#international women space

[nasa]

It’s Girl Scout Day! March 12, 2024, is the 112th birthday of Girl Scouts in the United States, and to celebrate, we’re sharing a lithograph of the Girl Scout alumnae who became NASA astronauts.

Girl Scouts learn to work together, build community, embrace adventurousness and curiosity, and develop leadership skills—all of which come in handy as an astronaut. For example, former Scouts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked together to make history on Oct. 18, 2019, when they performed the first all-woman spacewalk.

Pam Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and became NASA’s deputy administrator on June 21, 2021.

Nicole Mann was the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space when she launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Currently, Loral O’Hara is aboard the space station, conducting science experiments and research.

Participating in thoughtful activities in leadership and STEM in Girl Scouts has empowered and inspired generations of girls to explore space, and we can’t wait to meet the future generations who will venture to the Moon and beyond.

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[hjellacott]

UN official calls for female-only sports categories after women athletes lose 890 medals to trans opponents: report

Female athletes have also sustained serious injuries such as knocked-out teeth, concussions, broken legs, and skull fractures from their transgender opponents, as per the report.

A new study revealed that trans-identified biological men competing in women's sports has resulted in the loss of 890 medals by over 600 female athletes across 29 different sports, although experts said the numbers are likely much higher.

The shocking data comes from a recent report published by Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, who issued an official recommendation of banning men from competing in women's sports. The report was presented to the UN General Assembly on Oct. 8, which included a plethora of written and in-person evidence. She advised that there needs to be a protected female-only category to ensure the safety of female athletes and fairness at all levels, as reported by Sex Matters.

Alsalem called on the assembly to ensure that "female categories in organized sport are exclusively accessible to persons whose biological sex is female." She said that new sporting categories need to be created for athletes who want to compete opposite their birth sex or have the men's category be made available to all competitors.

The UN official stated that athletes should not be forced to lower testosterone levels in order to compete in any category. She also said that sports bodies should not subject athletes to invasive sex screenings.

"In cases where the sex of an athlete is unknown or uncertain, a dignified, swift, non-invasive and accurate sex screening method (such as a cheek swab) or, where necessary for exceptional reasons, genetic testing should be applied to confirm the athlete's sex. In non-professional sports spaces, the original birth certificates for verification may be appropriate. In some exceptional circumstances, such tests may need to be followed up by more complex tests," the report stated.

Alsalem called out the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and said that had it followed this protocol, the 2024 Paris Olympics boxing scandal never would have happened. The IOC determines an athlete's sporting category based on whatever sex the athlete has listed on its passport. During the Olympics, two competitors in women's wrestling were believed to be men, though their passports said they wre female and there was no indication that they identified as trans. They were believed by some to have DSD, or differences in sexual development, though they had male XY chromosomes.

Additionally, the report revealed that men competing in women's sports pose a serious safety threat to female athletes, increasing "violence at all levels."

"Female athletes are also more vulnerable to sustaining serious physical injuries when female-only sports spaces are opened to males," the report stated, citing a study that found "the least powerful man produced more power than the most powerful woman" while playing the game of volleyball. Female athletes have sustained serious injuries such as knocked-out teeth, concussions, broken legs, and skull fractures from their transgender opponents, as per the report.

The UN official also advised against allowing men in women's restrooms or changing rooms, saying that "removing single-sex spaces in sports may also increase the risk of sexual harassment, assault, voyeurism, and physical and sexual attacks in unisex locker rooms and toilets."

[unlimitedbutchworks]

Other queer people overwhelming prioritize trans women.

what if the world was made of pudding? & im not answering the long ask you sent but I am posting this chunk to laugh at

“vast numberless hordes” do not rush to our side and this has never been the case lol you’re interpreting the handful of allies who genuinely give a shit as a woke mob LOL put me in your timeline

[colonellickburger]

Andrew Rovenko. The Rocketgirl Chronicles, Time Travellers. Melbourne, Australia

[celebrate-lesbianism]

So weird to me that there's a stigma against butch4butch and that there's this presumption that masculine lesbians must ONLY be into feminine women. 

When you're butch, it's automatically assumed that you're into femmes (and I mean yeah fair) but there's also this secondary assumption that you couldn't possibly be into other butches. It's like an invisible line that you aren't supposed to cross, which is weird as hell, because why would two butches being together be different than any other lesbian couple?

[sysy-studyblr]

monday 10/04/23

started physics my beloved with a solid 5h today, finished topic 1 and half of topic 2!! but only content not questions

♫ bruise - between friends ♫

[coolnonsenseworld]

Reminder it's the last chance to pre-order 💞💞💞 also a compilation because... yeah. Did they all show up on your dashboard? Well worry not, they are here now whether you want it or not.

Linktr.ee/Mezzy

[lazaruspiss]

so many people just hear "dick was a cop" and go "eww im gonna pretend i didnt see that" and like. if its just bc you cant handle the subject matter thats one thing, but often times its just. performative. especially because the actually storyline is so much about dick trying (and as far as ive gotten to reading so far, failing) to make a change in the system and be a "good cop". it's an extremely heavy but genuinely very interesting storyline. dick does find other "good cops", but they're very much the minority and usually keep their heads down, because cops are bastards and will ruin the lives of "fellow officers" who try and do things right. they try to frame dick for murder at one point and everything.

[typicalsimswhore]

Any Marxist-Leninist girlies/enbies here? I would like to create a safe space for us to discuss our ideas openly, since I don't see a lot of women with voices in this community :)

Let's share ideas and be friends!!!

💖🏳️‍🌈

[satedsaint]

and as someone who works within queer and trans spaces i am doing my best to address the underlying misogyny and float the idea that gender should not be this all-important thing. neither should sex. none of that is contrary to the existence, rights, or dignity of the trans people i know and love.

trans people are an essential part of queer theory and should be welcomed within radical feminism, for what they are, not for some conservative idea of what "birth sex" says they can and should be.

[sistercara]

so increadibly pretty! like i dont usually reblog photos of people (for some reason that is currently beyond me) the back flex photo has hit my blog several times.

👉👈 thank you

i actually feel the same way!

like there are so many pretty people but i got some weird hangups about reblogging photos of people (particularly when its their body)

maybe for me its the imposter syndrome?

[nasa]

Deniz Burnham

A former NASA intern, Deniz Burnham started her career as an engineer on an oil rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and went on to lead operations on drilling rigs in Canada, Ohio, and Texas. https://go.nasa.gov/3wDpfBo

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[pavelbelyayev]

"Why is it that cosmonauts always have girls (daughters)?"

"Maybe because girls are cool."

Most of the pioneering cosmonauts were parents of girls, so here are the proud dads (and mom) and their girls! Happy International Women's Day! 👩🏻‍🚀💐💫

[maricat95]

2 of my favorite female characters (Demencia (Villainous) 🦎🐊😈💪🏻💖 and Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots)🐈‍⬛👢🗡️🖤💚💖) and 3 of my OCs (Marisela 💀 🌹🏵️ 🌸 💜💙🖤♥️💖 Bella 🐈‍⬛🎸🌹🖤💙💖 and Naomi 👽 🎀 🌌💙♥️💞💖) on International Women's Day ♀️💪🏼🌼💖

Happy Women's International ♀️💪🏼🌼💖

💀💀♥️♥️♥️

[colonellickburger]

Andrew Rovenko. The Rocketgirl Chronicles, The Antenna. Melbourne, Australia

[astromechs]

mm one day we'll have a conversation about how i have never felt so alienated as i did in some of the lesbian spaces i have personally experienced