Yep.

Feminist. Nature lover. Be who you want just don’t hurt others. 🌹. Anti-porn. Anti-selling people. Women are amazing and I support all women <3

[johnnycrass]

timeless

[ronedob-deactivated20220805]

my mom once asked me why i hate all men and said that's an irrational point of view because not all men are bad. i told her that she hates all men too, and that she also thinks that all men are bad, she just doesn't want to admit it. when she denied it i proposed her a thought experiment. i said imagine me or my sister had to be stuck in a room for an hour with any random man that was walking down the street, without knowing whether or not he had a previous history of violence against women. would she be fine with it, or would she be worried sick? the horrified expression in her face as i suggested the scenario was all the answer i needed.

all women fear men. all women know what men truly are. deep down, all women hate men. it's just that only a few of us are brave enough to admit to that fact, instead of running away from it.

[centipedehurts]

Misogyny is alive and well but now it is not even acknowledged as misogyny anymore.

I don’t know if it was a consequence of TRAs, libfems, MRAs, right wing backlash, or hyper wokeism. Probably all of the above. We are living in hell.

[fuckyeahradfem]

The fact that there is so much obvious bias, yet when you say any of it aloud, people refuse to examine and compare to see the truth

[fairypage01-deactivated20221018]

It's like the last supper

[fuckyeahradfem]

I feel like men simultaneously are dismissive of groups of women and terrified of how much power is in groups of women

[vintage-bentley]

Having a gender non conforming (GNC) character who is a masculine woman or feminine man, will always be far more valuable and important than having a GNC character that is “nonbinary”. It shows viewers that there are many ways to be a woman or man, not that stepping outside of traditional gender roles renders you not actually a woman or man at all. It fights against gender roles, instead of just creating new ones.

You will never see me assuming that a GNC woman isn’t a woman, or that a GNC man isn’t a man, because that assumption is sexist and regressive, as it implies that there is only a certain degree that a woman can be GNC before she’s no longer a woman, and that there is only a certain degree that a man can be GNC before he’s no longer a man. It’s a strict enforcing of gender roles, and that doesn’t change just because you slap they/them pronouns on it.

[female-malice]

One of the best women's college basketball teams in the country is publicly gender critical.

These are the warm-up shirts North Carolina State wore during their exciting comeback win over Notre Dame in the Sweet-16.

Due to uniform regulations, their warm-up shirts have to have the Adidas and NCAA logo. But beyond that, the teams can design their own shirts. NC State chose the original Title IX text, not the text that was amended to include gender identity.

It doesn't get any more gender critical than that.

So, now that you love the WolfPack, watch them work.

I didn't catch this game live so I didn't get to see them walk on to the court with these shirts. But I bet that was a badass moment.

It takes so much guts and so much willpower to pull off a comeback like that. It was a tough and rough game for 40 minutes. They were punched down with a 10 point deficit multiple times. Their mighty 5'4" point guard Raina Perez struggled throughout the game. But in the end, none of that mattered because Raina knew she could win. A steal, a lay up for the lead, a defensive rebound, and two clutch free throws. In those final 20 seconds of perfect basketball, Raina single-handedly got her school to the Elite 8.

I'm impressed, I'm in awe, but I'm not surprised they won. Raina and her WolfPack are defending their right to play on that court. And defense is all about heart.

[highlighterbaby-deactivated2023]

My ultimate pet peeve is women sexualising themselves being defended as “she’s embracing her sexuality”.  It could not be more removed from her sexuality.  Her sexuality is what she finds attractive.  Making yourself more attractive to men is embracing MEN’S sexuality.

[antiplondon]

Maya Forstater on twitter

[antiplondon]

Glosswitch on twitter

[antiplondon]

Gia Milinovich on twitter

[thenolanreport]

Yeah... remember that theory about how trans activism is the patriarchy's last resort?

Remember how trans activism began to rise just as women were becoming more vocal and resistant to our subjugation?

It's just so interesting that women were speaking out about our unique experiences and oppression by men, and now there's no such thing as a woman or womens issues?

Would you like more proof that trans activists are anti-feminists to their rotten cores? How much more will you take?

[bakwaaas]

no bc this is such a good way of putting it

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

It’s infuriating how so many women were (and still are) discriminated against for being female

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

the best way to support libraries is to use libraries. go get a card, check something out. not a big reader? they got movies. they got games. yes, like botw and fallout and let’s go eevee. they also have cds that yes, we workers know you take home and rip to your computer. we also do it. 

if you have a well funded library you might even have access to maker spaces that have 3D printers. or video/audio recording equipment. libraries aren’t these tomb silent homes for books any more. they’re community spaces. they’re full of life and things. 

put a middle finger up at jeffrey bezos and support your local library

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

did i mention we have printing services that are significantly cheaper than anywhere else? printers are evil, let us handle them for you.

[queenqueso]

Library worker here and can confirm all of these! I’m at a small-to-medium library and we offer ALL of this:

- wifi hotspots that can be checked out for weeks so you can have internet on the go or at home

- CDs, DVDs, blurays including usually multiple copies of new stuff

- A tech lab with a 3d printer, computers for graphic design and game dev focus, VR headsets, and a soundbooth for recording

- Study rooms for solo or groups

- Printers, copiers, faxes, and scanners for just about anything you need taken care of.

- Including a new printer big enough to make giant posters, maps, and business-grade ads.

- A seed library, both floral and food-related.

- A computer lab programed to erase your data and reading history so you’re never at risk while visiting sites like domestic abuse hotlines

- Laptops pre-programmed with Adobe and Office software so you don’t have to buy them

- Monthly author visits

- Ebooks including comics on tons of various platforms

- Classes for those who want to learn how to or better their computer skills

- Art you can check out to hang on your wall for as long as it’s available, including the work of local artists who get paid for their art, especially if it gets popular and we want even more of their stuff.

- Monthly papers ranging from local newspapers to multi-national magazines on just about any topic you can imagine.

- We used to offer food and drink at a loss but You Know ©

- Notaries with extensive legal knowledge including renters rights, getting you in contact with immigration protection, and contacts with pro-bono lawyers.

- A connection with all the libraries in the state, so if we don’t have something, we can have it shipped to you within a matter of days.

- Books translated into multiple languages

- A donation bin for old books/DVDs/VHSes that often turn around and get sold for two or less dollars

- A food donation site for local food banks

- A “suggest a purchase” section on our site where you can support your favorite indie writers/musicians by suggesting their work if we don’t already have it

- We’re growing butterflies this year, and in prior years we hatched chickens! \o/

- An outreach program for the elderly and disabled who hand-deliver almost everything I’ve just mentioned

That’s a huge list and again I have to stress that I work at a library that’s not considered to be very large. And one of the biggest things we get rated by is not how many books we own but by how many people use all of those services I mentioned. They exist for YOU! Use them!

[hekatontarch]

[astronofeminist]

Adding to the list of things you could check out from libraries

*High powered expensive telescope at one near my city

[fuckyeahradfem]

Love your local library

[moonstonetombstone]

[thesylversmyth]

Hello! I would like to warn everyone of an experience my roommate and I have just had, in case I can prevent it happening to anyone else. Or, you know, if anyone knows a lawyer who could advise us.

My roommate has a queen size Nectar mattress. Friday night, she spilled some water on the bed and took the cover off to air dry. She unzipped the cover, and a flame retardant sleeve (that we hadn’t known was there to begin with) made of woven fiberglass began shedding small fiberglass particles. They were airborne. The whole room and everything in it is contaminated, and there are few surfaces elsewhere in the apartment that don’t have at least a little. Nowhere on the mattress’ tags or on the Nectar website does it say there is a fiberglass sleeve. In fact, it makes a big deal of how there are five components: top of cover, three layers of foam, bottom of cover. Nothing about the flame retardant sleeve there. The label on the cover doesn’t say you can’t take it off, just that they suggest you don’t. It does not mention fiberglass as a material found in the mattress at all. The website even has a page explaining that you CAN take off the cover and wash it, if you must, just that they suggest you don’t. No real reasons given. No mention of fiberglass.

Our apartment is sparkly with fiberglass. We have had to drop money on a HEPA filter vacuum that could safely remove some of it, and on new non-permeable mattress covers to contain the worst of the source. We have had to garbage-bag up almost everything in her room. No amount of runs through the laundry seems to get it all out of clothes, and we have to thoroughly wipe out the washer and dryer drums every load. All her pillows were ruined, the chair in her room, her clothing, some expensive bras, a nice area rug, and I’m sure there will be trouble on the horizon with our landlord regarding the carpet, even if we do vacuum it as well as we can.

Lilly has been having nosebleeds, before the mattress was unzipped, but the worst one I’ve seen yet was the one that evening. She’s been sleeping on it almost a year, and it could have begun coming through the fabric cover. Nosebleeds are a sign of fiberglass inhalation.

We have contacted the company, and their response was honestly insulting. We were told that we shouldn’t have taken the mattress cover off to begin with, and that it can no longer be covered by the 365 night guarantee, despite us having had it for under the full year. I have just now, after three days trying, finally spoken to someone willing to look into our case, so here’s hoping we’ll get even a fraction of what we are, frankly, owed.

It really feels like there could be some sort of lawsuit here.

In fact, there is one, with a situation nearly identical to ours but with a different company. This was the first hit when I searched our problem online.

https://topclassactions.com/…/zinus-class-action-says…/

Anyway, if you have a Nectar mattress, don’t ever open the easily accessible warning-label-free zipper! If you have had it under a year, and it’s in its original condition, it can still be returned. If you were planning to get one, maybe don’t! A lot of the foam-mattress-in-a box types have the fiberglass, though most of them disclose the presence of the fiberglass rather than hiding it like a dirty secret. Make sure you do a search for mattresses WITHOUT fiberglass as a flame retardant.

[garbagealien]

I had to go back and find this post because we just discovered our (Zinus) mattress is leaking fiberglass, and we NEVER removed or even touched the zipper on the cover.

My partner had changed the sheets, and then later while outside we saw that he was covered in shiny fiberglass (like the video above). I remembered this post and immediately knew we had to check the mattress. Sure enough there were glittery fibers EVERYWHERE in the bedroom, all over the floor, sheets & laundry, etc.

We are still trying to figure out just how bad the damage is & how much we need to throw away vs. what can maybe be salvaged.

Again, we NEVER removed the cover. And there is no evidence of the cover having been damaged anywhere.

It just was 3-4 years of regular use and then suddenly, one day while changing the sheets, there was glass everywhere. It’s probably been leaking into our laundry, and likely our bodies, for who knows how long.

Lots of people saying these mattresses are safe as long as you don’t remove the cover - it’s NOT true. Maybe it’s fine for a year or two, but at some point the fibers break down and start to come out THROUGH the cover.

These mattresses are outrageously dangerous & they should not be allowed to keep selling them. Yet they are one of the top selling brands on Amazon…

[increasinglyembarrassed]

@thebibliosphere

[thebibliosphere]

Jesus Fuck that’s terrifying.

[captain-cargoshorts]

List of the Best Fiberglass-Free Memory Foam Mattresses in 2021

I contacted 24 memory foam mattress manufacturers and asked them which of their mattresses do not contain fiberglass, these are the results:

I found this huge blog post by a guy who mostly does tech stuff. in it, he talks about his attempts to get several mattress companies to tell the truth about their products, and has compiled his results into a nice table. on the subject of nectar, he recommends avoiding the company entirely. they’re shady as shit

9 Best Mattresses Without Fiberglass (June 2021 Discounts)

Discover the top 9 best mattresses that do not contain fiberglass to buy in 2021 - including those best suited to couples, babies, kids, and

this mile long page is set up as a ranking of The Best Mattresses To Buy In 2021 uwu but it does go in depth about the fiberglass content of each product, and near the bottom it mentioned this interaction with a customer service rep from nectar:

this nectar representative admits to there being fiberglass in the mattress, but don’t worry, it’s the good kind! this author points to nectar specifically for being duplicitous

there was one other interesting thing I found during my search. I’m not going to link it here, and I have no screenshots because I was using an incognito tab (I don’t particularly feel like being peddled nectar mattresses for the next year).

the very first links that come up on google with the prompt “nectar mattress fiberglass” lead to a site called victorianhomesmag. on my first quick scroll through the page, it looked like there was only one mention of fiberglass, which was in the title of the page. “Does Nectar Mattress Have Fiberglass”. that’s a pretty straightforward title, no? but the rest of the page doesn’t answer the question; it just reads like a page that would be titled “Why You Should Buy Our This Mattress”. I did notice that some of the headers for the different sections had odd spaces in them, though. weird, right?

then I used the find in page function to search for the word “fiberglass” and suddenly, when there was only one before, there were five instances of the word! each of them was in those weird empty spaces. I can only assume this is to manipulate search algorithms. again, shady as shit.

one last thing about this page- when I hit the back button, instead of going back to the google results, I got redirected to nectarsleep dot com. there’s a sale going on right now! don’t miss out :3

@thesylversmyth @thebibliosphere

[thebibliosphere]

Well that’s just even more skeevy.

[incomprehensible-vagabond]

Make sure your mattress doesn’t have fiberglass people, your health depends on it

[irishsong]

Shit, my lull mattress contains fiberglass?

[occult-castiel]

Fucking yikes. I was just looking at mattresses today. Had no idea at all this was an issue with nectar, or any bed. Came at the actual perfect timing

[lets-steal-an-archive]

more about the zinus class action suit:

Texas families warn of possible bed-in-the-box mattress risks; class action lawsuit filed

Families say they’ve had trouble breathing, skin irritation and were forced to toss belongings after removing the cover to wash it.

[xxxzabe]

Normalize that.

[sandersstudies]

When a “funny” dude likes you and anytime he sees you anywhere he will be like “yoooo wassup it’s Jelissa!” (Or whatever) like “omg Miranda is here whaaaat” for literally no reason why do they do that

[sandersstudies]

They are more likely to do this the more meek and shy they perceive you too. They are less likely to do this if they think you’re loud and confident. Idk what it is it’s not even necessarily bad or annoying it’s just like why.

[sandersstudies]

This is a VERY sweet take and I hope it’s sometimes true

[sandersstudies]

Okay I thought this behavior was annoying before but now it’s actually quite endearing thank you extroverts who want introverts to feel included.

[digidiskette]

There was a stoner I liked very much when I was playing age of Conan some ten or more years ago. He would roll up into the vent, yell my name and rip a fat one on mic before vanishing again. Always made me feel special. It was like a dog that would greet you by barking as loud as possible and wagging his tail so hard it leaves a dent in the wall when your car rolls up. Everyone was luke warm to cold on him but he was my fucking buddy and I loved him because he made me feel wanted which I sure as shit wasn’t getting at home!!

Eventually I made the decision to start emulating behaviors that made me feel happy and started doing that in other places. To this day my whole discord chants the nickname of whomever joins the call, like a pack of seagulls who just locked eyes on a delicious spare French fry. There’s nothing quite as amazing as walking into a room and hearing a chorus of loved ones drawing out your name like they were going to sweep you off your feet if they could, slash like a pack of feral dogs ready to bowl you the fuck over.

[fuckyeahradfem]

There were a few special extroverts who did this for me when I was in high school (some still do) and it made me feel so special and accepted. Definitely pass it on if you can, it doesn’t need to be as loud if it doesn’t fit your personality though

[alphacrone]

now at an age where i just wanna MAKE shit. bread. candles. baskets. birdhouses. the world isn't my oyster, it's my deluxe lego set.

[maatangi]

No offense but my female ancestors didn’t go through centuries of oppression for me to feel bad about myself all the time