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I genuinely don't know how I am going to keep this blog running. How am I supposed to be optimistic and hopeful for the cities in the US when we just elected a Fascist by a majority in the popular vote who openly campaigned against cities

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[image id: a tweet dated on Sept 10, 2024 saying, “yeah we do have after birth executions, they’re called school shootings.” End image id]

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the absolute worst thing is that, objectively, if he was not real, trump would be funny as fuck. as a skit character? like literally fucking hilarious. but no, he’s not a dramatized, satirical parody that exaggerates a stereotype. no. this man is REAL. and that is. fucking terrifying

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I hope everyone who voted for him and didn't care what he could do to everyone else gets exactly what they were willing to dish out. Truthfully, I hope everyone who voted for him and those who didn't vote AT ALL suffer the consequences of having him as president again, right along with the rest of us. I'm feeling vindictive as FUCK right now!

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can elon still kill himself even if trump wins it was like the only thing i was looking forward to this month

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i did not grow up in the US, although I live there now. i am not white. the “trad wife” belief has sickened me to no end. indian women have made everything from scratch from the beginning. they were housewives and they cooked and cleaned and took care of their children. they had no money of their own. they depended on their husbands for everything—money for groceries, school fees for their children, clothes. they were beaten, abused verbally, mentally, physically. they were cheated on and humiliated. they could turn to nobody for help. they couldn’t leave. they had no money of their own. in most close-knit communities in india, even if you had money, you couldn’t run away because your neighbors would tell your husband where you were. women were trapped for DECADES.

you can say your husband isn’t like that all you want—life happens. he may not be a monster, but women need their own money, because society has never been kind to a woman. and the most interesting part is, the same “trad wives” that sit in their million dollar mansions with their thousand dollar aprons and perfectly manicured nails and curled hair and tell you to “submit to traditional values” and serve your husband….they have a career. their career is sitting there and telling women that their worth is inherently less than a man’s, that tradition is more important than independence. they are getting money from social media, and THAT is a career.

women from the east have been housewives for centuries, yet they were treated “less than” for not having a career. feminism allowed women to have a choice, to have bank accounts, to have an escape plan. now western women are swooping in with their “traditional values” and popularizing it.

I have nothing against SAHMs. a SAHM mom is a job. i have an issue with women who sit behind a screen and tell other women that they are worth less because they choose not to have children, or choose to have a career and put their kids in daycare, that they should “serve” their husbands and uphold “traditional” values, despite knowing that with every view that comes in, they make money. i have an issue with their fraud, and now i’m going to ask….whose tradition do they want you to follow?

the trad wife trend is not only patriarchal, it’s inherently racist. and if you agree with any aspect of their lives, you should think about exactly why you agree with it. do not glorify a practice you could not even begin to comprehend the consequences of.

Many people will find this controversial, but I just have to get this off my chest.

I don't have a problem with women being housewives or not having a 'corporate' job. Most of the women in my life are housewives or will become housewives after they have kids.

But I see this trend of tradwives and as a non-American, I'm just flabbergasted that they get as much fame as they do. For one thing, you never see them doing any hard, essential domestic work. Like mopping the floors of their mansions or cleaning their huge, shiny kitchens. At most you see them cooking, baking or making special dishes. They probably hire staff for all the hard work. And that's fine but don't go on the internet and tell people that just because you don't need feminism, then no one does. These privileged, young women post their videos on the Internet about traditional gender roles, how a woman should cook, clean, raise her children while her husband works. All the while women in my country fight for basic rights to education and a right to make their own choices.

The reason you're able to enjoy all the things you do is because of feminism. Maybe rich women always had freedom, I wouldn't know but middle class and poor women have to fight to be treated as human beings rather than property. I'm sorry but the truth is, in my country being a housewife puts you at the mercy of your husband and in laws. They can and in most cases disrespect you and treat you as a servant. This is normalized. Again, maybe not in upper class but definitely in middle and lower classes. Most of the people, women included believe that a woman should have no rights. They should marry who their parents choose, work like crazy and get no thanks, raise your children, take care of every single need of your in laws and still get mistreated. I see women around me, dependent on their husbands for a roof over their head. Get beaten by him, but never answer back, get taunted by your mother-in-law but still respect her. Forget your family, your parents, your right to being a human being. When you marry, you are a property of your husband and in laws to do as they see fit. I see my aunt beaten by her husband, and not being able to defend herself because she doesn't have a job and her family will not take her in. Glorify being solely dependent on your husband if you want to, but in my country, undereducated women who couldn't support themselves are burnt by their husbands for dowry, get tortured by their in laws while the rest of the society watches. Everyone agrees that this is wrong but does not take a step to help the poor women. And their husbands go away scot-free and remarry with impudence. Many companies do not hire women for higher positions because it is expected that she will quit after marriage. Three days ago, a young woman was killed by her husband because her parents could not give more dowry. Three days ago. In the year 2024. This is not an isolated case, this is the norm. This is what you're romanticizing.

Maybe I shouldn't be so pressed, I'm not the target audience. But they influence young girls. They peddle lies. In this economy, in this political climate, we have to be vigilant or we could lose our hard won rights. Don't depend on the goodwill of the men in your life.

I am fortunate and grateful for my mother and other progressive people in my mother's side of the family who constantly fight against society and gender roles just so I could have the freedom to do what I want. I can pursue higher education while many of my cousins can't. I can have male friends, no matter how much our neighbours complain.

I won't have to marry against my will, I won't have to marry at all if I don't want to. And this is because my mother fought her in laws and separated from my father. She did it for me. She did it when she realized she wanted better for me. She wanted me to have the choice she and many women in our family didn't get.

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"the idea that women were homemakers or are (primarily) homemakers came about during the European Industrial Revolution which was about the same time Europeans were pushing other systems of exploitation like slavery like colonialism..."

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Found this on pinterest had to put it here

Tradwives need to realize the seriousness of the shit they are getting themselves into.

The society isn't all that kind to women.

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Plenty of highly intelligent people end up getting sucked in to cults because they just wanted people to hang out with. There are antivaxxer nurses. Your ability to act on empirical reason breaks down fast if your social and emotional needs aren't being met.

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Islam is used for oppression in Islamic countries, Christianity is used for oppression in Western countries, atheism is used for oppression in China, Shinto is used for oppression in Japan, Native religions are used for oppression in our tribes, etc, etc. The point isn't that any or all religion is inherently evil or violent, just that cruel and selfish people seeking power will use anything they can to control others.

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The Kelpie Pond✨️ Jaimie Whitbread

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it's really weird having a first dog be blind and then getting a second who can see...like how was I supposed to be prepared for this.

this creature can perceive when I put the treats up on the high shelf. or when I hide stuff behind my back. I can't fool her!! she's always watching me and she shouldn't have this much knowledge!!!

I walk around at night and I shine my flash light directly into her eyes and I'll just be standing there staring at her weird blue orbs for like 5 seconds until I realize it's probably extremely annoying to her, because she has eyes!! I'll turn on the light in the room and she gruffs and grumbles like ?? oh right!! light wakes you up!! the fuck??

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You motherfuckers yes I hate Kamala too but when she is announced to be the Democratic candidate we are all going to shoot fireworks and go to the goddamn polls

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Been mulling over the news today. But not about Biden, nor Harris. Not the breathless coverage of media-spinning-this-as-another-losing-move-for-Democrats.

I've been thinking about the right-wing in this country. The Republicans. You know, the group the coverage SHOULD be about. Especially as they've fallen into a fascistic cult of personality and vindictive cruelty-as-politics.

What is the Republican platform now? It used to be fiscal conservatism and 'business-interests' (at least on the surface), deregulation, less governmental power. Now it's, well. Trump. Sure. But what are they fighting for? "Get their guy in the White House"?

Well yes. But no. The Republicans are desperately trying to hold power. The power to dismantle the rights of every person in the country who isn't a white-male-Christian-business interest. One of Their Guys.

Why? Why so much now?

Because they're fucking UNPOPULAR. The country doesn't support them! If the entire country voted, the right wing would not meaningfully exist in the US political sphere.

Think about that for a second. REALLY internalize it: If everyone in the US voted, period, full stop. The right would be gone. The Republican party, as it is, now, would be a fucking joke.

So of COURSE they're swinging towards fascism. In a two-party system, a political party's only meaningful directive is survival of the power of their party. The very existence of Project 2025 is proof - it is the last, dying fucking breath a party that has TWO options to stay alive: Fascism and minority-rule, or change.

And they're sure not picking fucking change.

That is what we're up against.

If I could ask ONE thing of any person in the US who desperately wants to keep their human rights, who understands a loss in this election is likely the end of US-democracy as we know it - it would be to point the narrative towards the utterly vile platform of the right wing. Talk about it to everyone. Don't normalize it! Don't EVER say "That's just what Republicans do so it's normal". That's what they want.

If we win the branches of government - if we could make it 10% easier to vote. 5% easier to vote. That could swing elections and politics for a generation. We can even dream bigger: Ranked choice. Mandatory ballots. National holiday voting day.

And Republican strategists know this!! They're so terrified of it they're willing to dismantle the fundamental tenets of the United States of America to prevent it!

PART of why I'm so frustrated with the constant circling-on-Democratic-candidate is because it entirely misses the point. The choice is between a party trying to enshrine minority-Christian-Theocratic-rule in the country for generations - or, you know.

A middlingly-charismatic Democrat.

And, judgement-free - if you had a MOMENT of weighing the 'good' of those things, that's the fucking problem. These things are not remotely equal. The coverage of this political moment is like the coverage of climate change, and it gets into EVERYONE'S head - "The world is ending. But are hot summers REALLY that bad? Experts weigh in!"

The breathless both-sidesing of the current political moment is so appallingly, atrociously irresponsible I hardly have words for how fucking livid I am.

Vote.