Cress 🏴 🌻
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When life gives you lemons (a review I thought was lazy and damaging in the way it framed women’s writing), make lemonade (a 2,500-word essay on the habits of literary criticism).
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/literary-criticism-under-review
GeePawHill
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This sums it up very precisely.
From Lauren Isringhausen
This sums it up very precisely.
From Lauren Isringhausen
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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I haven't done one of these in a while, so here goes!
Hey #Women, #LGBTQ+ and #BIPoC folx! Are you an expert in something? Do you have a fancy degree or a lot of experience in some field/hobby? Do you like to infodump about it? Then out yourself in the replies below!
I'll start. Hi 👋 I'm Alice. I'm multi-queer (pan/bisexual and nonbinary). I'm an expert lockpicker and data scientist, and I have an education in computer science, psychology, and statistics.
Your turn 😊
I haven't done one of these in a while, so here goes!
Hey #Women, #LGBTQ+ and #BIPoC folx! Are you an expert in something? Do you have a fancy degree or a lot of experience in some field/hobby? Do you like to infodump about it? Then out yourself in the replies below!
I'll start. Hi 👋 I'm Alice. I'm multi-queer (pan/bisexual and nonbinary). I'm an expert lockpicker and data scientist, and I have an education in computer science, psychology, and statistics.
Your turn 😊
«Am Berg sprechen wir auch über Ängste, den weiblichen Zyklus oder Muttersein»
deutrino
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Palestinian woman Saja Hamad lies trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Stringer
Palestinian woman Saja Hamad lies trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Stringer
"For Wilson, Hegseth represents a unique chance to spread his extreme ideology. Some at his church oppose female suffrage; his denomination is against women in combat, homosexuality, abortion, and pushes for an extremely traditional interpretation of family structure."
~ Josh Kovensky and Emine Yücel
#DouglasWilson#Hegseth #churches #patriarchy #misogyny #homophobia#Trump#WhiteSupremacy #immigrants#WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/where-things-stand-pete-and-the-preacher-man
"Yes, they're coming for same-sex marriage. This was always part of the right-wing plan. And it won't stop here."
~ Jill Filipovic
#Trump#Republicans#Obergefell#SameSexMarriage#WhiteChristianNationalism #homophobia#MAGA#SupremeCourt #contraception #women#BirthControl#ReproductiveRights
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https://jill.substack.com/p/yes-theyre-coming-for-same-sex-marriage
Luc, framage
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Via Ashley Louise James on Instagram #WomensRights#HandmaidsTale#Extremism#Farright#Trump#Republicans#Farrage#HumanRights#MargaretAtwood#Atwood#Feminism#Women #abortion#Freedom
Via Ashley Louise James on Instagram #WomensRights#HandmaidsTale#Extremism#Farright#Trump#Republicans#Farrage#HumanRights#MargaretAtwood#Atwood#Feminism#Women #abortion#Freedom
The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes.
It’s now at risk of being cut.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
mkb
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Good Pierogi refused to sell their fare to Alan Dershowitz because he defends clients who abuse #women.
Dershowitz has represented Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, OJ Simpson and President Donald Trump.
I get it, Good Pierogi.
I really do get it.
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08/06/after-dershowitz-dustup-islanders-line-pierogis
Good Pierogi refused to sell their fare to Alan Dershowitz because he defends clients who abuse #women.
Dershowitz has represented Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, OJ Simpson and President Donald Trump.
I get it, Good Pierogi.
I really do get it.
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08/06/after-dershowitz-dustup-islanders-line-pierogis
Alex Akselrod
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Gabriele Svelto
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From the Verdigris House to the Rear Palace: Sex workers’ perspective on The Apothecary Diaries
Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro speaks with other sex workers about the series' depiction of the profession, and how it subverts many common harmful tropes.
