradict this narrative was Egyptian female writer Doha Mustafa Assy.

I will translate some quotes from the russian article. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7311174

Russia: "At some point the roles for women have begun to change towards independence and self-sufficiency. We, of course, love and respect our women very much, but we want them to pay more attention to their families, men and children. We do not want them to strive for business, politics, economics, power, or culture. <...> The main traditional value is the preservation of natural purpose, where a woman continues the family line and a man inspires her to give birth to children."

Pakistan: "Any traditional religion upholds and promotes social values and traditions. No father would want to harm his family. No mother would want to break up or disintegrate her family. This <rejection of family values> is deliberately imposed on us and promoted by some power circles”

Ethiopia: "In our country it is traditionally women who do the cooking, teaching children and other family duties. So the man's role is not as big as the woman's, and this tradition gives the man the freedom to behave like a child." (?????)

Uganda: [This country experience is “extremely important to the discussion of legislative protection of religious values,” emphasized russian politician Dmitry Kuznetsov, referring to the fact that in Uganda same-sex relations are prohibited, and in some cases violators face life imprisonment or even the death penalty.] “We did this to make sure that the country would be preserved. I would encourage countries to behave in such a way that the culture that exists in each country is not imposed on others.” btw Brazil and South Africa representatives didn't say a word here even though their countries legalized same-sex mafrriage years ago.

Brazil: "Marriage in no longer a goal for our citizens and the country has the highest divorce rate in history. Meanwhile, children are most often left with their mothers, with fathers unwilling to take part in their upbringing. As a result, many Brazilian boys are growing up without a father figure and 9% of male inmates in prisons don't even know their father's name. Shifting the balance in favor of women leads to the fact that the position of feminism is growing, and the number of people who identify as LGBT people is growing.” At the end of his speech, he marveled, “This is my first time in Russia, and I didn't know you guys were so conservative. I'm so happy, it's so impressive!” He also admitted that “the people of Brazil know nothing about Russia,” and Dmitry Kuznetsov promised: “We will come to you and tell you all about our saving conservatism.”

Egypt: As I mentioned in the beginning the only person who actively argued against this trend was Doha Mustafa Assy. She said: "We on the contrary has a struggle against patriarchy. Tradition and religion are not on women's side, they help men. A lot of women in Egypt ask for divorce only because they feel like slaves at home. He (the husband) has the right not to let her leave the house according to tradition. BRICS is India, it's China, it's Russia, it's Egypt. We are very different. And maybe what you are trying to do in Russia has already became a problem for us”.

To be honest I don't know what will come out of this forum. Maybe it's just empty posturing, maybe BRICS countries just sent people who had free time on their hand here as a formality. But I despair reading these quotes; twenty years ago we sent a singing duet posing as lesbians to Eurovision; ten years ago I was watching lesbian drama Blue Is the Warmest Colour in a full theater. Soviet Union gave women some attempt in an equal rights in fucking 1917 and we were the first country to send a woman in space. What happened? How has it turned this way? We are now friends with some of the most patriarchal countries in the world and with fucking North Korea. They are planning to remove the Taliban's terrorist status.

What the hell.

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forget the socioeconomic load of being with a man. if men simply having access to us wasn't important and separatism was so inconsequential, we wouldn't be watching men foam at the mouth en mass at divorce, women's independence or just women being single. there wouldn't be slurs for it. there wouldn't be such white hot rage at the idea of women not being with men. marilyn frye was right when she said separating from men is redefining ourselves as not beings that exist for male pleasure or caretaking. i mean, what else is the "male loneliness pandemic" about? if not that men have a right to women? why is it that even the most vile of men keep wanting access to women? since it's so unimportant and trivial.

separatism directly opposes the fundamental misogynistic idea that women inherently belong to and exist for men. if pornography purports that women must yield their access (hence power) to any man at any time bc she is his object, then separatism is meaningful resistance to that idea by refusing male access on multiple fronts.

it's not that separatism challenges nothing. on the contrary, separatism challenges everything by challenging the idea that men should have unconditional access to women. it literally offends everything about patriarchy

as gerda lerner so astutely pointed out in The Beginning of Patriarchy, while male class status was economic, women's class status was explicitly sexual. men were rich or poor. women were wives or harlots - that is belonging to one man or all men. men's rights in the state were contingent on how rich or poor he was and women's rights were contingent on what kind of man she belonged to/had access to her. so daughters/wives of rich men had more rights than whores on the street. their class was dictated by men, while men's class was dictated by capital.

for women to say: "i belong to no man" is a radical statement in patriarchal society. it is a declaration that her humanity is to be considered independent of him and that her societal worth can no longer be dictated by him.

for that reason it is upsetting to the patriarchs and seen as dangerous and radical in patriarchal society.

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Are you 4b? Considering it? Not interested? (4b is Not dating men, marrying them, or having children? And when did you start?

Yes, my whole life naturally

Yes, a while ago as a result of learning about radical feminism

Yes, as of this election

No, opposed to the idea

No, I already had kids and was married before learning about it

No, I already had a boyfriend and don’t want to break up with him

-🐌

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I think the conversation on tariffs is a lot longer that "they're always bad news" and honestly I think cost cutting measures these corporations take to rely on cheap foreign labor is a huge problem especially if there are american alternatives in which some level of labor rights are guaranteed. Idk... the conversation around tariffs has been weirding me out. Obv Trump's incentive of "beat China and make them pay" is dumb but I've always supported select tariffs on certain goods. Especially non-essentials. Certain things are not meant to be dirt cheap. The only reason so many things are dirt cheap is a reliance on outsourced dirt cheap labor. Exploited labor. Shouldn't we be discouraging that? Ideally gradually?

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reminder that this is far enough to scroll your dash today. there's nothing better coming. go outside. go practice your stretches. make a meal. do your laundry. log off.

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Poetry Comics Month, Day 23: Simple

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Referring to where you live most of the time

If you see this post before the 16th, reblog it. Gotta share to get more votes.

If you see this post after the 16th, check the notes for a followup poll and reblog that version instead.

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Surely this next six minutes of hitting the snooze button on my alarm will leave me feeling well rested. Surely this time.

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Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

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where i’m at girls

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idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn't need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time

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Shy