"'a sea of men' in and around Congress. 'At the staff level, it’s all men. At the chairman level of the Senate Energy And National Resources and House National Resources Committees, it’s all men. At the highest level, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House and Senate, they’re all men,' said Laymon."
~ Erin Spencer Sairam
"How are women affected by the student loan crisis?"
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/women-affected-student-loan-crisis-192840161.html
young Men, as opposed to the Women, then this environment would really be"
"Hawon Jung: Women in Korea are sick of being ‘baby-making machines’"
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/30/hawon-jung-women-korea-are-sick/
"Feminism is the New F-Word – Populism & Patriarchy Among Young South Korean Men" - Harvard Political Review
"A Great Fit 4 U."
"Making life worse for all the descendants, even privileged wealthy males, by staying in 'sexism mode,' is just the way we were taught to deal with things."
Certain Honest Patriarchal Women & Men confess: "We still act as if we will always love the sexual harrassers the best."
"'I Need a Second Job,’ Says Woman Who Actually Needs Different Economic System"
"How to Get Your Doctor to Believe You by Dying in Front of Them"
https://reductress.com/post/how-to-get-your-doctor-to-believe-you-by-dying-in-front-of-them/
"I’m Not Racist, I Just Only Interact With POC When I’m Underpaying Them to Do Something"
"This Woman’s Will to Live Is Based Solely on a Cat That Hates Her"
https://reductress.com/post/this-womans-will-to-live-is-based-solely-on-a-cat-that-hates-her/
"Feminism is the New F-Word – Populism & Patriarchy Among Young South Korean Men" - Harvard Political Review
"Inflation? Parents’ Advice Worth Less Than Ever Before"
https://reductress.com/post/inflation-parents-advice-worth-less-than-ever-before/
"I LIVED IT: I Listened to a Man Speak Uninterrupted for 15 Hours"
https://reductress.com/post/i-lived-it-i-listened-to-a-man-speak-uninterrupted-for-15-hours/
Fashion for all the unexamined biases.
"4 Dark Academia Outfit Ideas Even Though You Went to Public School"
https://reductress.com/post/4-dark-academia-outfit-ideas-even-though-you-went-to-public-school/
WHO will the chauvinistic, narcissistic, patriarchal GOONS be SO much nicer to than they are to the rest of society TODAY?
"The reality? Women in South Korea face the most dramatic gender pay gap of any OECD nation and suffer one of the highest female homicide rates in the world. Women endure insidious cycles of trauma and hopelessness through sexual violence and ineffective law enforcers, and face unattainable beauty standards, even after winning three Olympic gold medals. Moreover, they face a perpetual glass ceiling in the job market and severe underrepresentation in positions of corporate responsibility.
Yet, many men see women as greater threats to economic mobility and societal welfare than the richest and most corrupt of Korea’s elites."
~ Rhys Moon
"Feminism is the New F-Word – Populism & Patriarchy Among Young South Korean Men" - Harvard Political Review
"Feminism is the New F-Word – Populism & Patriarchy Among Young South Korean Men" - Harvard Political Review
"Some Patriarchal Women seem to feel I lack the proper genetics and other assorted qualities to be in anyway convincing. Unlike a Male Pastor or a Pimp or Grandpa. Also, I am not a Cozy Decorative Ornament, which is another topic altogether."
"'They REALLY do deserve better dads than the kinds of dads we were trained by the PATRIARCHY to be, how about that?' Club."
"Some daddies were raised by patriarchal people to want nonstop fawning and feeding of their egos at the expense of others, but others are not so much like that. Maybe the less narcissistic dudes can help out the other guys, as they were definitely trained to acknowledge certain kinds of information more when certain kinds of people transmit it."
"Then, perhaps even certain patriarchal women, who were clearly trained to act like the egos of daddies are worth far more than the well-being of most women and children, (especially single mothers unattached to any valuable, entitled daddies) could also find themselves becoming more & more open to new ideas."
"Worse yet, the current government seems to be actively undermining efforts that gave women hope. 'This is a historical regression,' says Chung, who was the gender equality minister from 2017 to 2018. Society can’t end the birth strike without acknowledging women’s grievances, she says."
~ Hawon Jung
"Women in Korea are sick of being ‘baby-making machines’"
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/30/hawon-jung-women-korea-are-sick/
When their behavior says they'd be about as much fun to hang out with as the "Sexually Harrass Girls On The Bus Dudes."
"He's a near mirror image of his father, a man who expects his wife to apply toothpaste on his brush and give it in the morning as he rests on an easy chair. The father abhors modern, labour saving machines — and why not, when there are women to function like machines for him? Interestingly, neither man is physically violent; even when they disagree and put down the women, they do it with sweet smiles. That is what makes The Great Indian Kitchen different from the average film on unhappy marriages. There is no overt domestic violence, the issues are not a matter of life and death. Yet, they are, ultimately, issues that drain the life out of women, inch by inch."
~ Sowmya Rajendran
'The Great Indian Kitchen' review: Brilliant take on family, religion & patriarchy" | The News Minute
"There is no background score either; what we hear is the sound of women's work that punctuates the air as the men go about their self-important routine."
~ Sowmya Rajendran
"'The Great Indian Kitchen' review: Brilliant take on family, religion & patriarchy" | The News Minute
WHY Did GrandX A feel the NEED to cater to GrandX B's Exploitative Oppressors SO MUCH?
How Certain "Other" Women & Men Seem To RESPECT You and Your Experiences SO MUCH More Than Certain "Patriarchal" Women & Men Seem To Feel or Even At All BE ABLE to CONSIDER!!
"And that is why X's Life is with The Ones Who Sexually Harrass Girls On Buses or sometimes unfortunately go on to do even worse things."
"I don't even know how she (or he) could make SO many excuses for SO many abusive, degrading people if there weren't also SO many laboring invisible-on-purpose humans also making her (or his) life SO much more comfortable than theirs."
It's also really incredible how he thinks he has to go along with degrading women and girls in order to fit in with the patriarchal culture.
It's really incredible how she thinks she has to go along with degrading herself and other women in order to prop up their insecure abusers' egos.
All of the descendants who will not be as accustomed to routinely dehumanizing women and girls to the extent that Grandma and Grandma indicated was acceptable to them.
Horrified by how much The Patriarchy wants rich people to act like degrading girls and women is just the most regular thing that's done by them everyday.
People whose behavior reminds you of boys who felt entitled degrade and sexually harass girls on the school bus. They're grown people who should know better, but their irresponsible choices unfortunately remind you of that same icky feeling you got from the behavior of those gross boys when they were indulging themselves by degrading OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.
"Looking at the women gathered in a circle and the men supporting their efforts, she said, 'You guys are a part of making our world better, of completing the circle. And I will eternally be grateful.'"
~ Debra Utacia Krol
"Indigenous women learn to protect their ancestral lands with fire"
"Whatever it was, my go-to moves of humor, ingratiation, and self-deprecation just didn’t seem to be landing.
Even worse, I started to understand some of those behaviors as manipulative, a way of getting others to do work I didn’t want to do. When I saw those tendencies in myself, I couldn’t unsee them. And I began to see the damage this kind of behavior does to women and people of color—and to the morale, productiveness, and creativity of everyone in a workplace."
~ Ross McCammon
"It’s time to talk about male mediocrity at work | Fortune"
https://fortune.com/2023/01/30/male-mediocrity-at-work-strategic-incompetence/
"It’s time to talk about male mediocrity at work" | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2023/01/30/male-mediocrity-at-work-strategic-incompetence/
"'The Great Indian Kitchen' review: Brilliant take on family, religion & patriarchy" | The News Minute
"The evolution of Suraj Venjaramoodu: Should the actor reinvent, once again?" | The News Minute
"Bodies With a Vulva Have Been Suppressed Over and Over Again": Editor Eileen Meyer on The Disappearance of Shere Hite | Filmmaker Magazine
"An International HR Leader Publicly And Bravely Admits Her Bias Against Women Leaders"
More and more moms who lacked the vocabulary in the past to explain why they were so deferential to abusive men at the expense of themselves and others are starting to change...
Dealing with challenging cramps. Sorry to have eaten toast before bed. Courage!
"What Keanu Reeves dating 'age-appropriate' Alexandra Grant reveals about sexism and ageism in Hollywood"
"We often talk about cycle-breakers in generational trauma. Here, women, oppressed by gender and tradition, pass the burden on to their daughters, imagining it to be love. In another scene, Mythili demands to know why her mother has become so hateful towards her, working her to death every day. 'Why don’t you just kill me off in one go, instead?' she cries. Her mother, broken by these words, explains that this is the only protection she has to offer: teaching her daughter to be a ‘good enough wife’, so that Mythili will not be tormented after marriage like she was."
~ Bharathy Singaravel
"Ayali review: A moving, claustrophobic tale on womanhood & generational trauma" | The News Minute
"Female Farmworkers Say They Stand With Hollywood Actresses Against Assault. They Need Solidarity Too"
"Hollywood doesn’t seem to have the vocabulary, much less the institutional scaffolding, to be anything but indiscriminately deferent to the status quo."
~ Xandra Ellin
"Damage Control: Why Are We Allowing Hollywood to Codify the #MeToo Movement?" ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/damage-control-why-are-we-allowing-hollywood-to-codify-the-metoo-movement/
Putting down their own daughters, or taking them for granted just so they could feel able to "fit in" with the Unwell People, was a real issue from some of those who were trying to navigate certain 21st century cultural norms, and it was a manifestation of how their own suffering under The Patriarchy shaped some of their choices. Daughters deserved so much better than what they were being told they deserved.
Some people have been suffering so much from their "We have a hard time acting as if women and girls count as real human beings, due to the training we got from various sources on how to act in a patriarchal society," issues in this lifetime, and they have manifested their suffering in various ways, both recently and throughout their lives.
"What happens when you lose your home at 72 in Amesbury, Massachusetts?" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wXigmmgo1kA&feature=youtu.be
"Priced Out"
"X will be the 2020s character who 'doesn't see' violence against 'certain kinds' of people because it's a cultural thing.'"
"Half Moon Bay Farmworkers Meet With Mental Health Counselors After Mass Shooting" – NBC Bay Area
"Fallen Officers Food Drive helps local food banks" - CBS Pittsburgh
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/fallen-officers-food-drive-helps-local-food-banks/
"Half Moon Bay mass shooting shows 'deplorable' farmworkers conditions"
"Brother of murdered Natalie McNally calls for end to ‘scourge’ of violence against women as hundreds attend rally"| Irish America
"What rape & death of Madison Brooks exposes about Louisiana" | Biloxi Sun Herald
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article271799482.html
"LSU student was raped before she was fatally hit by car" | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com
"Family of Madison Brooks announces funeral arrangements"
https://www.wafb.com/2023/01/28/family-madison-brooks-announce-funeral-arrangements/
manwhohasitall on Twitter: "Society refuses to acknowledge the sexual desires and needs of men. Do they even have any? Discuss." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1619060675090780165
manwhohasitall on Twitter: "An older male artist age 63 singing and dancing on stage. What do you think?" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1619800409782067201
Crazy Ex Girlfriend - "Let's Generalize About Men" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S2kClCxyPoQ
That clip cuts off the last line...
"Let's Generalize About Men" | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Wiki | Fandom
"Near the road, Echeverria bent over, picking up strands of onion roots and stuffing empty produce bags into stacks of garbage.
'It makes me feel at ease, helping out. I'm not sure if you get it. I feel at ease when I'm helping,' he said."
~ A. Shu
"Coastal farmworkers eke out a living amid hardship" | News | Mountain View Online |
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2023/01/26/coastal-farmworkers-eke-out-a-living-amid-hardship
"Half Moon Bay needs more homes for farmworkers. Experts blame an ‘anti-housing constituency’"
"Coastal farmworkers eke out a living amid hardship" | News | Mountain View Online |
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2023/01/26/coastal-farmworkers-eke-out-a-living-amid-hardship
Had an early am dream in which Harvey Weinstein, the guy everyone made excuses for not long ago, appeared. He was just CASUALLY WALKING across the street. Not a very far away figure at all.
"Louisiana ranks 2nd in the nation for women killed by men, with the rate increasing steadily for 6 consecutive years. While rates of sex crimes are difficult to track because of reporting issues, statistics indicate Louisiana ranks high. Louisiana has a rate of about 46 rapes per 100,000 people in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer. The U.S. average is about 38 per 100,000. It is estimated that about 80% of rapes and sexual assaults go unreported."
~ E. Woodruff
"What rape & death of Madison Brooks exposes about Louisiana"| Biloxi Sun Herald
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article271799482.html
"The man accused of killing seven fellow farmworkers in California told a US reporter Thursday that he was guilty and said he believes he is suffering from mental illness.
Zhao Chunli said he had endured years of bullying and overwork, but his complaints were never addressed, NBC Bay Area's Janelle Wang reported."
Violence by men who "weren't in their right minds" at the time.
"I Was Not In Right Mind, Says US Shooter Who Killed 7 Farm Workers: Report"
Ever since witnessing the '90s spectacle of the non-feminist girls who were cheering at the verdict of the OJ Simpson trial, I've noticed other things about how our culture deals with the kinds of violence that are routinely dismissed as "not that important." For instance, when a violent guy is a "girl dad," that just makes all of his actions seem different and more acceptable, somehow. Are any of those cops who weren't in their right minds when their bad deeds got recorded by cameras also "girl dads?"
"11 Powerful Mantras for Healing" - Thrive Global
https://community.thriveglobal.com/11-powerful-mantras-for-healing/
"'Living in shipping containers. Folks getting $9 an hour. No healthcare, no support, no services, but taking care of our health, providing a service to each and every one of us every single day. So this whole thing is a stacking of issues that come to the fore,' said the governor."
~ Aja Seldon
"Half Moon Bay farmworkers lived in 'deplorable' conditions, allegedly paid $9 an hour
"Half Moon Bay shooting unmasks poor conditions for farmworkers"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/26/half-moon-bay-farmworkers/
"Half Moon Bay farmworkers lived in 'deplorable' conditions, allegedly paid $9 an hour"
I am grateful for a heating pad. A step in the right direction! Blessed, simple healing actions. Thank you, Universe.
If you're one of those who got sucked into a web of far too much narcissism and abusive behavior and dishonesty, and now you have no idea what to do, I really do hope things get better for you soon, and you find healing help.
Now I have to lie here with a heating pad and castor oil pack because of pain. Breathe.
"Louisiana may make dads pay for pregnancy in state where abortion illegal"
"@paulkrugman My landlord is raising rent. My groceries cost more than they ever have. My gas bill was quadruple what it was last Jan. But for some reason I'm supposed to ignore all that because The Economy grew? And inflation was only 1.9% (on top of the previous months' inflation ofc)" / Twitter
Still, why must some nice man who transitioned come back as a girl in the next life to have fewer reproductive rights than his grandmothers had?
"On one panel show, improbably called 'Leave it to the Women,' four male hosts attack her incessantly. A young Oprah Winfrey appears shocked at the disdain Hite receives from an all-male audience. (One does have to wonder, of course, who approved the all-male audience.) An academic conference at Harvard is interrupted so a young man can smirkingly ask about her student Playboy spread. The media reports on it all; headline after headline mocks, sneers, and undermines.
Newnham, who also premiered the Oscar-nominated 'Crip Camp' at Sundance, structures an absorbing biography without expanding past conventional genre formats. She tells the story chronologically, allowing us to see that as the outcry builds, her subject’s confidence falters. Hite appears to enjoy her renown, partying with other celebrities and becoming one of 'New York’s radical chic.' But she’s also clearly unprepared for the nonstop anger directed towards herself and the work she considers objective, thoughtful and, most of all, essential."
~ Elizabeth Weitzmann
"‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: Doc Traces the Work and Woes of a Sexual Revolutionary'"
https://www.thewrap.com/the-disappearance-of-shere-hite-review-documentary-dakota-johnson/
"Why I'd like to be ... Julian Sands in A Room With a View" | Julian Sands | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jul/10/julian-sands-room-with-a-view-role-model
"Julian Sands: Brother of missing actor has said his goodbyes" - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64397280There were some people who had to get separated, so the guy went to rehab and he really worked on himself (it took YEARS) and then, after a healthy period of time passed, things got better, and so they began anew!
"According to SoCalGas, which serves most of Southern California, prices are running about five times higher than last January due to market forces, supply issues and cold-than-normal weather along the West Coast."
~ Marc Sternfield
"Group asks California Attorney General to investigate soaring natural gas bills"
Lately, it seems that I've met a lot of married middle class women whose husbands seem to be so much nicer and more respectful of them, and also of others, than what is expected of some of the dudes who are in other tax brackets, apparently.
And that is because...???
DO SOME RICH GUYS GET THEIR EMPATHY DESTROYED WHEN THEY ARE CONSTANTLY SURROUNDED BY ENABLERS WHO WERE TRAINED BY THE PATRIARCHY TO ASSIST THEM IN DEHUMANIZING OTHERS?
"Fawning is a trauma response," some have recently observed.
Thank you, higher sources, for still wanting humanity to have better than what an abusive, unwell patriarchal society expects of them.
Although this patriarchal society devalues women and girls, at least Obama seems to treat his wife much better than some other disrespectful, self-absorbed guys have been trained to treat women.
They're not well, and they lack empathy, and there's probably no amount of attention or fawning or money that will ever fix that for them.
Maybe they will get inspired to go deeper someday.
"Group asks California Attorney General to investigate soaring natural gas bills"
"Why I'd like to be ... Julian Sands in A Room With a View"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jul/10/julian-sands-room-with-a-view-role-model
"Julian Sands Still Missing After Other Mt. Baldy Hiker Found Alive, Brother Says: 'In My Heart He Has Gone'"
"The Kiss in A Room with a View"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLsrAx0n4k
"A Room With a View 1985 - bathing scene"
"A New Docuseries, ‘Murder in Big Horn,’ Spotlights the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis" | Vogue
https://www.vogue.com/article/murder-in-big-horn-docuseries-interview
"Artists elevate $20 bill with heroic Indigenous women on it (PHOTOS)" | Canada
https://dailyhive.com/canada/indigenous-women-canada-20-dollar-bill
“'We have been trained to associate that with kings and dukes and people worthy of that status,' LaFond said. 'I came to the realization that I, as a victim of domestic violence, was almost one of them (a murdered Indigenous person). I was intubated and ventilated and on life support. I had to ask myself, ‘How I would want to be represented?’ I would want to be represented with dignity. A lot of these people are being blamed for their own murders.'”
~ Lori Tobias
"'Portraits in RED’ artist Nayana LaFond honors missing and murdered Indigenous people" | Oregon ArtsWatch
Not everyone experienced Marilyn Monroe's misery.
The Heavy - "How You Like Me Now? (Official Video)" - YouTube
"A number of children who had recently been let out of school and lived on the rural property saw the attack take place, Sheriff Corpus said.
'This kind of shooting is horrific. It's a tragedy we hear about far too often, but today it's hit home here in San Mateo County,' the office said.
For children to witness this is unspeakable."
~ Max Mazta
"Half Moon Bay: Seven dead in another California mass shooting" - BBC News
Since we don't all have the kind of PCOS where you magically get well from eating chips and dips.
"Are berries good for PCOS?"
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/berries-can-be-good-in-pcos-7988335/
"Doritos and Keke Palmer join forces for Doritos Dips"
https://guiltyeats.com/2022/11/17/doritos-keke-palmer-join-forces-doritos-dips/
"Like Keke Palmer, I Have PCOS. Her Pregnancy Gives Hope"
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/keke-palmer-pregnancy-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-fertility
"Can you rewrite the fat friend for Eva Mendes? She has high marks for foreign distribution."
"The Casually Sexist Bullsh*t Women In Hollywood Hear All The Time"
By Emma Gray
"Viral TikToks and humorous comedy sketches on the likes of Saturday Night Live can serve to dehumanise and trivialise what is a painful and sad situation no matter what side of the fence you are on. And this has alarmed women’s support groups."
~ Anne Marie Tomchak
"Johnny Depp v Amber Heard Defamation Trial: How Social Media & Algorithms Shape Our Views" | Glamour UK
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-social-media-algorithms
And in his other life, in his other body, he is being so, so, SO disrespected by the dudes who act like him, and by the enablers who surround people like them?
It's almost like the Universe is saying, "See, his low self-esteem is not your responsibility. Moreover, your behavior suggests that you would never think so if he were in a woman's body right now, or at any rate, the chances are quite low, because that's not part of the 'patriarchal training' you received."
Do you ever plan to start a company where women who care about making things better instead of worse for other women might feel welcome?
Abusive Man Diarrhea is worth more to the PATRIARCHY than any expressions of basic levels of respect because?????
"Call for action as violence against women at 'crisis levels'"
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41052470.html
"Stop use of religion to justify sexual violence against women, groups urge Somalia" - Sudan Tribune
https://sudantribune.com/article269811/
"Sexism against women increasing in France"| Al Mayadeen English
"Asking men not to be violent against women isn’t enough"
"Mystikal Accused Of Forcing Alleged Victim To Pray Before Rape" | HipHopDX
Motivation to be a feminist seems quite low in this part of the world.
"Kobe Bryant: Is Death Supposed To Forgive Rapists And Harassers?"
https://feminisminindia.com/2020/01/31/kobe-bryant-death-forgive-rapists-harassers/
“'Her name is Michelle,' continued Bryant, adding she’s a 'frequent' partner of his."
~ Marlow Stern
"Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser’s Story, and the Half-Confession"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/11/kobe-bryant-s-black-mark
"SSGKobe Speaks Out After Rape Allegations" | HipHopDX
https://hiphopdx.com/news/ssgkobe-speaks-rape-allegations
"I’m so sick of talking about male violence with other women. Where are all the men?"
~ Chloe Laws
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/men-need-to-talk-about-male-violence
Back then, many teens and Dads could comfortably bond over loving violent, misogynistic celebrity culture together, but nevertheless, not everyone wanted to...
"130 feminist organisations and public figures have signed a landmark open letter in favour of Amber Heard"| Glamour UK
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/amber-heard-opinion-changing
"Has Hollywood turned its back on Angelina Jolie?" | Glamour UK
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-golden-globes-opinion
Opinion | "A lot of us are 'nepo' babies — and we shouldn’t forget it" - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/23/nepo-babies-common/
"Hollywood made me hate myself – it must apologise"| Racism | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/9/17/hollywood-made-black-africans-hate-themselves-it-must
"Brooke Shields Bravely Confronts Her Own Child Sexual Exploitation" – Rolling Stone
"Can you rewrite the fat friend for Eva Mendes? She has high marks for foreign distribution."
"The Casually Sexist Bullsh*t Women In Hollywood Hear All The Time"
By Emma Gray
“We live in a culture that commodifies the sexuality of unwilling participants.”
~ Anne Hathaway
"Casual sexism in celebrity interviews" | Cutacut
https://cutacut.com/2023/01/23/taylor-swift-ellen-degeneres-interview/
"We're all connected, so maybe their 'Entitled to be worse to SO many people who deserve SO much better than their bigoted lifestyle choices' energy' is on its way to evolving into a much better state of health after attending A Good Rehabilitation Program."
'Aracely Benavides and her son, Angel, cook dinner after school."
"The children in the fields" | Students on the Move | APM Reports
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/14/the-children-in-the-fields
"To preface this argument — I’m not saying 'We don’t have a gun problem; we have a masculinity problem.' An argument like that would be reductive and ignorant because the problem at hand is absolutely guns. But we have a masculinity problem, too. Violence and destruction are centerpieces of American masculinity. Ocean Vuong put it best:
'In this culture we celebrate boys through the lexicon of violence. ‘You’re killing it,’…‘blow them up,’ ‘you went into that game guns blazing,’ …and what happens to our men and boys when the only way they can valuate themselves is through the lexicon of death and destruction?'
Vuong asks, 'What happens to our men and boys?' Well, they learn that to be a man is to destroy, to dominate and to wield power over others. Rather than measuring the soul of a man in relationships, experiences, love, or service, a man is measured by his ability to dominate others, whether through money, influence, sex, or death."
~ Paige Wasserman
Opinion | "Guns and American masculinity are inextricably linked" - The Pitt News
"Half Moon Bay shooting spree: 7 Chinese farm workers killed in California" | Marca
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/01/24/63cf374122601d38148b45e6.html
"Imagine some of the jokes the legitimate post Roe v. Wade children will want to tell..."
"Grandxx wasn't exactly raised to care about that kind of thing, and moreover was rewarded for enabling the abusive patriarchy, so no, you'll have to find a different role model."
"Maybe Grandxx will be better about caring about that sort of thing in the next life, though."
Opinion | "Guns and American masculinity are inextricably linked" - The Pitt News
"Their perpetrators are 98% male.
It’s worth assessing America’s specific breed of patriarchy whose tyranny is aided and abetted by the ever-powerful gun industry. The ubiquity and irreplaceability of guns in American culture is a consequence of patriarchy and its inextricable championing of violence."
"Take one of the genre’s founding fathers, Afrika Bambaataa. He used to be a genuine hero of mine. Nobody could be said to have forged hip-hop with his own hands more than him. Through his group, the Zulu Nation, the DJ and community leader channelled toxic gang culture into a positive, nascent, working-class art form called hip-hop. But in 2016, after several allegations of having sexually abused and trafficked minors as young as 12 dating back to 1980, he was disowned by the Zulu Nation. The group issued an open apology to those who had allegedly been abused by Bambaataa. Hip-hop as a wider culture has absolutely not processed or commented on this, and there’s certainly no mention of it in the documentary – which flashes his name and image in episode one like it ain’t no thing."
~ Oliver Keens
"In its 50th year, hip-hop needs to acknowledge its failings" | The Independent
Your fruit is nice in many cold drinks and other things.
"US Tax Code's Racial Bias: White Americans Gain Most From Investor Tax Breaks" - Bloomberg
The Beatles - "Hey Jude" - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MjCqQoLLA"If you believe what you read, 'gays' (really just gay males) are a lucrative group, a 'dream market' made up of high-income earners who demand nothing but the best. That’s a great image for a minority group to have, isn’t it?"
"Gay money: The truth about lesbian & gay economics (Joe Clark)"
"Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with helping to revoke its censorship in the US."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontine_Sagan
Oh, I think I am going to be reading this one next.
"Rethinking the Relationship in Mädchen in Uniform" | by Tristan Ettleman | Medium
https://trettleman.medium.com/rethinking-the-relationship-in-m%C3%A4dchen-in-uniform-abb1776a924e
"Barba also writes about the role of women in these church spaces 'who were the foundation of the church,' despite not given ministerial credentials to become preachers. They raised money for the building of churches by selling food and made the worship spaces look holy through their handmade goods, such as doilies and fabric embroidered with biblical phrases, Barba said.
To do a material history of this Mexican Pentecostal movement is to do women’s history,' Barba told Religion News Service."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
"For Barba, who hails from Stockton in the Central Valley, it’s noteworthy that this religious movement grew in rural agricultural areas.
He sees the influence of those early immigrant houses of worship today in the Spanish-language church signs across California’s Central Valley. A church that used to be 'First Baptist Church' in many cities in the Central Valley may now be 'Iglesia Bautista,' Barba said, adding that he also knows of church services in Mixtec among Indigenous Mexicans arriving in the area."
"The 'vibrancy' of this sacred music inspired Chavez to later incorporate it into his organizational tactics."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
"Chavez recalled in his 1975 autobiography visiting a little church in Madera of a dozen men and women, describing 'more spirit there than when I went to mass where there were two hundred.'
'These people were really committed in their beliefs and this made them sing and clap and participate. I liked that,' he wrote. 'I think that’s where I got the idea of singing at the meetings. That was one of the first things we did when I started the Union. And it was hard for me because I couldn’t carry a tune.'"
~ Alejandra Molina
"Barba, in his book, recounts how 'divine healing' was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care. For laborers working in tough conditions, it was about 'hard work and fervent worship … work by day and worship by night,' Barba said."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
“'People are getting hurt. People are contracting tuberculosis. People are seeking out healing when there’s not a health care system in place to provide those kinds of services,' Barba said. 'Whether we’re talking physical healing, or what we now refer to as mental health and counseling, these are spaces that offered respite in an otherwise punishing world.'”
What are you talking about? "Honorary rich man social status" is not attainable for all beings in this culture in the early 21st century.
"America's Gun Culture and Toxic Masculinity Enable Mass Shootings"
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a35916962/gun-culture-toxic-masculinity-mass-shootings/
Boy, it sure would be nice if Mr. Machismo never EVER listened to the "My wife is a saint" jokes podcast and got MORE controlling ideas from those careless people.
"C. Cut Himself Shaving"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l2X620mPGoQ
Even though Mr. MACHISMO WOULD LIKE to be able to feel empowered and enjoy LOTS OF MONEY, TOO, PROBABLY.
have been putting up with SO much machismo for SO long...
"Machismo" - Wikipedia
"Are male comedians funny. If 'yes,' who are they?"
https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1616467529597067266
"What is the origin of the story 'Little Bunny Foo Foo'"?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-story-Little-Bunny-Foo-Foo
"Still waiting for someone to suggest a funny male. I mean, actually funny. Not just because he's hot."
https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1616912128505679874
Because when I saw it in a store, I said to myself, says I, "This is, like, the book I wanted to find as a young person, but it was not available in any of the bookstores or libraries that I visited back then."
Goddess Afoot!: Practicing Magic with Celtic & Norse Goddesses by Michelle Skye
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2463595.Goddess_Afoot
Certain sexist cultural standards are clearly just so much more tolerable amongst some kinds of people than they are for other kinds of people, which makes me feel quite ill sometimes.
Let's say, for some reason, certain words in the parlance of "rich white guy rape culture sexism" are still much more tolerable to our society when they are said by a rich white guy than a similar barrage of words would be if they were coming from the mouth of a middle class Mexican guy. (So much machismo! So gross!)
Does that mean those rich white guys should want the middle class Mexican guys to get to have all the same "rape culture sexism privileges" that they have at the moment, so they can all be at the same level of dudebro colonizers together? Like that'll really happen. I don't think so.
"US Tax Code's Racial Bias: White Americans Gain Most From Investor Tax Breaks" - Bloomberg
If I have a friend whose cousin comes here to help harvest a lot of fruit / vegetables for us, and he doesn't get to be respected by the larger culture in this country, and he never gets permanent citizenship, that's one issue.
If my friend also says that there's still a lot of problems in her family for women and children with regards to many grown men who feel the need to act patriarchal and controlling (machismo, such a sickness, you know) just to prove their status, or feel self-worth, that's another issue.
Are not both kinds of problems stemming from unhealthy, predatory, colonized / colonizer behavior patterns?
It's certainly possible that the universe could give you feelings about what's toxic behavior for large portions of humanity, and also very psychologically unhealthy for much of the population, based on how some people choose to act and/or behave.
"It takes Fight the Power two hours and 41 minutes to mention misogyny. And swiftly it pivots away again – but not before unfairly portraying veteran politician, activist and Selma marcher C Delores Tucker (who campaigned against misogynist hip-hop in the Nineties) as an aloof and meddling old lady. It’s the only time hip-hop comes in for any criticism over the whole four hours, giving Fight the Power the feel of a corporate sizzle reel rather than an objective piece of television. #MeToo is never mentioned. It’s a shame, given that the movement’s founder – Tarana Burke – grew up in the Bronx as a hip-hop fan. You could surely imagine any quality hip-hop analysis wanting her viewpoint, right? 'Hip hop in many ways is built on rape culture,' Burke said in 2019, whilst talking about how hip-hop’s close-knit community has not recognised sexual violence as one of the multiple oppressions otherwise acknowledged."
~ Oliver Keens
"Lynn Hacker, a 50-year-old Maryland resident who was attending the event with her 15-year-old daughter. 'I never had to think about reproductive rights, but she will.'”
~ C. Fernando, J. Fritze, C. Stanton
"Women's March protests held nationwide on Roe V. Wade anniversary"
"Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die"
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/19/mothers-anti-abortion-bans-states-die
People needlessly dying as a result of selfishness and obstinacy is also not a welcome sign.
"Mass shootings in the U.S.: shooters by gender 2022"| Statista
https://www.statista.com/statistics/476445/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-gender/
"Alhambra incident may be tied to Monterey Park mass shooting, officials say" | abc7.com
https://abc7.com/alhambra-monterey-park-mass-shooting-gun-violence-sheriff-robert-luna/12726027/
"White House Will Protect Abortion Pill Access, Harris Says" - Bloomberg
Say...
Intrusive thought: "Why not ask why certain wealthy people can't get their personal problems straightened out, and then they need not be miserable PTSD triggers just because they chose to deal with their insecurity-fueled lifestyles by surrounding themselves with puppets of the patriarchy who have addictions to acting like assholes as ways of coping with this lifetime in THIS ERA?"
Back to Rice Dishes...
"POORMAN'S MEALS | WHAT TO EAT WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY" - Ardent Michelle - YouTube
“The violence reflects not only the detrimental and painful effects of racism but also sexism and acceptance of violence against women.”
~ Kim Vigue to Bob Seidenberg
"Mitchell exhibit focuses on epidemic of violence against Indigenous women" - Evanston RoundTable
Need to Narcissistically Act Like The World's Overgrown Toddlers.
Honestly, how hard is it to quit being addicted to the selfish old patriarchal patterns? What's so great about more people suffering from systemic inequity?
Unhealthy, uncaring, and unsustainable colonizer lifestyles, which are prone to harming grown people and children and cultures and natural environments, are also not the best for the most privileged descendants to inherit, either.
"Access to abortion pills is sliding out of reach in dozens of states"
Pray that the descendants of colonizing dehumanizers still gain the knowledge and tools to treat girls and women with much more respect than they were taught to have for others by the ones they came from.
"Maternal mortality weighed heaviest on women of color: Native American women's maternal mortality rates were 4.5 times higher than those of white women and Black women's rates were 2.6 times the rate of white women."
~ Oriana Gonzalez
"Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die"
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/19/mothers-anti-abortion-bans-states-die
Various wealthy 21st century women were beginning to explain honestly why they felt they needed to act like sexist men were worth more to them than women and girls in a patriarchal society.
There are physical and inherited circumstances. Emotional and financial ones, too.
There is a need to search for better, healthier circumstances.
Find the people who know how to treat you with even the most basic degree of respect because those are the ones who are better for you to be around.
So many people migrate. It could also happen to you, also.
Perhaps in next life if not this one.
"Children as Young as 10 Can Do Farm Work in Some States"| The Pew Charitable Trusts
"What if we honestly try to cut down on devaluing x type of people this year, even though it was sort of an ingrained habits kind of thing for us to do that in the past?"
Working on action plans to quit acting like catering to a few entitled patriarchal jerks is still more important than humanity's health and well-being.
Treating women and girls worse to please the insecure patriarchy is selfish, immoral, and just bad for all the human beings on Earth.
"I did not deserve to have to beg for my life for eight days and nobody else does either."
~ Carmen Broesder to Mary Kekatos, Jessie DiMartino
"Idaho woman shares 19-day miscarriage on TikTok, says state's abortion laws prevented her from getting care"
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/idaho-woman-shares-19-day-miscarriage-tiktok-states/story?id=96363578
"Idaho woman shares 19-day miscarriage on TikTok, says state's abortion laws prevented her from getting care"
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/idaho-woman-shares-19-day-miscarriage-tiktok-states/story?id=96363578
Insecure ones who were still putting down women and girls and flattering predators while basic human rights were getting devalued by the patriarchal instructions (or institutions, or both) could still make lots of changes to their agendas before their next attempts / incarnations.
If dehumanizing girls and women is still your lifelong coping - with - the - patriarchal - people mechanism.
Can't be a sexual predator who makes certain dads' chauvinistic friends feel better about themselves this time around.
Some rich people secretly really want to stop pandering to predators and dehumanizing the "Others." Maybe they'll start acting like it this year.
"Guillermo del Toro Reveals One Story from the Books That Was Removed from the 'Scary Stories' Movie" - Bloody Disgusting
"High Beams"| Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Wiki | Fandom
https://scary-stories.fandom.com/wiki/High_Beams
Yesterday's life brought this along...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/10he1r8/the_punchline_got_me/
Today's life provided another clip:
Tina Friml - "Heartbreak" @ The Comedy Attic
Who are clear that they really do not need to favor incels and predators, and they actually were raised to genuinely like and respect women and girls?
Adults with healthy pangs of conscience...do they all need to kill away the uncomfortableness with more narcissistic indulgences?
SO, why did Grandpa need to convince rich women to defecate on other kinds of women in order to make himself feel better?
Wealthy women who are grateful that 21st Century Bigoted Patriarchal Hollywood treated them a smidgen better are ready to explain self-esteem to girls in tomato fields who might also be the relatives of their descendants someday.
STEP ONE: How to defecate WAY less on SO many girls and women than your fearful forebears were convinced to by...uh, who convinced them that it was okay to do that?
I went to a food bank, they gave me a piece of pizza, and they were really nice about it and they knew my name!
That's it. That's the entire dream.
"We really do practice a very minimalist version of Abusive-to-Others Narcissism, compared to what we're used to seeing lots of OTHER people do."
"Of course, like most mental health or personality disorders, narcissistic personality disorder isn’t black and white, and falls on a spectrum."
~ Amy Beecham
"How to Identify the 4 Subtle Steps a Narcissist Takes Before Invading Your Life"
Health issues, too?
Thank you for being able to be him and you and a helpful presence in my good dream.
A man who can be spiritual and respect others is a good role model and a healing presence.
Maybe healing some of their own trauma would help them more. And then, maybe caring about others in a healthy way would feel more natural to them again.
Sometimes respectful men can be more of healing presence than some women who were taught by a patriarchal system to be more disrespectful of you. A thought that happened after waking up.
A man who must be able to love people well enough and also be respectful to others appeared in my dream. He was able to be a nice presence for me.
I was able to go to his place and admire a pretty pastoral view from his backyard. We talked a little bit about pesticides. The view was very beautiful.
"Indigenous women need healthy communities, supports: Opinion"
Karina Tsui 徐敏姿 on Twitter: "BREAKING: Jacinda Ardern has resigned as New Zealand's prime minister in a shock announcement, saying she "no longer had enough in the tank" to do the job. https://t.co/o2HqS2YWt1" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/karina_tsui/status/1615873010149343233
"Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand"| Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/18/2023/jacinda-ardern-resigns
"New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down" | AP News
My health clearly requires me to stay away from certain kinds of unhealthy people and situations that are not helpful right now because that is simply what is required for survival at the moment.
Will cover our needs for expensive probiotics, too. Amongst many other things.
I needed to make myself go somewhere when I wasn't feeling exactly well and then I was informed they'd been told the place had been occupied by a relative of Fatty Arbuckle and I read about an actress who might have died of either assault or bad cystitis so I had to start an antibiotic even though I wanted to avoid it, as I was afraid it would make the tongue issue worse and now there's expensive probiotics to go along with it.
Atlas Network | "The Eva Peron Myth: A Dior-Donning Socialist Who Made…"
Just wondered...
"Consequences are Good, Actually"
https://jessica.substack.com/p/consequences-are-good-actually
What would Evita have done...
"Meet Eva Perón: Argentina’s Most Powerful And Controversial Woman" | by SmartGirls Staff | Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
Just call it "workin' hard to make sure dad doesn't get self into a very bad situation in the next incarnation."
Dusty Springfield – "Wishin’ and Hopin’ Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/Dusty-springfield-wishin-and-hopin-lyrics
Played in a restaurant while I was trying to enjoy a hotdog the other night, and I was like, "Well, I guess this is happening now."
What shall you do with all your animalistic tendencies besides serve The Patriarchy and act needlessly manipulative and oppressive?
Repeating X's misogynistic narcissism would be toxic, boring, and terrible for both girls and boys who want to survive the environmental..."xxxx."
"Elephants benefit from having older sisters"
https://theecologist.org/2021/sep/21/elephants-benefit-having-older-sisters
"Lin-Manuel Miranda's Anthems for Immigrant Older Sisters" — afterglow
"Big Sisters Provide A Huge Benefit To Younger Siblings, Study Finds" : Goats and Soda : NPR
You should treat your daughters and other people's daughters SO much better in the next life if you can't manage to pull it off this time around.
It was SO hard for some rich women to respect even the VERY privileged girls in the 2020s for SO many REASONS!
People with money who've spent years feeling entitled to needlessly degrade girls and women in order to prop themselves up to fit in with their patriarchal "friends" will teach you how a lot about you don't want to be in this life.
"She'll probably hang out with much better, less chauvinistic, not-abusive people in the next life."
She/He only dehumanizes girls and women to make narcissistic rich men feel better because she/ he has low self-esteem.
Narcissistic toxic positivity and gaslighting other people's circumstances and poisoning the "less valuable" with pesticides and not even getting enough respect from society to have basic healthcare needs met and rewarding rich people for indulging in degrading and dehumanizing behaviors doesn't seem to be helping society to stop the patriarchy from demolishing human rights for...
"Mother’s Exposure to Pesticides during Pregnancy Results in Sleep-Related Problems among Daughters" - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
Becoming...more and more open to respecting women and girls as real human beings every day ....even before you make your transition...and then come back to do whatever was left unfinished...could be a very interesting development for a lot of people!
Greg Greene on Twitter: "(*sighs, takes calming breaths*) Y’all, for how many people in the U.S. does it take a 500-mile drive, a 24-hour waiting period, and a screening of a video that says burgers cause testicular cancer to buy a Big Mac?" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/ggreeneva/status/1615830113127469056
Jessica Valenti on Twitter: "As cancer patients and 10 year-olds are denied abortions, as miscarrying women go septic — one of the biggest anti-choice groups in the country says abortion is as easy to get "as a Big Mac" https://t.co/rPdhM8bYfA" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1615825457823322114
"The Worst Guy You Know"
https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-worst-guy-you-know
Jessica Valenti on Twitter: "And you know exactly who that small group of lawmakers is made of up: https://t.co/RMVadMvOeG" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1615828465227374620
Really wanna be like that guy who fits in better with the male chauvinists and makes just a few well-off wonen feel entitled to dehumanize all the others in order to please the ailing patriarchy?
How much better are they at caring about the little kids born in certain communities? None of them are the kinds of abusive rich dudes that the patriarchy wants them to pander to, are they?
People who care that other people's kids get poisoned by pesticides, which is a problem that caring people could do something about, is probably something the Universe would not mind.
Maybe many more of the fortunate offspring will care about human rights, even if the patriarchal systems wanted them to be distracted from doing that!
She realized she didn't have to degrade either her own daughters or other people's offspring for the patriarchy this time!
"Who might donate her 'Least Likely to Be Sexually Harrassed Thanks to Her Friendships with Low-Key Patriarchal Predators" winnings to some of the very charitable people on the planet in this lifetime?"
"My wealth, who thinks rich dudes are entitled to degrade whoever they want, including her, because she still gets preferential treatment anyway, really would have a hard time seeing a woman who looks like your husband and caring about her well-being. So, she's been well-trained, and is not like your nice divorced friend who thinks lots of kinds of women are cool to be friends with. That's how our culture currently operates."
Why do some 2020s women still like treating abusive men so much better than than giving some worthless-to-the-bigoted-patriarchal-systems girls or women the time of day?"
"Whose rich insensitive asshole character thinks degrading people with different genetics is so fun?"
"C’Hair is the only woman featured in the film who is still living today."
~ Hannah Habermann
"'Who She Is' puts names, faces to a crisis" | Film | jhnewsandguide.com
“'I hope that people share their own experiences with their loved ones after watching this,' she said. 'I hope that families find comfort in knowing that they are not alone. I want anyone who has gone through something similar to feel peace and the strength to make positive changes in their lives.'”
A strange "People who put down certain kinds of women, and also put me down, but then still treat me much better than those other kinds of women will absolutely succeed at convincing me to put Them First" mentality.
Not talking about the "affixing our oxygen masks first and then assisting others" people.
BECAUSE
"Me first, then everyone who puts me first, then everyone else who might benefit me in any way, possibly" is a different kind of attitude altogether.
"X's mom (or dad? Yeah, why not?) did some Journaling and Inner Child Work today, and it really helped them with seeing that being less bigoted towards the descendants from the 'other' side of the family' could be a completely viable option."
~ Emmeline Saunders
"Best egg alternatives to beat the shortage - tofu, aquafaba and apple sauce ranked" - Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dieting/recipes/best-egg-alternatives-beat-shortage-28939187
Hurray for a certain human being a less horrible sexist to certain kinds of girls and women today than he was yesterday!
"Melissa Legaria, who began doing farmwork with her parents at age 13, remembers realizing that she was being taken advantage of the first summer she started working. 'I went to the grocery store and I tried to buy some blueberries,' Legaria said. 'I had just spent the whole summer picking blueberries with my parents. The price was so expensive, I couldn’t afford it. I had other things I needed to buy, and it was really sad because the only reason I couldn’t afford was because I was getting paid so little while picking blueberries. I was very aware that my work was being exploited.'”
~ Sierra Lyons
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bipoc-farmers-agriculture-sept
What could be SO much healthier than pandering to patriarchal abusers at the expense of others?
"Here Are the Lyrics to Jax’s ‘Victoria’s Secret’"
https://www.billboard.com/music/lyrics/jax-victorias-secret-lyrics-1235126455/
People get rewarded for acting like they couldn't possibly care less about most women and girls, and that's just one reason.
This month's recurrent tongue ailment...is perplexing...the intermittent exhaustion that led me to reach out to a person I barely know and her suggestion to relax and breathe were more helpful than I even expected.
"15 Foods That Boost the Immune System"
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/foods-that-boost-the-immune-system
"Do farm workers still get paid when it rains this much?"
https://www.kron4.com/news/do-farm-workers-still-get-paid-when-it-rains-this-much/
"X should have known how to treat people better, but X didn't act like that was too important, and there were a number of reasons for that."
Women and men who seem to believe that some kinds of human beings are worth less than others were trained to be in that mindset by....???? Social mores? Certain people? Both?
Certain women of the '20s who routinely acted like they felt entitled to treat other kinds of women as "less-than" in order to get along better with abusive men in patriarchal systems must have felt that getting rewarded for their choices by certain parts of the patriarchal system was all that was expected of them?
We had a good night tonight. So "normal." I enjoyed it, the food and company, and now that it's over, I feel almost out of breath, emotionally aching. It was like, if other people get to enjoy good company and a pleasant dinner on a regular basis, why not us?
Why...sensitive...soul...time...goes...by...
Fawning is a trauma response. What about working on those trauma issues?
"The government must stop putting the responsibility for fighting inflation on working people whose wages have gone nowhere for four decades."
~ Robert Reich
"Ronson says they are almost never cat people. 'Because cats are willful,' he explains.
Psychopaths gravitate toward dogs since they are obedient and easy to manipulate. Ronson says he spoke with individuals who would qualify as psychopaths who told him they aren't sad when they hear about people dying. 'But they get really upset when their dogs die because dogs offer unconditional love.'"
~ Madeline Brand, Sanden Totten
"Fireplace Sound Bath Music for Cats" | Animal Anxiety & Sleep Music | Singing Bowl Meditation Music ~ Healing Vibrations ~ YouTube
I have been needing to feel healed in body...please help me tap into healing today.
This I pray.
Amen.
"Well-off women are getting conscientious and curious enough to NOT want to needlessly degrade other women on the planet, too!"
Help, a certain dad puppet of patriarchal programming might have to change before he dies, or what about in the next life...
"X type of people are nothing to us, no matter how much we may depend upon them."
"Of course, if that narcissistic, abusive man was in the body of certainkind of woman from certainkind of community, his life would be so different right now!"
"To Go To Where You Must Act Like a Shallow Puppet of Patriarchal Patterns to Punish Poor People More."
Rich people explain why caring about most women and girls comes dead last in their list of priorities.
"Therefore, if HE was a 'good mother...'"
Instead of naughty, self-indulgent narcissists in adult-sized bodies who get women and sometimes men of privilege to cater to them.
"'We're starting a 'well-off women don't want to degrade other kinds of women anymore just to prop up an abusive ailing patriarchy' club, since a lot of the patriarchy still doesn't want to let go of that so-called 'privilege' of theirs yet."
Certain people, regardless of political affiliation, have clearly been taught that they are entitled to abuse power and traumatize others just to make themselves feel more important.
“'Si Se Puede:' Dolores Huerta On Organizing, Voting, and Being A Gutsy Woman"
"The Hollies’ ‘Long Cool Woman’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics" | Best Classic Bands
https://bestclassicbands.com/hollies-long-cool-woman-7-15-20/
&
Elton John - "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That" - YouTube
The "Replace Those Abusive, Sexist, Dehumanizing Colonized/Colonizer Habits With Some Better Ones Instead Of Being So Repetitive" Movement.
"Back in March 2021, George appeared on a 'SmartLess' podcast together and detailed the situation, noting that he would routinely clean up after Richard's cat so that he would think the feline is constipated. Richard, of course, knew none of this.
'And then he takes the cat to the vet, and they give him this kitty Metamucil,' the 'Ocean's 11' star said on the podcast. "And so now this little kitty is s——- 15 times a day, and I am scooping it all up, because I have nothing else to do, I have no idea why. It's just funny."
"The light bulb, you know, goes off, and I realized what I must do, which is take a s— in the cat box,' George explained. 'He's in there for like a minute, and I don't hear anything and then, all of a sudden, I hear, 'Oh, my God! … I come in and I just, tears coming down my eyes, I'm laughing, and slowly he figures it out.'
Richard didn't think it was a laughing matter.
'He gets madder and madder and, finally, he's like, 'I understand humor. Defecation doesn't make me laugh,' George recalled him saying."
~ Mark Gray
"Matt Damon reveals George Clooney's most disgusting prank" | Wonderwall.com