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It’s been less than a year since TFG took office, and already he’s calling women “piggy” with no pushback, reproductive freedom is under attack, and we still haven’t seen the Epstein files. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly.
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
 46 comments
on Sat Dec 13, 2025 at 05:00 PM PST
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Open thread this week. Please put links in comments.
Anytime you hit a paywall on articles linked in diaries or comments (or anywhere online) try using Archive.Today to see if you can get free ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
58 comments
on Sat Dec 06, 2025 at 05:00 PM PST
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Would you believe me if I said kid’s cartoons helped elect Donald Trump? I’ve been watching a kid’s cartoon series called Codename: Kids Next Door. It’s about a team of five secret agent kids who go on adventures to fight against the tyranny of teens...
by Matthew Adarichev
23 comments
on Sun Nov 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM PST
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Open thread this week. Please post links in the comments. Anytime you hit a paywall on articles linked in diaries or comments (or anywhere online) try using Archive.Today to see if you can get ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
65 comments
on Sat Nov 22, 2025 at 05:00 PM PST
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Welp, we have had us a week of ups and downs when it comes to the potential release of all of the Epstein files and exposure of his pedophile “friends”. This�week has been followed quite closely ...
by elenacarlena
100 comments
on Sat Nov 15, 2025 at 05:01 PM PST
with 27 Recommends
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Sourdough bread that’s made from scratch. Milkmaid dresses. “ Feminine energy .”� Those who are serially online may have already caught wind of the slow infestation of antiquated, anti-...
by Alix Breeden
174 comments
on Sun Nov 16, 2025 at 08:00 AM PST
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I’m freshly back from a “No Kings” event. Amid the joyful (if soggy) crowd and inflatable unicorn costumes, there was a stark reminder of what we’re up against: a dozen women in Handmaid ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
24 comments
on Sat Oct 18, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Dame Sarah Mullally, 63, has been chosen to serve in the Church of England as Archbishop of Canterbury. Before entering the priesthood Sarah Mullally worked as a nurse in the NHS for 35 years, eventually becoming England's youngest ever chief nursing...
by A Pagan in Arizona
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on Fri Oct 03, 2025 at 06:54 AM PDT
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SPOILER ALERT! One of the paradoxes about the movie Gone with the Wind, as well as the book on which it is based, is that, politically speaking, though reviled by many on the left, yet there is much in it that they might otherwise find congenial to...
by disinterested spectator
23 comments
on Sat Nov 15, 2025 at 06:29 AM PST
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Feminism is often one of those words that people react to very differently. Some people proudly call themselves feminists, others shy away from the term, and many sit somewhere in the middle, unsure if the word truly represents them. But the truth is...
by FeministGirl3636
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on Tue Sep 16, 2025 at 04:50 PM PDT
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Fairfax County Public Schools Wants An Abuse Survivor to Pay $250,000 —While Appeal Is Still Pending SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/stop-fairfax-county-from-punishing-a-sexual-assault-survivor-with-250-000-in-court-costs Fairfax County Public Schools — one of the richest school districts in America — is about to ask a federal judge to...
by Shatter the Silence Fairfax County Public Schools
8 comments
on Sun Sep 14, 2025 at 05:12 PM PDT
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This is not a particularly interesting or good cartoon but I’m just feeling like the attacks by Christian Nationalists on women’s rights are just increasingly terrifying. All the hard-won gains of the last 50 years are being aggressively assailed— from...
by Hilmbrown
3 comments
on Wed Aug 27, 2025 at 06:29 AM PDT
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It seems the only woman who’s had a good week in the US is Ghislaine Maxwell, who is getting soft treatment despite being a child predator. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from this week. ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
36 comments
on Sat Aug 23, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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The youngest daughter of GOP Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mylie Biggs, is ...
by Walter Einenkel
55 comments
on Thu Aug 07, 2025 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Rebecca Solnit on what the current Epstein discourse is missing: In response to a lawsuit from Epstein ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
84 comments
on Sat Aug 02, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
with 46 Recommends
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Last week we took a poll about the possibility of moving this weekly feature to Wednesdays. It was a nearly even split, with a slight preference for keeping Saturdays, so it looks like we’re ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
46 comments
on Sat Jul 12, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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How VERY, VERY many articles do we have to see from mainstream media about “Men Aren’t Doing Well?” They often blame the success of women for making men feel inadequate and un-wanted. Too many women are getting advanced degrees, too many women own...
by KatPez
312 comments
on Thu Jun 26, 2025 at 08:49 AM PDT
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The 1960s witnessed a powerful eruption of feminist activism—a rebellion against America’s gender roles, legal structures, and cultural norms. It challenged the hypernormalized illusion that postwar America had solved “the woman question”—that women’s...
by KirkLC
7 comments
on Wed Jun 25, 2025 at 05:17 AM PDT
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*Open Thread for links- and discussion of this issue* ======================== This Week in the War on Women provides a weekly summary of news on women's issues and information on current political actions. We welcome all who are interested to join, to...
by Angmar
146 comments
on Sat Jun 21, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
with 60 Recommends
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Open thread this week. Please post links in comments!
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
35 comments
on Sat May 31, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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