"Much of the fed infra that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone. The director of the Office of Family Violence & Prevention Services was placed on admin leave this spring.

"Orgs are required to certify that they'll comply w/Trump EOs, which bar promotion of gender ideology or “illegal DEI” & activities that “frame domestic violence or sexual assault as systemic social just issues.”
#Women #DomesticViolence #HHS #FIrings #USPol
nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion… npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-53495…

"One thing no one has explained is why
womens' rights should vary by state whilst
men keep the same rights across the country
no matter where they live. Don't all Americans
have equal protection under the 14th Amendment?

Misogyny as policy treats women as 'less than.'

There is no law that controls a man's body. Now do the same for women.

Equal protection is THE LAW."

#WomensRightsAreHumanRights #women

In Saudi Arabia 'disobedient' women are incarcerated for rehabilitation.... This is inhumane & a violation of human rights.

But, of course, 150 years ago we were doing something similar with early mental hospitals & other institutions aimed at 'caring' for 'hysterical' women.

This is in no way to defend the contemporary practice, but more to point out its hardly unprecedented in the annals of violence to women.

Women have fought this fight before!

#women #feminism

theguardian.com/global-develop…

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women

Girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse in so-called ‘care homes’ after arguing with their fathers or husbands

^{Tom Levitt (The Guardian)}

"One simply hopes that Leo, like Francis, refuses to make opposing women’s rights and LGBT rights his papacy’s primary aim. That he does seem likely to focus on other issues is precisely why the hardliners are already lining up in opposition."

~ Jill Filipovic

#pope #LeoXIV #women #WomensRights #LGBTQ
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thedailybeast.com/why-it-matte…

Why Pope Leo XIV is More than One Small Stand Against Trump

The cultural moment might seem like Trump’s. But the Catholic Church’s leaders are leading a very different wave.

^{Jill Filipovic (The Daily Beast)}

For #women all over the world there should be a life without violence, access to education, fair wages, safe births, the right to abortion and quite simply 50% of the cake.

Für #Frauen in der ganzen Welt soll es ein Leben ohne Gewalt, den Zugang zu Bildung, gerechten Lohn, sichere Geburten, das Recht auf Schwangerschaftsabbruch und ganz einfach 50% vom Kuchen geben!

#Educationaljustice #MothersDay #Equalrights #GenderPayGap
#Bildungsgerechtigkeit #Muttertag #Gleichberechtigung

So the #WomensEpics series is officially done. You can find and read all 26 posts here:
multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com…

I also made some promo posts. Because I think these epics should also be highlighted, and included in a wider literary canon. Because they have fascinating, complex, amazing women protagonists, and they have a whole lot to teach us.

#women #WomensHistory #epics #mythology #folklore #literature #books

Poor #Grimes.

#Musk presents her child as a trophy in public for showing off his ultimate power over all #women in the world & the only thing she could do is to stake the vampire.

Tough call.

conservatism in space...

#beach #rocket #women #space

Is she an #astronaut or environmental #pollution?

Source: arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/…

#space #tourism #holiday #question #women #politics #usa

Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”

It turns out the FAA now takes no role in identifying who is an astronaut.

^{Eric Berger (Ars Technica)}

5 Photos of Sculpture “Hallow” By Daniel Popper in Lisle, Illinois

Installation artist Daniel Popper

By Daniel Popper at the outdoor tree museum The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, USA.

More by Daniel Popper in The Morton Arboretum: “UMI” Sculpture by Daniel Popper

Comments:

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Photo+Video – Street Art by SFHIR in Málaga, Spain

By SFHIR in Málaga, Spain.

“Goddess of nature” is part of a mural about medicine and culture.

player.vimeo.com/video/3417710…

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Smug One in Greenock, #Scotland

An impactful, lifelike mural by Smug One depicts a mermaid tenderly breastfeeding her child, capturing an intimate moment while advocating for the normalization of breastfeeding in public spaces.

#StreetArt
#murals
#women

There was a #women's half-#marathon in #Kyiv #Ukraine earlier this month called the Kyiv Pink Run (everyone wears pink)

The runners unexpectedly intersected the funeral procession for a fallen warrior in Ukraine's #war against #ethnofascist #imperialism

And then this happened:

(the text in #Ukrainian at the end references their running friend Natalka Samoilenko, killed by Russia in #Bucha in 2022, they were running in her #memory: facebook.com/groups/fartlekua/… )

#UkraineWar #HeroyamSlava #Honor

Wake the F*ck Up—The U.S. Is Committing Trans Genocide, and It Won’t Stop There

Every genocide and fascist movement in modern history has followed a pattern. It never starts with mass killings. It starts with dehumanization, legal restrictions, and social exclusion. It starts with the most vulnerable group—the one society already marginalizes. And every single time, that group has been trans people.

— #Women #Transgender #Nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA (1/18)

The #BelfastTelegraph reports:

"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and #violence against #women and #girls spoke out in the wake of a spat between UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the platform’s boss, Elon Musk."
".... she scaled back her use of the social media platform #X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. 👇
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk…

Great decision, #JessPhilips! 👏
You are a role model for politicians and educational institutions.

#Unis4Mastodon 🐘 👩‍🎓 #Xodus #eXit
Sign the petition 👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

A UK government minister told how she scaled back her use of the social media platform X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”.

^{By Katrine Bussey, PA Scotland Political Editor (BelfastTelegraph.co.uk)}