On the 24th of october in 1975, approximately 90% of Icelandic women struck for equality, not attending jobs or doing any domestic work. Iceland passed an equal pay law the following year, but the strike has been repeated on its anniversary several times since, such as in the years 2005, 2010, and 2016.
The strike was planned by “The Women’s Congress”, which had met on June 20th and 21st earlier that year. Among the reasons given for going on strike were pay inequality, lack of women in union leadership, and a general lack of recognition for the value and skill of domestic labor.
During the work stoppage, also known as “Women’s Day Off”, 25,000 people gathered in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city, for a rally. There, women listened to speakers, sang, and talked to each other about what could be done to achieve gender equality in Iceland.
Women from many different backgrounds spoke, including a housewife, two members of parliament, and a worker. The last speech of the day was by Aðalheiður Bjarnfreðsdóttir, who “represented Sókn, the trade union for the lowest paid women in Iceland”, according to The Guardian.
In 1976, the Icelandic government passed an equal pay law, and the country elected its first female President, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, five years later in 1980.
The 1975 Women’s Strike also helped inspire the 2016 “Black Monday” anti-abortion ban protests in Poland, as well as the “International Women’s Strike”, single day work stoppages on March 8th, 2017 and 2018.
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My girlfriend invited me to her steam family with her other girlfriends but I’m already in a steam family with MY other girlfriend and HER other girlfriends and you cant be in more than one. My massive library is in demand! But it sucks this is polyphobic!!!
picking up on the aura of latent misogyny emanating from naruto (manga, not necessarily the character), like, it’s weirdly omnipresent
wondering if this is a result of me just being a hater but so far I genuinely am having much less fun with Naruto than I did with Bleach, reading both thus far within the month.
Part of it may be because Naruto is so fucking ambient in the manga/anime space that I practically know the tracks of the plot but it feels like Bleach wasn’t afraid to get experimental and oddball in a way that genuinely intrigued me even years after its initial release whereas Naruto either a) has aged like Seinfeld due to it being assimilated as a building block for the industry or b) was always trite, and I’m leaning towards b because I also read Dragon Ball a couple months back, which is the solar body that battle shōnen fucking revolves around, and I still liked it! It still felt unique to me, even if it’s been chopped up and sold for parts!
With Naruto, thus far, I cannot summon that same sentiment. It’s just so much of what makes me fucking groan and zone out packed into a manga. I came in with a bit of a critical lens but I was not expecting it to be even more bluh for me than I gleaned from the summary. It’s not trash, but it’s really, really trite. I really want to give this a shot! I’m waiting for it to prove me wrong! I want to be proven wrong here! It’s just not giving me a reason to. It’s so frustrating. I feel like I’m missing something here and it makes me feel like I’m just not getting it at all, which really annoys me. I want to see the appeal. I’m waiting for it to show it to me.
Space trucker eating chicken skewers with a couple cans of beer after narrowly escaping a space leviathan with cargo intact
Housemate is sitting in the kitchen showing me bad memes. When will she leave
Someone was telling me about some military analysis streamer called Perun. I’ve never heard of the guy before, but, wait… what was the name again?
And I’m like
“Wait. Perun? Spell it for me? Oh he’s a fascist”
“No he’s not, I’ve never got any fascist vibes from him”
“Is he eastern european?”
“His parents are.”
“He’s a fascist.”
Belden Rule 9: don’t hang out with people who are in to Runes.
If someone knows the names of old Slavonic thunder gods and they don’t have a full chest tattoo of sexy Stalin they’re like 89% likely to be fash.
Using a toothpick, wiping it off in a napkin, and sheathing it like a katana
Finding out Asmongold lives in the same city as me ruined my day. Now I gotta know what neighborhood he lives in and if it is mine because I’ve been getting ants and roaches a lot.
been weeping a lot more during the evenings this past week. this shit is getting old, someone dose me w/ a wee pinch of toxic masc so i repress this urge out of shame plz and thank u
whining about work again
I have to make the requirements the fuck up now, lol. I got a barrage of features we could be implementing from my boss, and no sense of how to prioritise them. And no details on how to accomplish it in the midst of awkward politics. I miss coding.
Linux is great if you only use your pc for spreadsheets and browsing the net. It’s great if you’re a computer science hypernerd who speaks fluent assembly and understands the deep magic. If you’re somewhere between those too poles it’s a fucking nightmare.
Can’t guarantee anything right now, but I finally have another job interview that might get me out of Ohio and into a
less fashy“more progressive” corner of the great satan.If all goes well, I’ll have an income again AND finally be able to express more of myself for the first time in my life.
Replacing coffee with a sugary caffeinated energy drink=very poor idea. Holy shit do I have the jitters.
Just a shitpost but this represents the real silent majority
Where do y’all
these days? I used to use RARBG but RIP.
