#maga moms

[lenbryant]

Some MAGA-Mom white-supremacist snowflake can't even tell you the author's name as she's filing a complaint to have another book by an African-American author removed from her child's school. Governor Rhonda Santis has succeeded in empowering all the racists and homophobes in his state.

[bibliosims]

landgraab.

[cyarsk5230]

Oh, I’m sorry? I thought a man who beat his own mom the fuck up said something? She should have aborted you..

Your grandmother’s 40 yr old bf committed statutory rape & impregnated your mother when she was 14 yrs old. Your mother had 3 of his kids by the time she was 18 & had to resort to selling drugs to take care of you & your siblings. If anybody should be pro-choice it’s you.

Omg can y’all stop retweeting this, I thought this was public knowledge. All you have to do is look up “Dez Bryant’s Upbringing”.

call me everything but you can’t call me a liar baby.

Y’all be so pro life on here but don’t give a fuck about the children in the real world that have to suffer the consequences of being born into poverty and dysfunctional households. Bunch of fake ass activists!

Y’all don’t even view children as human beings who have minds of their own, y’all view them as accessories that you can control and live vicariously through. Y’all don’t gaf about children in the real world. I’m not impressed by the twitter activism.

[quaranmine]

unintended consequence of introducing my mom to reddit in 2019 is that 5 years later she is 10x more of a redditor than anyone i know now, and also has zero concept of the general reputation of reddit among normal people. everybody stares blankly when this woman in her 60s starts talking about this post she saw on reddit. she brings it up CONSTANTLY. like nearly every conversation. i'm like mom please. these people only know reddit as the incel site, if they know what it is at all

[smileandasong]

i can't stop thinking of the young men that came out for trump and the implications of it. it is super harrowing because, should it continue, gen z is on track to become the first generation to not be more progressive than the one that proceeded it. and typically speaking, you get more conservative as you get older, which is why you see boomers and gen x going for cult maga. and if a significant portion of gen z is on this train too, then literally, what's left for the progressive angle?

[t4tstarvingdog]

the epic highs (my mom helped me figure out late-registration here bc of my complicated address situation) and lows (i have to lie to my parents about voting pro choice etc) of having a mom 👍

[werewolfmack]

Started the day texting my mom back and idk I'm really determined to talk WITH her about what the fuck is wrong with our relationship every time we DO talk because I'm sick of this burying her head in the sand thing she has been doing and I'm trying to overcome my own confrontation avoidance. But its also a hard way to start the day because it was a birthday text where she dreamed I gave her a hug, so that sucks.

[canadianabroadvery]

"... The board gave Dr. Lucabaugh a 40 percent salary increase (to $315,000) in late July of this year, making him the second-highest paid school district superintendent in Pennsylvania, and is now using that increase less than four months later to calculate payment, ...the severance package contains many suspicious provisions, including one that bars "any district investigations of his tenure. ...It’s hard to imagine a lawyer drafted that contract, No lawyer would think that a school board could insulate an employee from any kind of of court action or criminal investigation.”

[tj-crochets]

Hey y’all! Weird question for the quilters out there. Do you find quilting is making you stronger? Like, physically stronger, not metaphorically or emotionally.

I’ve been sewing for going on four years now, and I’d made a few quilts the first few years, but I only started quilting regularly like a year ago and it’s making me kinda buff???? I don’t understand how! I was not this muscular when I was doing martial arts, and the martial art I did was pretty darn physically intense. I don’t understand how this is happening, my grandma was a quilter and I know she must’ve been doing something different because there is no way she could physically do some of the things I do when quilting, like she couldn’t crawl around on the floor to lay out the design, she couldn’t exert the amount of force I do on the quilting ruler to keep it in place, but I can’t figure out how to do it differently

[mysharona1987]

Look, I get accidents happen. Teenagers will sex. Teen moms happen. No judgement. But Lauren Boebert sounds proud she will be a grandmother at 36. Which is weird.

When her son points out to her: ��But you made your mother a grandmother at 36 too.”

Lauren: “Yes, I did.”

This is not a feel good story.

[lenbryant]

Florida, again. Now they're pulling more books from school libraries that might offend white supremacists's feelings.

(From Miami Herald)

A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County limited 4 library titles to just middle school students after a parent complained about the contents. Jessica Ruscello via Unsplash

A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics that were inappropriate for students and should be removed “from the total environment.”

The move — which allows for middle school students at the school to access the titles — is the latest example of districts and schools across the state restricting or removing books from libraries in recent months. 

For Stephana Ferrell, the director of research and insight at Florida Freedom to Read Project, it underscores a growing trend to redefine what is considered age appropriate, “especially regarding books that address ethnicities, marginalized communities, racism or our history of racism.” 

“Books written for students grades K-5 are being pushed to middle school [libraries and] out of reach for the students they were intended for,” she said. The books aren’t being banned from the district, she argued, “but they’re banned for the students they were intended for.”

In March, Daily Salinas, a parent of two students at at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, challenged The ABCs of Black History, Cuban Kids, Countries in the News Cuba, the poem The Hills We Climb, which was recited by poet Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, and Love to Langston��for what she said included references of critical race theory, “indirect hate messages,” gender ideology and indoctrination, according to records obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project and shared with the Miami Herald. 

In an interview with the Herald on Monday, Salinas said she “is not for eliminating or censoring any books.” Instead, she wants materials to be appropriate and for students “to know the truth” about Cuba, she said in Spanish. 

A school materials review committee — composed of three teachers, a library media specialist, a guidance counselor and the school’s principal, among others — however, determined one book, Countries in the News Cuba, was “balanced and age appropriate in its wording and presentation” and would remain available for all students. 

The four other titles were deemed “better suited” or “more appropriate” for middle school students, despite acknowledging that at least one book, The ABCs of Black History, was written for ages 5 and up. The books would be kept in the middle school section of the media center, the review concluded. 

The committee did not include examples of what the reviewers considered inappropriate for elementary students but “more appropriate” for middle schoolers. When asked to provide examples, district officials said staff was not involved in the committee review and therefore “cannot speak to the intent, reasoning or provide examples.” 

Salinas, for her part, also questioned the reasoning behind why some books remain available for middle schoolers. She argued the books should have been removed for all students. School libraries are meant “to support the curriculum of the school and I don’t see how these books support the curriculum,” she said.

Roberto Alonso, School Board member for District 4 where Bob Graham Education Center is located, did not respond to a phone call request for comment. 

Last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a slew of education bills into law, including the Parental Rights in Education law, which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The law prohibits instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade and must be age appropriate for older students.

Since then, there’s been an increase of book challenges filed across the state — even as DeSantis and his administration maintain that book removal efforts are a “hoax.”

In Miami-Dade, only two other informal challenges have been raised, but were resolved “between the principal and the parent without the need to escalate to a formal challenge,” according to staff.

In Pinellas County schools, for example, Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” was removed after a parent informally complained about a rape scene in its pages. In April, though, a committee recommended it be available to students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 with no parental permission requirements, the Tampa Bay Times reported. 

In February, the Martin County School District removed more than 80 books from middle and high schools, according to TCPalm. More recently, the free-speech organization PEN America and Penguin Random House, an American book publisher, filed a lawsuit against the Escambia County School District and school board for violating the equal protection clause of the Constitution for disproportionately targeting books that address topics such as race, racism, gender and sexuality. 

As of March, 175 books have been removed across the state, according to PEN America. 

For Ferrell, of the Florida Freedom to Read Project, the challenges seen in Miami-Dade and across the state are the result of the lack of guidance from the state around what is or isn’t age-appropriate. 

People think the Parental Rights in Education law is intended to “eliminate representation, and they’re filing challenges,” she said. 

“We’re seeing these topics pushed [away] from our kids at a time when they’re most accepting of our differences,” she said. “This is the time to address the rougher topics in an age appropriate way. Instead, those books are not available to them.”

[angelx1992]

[badolmen]

my mom doesn’t believe in systemic racism but she’s getting better.

[st4rstruckt]

why are they so pressed about ao3 having gay porn like if you don't seek it out then why is it a huge issue for you? are you just so tempted that you have to destroy it for others too?

[procyongaaay]

I remember growing up my mom told me "one day you'll understand" meaning that when I had kids I'd understand how wrong abortion was.

My son was wanted. He was wanted so much when I told my spouse I was pregnant with him, I said "4th times the charm?" And cried into their shoulder because after repeated miscarriages I didn't know how much more I could take. He was our rainbow baby. But he grew, pregnancy was hard as hell (and absolutely not for the faint of heart) but we got through it together. Then, a few weeks before Christmas, there was some complications durring birth and after 10.5 hours of labour had to have an emergency C section. He had had his cord wrapped around his neck twice, and had his hand tangled in it in a way that ment he never would have been able to be born naturally. It took them 4 minutes to revive him once they got him out. And that was only the beginning of our troubles. Apparently there had been a transfer of blood between us, and we have different blood types. So some of his blood was in my blood stream, but I'm an adult, and it didn't do much more than a tinge of yellow in the corners of my eyes after a few days. But he was so little, not even 7lbs, and the bit of my blood that got into his system ravaged him. He had dangerously high bilirubin levels that just kept rising. He was in an incubator with intense phototherapy, both a light above and a biliblanket below, for 2 weeks. We had to flush feed him so his little body could fight through. He was too weak to eat or cry at first, and just made these tiny mewling noises that broke my heart to hear. Every time we'd take him out of the incubator to feed, change, or have a little skin to skin time the machine would complain the temperature dropped too low with a *beep beep boop*. But my little guy is a fighter and we pulled through. I fought to get my kid here and keep him here. And without medical intervention neither of us would have made it.

Just saying "beep beep boop" can almost bring me to tears almost a year later.

And then just a few months later in April, I had a sudden stabbing pain that came with an impending sense of doom. Something was wrong and I felt like I was going to die. I was in so much pain I threw up, which hadn't even happened durring labour. We rushed to the ER. I had a male dr look me over and tell me "it's probably just your period, they can be a little crazy after birth, and if this is your first cycle after giving birth it can be a little wild with the hormones, just go home and sleep it off." And while it's true that first cycle can be a doozie, I knew immediately that's not what was happening.

I asked for a second opinion and he said ok but it'll be a while before someone else can see you we're very busy. So for 10 hours I sat in the hallway of the ER, the pain getting worse and worse, starting to feel faint, and the sense of impending doom getting worse and worse till I was on the verge of a panic attack.

Finally there was a shift change at 5 in the morning, and a lady doctor came to see me. She was like "hmmm no this doesn't seem like a period to me, not even a first one post partum. Something else is going on." So she sent off some blood tests, but before she left to wait for those to come back she was like "hey is it ok if I do a bed side ultrasound? I just have a feeling that I need to check."

I remember watching her eyes go wide as she said "oh. That's a lot of blood. Oh no." And call for a nurse to immediately call to wake one of the surgeons and prep an OR. She said "hey it's gonna take them about half an hour to get ready, in the meanwhile we need to get a better look at you, we're gonna take you down to ultrasound to get better pictures." I called my spouse, who was at home with our then 5 month old son to tell them I had a lot of internal bleeding and they didn't know why yet. They said they'd get my mom to watch our son then come join me asap. I ended up passing out after they got the ultrasound images because I was too weak to stand at that point. They wheeled me into the red zone and that's around when my spouse arrived.

We were together when the dr told us that I had apparently become pregnant again, but due to scarring and adhesions from the C section, it was an ectopic pregnancy, and scarring was extensive enough if I ever became pregnant again, it would be ectopic again. My left fallopian tube had ruptured, and I was bleeding out internally. They rushed me in to surgery, removed both fallopian tubes and the embryo that had almost killed me, and patched me up, sent me home. The bruising along my sides and belly were truely impressive, but I only have a couple of tiny scars to show for it now, one of which is hidden in my belly button.

But did you know that that last surgery was an abortion? One without which I would not have survived. My son would be without his mama right now if I didn't have an abortion. My agressively anti-abortion mother refuses to call it one. Because to her there are no exceptions, and because I was going to die without it so it didn't count. But it does. It was an abortion. It being medically necessary doesn't change what it was.

Honestly I've always been pro choice. But especially having gone through pregnancy and birth, and having had an abortion myself, I don't know that its possible to be more pro choice now. I would never make someone go through all that, it'd be so incredibly inhumane. I'd rather have to string up someone and beat them than to have to force them to go through with a pregnancy. And mine wasn't even all that complex compared to some people. My body has permanently changed. My brain has changed. My sense of smell and taste has changed. The process of getting my son earthside has fundamentally altered who I am as a person. He was very much wanted and planned for but has still altered the very foundations of who I am as a person. And I can't imagine someone forcing me to do all that against my will. It's just horribly unspeakably evil snd wrong.

I love being a mama. My son is my world. His first birthday is coming up in just a couple weeks, he's big and strong and happy and healthy and amazing and I love him more than life itself. But I chose this. I wanted this. I wanted him. It's all been worth it because this was our plan all along, to start a family, to grow together. All the hardships and challenges, all the changes, even the more negative ones, have been worth it all because of that.

But for someone who wasn't wanting to be pregnant? Who didn't want to start a family? Or just someone like me for whom an abortion was medically necessary? Especially for women for who that pregnancy was wanted and then needed a medically necessary abortion? Well I have a kid now, and I understand more than ever that denying an abortion to someone who needs one is one of the most horrible things I could imagine. I will be pro choice till the day that I die and I will fight for people to get appropriate medical care. Wether that be at the polls, calling my reps, or calling out family members at Thanksgiving dinner. Mama bear don't give a shit.

giving birth sucks tbh. not only do you and the baby you’re birthing almost die, usually you shit yourself and often you tear your taint. then you have to push an organ out of your body (placenta) and if even a little of that remains in your body, you can hemorrhage to death or develop an infection that essentially rots your body from the inside out. even if you had a relatively “easy birth”, you bleed for weeks on end. even after that stops, your body and brain is changed for the rest of your life, the pregnancy leeched minerals from your bones, that can cause osteoporosis later. minor urinary incontinence is not uncommon, brain scans of people who gave birth show permanent changes in their brain, you’re never quite the same.

I say all of this not to say giving birth is disgusting but it is a harrowing and visceral experience. society downplays how fucking awful it is and makes it out to be a ~magical~ experience but it isn’t a magical transformative experience for everyone. it can be an extremely traumatic experience for someone who wanted to carry a pregnancy to term, much more so for someone who did not want to be pregnant in the first place or someone who knows their baby won’t survive the birth. anyway, abortion is a right. pregnancy and birth aren’t just inconvenient, it’s fucking awful.

[reginaofdoctorwho]

i am so terrified and there's nothing i can do about it