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Helen Bolton
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I work at the Center for Reproductive Rights (union with UAW 2110) but I am not even kind of in charge of anything. Perma pedestrian. I like abortion and unions and flowers and knitting and New York and Kansas. Organizing with Repro Workers
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Good book 👍
Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle by Silvia Federici
August 31, 2023 at 10:18 PM
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:)
August 21, 2023 at 2:29 AM
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Lol not to be weird and discuss across platforms but I enjoyed this, made me think of this definition of feminism from Firestone. We have big leaps in technology in transition care, ART, both procedural and medication abortions, alongside a global birth rate that has steadily declined for decades… 👀
“For though they may have acted as a catalyst, feminism, in truth, has a cyclical momentum all its own.” Next sentence underlined for emphasis: “In the historical interpretation we have espoused, feminism is the inevitable female response to the development of a technology capable of freeing women from the tyranny of their sexual-reproductive roles — both the fundamental biological condition itself, and the sexual class system built upon, and reinforcing, this biological condition.” Continues: “The increasing development of science in the twentieth century should have only accelerated the initial feminist reaction to the Industrial Revolution. (Fertility control alone, for example, a problem for which the early feminists had no answer, has reached, in the period since 1920, its highest level of development in history.) The dynamics of the counter-revolution which — in conjunction with temporal crises such as war and depression — obstructed the growth of feminism I have attempted to”
August 17, 2023 at 3:57 PM
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These are some new-blooming flowers I grew :)
A yellow chantilly snapdragon growing on a fire escape Purple dahlias blooming in the foreground, black eyed Susan’s blooming in the background Pink double seashell cosmos blooming A yellow sunflower
August 13, 2023 at 9:06 PM
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“Everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy”
Tweet thread from Elon Musk. First tweet: The fight will be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC). Livestream will be on this platform and Meta. Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all. I spoke to the PM of Italy and Minister of Culture. They have agreed on an epic location. Second tweet: Everything will pay respect to the past and present of Italy. Third tweet: And all proceeds go to veterans.
August 11, 2023 at 12:45 PM
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Unfucking real decision making from the Times here with this caption
August 5, 2023 at 4:21 AM
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60 days down, eternity to go :)
An alcohol sobriety clock showing 60 days
July 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM
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This is today and I even baked!
A strawberry cake and a peach thyme focaccia
July 15, 2023 at 7:34 PM
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I no longer actually use this evil gig economy app, there’s enough people now who will pay me directly so I’m not losing 40% of what they’re charged to a middleman, but I looked at it for the first time in awhile and fuck, they want YOU to pay THEM to work for their exploitative dog walking business
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July 13, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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Nooooooooooooooooooo
“But what about economic policy, what about affordable health care, what about steering the country through a post-Dobbs landscape when it comes to abortion? Kennedy is pro-choice and told me he supports the availability of mifepristone and misoprostol.” This portion highlighted: “I don’t think there’s anybody in the country who has fought harder for bodily autonomy and medical freedom to be free from the government telling us what we can and cannot do with our bodies,” he said.
July 13, 2023 at 2:41 AM