#women of independence

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Justin Horowitz at MMFA:

Project 2025 advisory board members have attacked or outright called for the end of no-fault divorce, the option to dissolve a marriage without having to prove wrongdoing by a partner. Research highlighted by CNN found “no-fault divorce correlates with a reduction in female suicides and a reduction in intimate partner violence,” including “an 8 to 16% decrease in female suicides after states enacted no-fault divorce laws.” Project 2025 is backed by a nearly-900 page policy book called Mandate for Leadership, which extensively outlines potential approaches to governance for the next Republican administration, including replacing federal employees with extremists and Trump loyalists and attacking LGBTQ rights, abortion, and contraception. The Heritage Foundation’s proposals have a track record of success — the first Trump administration implemented 64% of Mandate’s policy recommendations. Project 2025 is also supported by a coalition of over 100 conservative organizations, many of which have spent years promoting critiques of no-fault divorce as “destructive” for society — or even blaming it for enabling a “culture of death.” According to a Media Matters review, at least 22 Project 2025 advisory board members have made similar comments targeting, restricting, or eliminating no-fault divorce. Additionally, MAGA and far-right media figures have pushed for the removal of no-fault divorce laws across the country, and several local Republican parties in Texas, Nebraska, and Louisiana have called for the dissolution of no-fault divorce in some capacity.

Project 2025 partner organizations, including the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council, and The Heritage Foundation, have called for significant restrictions or an outright ban on no-fault divorce.

[svdaily]

[marzipanandminutiae]

as a woman who grew up with an emotionally abusive mother constantly telling me I needed to wear more makeup/more revealing clothing/date (boys) more/go out to "normal" parties more, I despise "she should be at the club"

god forbid some people- especially young women, who already have to deal with a thousand different behavioral standards from a thousand different directions -not have the same dreams and desires for their lives as you do for yours

fucking hell. the correct response to "women should stay at home and have kids and be submissive wives" prescriptivism was not MORE PRESCRIPTIVISM

(I also just saw a poll asking if people partied as teenagers, and OP responded that the answers were "killing them" because No was winning. like? why is everyone so personally invested in other people having a very specific kind of fun?)

[feministfang]

It's my core belief that every woman should be entirely independent and be responsible for her own finances regardless of the man in her life. I do not support tradwives or housewives even if it's their own choice to become one. Literally every housewife i know, whether personally or the ones i came across on social media platforms, have one common trait; internalized jealousy. One might tell you she supports independent working women, but once u get to know her you realize she keeps dragging you back toward 18th century patriarchal society. Another might show you the so called luxurious life she's living that her husband provided for her, but that's just her deceiving you to make you believe a man will make your life easy. She's intentionally not showing you the in between parts of her life where she has to be a complete slave to that man just to get some money thrown on her face later. Believe me when i say this, no man is going to provide for you without expecting you to be subservient in return. Every man believes being a provider makes him more valuable, and some even believe that that should be the reason they deserve to have more than one woman. So don't give these incels the power to have authority over you by not being dependent on them. There's a reason why, statistically, independent women are happier than 90% of housewives. Go get your own money!! Be independent!!

[chrissy-kaos]

PROTECT TRANS KIDS 🏳️‍⚧️

[madampresidentkamala]

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot since the debate is the fact that we are no longer having to choose a lesser of two evils. We now have a strong, vibrant, empathetic, and intelligent choice who will do her absolute best for us. The only way to have a president who you agree with 100% is to become president yourself. Her plan for the economy has been shown by economic experts to be far better for us than Trump’s economy. This was fact checked to be true. She is the candidate proven to support LGBTQ rights all her life. She is the candidate proven to support racial equality, she’s been fighting for it since she was a child. She is the candidate who grew up as a regular person. She is the candidate who cares about both Palestinians and Israelites (the citizens, not the corrupt government). She is the candidate who will push for a ceasefire. Let’s remember that she isn’t president right now. She doesn’t have any power unless there’s a tie to break in the Senate.

I truly believe that if we don’t see a real positive change in this country under Harris it will be because of Congress and Supreme Court pushback. And that is the worst case scenario with a Harris presidency. Nothing changes. What’s the worst case if Trump wins? A project 2025 dystopia. Best case? Increased racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, police brutality etc. The president serves as a role model beyond just their political power. If the commander in chief in a country says it’s okay to hate a certain group of people, the country is going to lay into that.

[possumcollege]

New Crittertongue Strip:

Buch Femme pt.2

(THOTS & Prayers)

[norman-couple]

Female IRA fighter during the height of the troubles.

[nipuni]

On may 2nd we participated in the reenactment of Madrid's uprising against French occupation in 1808 at the Royal palace and also visited the Liria Palace 😊 All of Madrid was there!! it was crazy, I couldn't take pictures once the act started but we were on the news and had our pictures taken by the press 😵‍💫

[feministfang]

Listen! I don’t give a fuck how these ugly brown men are treated in the west. Stop showing sympathy for them. Everybody knows what happened in india a few days ago. These are your poor "victim" brown men that some of you think are better than white men. I literally smirk whenever something bad happens to them. I feel happy when Muslim men in india get lynched by mobs. I love it when these men kill each other out of hate. They all deserve it. They deserve worse. And i hope they all burn in hell for eternity.

[distant--shadow]

laudna "I think that depends on you, darling" when stuck for a second time in the sun tree vs "I think that depends on me" when asked how long they have until delilah is back

[crimson-nail]

more character references! :)

[officialromaniantranslatiuni]

Everyone is talking about trad wives and I am just silent because trad wives are not a trend here but still a part of the norm.

[theersatzcowboy]

Eve's Bayou (1997)

In this (truly fantastic) coming-of-age classic, a girl living in an affluent Creole neighborhood in mid-century Louisiana reckons with her power of foresight and the impact it has on her family's buried secrets.

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Cinematographer: Amy Vincent

Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Diahann Carroll, Debbi Morgan, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Branford Marsalis, and Lisa Nicole Carson.

[leechjuice]

after months of planning, drafting and executing, it's about time i let the cat out of the bag. right?

i'm self-publishing my debut novel, IN THE END, YOU KILL US BOTH, on October 19th, 2024.

IN THE END is an adult literary horror and queer coming-of-age about the first three months following a nineteen-year-old arsonist's release from an out-of-state mental health facility and the dark, spiralling path she takes after falling in with a suspected cannibal.

this book is an ode to the indigestible ways we process trauma, grief and our own desires. it is my heart project, through and through, and i can't wait to share leo & elowen with all of you.

pre-orders now available 🪳🏚️🩸🔪

[millidew]

rip lucy and mina you would’ve loved farcille. rip marcille you would’ve loved westenray (falin lost interest and fell asleep before finishing the book)