Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator, annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighbourhood of Brasilia, Brazil. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
People take part in a protest calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
An orthodox faithful Monk attends the Good Friday prayers at the Wukro Cherkos Rock Hewn church in Wukro, Tigray region, Ethiopia. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
A woman with two children carries their belongings as residents of the Lower Delmas flee their homes due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population >>
"The threat, we are told here this weekend, is existential, #biological, epoch-defining. Economies will fail, #civilizations will fall, and it will all happen because people aren’t having enough #babies.
“The entire global #financial system, the value of your money, and every #asset you might buy with money is defined by leverage, which means its value depends on growth...." >>
>> ...And to ensure that these #children grow up to be adults who understand their #proper place in both the #family and the larger #social order, we need to oust #women from the workforce and reinstitute #male-only spaces “where women are #disadvantaged as a result,” shampoo magnate and aspiring warlord Charles Haywood says, prompting cheers from the #men in the audience."
So unsurprising how conservative commentary about declining birth rates inevitably leads to #racism and #misogyny 🤷🏻♀️🙄
Q. what was the 60's really like for women... and was the permissiveness all that it was cracked up to be?
To some extent the 60's (in its nostalgic, swinging form) spread slowly out from London, reaching some areas only in the late 60s, early 70s.
This report from a major study into girls' experience of the decade reinforces the notion that not only was the Swinging 60's often a male experience, it was very unevenly available.
A woman reacts as law enforcement officers use a water cannon to disperse the crowd near the parliament building, during a rally to protest against a bill on "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgian parliament is set to debate the second reading of the bill described as authoritarian and Russian-inspired by Georgia's opposition and Western countries. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
Mourners grieve during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike during a funeral in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
"It is not about you." This is the number one thing to remember for anyone wanting to assist victims of violence, harassment and prejudice of all kinds. Help, but stay off the stage unless invited. If invited, make it about the survivors and victims, not about you.
This is by far the best article I have read about the crisis of violence against women and the most recent faux pas of the Prime Minister (and a series of Prime Ministers). Annabel Crabb carefully examines the evidence, puts forward her arguments with clarity and ends with proposing a 'Women Keeper' budget increase to provide the funds and services to help women leave domestic violence.
And on a side note: I appreciate how she gently clarifies the meaning of 'misogyny' and distinguishes it from ineptness or tone-deaf behaviour.
“This is a fight for freedom, the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one’s own body & not have their government tell them what they’re supposed to do,” the VP said.
“& it happened just as Donald #Trump intended. Now, present day because of Donald Trump, more than 20 states have #AbortionBans, more than 20 #TrumpAbortionBans. & today, this very day at the stroke of midnight, another Trump #AbortionBan went into effect here in #Florida. As of this morning, 4 million #women in this state woke up w/fewer reproductive freedoms than they had last night. This is the new reality under a Trump #abortion ban.”
>2 decades ago, the shocking results of a major women’s #health study challenged the safety of menopause #hormone medication, & overnight, millions of #women & their #doctors abandoned the drugs….
Now, a long-term follow-up of the #WomensHealth Initiative (WHI)…found that for many younger menopausal women—under 60—the benefits…outweigh the risks for short-term treatment of symptoms, incl’g hot flashes & night sweats.
The new analysis, published in JAMA, shows that younger #women starting #menopause & experiencing symptoms can take hormone treatments for several years w/a lower likelihood of adverse effects.
“Women in early menopause w/bothersome symptoms should not be afraid to take #HormoneTherapy to treat them, & clinicians should not be afraid to prescribe them,” said JoAnn Manson, chief of the division of preventive medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital & the paper’s 1st author.
A landmark study that scared women & doctors
The importance of the #WHI & its impact on #WomensHealth can’t be overstated. The study enrolled >160k postmenopausal #women between the ages of 50 & 79. But in 2002, part of the study’s #menopause hormone trial was abruptly stopped after monitoring data suggested that women in the hormone group had an increased #health risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, pulmonary embolism & breast cancer.
The results disrupted #medical care for millions of #women …, many of whom had been advised by doctors that the drugs not only relieved symptoms, but also offered long-term protection against heart attacks, which was widely believed…. The sudden about-face…meant that scores of baby boomer & GenX women were forced to navigate the vexing symptoms of #menopause —incl’g hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia & mood disturbances—w/o the benefit of highly effective #HormoneTreatments.
Later, it became clear that the design of the study, which included large numbers of older #women, may have skewed the results. The risks were seen largely among older women, long past #menopause, who would not normally need to use the drugs for symptoms. Younger women in the study seemed to fare better.
Tickets are selling out, and stadiums are filling up -- but some places such as 680 News rarely, if ever, cover women's hockey (the PWHL). They need to hear from listeners. Let's support #women's sports. It took a LONG time for the PWHL to form, and they had to face a lot of prejudices. Feel free to use this to help draft your note to either 680 or other stations.
"Like many others, I've been watching the #PWHL and noticed 680 News almost never covers the games. Games are selling out, stadiums are filling up, people can't get tickets (I couldn't get tickets for the upcoming Toronto game at Maple Leaf Gardens). There is a serious following. Please try to include more of their games -- as well as some of the other women's sports in the station's coverage."
"As of midnight, an archaic near-total abortion ban went into effect in Florida. Donald Trump is to blame.
The state now outlaws nearly all abortions after 6 weeks, which is essentially a complete ban since a majority of women don't even know they’re pregnant that early on."
"Trump and the GOP are doing irreparable damage by putting women in a spot where they have lost control over the right to keep their bodies from harm.
This ban has nothing to do with medical concerns. It has everything to do with our lawmakers pandering to religious ideologues who fund Republicans. Nothing more.
Trump and his MAGA cult only care about money, power, and controlling women."
The ban, which took effect on Wednesday, was part of Gov. Ron #DeSantis’s push into cultural #conservatism. But Florida #politics is rarely that simple.