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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sometimes I realize the backlog from lacking critical thought for decades and it really fucks me up
When i think about it, players in a TTRPG world shouldnt be unique because they’re the only ones with powers, they’re unique because they’re the only ones with time to do all the adventuring.
That’s how you have a level 12 barbarian running your general store when your players thought they could steal from them. People eventually wrap themselves up with whatever lifestyle choices they make and settle down in that direction, not everyone wants to achieve godhood.
Magic should be mundane but the same resources that limit your players limit everyone in the world, which makes it less common to use it to try to solve every problem you may encounter. Except when your players answer to a riddle is “I cast fireball” then of course the barkeep knows “Counter-spell”
Boomer who complains that tankie is utter woke nonsense word, says cancel culture cancelled shouting “COMMIE BASTARDS” at every moment.
chronic pain yapping idk
When ur corpse doesnt hold together well anymore!!! When standing is an actual effort!!! When nobody has presented you a better alternative than just chugging more opioids lol
At this point cbd oil better be a fuckin wonderdrug
I forgot how addictive factorio was. This game and openttd are the two which get me for some reason.
3rd election in a row of absolutely shit major party candidates that barely anyone really wants.
What if we just had a cabinet, without a chief executive? No more presidents, society has outgrown the need for presidents
- eat egg
- fart
- …
- ???
- profit!
Quantum immortality but it’s only for Donald Trump
Vampire Empire by Big Thief is the best anthem every written about how dating a bisexual person will ruin your life
Housemate is sitting in the kitchen showing me bad memes. When will she leave
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.
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!!!
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
