Feministin

[dhaaruni]

We read Persepolis, and watched the adaptation, in the 10th grade, and it's stayed with me ever since. I'm eternally in awe of Marjane Satrapi's bravery and resilience, and may she rest in peace.

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 4 days 21 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 4 days 21 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 4 days 21 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[immortalremnantriver]

[detrans-lesbian]

many radfem leaning spaces like to claim to be friendly to detransitioners but then turn around and mock tifs with so much vitriol that it really doesn't feel that way

[detrans-lesbian]

since i'm getting some misinterpretations of this post, let me clarify:

what i am tired of seeing is people mocking the effects of hormones (ie making fun of tif voices) or implying all tifs are stupid for buying into trans ideology (good for you that you avoided our fate, but many of us transitioned due to some combination of trauma and internalized misogyny. i would just hope for more empathy from fellow feminists)

these are things that are off-putting to me, as a detransitioned woman. i'm not saying you need to be nice and polite to any tif who is making misogynyistic or abusive statements

[germananon]

What inspired you to become a lawyer?

You know, I'm not really all that sure. No one in my family works in law, so I don't know where I originally got the idea from, but at some point around age thirteen or so I decided I was going to become a lawyer and then I just stuck with it. Though at the time I still wanted to do criminal law and now I'm mostly doing social law (disability rights, largely).

[loveridden1999]

realising that being told 'you should be a lawyer' as a girl wasn't a compliment but a dig at me for being loud mouthed & opinionated

[yayfeminism]

Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register

Annette Bramley says Holly’s Law would stop perpetrators acquiring pets and raise awareness of domestic abuse link

"“I didn’t think he would stop at animals. I knew the connection between animal abuse and domestic abuse,” she said. “When the police came to the door, we knew nothing else could possibly have happened to her. We didn’t suspect a car accident or anything like that; we just said: ‘What has he done to her?’”

Holly, 26, was killed by Metson in March 2023 in what prosecutors described as a “twisted and barbaric” attack, cutting Holly’s body into more than 200 pieces, which were later discovered by a member of the public.

Bramley is now campaigning for Holly’s Law in her daughter’s memory, to stop prolific animal abusers from being able to acquire more pets, and to raise awareness of the link between animal and domestic abuse.

She wants to see an animal abuse register and a scheme to allow police to disclose information on animal abuse and neglect to prevent perpetrators acquiring more pets.

Studies have shown a strong link between pet abuse and domestic abuse, including perpetrators using animals as a coercive control strategy, while analysis by the UK’s national wildlife crime unit found a link to domestic violence and abuse for 27% of all wildlife crime offenders."

[capricorn-season]

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[thatswhywelovegermany]

A stroll through the picturesque old town of Homberg (Efze) in Northern Hesse

The Efze in brackets refers to the river Efze on the banks of which this Homberg is located. The appendix (Efze) is necessary because there is another Homberg in the state of Hessen, which is located at the river Ohm and consequently named Homberg (Ohm).

[teachablr-moment]

Is there a reason why they are associated with their respective rivers instead of their respective states? As an American I find this very interesting.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

@teachablr-moment

In this case both cities are in the same state, so there is no point trying to distinguish them by using the state as a byname. But there are other cases that use rivers or other geographical features although they would be distinguishable by state.

The most famous one in the USA may be Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Rothenburg above the river Tauber, Bavaria), which has to be distinguished from Rothenburg (Saale) (Rothenburg at the river Saale, Saxony-Anhalt) and Rothenburg/Oberlausitz (Rothenburg in the Upper Lusatia region of Saxony).

In addition, there are more places called Rotenburg without an h. Rotenburg (Wümme) at the eponymous river used to be called Rotenburg in Hannover after the eponymous kingdom until the government of Lower Saxony discovered in 1969 that the kingdom of Hanover did no longer exist since 1866. Rotenburg an der Fulda is also named after the river.

The reason why so many places are named after rivers is that they were founded at historic river crossings, first fords, later bridges. At these times, the places had no distinguishing byname as most people were not traveling. But with the expansion of trade, they were named after the most important feature for traders, the river crossing. And the reason why there are so many Rot(h)enburgs is because the castles protecting the river crossings were either made from red brick or from red sandstone.

It gets even more insane with Neustadt, New Town. These places were often founded long after the medieval period by the respective monarchs of the area, often to accomodate immigrant refugees. Here is a list of Neustadts:

Neustadt am Rübenberge historically Neustadt am Rouvenberge after a flat, rough (= stone-covered) elevation in the otherwise flat landscape

Neustadt an der Weinstraße after the wine-growing region in Rhineland-Palatinate

Neustadt in Holstein after the Duchy of Holstein in today's state of Schleswig-Holstein

Neustadt bei Coburg near the bigger city of Coburg in Bavaria

Bad Neustadt an der Saale river, the prefix Bad indicates that it is a state-recognized spa

Neustadt in Sachsen after the Kingdom of Saxony, largely identical with today's state of Saxony

Neustadt an der Donau (river, Bavaria)

Neustadt an der Aisch (river, Bavaria)

Neustadt (Hessen) (state)

Neustadt an der Orla (creek, Thuringia)

Neustadt (Wied) (river, North Rhine-Westphalia)

Neustadt an der Waldnaab (river, Bavaria)

Neustadt am Kulm (mountain, Bavaria, belongs to the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab)

Neustadt (Dosse) (river, Brandenburg)

Neustadt am Main (river, Bavaria)

Neustadt/Vogtl. (historic region of the Vogtland, today straddling the borders of Saxony, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic)

Neustadt/Westerwald (forested hills in Rhineland-Palatinate)

Neustadt unter der Harzburg (after the medieval castle, now part of Bad Harzburg)

Neustadt am Rennsteig (ancient roadway over the heights of the Thuringian Forest, Thuringia)

Neustadt/Harz (mountain range, Thuringia)

Neustadt bei Hachmühlen (neighboring place, Lower Saxony)

Neustadt/Spree (river, Saxony)

Neustadt im Schwarzwald (Black Forest region, today part of the double-city Titisee-Neustadt, Baden-Wurttemberg)

Neustadt an der Rems (river, today part of the double-town of Waiblingen-Neustadt, Baden-Wurttemberg)

There are even more Neustadts not mentioned here because they are villages, located in Austria or Switzerland, or in formerly German territories.

You see that there are often multiple Neustadts in a state, so there is no point naming them after the state. There is also no rule whether to use brackets, a slash, write the byname out or abbreviate it. This has grown historically, and you have to deal with it.

[ressourcesprostitution]

[nothing-but-flowers]

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[itsyveinthesky]

[depsidase]

[woman-for-women]

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[pure]

what’s happening to feminism on social media is simply a reflection of a problem on the left that has existed for decades, i think. “second wave” feminism in the U.S. had its biggest push from women who were abused and neglected in leftist organizing. most of the older radical feminist literature, contrary to the lies of the left, speaks consistently about race and class. they viewed the left’s insistence on libertarianism for women as a form of hypocrisy. they asked the question: why must we be radical about everything but women’s oppression? that question birthed america’s second wave feminist movement.

dworkin spoke of this extensively (she was much more charitable than i am), but you’ll randomly see evidence of this from lesser known writers if you read the literature from that time period too. i’ll post some citations soon. but basically, leftists want you to have a radical critique about everything but gender, because anything that causes injury to men must be abolished, but anything that benefits men must be permitted. the entire political spectrum is simply different flavors of a male grievance movement. male victimhood generates sympathy. this is true now and it has been true for thousands of years.

the left’s refusal to contend with male supremacy is largely what gave birth to “second wave” feminism in america. this outpouring is going to keep happening so long as they are committed to this refusal, and they won’t be able to corral these women into a productive direction due to their insufficient politics and the loss of trust. this is a repeat of history, and the problem has not been properly addressed.

it is our job as radical feminists to figure out a way to harness this energy into a principled, in-person movement that attacks male supremacy at the root. our politics must not be co-opted and subsumed under the right nor the left as we know it, because it is their duty to neutralize it. let’s not forget, the feminist movement suffered its biggest attack by the state when it threatened the now billion-dollar pornography industry in the 80’s—a very clear institution of capitalism and women’s sexual subordination. we are at our most dangerous when we behave as “leftists” who do not surrender women’s sexual subordination to liberalism. i’m just a guy on the internet with a blog lol. something is definitely shifting with feminist sympathizers, but the shift isn’t being mediated. and it can’t be mediated by leftists. #WE can probably do it if we lock in lol.

[rowan-e-ravenwood]

SERIOUS: NEW BOT SCAM ALERT

heya!

this right here?

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT REAL.

the "@staff" is just the bio text.

tumblr staff will not contact you through anything other than email or their official accounts, which will all have this badge:

DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THIS OR SIMILAR ACCOUNTS AND ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CLICK ANY LINKS FROM IT.

report and block. i'd also appreciate it if you shared this post, bc that blog was JUST created and was already tagging a LOT of people, and i know not everyone has the scam-sensing instinct, even if this might seem obvious to some.

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