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Elder women of Okinawa.

"In Okinawa, and in other places where people live to great age, scientists have remarked again and again on the way the oldest relate to those around them. They have strong social networks that persist over vast swaths of time.  

Traditionally, Okinawans are members of groups of five or so, called “moai,” who support each other from childhood on. As adults, they might meet weekly for drinks and a chat. If one member faces a disaster, financial, emotional, or otherwise, the others pitch in. The moai are a remnant of a time when insurance was unknown in the islands and villagers formed groups for mutual aid. One moai, with an average age of 102, had been meeting regularly for 97 years when author Dan Buettner met them. “If one of them does not show up,” he and a colleague wrote, “the other 4 put on their kimonos to walk across the village to check on their friend.” " Veronique Greenwood

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Good morning to all black women 🖤

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Tribute fanart for Radfem/GC YouTuber RunawaySiren940 after hearing about her untimely passing yesterday. I'm still in utter shock at this, she was so young and had her whole life ahead of her, she was taken too soon and I'm feeling heartbroken. I had watched her content since 2021 and it was inspiring seeing her grow and perfect her craft as well as see her hold the line for lesbians, gays, and gender nonconforming people.

As far as I'm concerned, she's an icon, standing among the likes of Magdalen Berns and I just hope that wherever she is, she's resting in peace and power (thoughts and prayers for her family & friends). I really hope she knows that her content truly made a difference and that she will be so very missed. Rest in peace & power Siren

˚₊‧꒰ა 𓂋 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

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"Oh no, that's a shame, time to read Terry Pratchett/insert other male author here instead."

When are you people going to realise that women exist? Go read some female authors instead.

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Ignore my typos i was angry typing

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I just read that Donald Trump and his circus took down a website called reproductiverights.gov

This was a website to help women learn about their reproductive rights in the US and to find health care.

This is absolutely disgusting so I’ll share in this post some resources in case you need them:

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn

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We are fighting so you don't have to wear that stupid scarf.. so what are you doing girl????why are you like a libfem ????????

FUCK ISLAM

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Source: Sublime Mutations - by Del LaGrace Volcano

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wild how like PCOS, endometriosis, vaginismus & hell, even frequent yeast infections are “mysterious” with no well known cause and little to no decent treatment, but we have tons of supposedly well researched body fat removal methods, about 20 different kinds of breast implants, laser hair removal, and 100 different dermatologist recommended anti aging creams. we sure had the money and brainpower to cure those “diseases”

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Why is radical feminism stuck in the 1970s? Every time I’m given a radfem book it was published in the 70s. Every time I am given an analysis as a source, it’s from the 70s.

2017 America is incredibly different from 1970s America like in so many ways. There are so many things that was accurate then that cannot be used to explain now. The advent and popularization of the internet changed everything. Women’s rights has been greatly expanded both legally and socially (mostly due to feminist movements). Yet, they still view the present day thought this lens from the 70s. Why? If it hasn’t worked after 40 years why still use those views? If it has worked and made a difference then why not acknowledge the progress your movement has made and update your theories for the present day? Why not update and cite newer material?

I’m asking a lot of questions today.

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Women are told our whole lives that men are cold and mean to us because they don't know how to show emotions, but that lie is shattered the moment you watch a sports match. The way male athletes cry, hug and comfort one another, etc. when their teams either lose or win indicates that they are capable of feeling and displaying emotions that are neither anger or lust. They choose to not be affectionate to us, they choose to not love and support us. It's a choice.

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Words cannot begin to describe how much I detest the assumption that radfems believe that all women are wonderful and cannot be flawed. It's obvious how little they actually know about radical feminism, part of me thinks they cherry pick opinions, purposely choosing the ones that they can go on a stretch with to say the whole community also believes that.

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If you want your activism to help women, you have to come to terms with the fact that the majority of women have been abused. This means that you need to know how to talk to and act around abuse victims. There’s no world where walking up to someone and telling them to leave their abuser right tf now works. None. Never has never will.

But! Being a good example of a non-abusive relationship will give the abused women in your life a new base-line for how their relationships should go. Many women have literally never experienced living without abuse.

Abuse victims can seem like they’re acting irrationally, but truly, if you put your time and effort into understanding unconscious reactions to abuse, you can begin to see, and disrupt, the patterns of abuse.

Why is this abuse victim you’re helping seemingly doing everything in her power to piss you off? She’s trying to burst your bubble to see if you’ll abuse her too. Lay down boundaries that have to do with yourself and not her.

Why is this abuse victim breaking every single ground rule you lay down? She wants to know how much control you have over her, and she’s trying to regain her freedom and will power in little steps. It’s a big step to break rules when you’ve been abused and leaving lights on or not washing after your dishes is a lot easier than breaking one of their abuser’s rules (which usually come with harsh punishments)

The main point is that you can’t advocate for any group of women without understanding abuse and how it shapes the brain and behavioral patterns.

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what a powerful sign

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We need all the men to respect women's authority on creation of life. It's none of their business. Women are the ones who have the ability to create life and the sensibility to know when, if ever.

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While virginity today may conjure images of fragility, in many ancient civilizations, virginity signaled a woman's independence and strength. Virgins were and are “free women,” not subject to the will of a man, women who are virgins are women who hadn’t been captured and sexually oppressed by men