#opinione USA

[pier-carlo-universe]

Donald Trump proiettato come 47º Presidente degli Stati Uniti: Trump 51,3% - Harris 47,2%

Proiezioni elettorali negli Stati Uniti: Donald Trump al 51,3%, pronto a tornare alla Casa Bianca

Proiezioni elettorali negli Stati Uniti: Donald Trump al 51,3%, pronto a tornare alla Casa Bianca Donald Trump verso la vittoria alle elezioni 2024 Secondo le ultime proiezioni elettorali, Donald Trump è avanti con il 51,3% dei voti, posizionandosi come il probabile 47º Presidente degli Stati Uniti, superando la candidata democratica e vicepresidente uscente Kamala Harris, che attualmente…

[pinbones]

I've seen a few posts about women and pants now and many of them are very good, and not to nitpick those posts or downplay religious sexism or anything, but I have to emphasise:

Somebody who DOESN'T live in a controlling religious country/cult/family is also affected by sexism. We all know that, right? Secular parts of the first world also have opinions about how women dress, including when it comes to trousers, especially in childhood and in institutions like schools and the workplace

Me and many people my age (20s) remember being forced into skirts, punished and shamed by parents & teachers & peers & possibly then bosses about what we wear not being feminine enough, and it wasn't by deeply religious sects. Many updates to dress codes are very new and sexist views are still in place in many institutions. Normalised societal misogyny wants women (and people they want to treat as women) to dress femininely, down to what KIND of pants they're allowed to wear (compare a pink top and jeggings to mens jeans and tell me these two women are treated the same. Hating women in pantsuits is still a sexist office joke today, and even those outfits are feminine compared to male suits, which raise eyebrows when worn by women). The women I know who wear trousers regularly are literally otherwise feminine, and all wear dresses to events.

I know trousers have become much more normalised over the past few decades in secular society (yay!! the result of many many years of effort and lawbreaking) but let's not be absolute when we talk about the pants concept lol. Especially within a larger conversation about female/transmasc/intersex/transfem masculinity and social perceptions, especially in an age of rising fascism

[vyorei]

Full article here:

[sata-cable]

Question for Non-Usamericans:

Tell me in tags, for you personally what was the most surprising thing about Usamericans when you started interacting with them?

ᴵᶠ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᵘˢᵃᵐᵉʳᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ʳᵉᵇˡᵒᵍ ᵗᵒ ʳᵉᵃᶜʰ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ

[confusionmeisss]

u ever see a man so hot & so fine that ur just left speechless, u stutter over ur words, u can’t even finish ur sentences

[rookflower]

i will say im a windclan moor >>> windclan prairie truther in my heart but i also think looking at "warrior cats is set in the new forest/england/the uk" and going "no it's not. it's actually set wherever i live" is awesome so whatever. whatever you think is right and whatever i think is right. 10 billion creative and inspired by personal experience warrior cats settings forever

[wetsocksinbed]

friendly reminder that the government who is charging Luigi Mangione with terrorism is the same government that were completely fine with sending hand-signed bombs to strike Palestine, which killed hundreds of civilians indiscriminately

[neutrallyobsessed]

Clone High as Tarot Cards

Today: Abraham Lincoln as The Tower & Justice

"Noooo mannnn what do you mean all Tower readings are negative?? ... Ok I have an idea but let it be known that I disagree with all them easily findable quotes by so-called "fans" who don't get it... In better news that Lincoln statue in Tijuana goes so hard!!"

[justinssportscorner]

Nancy Armour at USA Today:

It’s been a bad couple of days for the racists and bigots who thought Caitlin Clark was one of them. First Clark said she recognizes there is an element of white privilege to her stardom, that the Black women who laid the foundation for this current explosion in interest in women’s sports were never afforded a spotlight as bright and intense as the one that shines on her. Then, when conservative crank Megyn Kelly criticized her for saying that, Clark doubled down. “I feel like I’ve earned every single thing that’s happened to me over the course of my career. But also, I grew up a fan of this league from a very young age,” Clark said Wednesday when asked about Kelly’s comments. “My favorite player was Maya Moore. I know what this league was about.” For those unaware, Moore was transcendent when she was running roughshod over the WNBA, leading the Minnesota Lynx to four titles in seven years and winning MVP honors in both the regular season (2014) and WNBA Finals (2013). Add in her Olympic gold medals and her titles and player of the year honors at UConn, and she’s quite possibly the best there’s ever been.

[...] Few athletes, especially at a young age, can be as thoughtful or as direct as LeBron James and the U.S. women’s national soccer team in calling out hate and the marginalization of minorities. That seemed during the season to include Clark, whose criticism of the racism and homophobia spewed at other WNBA players by some people claiming to be her fans often came only when she was asked directly about it. But if those lowlifes, like the woman who wrote Clark’s number on the paper talons she wore to a playoff game to mock Black players, thought they had Clark’s tacit approval, they are now seeing just how wrong they are. So, too, those who thought Clark was too naïve to understand why what was being done and said in her name was so problematic.

She saw it. All of it. And she wants no part of it. “I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” Clark told TIME in the player of the year story. “A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them. The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that, and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it’s very important.

“I have to continue to try to change that,” she added. “The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing.” This isn’t “self-flagellation,” as Kelly sneered. This isn’t “condescending” or “fake.” This is a young woman recognizing that while, yes, she’s worked her ass off to get where she is and deserves every bit of the spotlight she commands, she is also the beneficiary of an American society that continues to give white people primacy. People like Kelly, and unfortunately there are many like her these days, seem to think it’s a character flaw to acknowledge that. That if they recognize privilege exists, it means they aren’t deserving of what they’ve accomplished. That if they say privilege is real, they aren’t as exceptional as they think.

Glad to see Caitlin Clark speak out on how white privilege has played a role in college basketball and WNBA stardom.

[hot-take-tournament]

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT!

PRELIMINARY #269

Submission 828

We should sell Alaska to Canada

1. Proximity. Alaska is far closer to Canada (literally hanging off of its ass) than it is to America. Thus, the interests of the Alaskan people will be closer to that of the Canadians.

2. Money. The Alaska purchase costed about $117 million dollars in today's money. Imagine what the American people could do with 117 mil. Build bridges, build schools, fix pothole, etc.

3. Culture. The culture of the Alaskans is more similar to the culture of the Canadians. They do things like go fishing and hunt bears, and when the border is gone they can just meet up and hang out and talk about hunting bears and fishing

4. Necessity. If you really think about it, America does not need Alaska. Their Gdp is ranked 50th out of all the 50 states and they were really kind of a last minute thing. Since Canada's economy is smaller than America's they could use Alaska a lot more than we do, for example they can build a bunch of factories or suburban housing developments that will make them more cash so really its quite charitable.

Propacanada is always Anchoraged!

And remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure! It Maple more people into the debate!

[liliann-exe]

bro trump supporters giving their entire life to make people not vote for kamala like.. black woman prosecuter or white rotting old felon lol like WHAT also everyone like shes gonna give money to israel like yes, but so will trump cuz america and israel are allies. also cuz he made alliances but i can promise no one could actually take him seriously hes not a smart man in disguise i swear

[ultraericthered]

I've been very familiar with Wicked for several years now. I read the novel that the musical was based on (which mostly kind of sucked), knew the story of the musical, and have listened to the soundtrack. But it alway sat just okay with me. In particular, the character of Elphaba Thropp, I felt, was a very interesting concept - what if the Wicked Witch of the West was a layered, sympathetic, relatable person whose whole deal was so much more complex than simply being "wicked" for no reason, and that popular image of her as the cruel, nasty, fearsome hag we're all familar with was a myth based in a propagandized narrative spun to turn people against her? With Glinda the Good Witch, the Wizard of Oz, and the land of Oz itself all being deeper and darker than they appeared at a glance? That is fantastic on an imagination level, though it took the musical to fully realize the idea, and we got a great take on the Oz lore and great iteration of the Wicked Witch as a result. But I still didn't feel Elphie was anything too much greater than the character who sourced her (Margaret Hamilton's Witch in particular is a great villain on her own merits), and she sort of started a trend in both parodies and legit works of going for the lazy "they're not truly evil, they're just misunderstood!" villain revisionism, particularly when coupled with the equally lazy "and the people you thought were good guys were actually the real villains!" Count Dracula, Captain Hook, Maleficent, Jafar, Cruella De Vil, the Grinch, Carmen Sandiego, Lex Luthor, Light/Kira and even other lesser villains like the fucking Beanstalk Giant got this treatment over time. It's like Wicked made what was done as a joke with the Big Bad Wolf way back when acceptable to play straight, so it was a sore spot on Elphaba's legacy for me.

But let me tell you...watching Wicked Part 1 in theaters in the year 2024 the other day made something go off in my head. Elphaba's story through just Act 1 alone struck a chord with me that it hadn't before, to the point where I had to hold back tears towards the very end. Suddenly not only was all the political commentary in the story so much clearer and more relevant than it had ever been, but I got Elphie's character arc and a core piece of it that ties directly into that political commentary after it had gone over my head for years.

SPOILERS FOR WICKED PART ONE WILL FOLLOW

So the part of Elphaba's story that got me was her "relationship" with the Wizard of Oz. How she lived her life since childhood idolizing this man, absolutely loving the idea of the Wizard, being thankful to him for every blessing she and the land of Oz had, and dreaming of a day where she'd one day meet him, be apprenticed by him, and become like family with him because if he, the Great and Wonderful Wizard of Oz himself, could accept her, then the entire rest of Oz would have no choice but to accept her too. She'd finally have the mass acceptance, validation, and care from others she'd always yearned for. And yeah, that has to do with her self worth issues and yearning to belong somewhere with someone, and I always got that well before seeing the movie. Struggling with your self esteem and feeling ostracized from the world around you due to having been born different from others with whom you share that world was always the relatable aspect for Elphie for me, 'cause I've been there.

But the stuff with the Wizard once she's actually met him took on a whole new meaning for me now. It's been said ad nauseum now that the idea of some carnival barker huckster fraudster simpleton being put into a position of political power and leadership despite having no actual power and next to no merits to him all while others around him with their own sinister agendas look to curry favor with him in order to use him to their advantage and reap benefits from his position, and these people creating a scapegoat out of whoever can serve as a "common enemy" to unite people in fear, anger, hatred, grievance, prejudice and opposition to, is more timely, hard-hitting and realistic now than ever before, drawing parallel to the rise of our incoming First Felon President and the MAGA nightmare we cannot seem to awaken from. All of it said, all of it true. However, it cuts way deeper for me. In my scenario, the Wizard of Oz isn't the Felon, as I never had any faith or loving for that man and all he did was exceed my reservations about him. The Wizard of Oz is my country, the (former) United States of America itself. Just like Elphaba in Emerald City, on the days following November 5 2024, I had to look at something I'd been taught was Great And Wonderful since childhood, something I'd loved and gone on believing truly was Great And Wonderful for years, and reckon with the harsh truth that I'd learned about, loved, and had wanted to serve something that never actually existed. And the fault doesn't lie with the Founding Fathers and the fundamental creed that America was built upon, which is as Great And Wonderful now as it was all those centuries ago. The fault is with the sad reality that, due to people, ideas, beliefs, systems, institutions, traditional practices, holes and vices in government, and the corrosion of democracy, the nation we've had since the founding, the nation I've lived in from the day I was born, has constantly failed to live up to its own core ideals. People in power still can and do take away "certain inallieable rights" that all humans are born with from the humans born with them, all citizens are not treated with equality, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is continously impeded, we are not "indivisible" no matter how fragile the states hold together, there is not "liberty and justice for all", there exists a certain class of people who are, in fact, above the law, the three branches of governments seldom function the way they were made to, and the melting pot isn't "melting" people the right way as much since we've become more exclusionary than inclusive. As with the Wizard and the Grimmerie, this country is run by weak, stupid, mediocre men who are either unable to read the Constitution, or they can but just do not feel inclined to actually follow and respect it in letter and spirit. The only truly good, fair and just thing for a long while was the "self-governing" nature of the populace's participation in democracy and the self-corrections that would be made from it... but that ended up exploited in order to become the very thing that sealed its damnation. My nation was never evil, but at the same time, it has never been great, as it's so often failed to do good. It's a nation of moral goodness in perpetual bondage by the not-so-good that wants to exploit all the good it's capable of for them and their interests alone. "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?" Sure, but only because the Free and the Brave who've lived here are all far better than it deserves.

And then we reach "Defying Gravity." I always linked the title of this song to Elphaba taking flight on her broomstick. But only now do I grasp the full meaning of that title, and the weight the term holds in its proper context. Elphaba is making a choice to defy Oz. To rebel against a corrupt system by a corrupt government that is corrupting the land and harming vulnerable others. She makes this choice even when what she's rebelling against holds the advantage in all power sans magical and possesses the resources and means to turn the ignorant masses against her and ensure they remain on their side. From the offset, she is very unlikely to prevail. That's why it's like struggling against a greater force that is trying to push you down and can normally easily do so - a force like gravity. And yet Elphie fights. She defies. She does so even if it means she has to make herself look like a villain, reasoning that even if her enemy is great and powerful, and the odds of defeating it seem impossible, it's not more powerful than her skills, her gifts, her convictions and her willpower. And so long as she has those, it can and will never bring her down.

I'd say the lesson here is "domestic terrorism in defiance of your government is good, actually", but it's a little bit more complicated.

So yeah, Wicked Part 1 is a masterpiece and Elphaba Thropp is an inspiration. If what she does is "wicked", then let us all aspire to be as wicked as her as the fight to rejuvinate the soul of our decayed republic and lay claim to a better future for all people in it goes on.

[stardestroyer81]

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, Y'ALL!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

Just in time for this month's festivities, I've whipped up a set of seven pronoun pins drawn in the style of the North American Mega Man logo, as well as an additional eighth pin repping transgender rights! You can find them all over on my RedBubble store by clicking here!

(Pssst! If you would like to request a custom pronoun set pin in this style, feel free to DM me and I will add it to my store for you!)

[drinkinggblood]

reminder my page is not a safe-space for trump supporters fuck off and jump

[confusionmeisss]

it’s so weird having age appropriate celebrity crushes likeeeeee