With Us Living In A Time Where Men Are Literally Yelling “your Body, My Choice”, I’d Like To Share

hate how women being gnc is just her being normal and natural and human like not shaving hair, no makeup etc. but when a man is “gnc” he actually chooses to conform to another societal standard (wearing makeup, painting nails, etc)

fiona apple is releasing a new song next week about the impact of pre-trial detention on especially Black mothers.visit lethergohome to learn about to learn about the injustices perpetrated against the 160,000 women and girls incarcerated in the united states every day and see a preview of fiona's upcoming song.

“young adult dystopian novels are so unrealistic lmao like they always have some random teenage girl rising up to inspire the world to make change.”

a hero emerges 

Some devastating facts about abortion rights in Europe:

Polish abortion laws lay out that the rights of a foetus are more important than those of pregnant persons.

In Malta, women are sent to prison if they get an abortion.

In Austria, abortion is written into criminal code - this means it is considered a crime if it is not carried out as by the law. Doctors in Austria use papayas to learn how to perform an abortion.

Women in Hungary are forced by the law to listen to “the foetal heartbeat” before they can have an abortion.

The current law governing abortions in Germany was accepted during the Nazi regime. It is still referred to as “the Nazi law” by some movements.

In Italy, 80% of doctors refuse to perform an abortion. Plus, the government is financing movements that enter abortion clinics and harrass women who want to get an abortion.

Abortion rights in Europe are fragile. Sign our initiative to make abortion safe and accessible to everyone in the EU.

Remember that “I think everyone should have the freedom and autonomy to make decisions regarding their own personal life” will never mean “all decisions and outcomes are equally good”.

Conversely, the statement “some decisions are better than others” does not imply the statement “decisions should be compelled.”

Freedom of choice liberalism has turned into a lazy ambivalence about how the choices we make either positively negatively impact ourselves and the people around us.

A critique of someone’s choices has been too often mistaken as an attack on their right to make that choice. For example, if I say that the glorification of tradwifery on TikTok will lead to bad outcomes for young girls, the statement “tradwives should not be allowed to post on TikTok” is nowhere near implied. If I say that wearing makeup encourages compliance by other women and perpetuates a patriarchal erasure of the image of women, I am not saying that I have any desire to make makeup illegal.

Those are certainly statements that feminists could make, but only assume that’s what someone means if they actually say it.

Opposing choice feminism does not an authoritarian make.

(of course this doesn’t apply to choices which directly aid or perpetrate sexual or physical violence)

Unpopular opinion(s) concerning Rogue under the cut for spoilers:

(Feel free to ask if you want clarification on any of my opinions or have your own point of view, I’m always open to hearing multiple perspectives!)

1) It should have been a two parter.

It just felt to me like the relationship between the Doctor and Rogue was rushed? Maybe I just don’t like the Doctor being allo after years of being heavily Aroace + romance/sex repulsed coded, but they met for like a few hours tops and the Doctor is looking a wedding-adjacent ring and sighing?

Also, the bird monsters needed more time onscreen. They were cool and needed more background on their motivations/world/personalities. They don’t even have names! It should have been like the Slitheen, where they all have their own distinct identities despite having the same motivations. What we got was…bratty whiny bird woman 1, bratty whiny bird woman 2, bad boy bird man, the other bird man, and Emily. Though to be fair I liked the Emily twist.

2) I don’t understand Doctor/Rogue

Rogue is a bounty hunter. He kills people for a living. The Doctor despises unnecessary violence, and is even shown in the episode to disagree with Rogue’s methods, so why would they have him fall for Rogue? Why did he fall for Rogue anyways? Because they treat it like a serious emotional commitment for the Doctor rather than physical attraction (which is what it came across as for me.)

The Doctor doesn’t even approve of River’s overly violent behavior (Doctor/River is a whole other dislike of mine but that’s a different tangent) and she’s his wife. Maybe this is just me being salty about rushed romances that are treated as far more important than friendships (*cough* The Doctor wasting time flirting with Rogue when he knows full well that he’s just left Ruby in a space with murderous aliens *cough*)

Overall:

It was a meh episode to me. None of the episodes have really stood out to me other than the Devil’s Chord. Villains had no individual identities, weren’t super memorable. Bridgerton name drops got really annoying (Like hello?? The Doctor is canonically a Jane Austen fan and not one P&P reference??). Rogue was kind of interesting, but the rushed romance and the sudden heel face turn of him becoming self sacrificing and selfless really came out of nowhere ngl.

5/10 imo

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