#socioeconomic reforms

[howdoesone]

How does one assess the impact of transitional justice mechanisms in post-genocide societies?

Transitional justice mechanisms play a crucial role in post-genocide societies by addressing past atrocities, promoting accountability, and fostering reconciliation. Assessing the impact of these mechanisms is essential to understand their effectiveness in healing divided communities and preventing future conflicts. This article explores how one can assess the impact of transitional justice…

[travelingtwentysomething]

You know what's funny? The minute people start aiming higher and taking out the powerful and wealthy and "elite", they're going to change the gun laws. Because their goal has always been for us to stay fighting each other instead of looking towards them as the real threat to our life, liberty, and freedom.

[baldwinheights]

A new study by the education watchdog Available to All reveals that school attendance zones and selective admission policies in the U.S. often exclude students of color and low-income families from elite public schools, thereby reinstating levels of segregation reminiscent of 1968. The study criticizes the use of residential addresses for school assignments, which supports "educational redlining" that favors affluent families, leading to systemic inequalities in access to advanced educational programs. Available to All calls for legislative reforms to protect enrollment rights and recommends that school districts minimize the importance of geographical boundaries to combat segregation and improve school access for all. The resurgence of school segregation to levels seen in 1968 is a stark reminder of how deeply systemic inequality is entrenched in our education system. Policies that favor affluent families and perpetuate educational redlining deny many Black and low-income students the opportunity to access quality education.

but listen to the racists and coons, black people are just making shit up and "playing the victim/race card."

[travelingtwentysomething]

How many CEOs do you think will have to die before they change gun laws finally? And by then it will be too late because now the average American will realize that the government only wants to take your guns when they're used against the "powerful elite" they would rather they be used against the poor and powerless like children, churchgoers, Walmart shoppers, gay bar patrons, etc.

[tenth-sentence]

Until basic environmental conditions were equalized among all socioeconomic strata, reform eugenicists held, no one had any right to say that one stratum differed from another solely by the force of heredity.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

[reformthesystem]

WAYS TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Hi, this is my blog post on the need for the government to significantly improve and strengthen the people's socioeconomic status, in order to gain more support. If you like my articles and want to support my work, please consider subscribing to my blog. Thanks.

[yetanotherlesbianonthiswebsite]

I am not enraged, just disappointed about the decisions that carry over. It does not matter who my Inquisitor romanced. It frankly does not matter if the Inquisition was disbanded or not; its political power is marginal at this point. And it does not matter what vow the Inquisitor took towards Solas; again, the power of the Inquisition is basically void at this point.

But we are going to go to Nevarra at this point. Orlais and Navarra share a border. Do you think it is unimportant if war hawk Gaspard rules Orlais or is dead? We are going to Weishaupt; do you think the binding legal decision to exile the Wardens from Southern Thedas backed by the major powers of the region matters not? Do you think the sweeping reforms ushered in by one Divine Victoria versus the regressive restorations of the status quo by Divine Cassandra do not have rippling effects that spread out across the schism lines? Do you think the socioeconomic position of Tevinter wouldn't be accelerated or decelerated towards its inevitable breaking point by the decisions in Southern Thedas? Do you think a ruling Briala would mean nothing to the Shadow Dragons when deciding where to send their freed elves? Orlais is the hegemon of Southern Thedas. Its civil war and its outcome do have consequences even a Magisterium and Black Divine have to consider and react to.

Origins was very viscerally about the cost of war, and the way a power vacuum in a monarchy implodes violently. DA2 was about how oppression and autocracy will encroach on your life no matter what. Inquisition was about how catholicism will absorb any opposition to it and how it will render the individual moot and broken. Veilguard is about... some guy and how much of a sob story his life is and how much you should want to fix him.

[alltingfinns]

This may be me reading too much into linguistic and cultural differences, along with a simplified view of history, but hear me out.

In Sweden during the 19th century, after the Napoleonic wars took away our continental holdings, the country had a period of social reforms. A bit of “me” time for the country sort of say. Although it was probably more motivated by how our already low population got decimated by a huge migration wave to the Americas, because of the poor conditions people were living in. Or maybe it was a side effect of the industrial revolution.

The point is that this is the time period where we started the progress that would eventually make us the meme of social welfare we kind of are today. Coupled with the 20th century being generally dominated by majority social democratic rule.

You know what insult fell completely out of favor during this time? One that is still highly favored in English speaking countries? Oäkting. Our word for bastard, someone born out of wedlock. In general, one of the more common cultural clashes I get consuming American and British media is whenever someone makes a big deal about whether their parents were married at the time of conception or not.

Maybe I have made this connection solely because a teacher specifically pointed out how much easier those early reforms made it for single mothers, thus breaking that social stigma a bit. Not entirely, you still have those kind of studies with similar results in this country. But overall we don’t react as negatively to the idea of someone having a single parent in the past. (Though I have still faced pushback for musing on the idea of getting myself a kid or two without getting myself a partner first.)

The implication of “bastard” as an insult is that of course you must have been raised out of wedlock to be such a terrible person. But if your mother had access to professional daycare facilities that took her income into consideration for the pricing, the possibility of applying to the government for additional help with income, then what?

"You shouldn't get divorced because kids from single parent homes have worse outcomes" or hear me out we can improve the resources available for single parents and get rid of the societal stigma against them. Because even if you fucking hate divorce for some weird reason kids with only one parent will always exist and they deserve better.

[ptseti]

MAURICE BISHOP’S MESSAGE TO AFRICANS IN THE UNITED STATES Today, the 13th of March, marks 45 years since the New JEWEL Movement ousted the corrupt dictatorship of Prime Minister Eric Gairy through a bloodless coup in Grenada. It is an excellent time to bring back the revolutionary prime minister, Maurice Bishop’s, address in New York about the danger Grenada’s revolution posed to the United States. The New JEWEL Movement—New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education and Liberation—swiftly established the People’s Revolutionary Government, ushering in a new era of socialist ideals. Under Bishop’s leadership, Grenada underwent a profound socioeconomic transformation marked by extensive reforms and initiatives to uplift the primarily poor population. By 1982, the following occurred: a literacy campaign, the construction of new schools, and the establishment of agricultural cooperatives that particularly benefitted unemployed youth in rural areas. Cuban aid bolstered these efforts, providing expertise in education, healthcare, and infrastructure development, notably constructing a modern international airport to replace the hazardous existing airstrip. Unemployment plummeted from 49 per cent to 14 per cent within four years. Symbolising the shift in priorities, vibrant billboards promoting education adorned the island, signalling a departure from those that had advertised cigarettes and alcohol. Grenada’s revolution sparked tangible social progress and economic development, leaving a lasting legacy of change and empowerment among its populace.

They HAD t o kill him ...SIGH #JewelMovement #Corrupt #Dictatorship #Grenada

[loveamongdragons]

Don't you find it interesting that Yon Rha, a former commander of the Southern Raiders, presumably a relatively high position in the navy, was living a relatively poor life after he had retired? Now, it could be that his position wasn't as high as I imagine, but it also makes me think that the common people of the Fire nation don't see much of their country's supposed wealth and glory. That military service is not only a consequence of indoctrination and brain-washing, but also a way to escape poverty and experience socioeconomic security, at least for a while.

Which has interesting implications on internal Fire nation politics, the general perception of the regime, and the level of acceptance towards future reforms.

[psychabolition]

The Depathologization of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

What Im thinking is - why reform psych labels that were made to stigmatize us?

I'd love to think of new labels that arent pathologizing us for how we deviate from neuronormativity (=what societally deemed 'normal' to think/feel/do depending on your assigned gender/age/socioeconomic status/...). To me this is important since the biomedical model tells us that we're at fault for our suffering while simultaneously justifying violence against us.

To me the new defining (depathologized) aspects of our neurodivergency (=deviation from neuronormativity) ASPD - could include:

Inherently at odds with any hierarchy in our society and everyone who enforces those hierarchies upon us youth discrimination - teachers/parents, classism and racism - police and judges, capitalism - your boss/financial "obligations", ...

Deciding for yourself what is morally right and wrong instead of letting societies norms(=what is legal or illegal for example) tell you whats morally right or wrong

Often targets of hierarchy enforcing and/or state sanctioned violence because we are deemed dangerous to the "social order" =psychiatric incarceration, prisons, patriarchal violence, youth discrimination - child abuse, queerphobia - bullying/social ostracization - at the same time having experienced this violence often leads to our way of thinking and acting.

We value our own pleasure and time above anything else and often cant be assed to do anything that we dont like - like work or studying or beaurocratic bullshit the state forces onto us or sitting still for 8h in school, not being able to pay attention to things that arent interesting to us, being insanely bored by capitalist society and its mundane routines, saying and doing what we want when we want it, not being bothered trying to organize our day according to how society wants us to, simply walking out on things we dont like - home, movies,relationships, class,too fancy weed store💀

Not obeying social norms because you dont understand them and/or because you think theyre stupid /having a hard time with social norms generally examples: norm deviating clothing/makeup/self expression, gender nonconformity, using words/phrases that are unusual, saying 'inappropriate' things never doing small talk, being very direct/always honest, often lying for no reason, asking 'inappriopriate' questions, not understanding/relating to the emotional states others have,hating routines/questioning rules/...

Often lack of trust/paranoid/only have a small circle of people who we trust since we've often been betrayed by friends/family/partners who didnt show solidarity in our struggles or norm deviation examples: someone obeying to what the biological nuclear family wants is suddenly more important than them being a loyal friend/sibling to you, amatonormativity -your friends leaving you in the dirt for their romantic interests, our 'friends' calling the cops on us when we have a mental breakdown or they talk to the cops bc they think they have a chance to have a lesser sentence when they tell on you, friends valuing male validation above friendship, when you need money/a place to stay your friends are not there for you, patriarchal violence in relationships, ...

Having a very hard time dealing with hierarchy enforcing/state sanctioned violence/defying social norms every day/not having a place in society /being ostracized low mood, suicidal and homicidal thoughts, explosive anger or constant irritability due to injustices we had to endure, drug addiction, self harm, alienation from others - dissociation, emptiness, having a hard time knowing who you are in a world where its hard to have access for words and frameworks of thinking to describe someone like you and your experiences (languange to describe your neurodivergency and/or queerness - like abrosexual/agender/asexual/demiromantic/polyamorous/...), sometimes replicating the violence that you had to endure - as a child bullying other children, fear of betrayal or abandonment or social ostracization happening again, psychosis, (pseudo)-hallucinations, panic attacks, nightmares, low self esteem, reacting in extreme and impulsive ways when feeling out of control/unsafe/weak

@mischiefmanifold you inspired me to do this lol

[minnesotadruids]

Oakdale Grove DEI Statement

"Druidism is open to anyone who wishes to be part of it..." —The Epistle of Midsummer 3:2

Oakdale Grove of the Reformed Druids of North America asserts its dedication to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse community. As a minority spirituality we have a legacy of being inclusive and uplifting of people of marginalized walks of life. All are welcome who would affirm and demonstrate that ALL are indeed welcome.

Leading by Example: The Reformed Druids are the first modern spiritual Druid movement to:

Ordain women as clergy

Elect women to the highest level of leadership

Ordain transgender clergy

Elect transgender clergy to the highest level of leadership

Embrace racial diversity up to the highest level of leadership by merit of their character.

In our continuing and evolving traditions, we create an empathetic environment of celebration, learning, and reverence that can be applicable to all regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, sexuality, socioeconomic class, age, disability, veteran status, or religion. Anyone can be a Druid.

With so many companies and organizations dropping their DEI policies, and as someone who is intersectional as a multiethnic, spiritual, and gay minority, the next four years are going to be beyond frustrating for me and many of my friends. Thus, as someone who also runs a Druid Grove, I have resolved to create a DEI statement for my Grove, signaling a safe space for any minority and to give the middle finger to the haters. -John the Verbose

[zvaigzdelasas]

At least three people have been killed in the worst unrest in New Caledonia in more than 30 years, as rioting continued and schools remained closed after France adopted controversial reforms to the Pacific territory’s voting rules.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday convened a defence and national security council meeting to discuss the riots, cancelling a scheduled trip to a French region.[...]

Despite heavily armed security forces fanning out across the capital, Noumea, and the ordering of a night-time curfew, rioting continued overnight virtually unabated. The curfew has now been extended until Thursday night, said Butler.[...]

Anger has been simmering for weeks over plans in Paris to change the constitution to allow more people to vote in New Caledonia’s provincial elections.

Critics say the move would marginalise the Indigenous Kanak people, who make up about 40 percent of the population, by allowing more recent European arrivals to vote.[...]

Denise Fisher, a former Australian consul general in New Caledonia, said she was not surprised at the violence of the past few days and told Al Jazeera it showed “a real and fundamental breakdown in the way the territory is being managed”.The voting rules are part of the so-called Noumea Accord of 1998.

Under the deal, France agreed to cede the territory more political power and to limit voting in New Caledonia’s provincial and assembly elections to those who were residents of the island at the time.

About 40,000 French citizens have moved to New Caledonia since 1998, and the changes expand the electoral roll to include those who have lived in the territory for 10 years.[...]

On Wednesday, the main pro-independence Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) urged calm and condemned the violence, calling in a statement for the rioters to return home.

Socioeconomic marginalisation, land dispossession and disenfranchisement of the Kanaks have long been a source of violent civil unrest in New Caledonia.

15 May 24

[bogcreacher]

Hey! I’ve seen your posts, and I want to know more about Rorqual. What did she do to make Trench hate her? What does Nacre think of her, etc?

I’m curious.

Rorqual indirectly murder-killed Trench’s wife, Anura. This caused Trench to shift from ‘man the monarchy sucks but not much I can do about that :(‘ to ‘I Am Going To Kill That Bastard With My Bear Hands’, which of course then lead to Trench’s challenging her

Nacre and Rorqual have a toxic, should-be-divorced thing going on. Their marriage was 80% political and sorta soured not long after their wedding - Nacre disliked Rorqual because she dismissed Nacre’s attempts to establish herself in her court and present her ideas about a socioeconomic reform, and basically treated her like arm candy. 

Nowadays their relationship is…. Better? They know each other better than anyone else, and with that comes some semblance of love, sort of?? Still kinda unhealthy and embittered, but Nacre is literally the only dragon Rorqual trusts, so, that counts for something at least. hand in unloveable hand etc 

[chicago-geniza]

Nobody come to the bookstore today I need to research Cincinnati in the 1870s-1880s, the American dry goods trade, Reconstruction socioeconomic reform, women's fashion, and the history of Jewish immigration to the Midwest for a Downton Abbey fanfiction

[hadesoftheladies]

Hades' Personal Reflections on Separatism and Power XD

so here's my current definition of separatism:

any deliberate action that women take to divest from men that simultaneously transfers energy, resources and other forms of investment to female community. it must be an exercise of women's autonomy and power that deliberately excludes, de-centers and disadvantages men while promoting, centering and including women.

this definition would hence designate the following as not separatism:

-religious or non-religious sex segregation (this is not an exercise of women's autonomy)

-religious celibacy (this is not done for the sake of female community and also invests in male hegemony by focusing on male religion)

-girl's night out where the conversation is predominantly about relationships with men (even parasocial ones) XD

-domestic scenarios women are forced into where they find themselves able to talk to each other (i.e. women in the kitchen during a family reunion)

-sex segregation in general (because separatism is organized by the oppressed and segregation is organized by the oppressor)

this definition would include:

-exclusively female social groups (clubs, meetings, etc) where resources such as information and even financial aid are shared between women (like grandma's wednesday knitting club)

-women deliberately refusing to marry, date or befriend men (or all three at once)

-consuming only female products or intellectual property

Criticisms:

Some say separatism is better off being simply described as women physically separating from men. After all, who is the oppressor here? It is men that pose a threat to women and it is relationships to men that disadvantage and drain women while advantaging and reviving men. It seems silly to say that a woman who dates and lives with a man but reads only female authors is somehow radical or a separatist (and we must remember that separatism is an expression of radical feminism hence must be aimed toward radical reformation of patriarchal social structures). It's practically an insult to separatism by trivializing the very thing it exists to eradicate (unlike other forms of activism): male supremacy in the interpersonal sphere.

If we were to try distinguish between these forms and call celibacy "radical separatism" and reading exclusively female authors "quasi-separatism" none of these terms would make sense because separatism is (or must be) itself radical action and de-centering men while reading is still a form of male exclusion, divesting from male hegemony and financial/social investment in female community.

So we're at an impasse: because separatism must always be radical and yet, things that don't seem very radical still re-structure power on some scale (thus fulfilling the basic requirements of the end-goal of separatism which is to reclaim power as women in the interpersonal sphere by excluding male access to us). A woman who divorces her husband but keeps her son is divesting from male power in a socioeconomically impactful way on one end, but not on the other.

And there's the problem: she may disadvantage and separate from her ex husband (separatism) but is also investing in and raising her son (not separatism). So what we're really asking here is: "if not dating or marrying men was separatism and radical, does doing other non-radical things cancel out said radical action?"

I'd say no. Which is why I find the vegan metaphor unfitting for this discussion. I find it more useful to define separatism and radical action through the lens of power: who is getting it, who is losing it and to what extent they are empowered/disempowered.

For example, exercising is healthy but drinking heavily is unhealthy. Me exercising will always be a healthy action regardless of what I do after. Me drinking excessively will always be unhealthy. Does it make sense to then call someone who both exercises and drinks "only healthy" or "only unhealthy"? Or is it better to discuss which of their actions are healthy or unhealthy rather than attach an identity to it?

That seems to be the heart of this disagreement. Half of us think drinking heavily excludes you from being a healthy person period. I say that exercising is still meaningful action that counts as being "healthy" or contributing to health. Not because it's necessarily "more right" but because it seems more productive to me. Separatist action will always be separatist action. Non-separatist behaviour will be non-separatist. Does that make women practicing separatism in one form and not practicing separatism in another separatists or not separatists?

I think it's not that important. Separatism (exercise) is still good to practice and as many women as possible should engage with it however or whenever they can. Exercise will always be healthy (no matter who does it) the same way divesting from men and investing in women in any form will be a form of beneficial separatism that absolutely challenges the male status quo. Non-separatist action (drinking) will still never be empowering or radical the same way partnering with men will never challenge the male status quo. I find it more productive to ask how one can take more radical action rather than whether one is or is not radical.

Because to talk about being a separatist or radical feminist as something one is or is not rather than something one does (radical/separatist action) or does not is to inevitably limit it to ideology, which limits it to the realm of history and appeals to authority (feminist theorists and academics).

Note: I use my definition of separatism because I think anything that excludes males in order to empower women is best described as separatism rather than anything else. I don't think it makes sense to call these transferrals of power under these feminist goals "not separatism."