“'This is a big deal, and sad at the same time,' said Tracey J. Woodruff, professor and director of the Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center at UC San Francisco, who said the ban was 'a long time coming.'”
~ Lakshmi Sarah
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"Keep Your Sunny Side Up! (Paper Moon)"
"EPA Bans Pesticide Linked to Lifelong Harm for Pregnant Farmworkers Children"
"Married just a year before the war, Raheel had once dreamed of starting a family. But she grew to find solace in being childless amid such chaos. 'I thank God every day that I don’t have a baby to worry about in these conditions. The fear would be unbearable,' she shared.
In June, she learned that her brother-in-law was killed during a military operation in Shujayea in Gaza City. 'For the first time, I wished I had stayed in Gaza City to support my husband,' Raheel said. 'I feel helpless being so far away. Will I ever see Abed? I doubt it.'"
~ Noor Alyacoubi
"Luckily, sometimes there was an older sibling to pick up the slack."
~ Zoe Karbe
"Crazy Things Boomer Kids Did in the Past"
Of course you know that there are lots of kids on the planet who still do a lot of these things now, too.
"Crazy Things Boomer Kids Did in the Past"
Wow! So, there are many kids on the planet who have to overcome the prejudices foisted upon them by the previous generations. But still. Wow! What a lot of work they've been given to do. Just. Wow!
"Let’s start with affordability. According to the Alliance for Period Supplies, 1 in 4 students in the US do not have access to period products because of their cost. Experts call this 'period poverty.'
Period poverty makes it harder to learn. A recent survey of high school students in St. Louis found that 64% of girls experienced some form of period product insecurity, and 33% of participants said they had missed school because they lacked a period product. Two-thirds of all students surveyed said they had at some point relied on their school for access to menstrual products.
Other studies have found that when women can’t afford pads or tampons, they resort to unsafe or unhygienic practices, like using products for much longer than recommended. Some made do with rags or paper towels, which are not as effective.
No politician should want to be associated with unhygienic rags. And yet some Republicans governors are actively preventing efforts to help kids getting appropriate products. Most recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed funding that would have established a pilot program providing free pads and tampons in the state’s public schools.
These programs don’t only help the neediest students. They make puberty less awkward for all girls. Periods can start at inopportune times — say, in the middle of social studies class, when even the most prepared can be caught without a needed product.
Menstruation is also starting earlier for some kids; some data suggests a rise in the number of girls beginning to menstruate at age 8 or younger, when the transition might catch them by surprise."
~ Lisa Jarvis
I can't wait for all the grandchildren who are going to think it's normal to be less cruel, prejudiced and misogynistic against certain types of girls and women than some of their family members were! For sure.
You gave the blessing of fertility a bad name by being prejudiced and misogynistic against people who aren't like you. You weren't born prejudiced and misogynistic, so what made you act like that???
Grandma on that side of the family was just cruel to people and the female bodies who didn't have her special blessings because, well, apparently her version of God hates girls.
Do I really get to vote for a VP who goes by a fun nickname like "Tampon Tim???"
The whole idea of some (perhaps not all) conservative mothers, who are so proud of themselves for being mothers and yet constantly do and say things that indicate that they dislike talking about females having needs due to their female bodies is so weird. I mean, you're so proud of yourself for being a mom and having a baby. And yet, you act like you don't care if other people have impaired health, based on their genetics, because the patriarchy wants you to act that way.
Are U. wondering if society telling some people that not caring about X types of human beings is normal behavior is going to look not only cruel and prejudiced, but perhaps even downright ridiculous and silly?
Dear Mildly Crampy Uterus, sorry about being late with my vitamin regimen today, but do you ever wonder if it's too much for some human brains to fathom all the different types of human beings who are going to be seen and counted by more people in the future?
"Migrant farmworkers left vulnerable in disasters"
https://jaxtoday.org/2024/08/09/migrant-farmworkers-vulnerable-in-disasters-study-shows/
Possibly...
"This is your lunch break" is inspired by the indigenous flower sellers I briefly saw when they were standing along the highway this weekend.
Conan, who by his own admission, has been has been a real scamp with the muffins at some point in time
"The muffin saga..."
~ teamcoco
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-i9GMEy7yk/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
asks his friends with the good energy to help him investigate the lives of those guys who are standing outside selling bouquets, even though it's hot and they're clearly very tired.
"Say, brothers, won't you tell us, how does another person get by in this economy? We have really good energy, and we are deeply curious people."
His future friends, another musical genius and Neil Gaiman, will be celebrating their love of local produce, wine, or whatever, in the next segment: "Children and Climate Change: what's up with that in this decade? Do you know of any single moms who need a decent place to live?"
This is your lunch break (before the next life) concludes with:
My dear friends in celebrating diversity, "that we are different from one another is such a blessing."
"STOP MENSTRUAL CRAMPS - 'Luna's Touch'" - Pain Relief
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zi8GWfU4Rk0&si=Jwd834yz6NEhkV4t
It's just a challenging experience to get better at times.
"Crystal Canyon" ~ Michael Sterns
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-dFhMBYJy9o&si=RnLPbQpM7zeb3wU_
"America...America..." ~ Team America
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5uPoDNEn3I0&si=oGF5ydnWlXo8Ekv6
A bronze in breakdancing for US...not bad!