lyndamagnolia.bsky.social
Old white woman all out of fucks to give for sexists, racists & assorted other bigoted assholes. Eat the rich. Tax churches. Fuck the patriarchy.
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The price of eggs. Turns out there was an asterisk on that and he didn't ask what it was for.
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youtu.be/Hnwqj9Txe-E?...
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You need to read my post again. It's talking about "NONviolent" uprisings being successful. Then look at the rest of the words to dispel your notion that "we have no goddamn chance."
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*go to any trainings if you haven't already I should have said. I shouldn't assume you need them, but even experienced protesters do get some benefit from those.
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I've heard April 19th - no confirmed word on Austin yet. Here's a list for all SORTS of activities, like protesting Cornyn's office on the regular. Definitely go to any trainings - "know your rights", protesting 101, etc. They're very helpful. www.mobilize.us?address=Aust...
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💯 We absolutely do.
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The hell you say.
"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
"... NEVER FAILED TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE." We're halfway there 2mos in.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Me either. It surpassed the one where we walked across Town Lake and up Congress to the Capitol back on Season 1, Episode 1, 'Inauguration Day'.
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Thanks for posting this! There were so many people there, it was impossible to see all the cool stuff and I missed most of these things. Love it.
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My mamaw used to say, about my papaw being out in the rain, "I'm not worried. Shit floats."
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Maybe not all, but enough of us to be a big deal. I saw three versions of the "introverts are here" sign and felt every one.
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Yep, my group was very glad for the cold front.
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I even saw a few down here in Austin, Texas. Lots of us here love you, and love that y'all still love us back (those of us on the left anyway).
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Yep, my group was very glad for the cold front.
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And that might be conservative. This online estimating tool says 10K. Yes, there were flowerbeds & statues in the polygon, but LOTS more people outside it, so it's a wash. www.mapchecking.com#bAAAAQMww8kE...
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No wonder they put a gag order on it. Bastards.
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2026?
GOP "FEEEMALE" To Do List:
DONE:
1.Remove right to bodily autonomy.
2.Remove right to jobs.
3.Prosecute miscarriages & rape victims who report.
IN PROGRESS
4.Remove right to divorce.
5.Remove right to birth control.
6.Remove right to vote.
IN THE PLAN:
7. Remove right to say no.
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I listened to the live Public did on age gaps this afternoon & it wasn't a good one,especially for a new viewer. It took 2+hrs to get going & not representative of his usual convos. Try another. And don't forget Expatriarch, the 2nd link above. He only does regular videos, not call-in livestreams.
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Still not anyone's place to say what SHE should have done. You only get to say what YOU should have done.
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Because the point was better made with one person. A group would have unnecessarily given cops an excuse to escalate, and Maga an excuse to dismiss the man's entire effort as just someone spoiling for a fight.
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Trying to talk to men about this as a woman does take a lot of emotional labor from women, more than the man. It helps greatly when my partner in the conversation wants to have an open discussion instead of a debate.
I enjoyed this interaction. But now I'm going to turn my brain off for a bit.
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You're welcome. Thank you for listening.
Keep learning, keep listening to women and men *who KNOW.* Don't ever stop doing that. Put more focus on talking to men. That's the only way that day may be here soon enough for your daughter to benefit.
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Just thought of a specific way you can be constructive instead of the opposite. When discussing the age gap btwn you & your wife, state what you said below instead of "she chose", "she was more mature", and "she helped me."
(Aside: We know she helped you. It's what we do.)
bsky.app/profile/papa...
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Also, he knows his stuff. He reads the studies. He uses examples from his own life to illustrate his points and show how to own your mistakes, but he bases his arguments on data.
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Listen to the whole channel. He does livestreams to talk to male callers,but also shorter videos where he talks to the camera. The most important part: he talks to MEN. He *listens* to women.
Didn't know his latest is on age gaps. That was just a happy coincidence. The Universe - She has spoken.😄
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The majority of men are socialized to be in control - women socialized to be submissive to men. It's in ALL relationships, not just w/age gaps.
An age gap makes men more able to control,so the woman is damaged more than women close in age to the man. Bigger/earlier age gap = more chance for damage.
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"...studies I read showed a need to stress partnership not control.
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Many don't do that and why I don't get a pass."
THAT! ^ THAT! ^ THAT! ^ THAT! ^ THAT! ^
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Exactly. You're not "bad" - just not fully aware.
You can speak for others though.You can continue to learn,then speak for women TO MEN. That has always been the missing piece. Sexist men don't respect women, so won't listen to us. They will listen to you,a man. Go watch Public. He'll show you how.
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the power imbalance between men and women, and what women have to go through living in this society. One good man to explain this is The Public Offender on YouTube. Another is Expatriarch.
www.youtube.com/@Thepublicof...
www.youtube.com/@ex.patriarch
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1. Accept your agency. Accept that BOTH your wife AND YOU chose, not just her.
2. Learn why saying"But she was more mature & helped me" is problematic.
3. Explain to your daughter WHY the toxic things men say are toxic. Not just that they are.
To do this, you need to learn a lot more about
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Not a non-issue. The chances of a harmful maturity gap and power imbalance aren't as high as at 40/47, but they are still fairly high.
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Thank you for recognizing that, and not being defensive and argumentative about it.
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Even society harms younger women more than men:"She's got daddy issues." vs "She's got herself a young stud."
Lastly,you can't say it's not coerced when a younger woman doesn't know how societal pressures are affecting her decision,or how experiences in early life affect her, if at all.
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more harmful to the woman than a younger man in the same position. Women are socialized to be submissive to men, so this allows an older man to enforce that more easily & strongly. Not so with older woman/younger man.
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It is about age, but gender should never be taken out of the equation since it is predominantly an older man/younger woman dynamic. It is even held up as a good thing that way. Men get "trophy wives", but older women are denigrated as "cougars."
Also, the older man/younger woman dynamic is much
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This also doesn't make it any better and only gives more cover to the man in the situation. Older men like to say a younger woman is "more mature" even when they can't really know & that she somehow "saved" him makes it okay. The power/maturity imbalance is still there. These are two common tropes.
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Actually making excuses to wave away the man's part in a problematic situation, leaving the blame all on the woman, is simple to fix - people can stop doing it.
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I was wondering that myself.
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*The laws around statutory rape that I know of...
I haven't looked up what the law says in Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi... Kinda' don't want to atm.
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That. ^
Proof it's not an acceptable thing: The laws around statutory rape give specific age gaps of only three or so years when describing when it's fine for a legal adult to date someone under 18.
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1. If the woman is 18 & man is 25 when she "chose", it's still not good.
2. I purposefully made my statement broadly to encompass all men who do this so I could point out the error in his thinking while giving him the chance to "correct" his situation as being 30/37 if that is the case.
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That. ^ 💯
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Yeah, the back-and-forth couldn't be that she just wanted further red flags as proof her decision was the correct one to counteract the enormous societal conditioning that teaches women not to trust their own judgement bc we're always wrong. Nah. It had to be that she did something wrong.
*sigh*
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The woman doing the choosing does not make it any better. If anything it makes it worse because it gives the man (and the sexist segment of society) cover to absolve himself of any guilt. The maturity gap and power imbalance are still there.