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An Open Letter to Oklahoma Anti-Abortionists.
By: Emily Johnson
Tags: Oklahoma, Womens Rights, Abortion, Pro Choice, Helping Others

Recently State Senator Warren Hamilton introduced a bill that would outlaw all abortion in the state of Oklahoma and allow police to intercept those seeking services. My letter to him is as follows:

PS: If you’d like to get in contact with him you can reach him at: Warren.Hamilton@oksenate.gov

Hello Warren,

My name is Emily Johnson and I live in the great state of Oklahoma.

It has recently come to my attention that you are working to propose the “Abortion in Oklahoma Act/Equal Protection and Equal Justice Act” when the senate meets in February 2021.

While I do admire your gumption and egotistical views on controlling a woman’s body- I implore you to not bring this to the senate floor. Here are a few reasons why:

1. Oklahoma ranks SECOND in the nation for Teen Pregnancy.

How do you plan on caring for the children that are then born to teenagers?

I didn’t see a joint proposal for more state funding to unwed mothers and their children. I don’t see you voting in favor of expansion to their healthcare. I don’t see you proposing rental assistance for them…. So, all I see is you granting them the hardship of birth, giving them a high-five, and sending them on their way into poverty and turmoil.

2. Oklahoma does not offer comprehensive sex education OR *available* free access to birth control.

You know the number one way to stop abortions? Birth Control.

You know the number one way to find out about Birth Control Options? Sex Education.

It you want to be pro-life (and you aren’t doing a very good job at this time) you need to start thinking ahead in your family planning.

3. You have a penis. You will never be pregnant. You will never be raped and be afraid of being pregnant with a criminal’s fetus. You will never worry about affording to give birth. You will never worry about exiting a domestic violence relationship after being stealthed and left trapped with a pregnancy. You will never know the panic that ensues when you have to choose between continuing your highschool education or having a child. You see, at the end of the day, none of this affects you- so why do you care so much?

So, Senator, you are not pro-life. You are not a hero. You are not a Christian martyr.

You are nothing more than a pro-birth dictator who worries about the happenings of a uterus that doesn’t belong to you.

If you want to be pro-life here are some tips:

1. Sex Ed

2. Police Reform (three persons were murdered by Oklahoma PD in two weeks- is that pro-life? Think hard!!)

3. Increase funding for Oklahoma government assistance so if people choose to complete pregnancy, they can afford a baby.

4. Abolish the Death Penalty.

I know you more than likely will not read this, so, in true Liberal fashion:

My Body, My Choice.

Emily Johnson
Human Emotions Shiver Inside Us All
By: Pierre Trudel
Tags: LGBTQ, BlackLivesMatter, Americanhaiku, Womens Rights, Love

To know or to have known love, what do we choose? Hate will never win.

Humans are all about love, not hate!
Seven things you might be shocked to discover about human trafficking
By: Doug Bardwell
Tags: Human Trafficking, Womens Rights, Catholic Relief Services, Child Abuse, Child Abuse Prevention

If you don’t know these, you could be part of the problem

“You may not see the problem, but it’s there. The US State Department estimates there are 24.9 million human trafficking victims worldwide. This is not something that occurs only in dark alleys in the far corners of the Earth, though. It’s happening around the world every day. Human trafficking is considered modern-day slavery, and there are more slaves today than at any time in history.” CRS.org

So starts a page from the Catholic Relief Services website — the seven things you may not know about human trafficking, and three ways to help. Even those who think they understand trafficking in humans, might find this enlightening.

As the article states, the problem is getting larger. It happens everywhere, including possibly in your hometown. Nice suburbs are often the site of hidden trafficking.

Learn more by watching this quick video

and then read the article to see what you can do.
Women — The Scapegoat of Society
By: Doris Pan
Tags: Womens Rights, Women, Scapegoat

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Tolerance Is Needed More Often Than Not
By: Pierre Trudel
Tags: LGBTQ, BlackLivesMatter, Americanhaiku, Womens Rights, Love

Reaching out to others that we do not identify with, either because of religion, sex, color, or any other dissimilarites, has nothing to do with tolerance.

Accepting that all other humans are just as human as we are is an incredible feeling, inside.

We are different yet not, we share feelings, maybe not the same way. We were all born equal, why are we not?
All Lives Matter
By: Pierre Trudel
Tags: Theequest, BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQ, Womens Rights, Love

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One Day, Women Will Look Like Women
By: Bridget Webber
Tags: Relationships, Self, Women, Womens Rights, Sexuality

As I glance through Pixabay photos online in search of a new screensaver, I can’t help but note an innocent-looking snap of a couple’s feet. Typically, the man wears comfortable shoes while the woman sports heels.

She looks feminine and he masculine. What’s wrong with that?

A few things. For a start, it occurs — no matter our gender — we are born with similar feet. We walk the same way, so it makes sense we need similar footwear.

But we uphold the notion women must skew their appearance for the sake of fantasy femininity. Women’s feet and legs are naturally feminine. There’s no need to do anything to make them appear womanly.

A proper woman isn’t made from lipstick, stilettos, and magic knickers. She’s the one beneath the weird concept of what a female looks like, yet doesn’t resemble so much.

Still, you might disagree that stuffing your toes in pointy footwear and tottering about on thin stems is ludicrous. I can’t get my head round the idea though.

I recall, when I was young, older women taught me to dull down some areas and sex up others. I understood at once — in our culture, at least — a woman’s breasts aren’t supposed to wobble or sway (hence I must strap mine into a bra) and their legs ought to resemble silky smooth beanpoles.

Young girls are told it’s normal to appear constantly alluring and dim their strength. No one mentions high heels make you more vulnerable because you can’t move fast in them.

Nor do they remark that bras don’t actually prevent saggy breasts: They hold breasts in, as though moving bosoms are too much to see, and boost volume, like your natural shape isn’t sufficient. They might increase comfort sometimes if your bosoms are large. Mostly, though, bras are for show only.

I note some woman consider the power to pretend to be a different size and shape, and weaker than they are, paradoxically, empowers them. Because it garners attention, usually sexual, donning impossible heels and bolstering your breasts to greater heights is considered positive. Anything that stops me running fast or enjoying freedom, though, dis-empowers me.

If I wanted to seduce and procreate all the time, of course, putting up with special underwear designed to suck bits of me in and promote others may help. For everyday wear, however, I prefer comfortable clothes and shoes.

Why, after all, should I always look sexually available and appealing? Who decided femininity involves discomfort or distortion, anyway?

Isn’t it odd that, if you want to look like a woman, you must adopt an appearance derived from fantasy rather than portray the real thing?

Women’s fashion has come a long way since the days when it wasn’t unusual to remove a rib to cinch your waistline. But it hasn’t changed enough. Who would have thought society still wouldn’t accept women as they are in our so-called enlightened age?

A proper woman isn’t made from lipstick, stilettos, and magic knickers. She’s the one beneath the weird concept of what a female looks like, yet doesn’t resemble so much.
You can win arguments with facts.
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Gender Critical, Transgender

You can win arguments with facts. For example, proof of a “biological” gender, and why if such a thing were real (and not a enactment of stereotypes and superficialities by someone who presumes to know how the metaphysical ‘woman’ soul feels) it should displace sex in sports/sex segregated spaces. You understand why such places exist, right? And that gender identity without props will always lead to correctly being sexed or “misgendered” (except in kids, is that why the community is so eager to pump them full of cross-sex hormones after harmful puberty blockers?). Live your life, be happy no one expects you to dress in a suit, and that people are forced to pretend “she” now refers to gender identity. In the UK and US, the murder rate for trans people is slightly lower than for non-trans people. Just be happy, and acknowlegde you will be treated as the male person* you are on occassion. All is well except those mean lesbians who are same-sex rather than same “gender stereotype” attracted, bigotry is the only explanation…

Resorting to calling people a dude (oh no, I was "misgendered”, my precious feelings, I haven’t used feminine enough words) or moron or whatever else isn’t how intelligent people argue. Read the retain the male pattern of criminality article yet? Developed a shred of compassion for girls and women yet?

If the arguements for other trans identities and demands based on such seem like effulence to you but are identical to gender ideology…well. It’s funny cause race if not skin colour is a social construct. A transabled person with props is more hampered physically than an transgender athlete with artificially lowered testesterone. Trans-aged could use all the same arguments.

*what are those called again? In old speak? In thought crime? In reality acknowledgement? You called me a dude, can you imagine your reaction if I called you a “trans-identified man”? Lordy!
An effluence of pure twaddle...
Tags: Feminism, Gender Critical, Womens Rights, Radical Feminism, Transgender

An effluence of pure twaddle... "transracial" (lol). Anyone wanting to read Angela Volkov’s latest rant:

https://angelavolkov.medium.com/if-a-white-person-is-adopted-into-a-black-family-can-they-not-be-transracial-b226b7e24c28

Look, I have a basic tenet: it's difficult to win an argument with an intelligent person, but impossible with a moron.

I'm not certain why I expected more out of you given your apparent endless propensity for posting idiotic comments on this and other forums. Nor do you display any desire, much less ability, to learn anything about that which you clearly know nothing.

Perhaps my generosity was misplaced since I know most slavs to be fairly sensible folk, despite having the head of their church wear a dress and quite hilariously calling himself 'patriarch'. Question: does he ever put glitter in that beard of his?

Oh yes, back to your "sex-segregated spaces"... you want us out, correct? Just how do you believe that will come to pass... that you'll get your wish? hmmm?

Meanwhile, we live, love and thrive in "your world" despite you and your kind.

Finally, I see no reason whatsoever to make an exception to my most basic of tenets.

luck
Why the entire police force should be indicted
By: Bonjour De Coeur
Tags: Rape Culture, Misogyny, Cpd, Womens Rights, Chicago

Why the entire police force should be indicted

The first time I approached the police was years ago. A link was sent to me. A link. Funnily, the concerns I had were cyber-security related so the way an officer sent a link is completely assinine. I would have to risk my safety to use that link, as so many other women being stalked or suffering any number of forms of violence endanger themselves to “talk”!

Some time later I was suffering harassment at the workplace. This was the third place this happened! The first police I spoke to said I should quit if it was not a safe or healthy workplace environment.

What I learned later is that a lot of what police do is subjective. They decide whether to take something seriously. If they don’t file a report, no biggie, it’s their choice.

That sounds kind of crazy if you ask me!

I went to the station local to my workplace multiple times and my concern about the harassment was treated as a question of bureaucracy.

All the time my safety or the safety of other women mattered less than the so-called “prince of darkness masturbating in the factory of facts”.

Another police officer concurrently pumped me for information hour after hour attending training sessions no doubt to learn how to con and manipulate me further, to deceive and cheat me of Justice.

I even shouted in the police station and demanded to speak to a supervisor. The woman in charge just spewed off bureaucratic elements.

More women suffered assaults at the same workplace, the man already had two prior convictions for aggravated sexual assault.

The man was kind to me, he wept when I rejected his sexual advances. An orphan, the “Justice system” obviously had not reformed him. I saw him later at The Salvation Army and was sure after he was arrested as he violated his parole that he suffered violence in prison at the hands of the state. Rape most certainly.

Today I saw underwear on my way back from the store that looked bloody.

But the police so absolutely mishandled cases that would have been so dandy and simple, with evidence and clear bases that I don’t know where to go.

How many rape kits are never tested?

National police were founded to catch slaves. I know the police stalk me. I have evidence.

We should be questioning more and more what the “force” is all about, especially if they are stalking people more than helping them!

They stalk almost all activists. Violate their human rights. If the very people who are supposed to solve crimes and protect you are violating your rights so egregiously why would you talk to them?

Chicago is the sickest place on earth. It is mentally ill. Chicagoland police, three strikes you’re out. You had more than three strikes. And Justice isn’t a ball game. It’s objective truth, reality and faith. It is the soul of this city. To be born anew.
Importance of Women in Business
By: Allen Mutum
Tags: Women, Small Business, Womens Rights, Women In Business, Startup

There is a famous dictum that “Behind Every Successful Man, there is a Woman” and we also live in a society where the success of women is defined by his man supported and provided financial aid or their families were there to provide her. There have been many misconceptions about women leaders over the years that “women are too emotional” “women leaders are bossy!” “will kids get in the way of their work?”

Breaking Stereotypes and Creating Milestones:

If we look at history you will witness a list of women who went beyond the norms of patriarchal society and left their mark in the world. They fight against odds, stereotypes, ageism, restrictions and that’s why we see a large number of women entrepreneurs in the male-dominated society or businesses.

Emma Walmsley CEO at GSK is not only hailed as the powerful woman in the Pharmaceutical Industry but also among the most successful businesswomen in the UK. She was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in early 2017 from her last profile as the head of GSK Consumer Care.

Her success is even more impressive as she doesn’t come from any scientific background, instead of gathering her remarkable skillset from the various marketing and general management roles undertaken during her 17-year career at L’Oréal. Married with four children, she is an inspiration to many hard-working, ambitious women who are anxious to see that success doesn’t have to cost them their family life.

Women Workforce:

Below are some of the tips we encourage our women workforce to break stereotypes and rise through leadership roles.
If a white person is adopted into a black family can they not be transracial?
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Otherkin, Transracial, Transgender

If a white person is adopted into a black family can they not be transracial? If someone with a black mum or dad is fairskinned in contrast to their siblings are they not black because people do not recognise them as such on sight? Either you treat the wishes of transabled, racial, and aged people with as much weight as transgender folk, or you admit internal “biological” feelings of identity play second fiddle to the physical and statistical realities of our world which determine how sex-segregated spaces work.
Why “the system failed” is failing women.
Tags: Women, Womens Rights, Violence Against Women

Why “the system failed” is failing women.

Every time a female dies at the hand of her male partner, friend, colleague or even stranger, someone inevitably yells “the system failed her!”. Perhaps the police didn’t take her complaints of harassment seriously. Maybe the hospital turned her partner away for the tenth time after they deemed him as mentally sound. Her employer didn’t look into her colleagues strange and escalating behaviour no matter how many times it was reported.

Is it possible the system failed her? Absofuckinglutely. But what about the man who harmed her, hurt her or killed her? What happened to the man who stalked her, harassed her and scared her?

For every valid “the system failed her”, there is a memory fading in the minds of others that someone was ultimately responsible for this abhorrent crime. Why does no one blame the actual perpetrator? Why does no one scream and yell about the man that decided she was his property and he could kill her if he wanted?

The hurt and anger of the family left behind is completely understandable, but the men that inflict these crimes become nameless figures while everyone points their rage at the people who tried, even if they failed, to help. Women die at the hands of anonymous perpetrators who are forgotten, and therefore almost forgiven, because we direct our rage elsewhere.

The failure, first and foremost, is with the man who decided to take a life. It’s with the man who killed a woman because he felt he owned her or was mad because he couldn’t have her. The system needs improvement, women’s rights need to be legislated and society needs to change so the daily murders of women stop. But why can’t we try being mad at the men who killed them and make them feel the shame and anger we direct at the system instead? Why can’t we do both? Let’s try blaming the men who commit these crimes and work from there before one more murderer gets away with his crimes in the court of public opinion because no one thought to point the finger at him.
You’re 100% right, only transwomen are women.
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Gender Critical, Equality, Womens Rights, Radical Feminism, Transgender

You’re 100% right, only transwomen are women. I’ll settle for being an adult female human and all it entails.

I understand your gender identity, however I think people ought to give it less weight than biological sex in certain matters. I support your right to not conform to sex-based expectations. I continue to disagree with you on matters of sex-based rights and protections, as backed by research into sex-based differences in strength and sexual assault perpertration, the latter shown to be unaffected by gender identity.

Glad you have time to call people idiots along with having a job. Work life balance is important.
Women Bear the Burden Of Covid
By: Liza Donnelly
Tags: Sexual Harassment, Feminism, Women, Womens Rights, Covid 19

There was an article in the Washington Post on December 8th that told us that for women who are waitresses during covid, tips are down and sexual harrassment is up. Not surprising, sadly. After reading the article, I understand and agree that harrassment has always been there in large amounts for women waitresses, it is just taking a different form under covid, i.e. gross behavior and words that involve masks and belittle and humiliate women. Here is the study.

I also read that globally, covid is economically more taxing for women, here is the UN study. “The resurgence of extreme poverty as a result of the pandemic has revealed women’s precarious economic security,” adds Antra Bhatt, Statistics Specialist and co-author of the report From Insights to Action. “Women typically earn less and hold less secure jobs than men. With plummeting economic activity, women are particularly vulnerable to layoffs and loss of livelihoods.”

This is an ongoing series I started last week called #WomensRightsWednesdays, where I focus on an issue that concerns women around the world, and do a drawing to express the issue.

I drew the above cartoon during my daily live draw on HappsTV. You can follow me there to get notifications of when I go live. You can also become a sponsor, which I would greatly appreciate. Here is the place to go to check out HappsTV and my homepage there.
“Second, regarding any crime, male-to-females had a significantly increased risk for crime compared…
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Transgender, Male Violence

“Second, regarding any crime, male-to-females had a significantly increased risk for crime compared to female controls (aHR 6.6; 95% CI 4.1–10.8) but not compared to males (aHR 0.8; 95% CI 0.5–1.2). This indicates that they retained a male pattern regarding criminality. The same was true regarding violent crime.” [includes sex offending] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885 This strongly suggests biological men would be of similar risk to women (their most common target) regardless of gender identity and gender-affirm surgery, on average as a group.

Self-ID laws means the same proportion of malfeseant males, but now a larger absolute number, will have access to spaces where women disrobe. And the burden of proof for a sex offender therein is now higher than his mere presence would have afforded previously. Damn sex offenders, ruining gender identity validation bathrooms for…the people who care about that. Therefore single stall spaces to preserve female safety and ever-so-important male feelings are a must in this Brave New World.

If you could send me an article proving “biological gender”, that’d be great. Though the above seems to indicate biological sex and accompanying socialisation matter more, even if gender identity were physical and not metaphysical. I do not believe the article mentions HRT, however, an area to investigate.

This is the last message, sorry I had to parition them. Am on phone and can’t scroll up to see all your points, you should write it up as an article, if actually containing citations for some pretty bold assertions, would be persuasive.
What would be rare about males with the benefits of male puberty in women’s sports?
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Womens Sports, Transgender

What would be rare about males with the benefits of male puberty in women’s sports? Just give it time. Like racking up of female sexual assault victims, it’ll take time to get those stats under self-ID laws. I’ve told you many times that if a transwoman can fairly compete in women’s sports they should, you meet the physical eligibility criteria or you don’t, that’s all there is to it. If I continue to disagree with you it’s because you’ve contributed no compelling evidence.
Yes, what society considers a disease or mental illness is influenced by whether it’s viewed as…
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Equality, Transgender

Yes, what society considers a disease or mental illness is influenced by whether it’s viewed as harmful or not. Again, I’m not against transgender people or gender non-conformity, I just disagree with you regarding the utility of single-sex spaces in enabling the safety of girls and women. There are probably solutions that will protect both women and transwomen, with the added benefit of not invalidating the latter’s gender identity as it’s often conflated with sex.
Oh my word you have completely missed what actually happened!
By: Christina Tavares
Tags: Womens Rights, Population, Global Warming, Economics

Oh my word you have completely missed what actually happened! Your plan is idiotic. Fertility isn’t dropping. It was the women’s right to vote that caused the population drop! when women can get their own jobs and have the right to divorce and have the right to control their fertility then they have fewer children. All we have to do is educate the girls in Third World countries and let the girls vote. When women have the right to control how many children they have either through delaying marriage refusing to marry or yes using birth control they will absolutely have fewer children. Has nothing to do with industrialization. There are subcultures in rural India run by women and they also see much smaller family sizes despite a complete lack of plumbing and electricity.
Peace On Earth Good Will To All
By: Pierre Trudel
Tags: Thee Quest, Peace On Earth, BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQ, Womens Rights

If every country on earth would agree to this document in its entirety, peace on earth would be possible. Is that not what we all want for Christmas?

Seems so simple to ask!

What do you think, after reading this document?

Eleanor Roosevelt will be proud if we all knew what she hoped would become, one day.
Information & Photos - womenlotusstyle - Medium
Tags: Women, Womens Health, Womens Rights, Women In Tech, Women In Business

About

Fitness model and personal trainer who reached international stardom with the emergence of the internet, primarily the social media networks MySpace and Facebook, and later Instagram. Her Facebook page would become one of the most visited of all fitness stars’ pages.

https://womenlotusstyle.blogspot.com/2020/12/victoria-lomba-episode-1-information.html

Before Fame

She committed herself to the gym around the turn of the century and moved to the United States soon after garnering her initial success.

Trivia

She has been featured in FHM and the French edition of Playboy, among numerous other publications. She became the face of the body building products Team Revtech Power Nutrition and Team Hidetada Yamagishi.

Family Life

Born in Spain, she also has Brazilian origins.

BIRTHDAY

February 22, 1979

BIRTHPLACE

Spain

AGE

41 years old

BIRTH SIGN

Pisces
How To Find Moments That Stay With You
By: Pierre Trudel
Tags: BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQ, Americanhaiku, Womens Rights, Love

If this pic inspires you, think of what your own eyes will see.

Every time we feel tired or do not know what the world is coming to, just reach for the Grand Canyon and remember that it is here in Heaven, on Earth.

Millions of pictures have been taken of this incredible site, in, on, or even far away from Heaven on Earth.

I believe that spiritual Heaven is a term we need to understand. If you cross the USA and take pictures of all the wonder that exists here, you would need at least a whole lifetime to fill your heart and soul with such beauty.

If you are looking for peace, look no farther than the most beautiful planet in the Universe. Why else would the Divine (He or She) bestow these incredible sights to fill our time for eternity?

As an American Haiku enthusiast, I recommend that you plan much of the rest of the life you have left, to enjoy all the wonders of the world, and tell me you really want to leave this place? Forever?
The patriarchy is undercover
By: Giulia Viti
Tags: New Paradigm, Patriarchy, Feminism, Womens Rights, Growth

Photo by Adrien King on Unsplash

I thought the patriarchy was blatant

in their hate

Rich dudes and elegant ladies smoking cigars and talking about how much they hate equality.

Maybe they exist.

But the patriarchy is undercover.

It’s a family man who says he loves women while calling them whores

if they raise their voice.

It’s a father who will teach his daughter to keep a low profile because the world is dangerous, and tell his son to “just put your dick in her hands”.

It’s a woman who won’t let his son learn how to clean the house, and hate every woman who asks him to do so.

It’s a bunch of people who complain because of inequality of payment but won’t quit their day job because it pays enough.

The patriarchy, like all villains, is not evil.

It’s hurt people, traumatized people, hateful people — born from generations of the same hurt, violence and hate.

So how do we get past this shit, how do we not pass it on to our children?

We do differently.

We’ve talked a whole lot.

Now we quit the job that doesn’t respect us and we start doing something that lights us up, abandoning the old “only one in 5 people makes it”.

It’s only true because people keep believing it.

We fall in love with life, and we do the things we will care about when we are on our dying bed.

And we laugh at the patriarchy. We tell them no. We tell them it’s a new World.
Planned Parenthood Announces “Abortion Refund’ Policy Which Isn’t What It Sounds Like
By: The Eggplant
Tags: Politics, Satire, Womens Rights, Abortion, Comedy

WASHINGTON D.C, USA — After the Supreme Court added Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative majority led Planned Parenthood to appeal to a more conservative audience. Over the weekend, the organization known for murdering innocent babies and feeding off the grief off new mothers announced an “abortion refund” policy for those who regretted their abortion. The procedure includes reviving the lifeless child in a Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein style procedure, which many worry will offend Planned Parenthood’s more liberal supporters.

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson comments saying she “isn’t worried” about her organization’s image after Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed her “newfound support” for abortions after finding about the reversal procedure. Conservatives have followed her footsteps after the announcement was trending on Twitter. One tweet by user @manlyman read: “As long as the baby is alive, I’m happy”.

“When I first heard about an ‘abortion refund’, I was worried that meant having a fetus shoved up my [redacted]” says local female Ann Morison. She continues, “At least it gives my husband a reason to talk to me now, I could care less what happens to my body”. This sentiment seems to be felt nationwide as females everywhere applaud Planned Parenthood for their decision.

American author and conversationalist Candace Owens says this is the first step to bringing back “womanly women” now that “they have more power to make educated decisions”.

We even got the infamous Geico lizard, Martin, to weigh in. “Heck, if everyone is gonna give their opinion on what women do with their bodies, why can’t I?” he says in one interview. Unfortunately, the interview was cut short, and we weren’t able to get his actual opinion on the matter.

Johnson concludes her statement by saying “If this is what will help us open more Planned Parenthood clinics in conservative leaning states, then so be it”.
Yeah, I’m not your “sister*”, and your definition of woman now means someone who agrees with you…
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Equality, Gender Critical, Transgender

Yeah, I’m not your “sister*”, and your definition of woman now means someone who agrees with you about public policy. Weird.

Transwoman can have the label if they like, ultimately the group that will suffer from inclusion of men in women’s spaces through self-ID laws will remain the same, whatever you call them, and will continue to deal with the realities of female biology and socialisation. And women (new name pending) will remain different to men, who have only their world view and media to go on, and assumptions of what it’s like to be a woman in a material sense to enact. I cannot know what transwomen are feeling and vice versa, but I very much doubt there’s much overlap beyond superficialities like an affinity for some traditionally feminine things.

Maybe if transgender people didn’t take disagreement about their demands or the gender identity theories they’re foisting on others as “hate” they would find they experience less of it. Also, Trump? I’m not American, unless you’ve changed the meaning of that word too?

I used to be an ally, before that meant accepting males in female sports and prisons (even sex offenders!). Sometimes the desire for validation of a personal identity to make it real socially needs to be tempered with actual reality and not polite pretense, and weighed against the cost to half of humanity. Why is that hard, is it selfishness plain and simple, or a denial of women’s risk of sexual assault through lack of empathy as is typical with male-bodied people formerly known as men?

*is that what people think women call each other?
Views you don’t share aren’t automatically bigotry or abusive.
By: Angela Volkov
Tags: Womens Rights, Feminism, Equality, Transgender

Views you don’t share aren’t automatically bigotry or abusive. Let’s not render any more words meaningless. By the way, it’s what people with no counter arguments do, they just denounce people as anti this and pseudo-feminist that hoping to end the discussion through shaming. Even after you give them proof, they just ignore it and resort to sanctimonious name-calling.

I’m amazed you don’t believe in a need for sex-segragated spaces while believing society needs self-conceptualisation validation ones. I wish I, too, lived in a world governed by feelings instead of statistical and physical realities. I wish I only cared about the right of male-bodied “woman” gendered people to be treated identically to women*, I could scoop up tonnes of Regressive Left brownie points then.

Instead of saying a man identifies as a woman, or referring to someone as a transwoman we now (and this is very recent) have to change the definition of women so it accommodates male adult humans…who subjectively feel like women. Seems circular and nonsensical. Assertions that ones gender is “woman” is also strange, I mean anyone can live in accordance to a group stereotype without being part of that group in a meaningful, can’t opt-out, inextricable sense. So again, how is gender or gender identity a ticket into single-sex spaces?

Why is pointing out the difference between women* and transwomen wrong rather than practical and true? Why is saying males regardless of gender identity are not allowed in women’s spaces to mitigate risk not a valid point just because feelings are hurt or cracks start to form in ones self-conceptualisation when others don’t fully play along?

*female-bodied human beings who do not believe they have a “man” gender identity
When A Girl Shouts
By: Rohan Tyagi
Tags: Girls, Women, Womens Rights, Gender Equality, Harassment

I am a human born as a girl,

A star made to shine and swirl.

‘You are a girl’ they said,

Just a gender easy to fade.

My hairs just got the curl,

but my clothes were asked to unfurl.

My parents want me to run and fly,

I leave the home and they are scared and shy.

I was told to treat all equally,

but why just me, why this monopoly?

I am the goddess to worship at a place,

Also a slave standing nowhere in the race.

I go out and fight all the eyes,

without the family, all the securities seem lies.

I count the seconds in the bus,

Even the prettiest journeys become hideous.

Schools treat equally everyone says,

but why only khokho, rangoli and mehandi are my plays?

I am the mightiest sword battling with rust,

And you ask me to just give birth, please your lust.

We are everywhere in your life,

Your mother, your sister, your wife.

I am not machine, I have a mind,

Don’t control my life, just be that kind.

I am a girl who fears to grow,

As a woman has more to show.

I don’t need your worships, neither your guard,

Just let me breathe in the open, its not that hard.

Gender equality is still a dream,

Until you hear my silence full of scream.
B.B. Fowler — Spokesman for merchants
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: 19th Century, Glens Falls, History, Womens Rights, Retail

Downtown Glens Falls retailer B.B. Fowler was selected to respond to a toast to merchants at the annual Lapham Hose Company ball Dec. 8, 1884 at the Rockwell House Hotel.

The women members of the present ownership group of his historic building demonstrate a change since the late 19th century in perception of women primarily as shoppers, but the need to support local merchants is the same.

“Ladies and gentlemen — pardon me for addressing the ladies, but, you know, it enters a great deal into a merchant’s business — the dressing of ladies,” he quipped. “We stand before you tonight, gentlemen, to plead our cause.”

He was interrupted by applause, according a Dec. 10, 1884 report in The Morning Star of Glens Falls.

“We need your sympathy and your support; we need your money. We are powerless to act or do unless you come to our rescue,” he continued. “But I am digressing. I propose to leave this speech to call upon one or more of our worthy brothers in the profession and let them see if they can do better.”

Shoppers of Glens Falls and the surrounding region did support the business, and in 1886 B.B. Fowler was prepared for an expansion.

“B.B. Fowler, the well known merchant of Glens Falls, has leased the apartments at the rear of his store and is fitting them up for an annex to his already large mercantile establishment, making one of the most commodious in that city,” The Granville Sentinel reported on April 9, 1886.

Click here to read my most recent previous B.B. Fowler post.
Women Are Not Yours to Tame
By: Veronica Flores
Tags: Women, Feminism, Womens Rights

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No cap on the value of mahr is not exactly a big win for women, I guess depending on how you look…
By: Rachel Rogers
Tags: Womens Rights, Muslim, Muslims In America

No cap on the value of mahr is not exactly a big win for women, I guess depending on how you look at it. Perhaps in the sense that she won. Great article and powerful voice. Good for you! There needs to be more conversation on this topic, thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.
Happy Holidays!!!
By: Mark Bohuslav
Tags: Unity, Unity3d, Game Design, C Sharp Programming

Aloha and Happy holidays. This is a late Medium article that is for DEC 24th. Apologies as my family traditionally celebrates Xmas Eve and all day on the 25th and I had a lot of cooking and decorating to do and did not have time Thursday when I got done from work to get to the article out. We actually cooked and served several of our elderly neighbors that were celebrating alone this year because of Covid. It was nice to bring a little joy in their lives during these difficult times. Their face really lit up when we delivered the food and wished them happy holidays.

Regarding the internship, well only 1 more day left on Monday and fortunately I was able to complete the Stealth Game yesterday. Added a Game Manager and Audio Manager using a process called the Singleton. This and the audio fix using the audio manager were probably my biggest takeaways from these sections. I learned about how Unity handles Spacial sound and a fix to keep the volume consistent and of course I learned how to create the almighty Singleton for quickly accessing a Script. A Singleton is very useful when you know you will only ever have One instance of the gameobject/script and need to access it from multiple scripts or buttons.

I also completed the Main Menu, Loading screen and created the functionality to move between the different scenes of the game.

As the internship nears its completion with only 1 day left on Monday I decided to review my accomplishments. I started the program on Nov 23 and have managed to complete the 2D Space Shooter, the Stealth Game & Cinematography and about 66% of the C# Survival guide. Overall I am very happy with the results of both projects and I feel like I learned a ton in just over a month.

I plan on staying on top of my learning and will put time in every single day even though the program is over. I still have 9 more courses to complete from GameDev and my own projects and eventually team projects to start working on. I will also start focusing on writing some in depth educational articles on various concepts of Unity so that I can also take part in sharing knowledge with others. I could not have gotten as far as I did without the help I received from everybody at GameDev and the Internet as a whole. It’s time for me to pay it forward as well :-)

Cheers!
手機的虛擬搖桿真的很難用嗎？ Part.02
Tags: 遊戲互動, Game Controllers, Game Design, 遊戲手把, 遊戲設計

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Time Traveler
By: Xuanyuan Liu
Tags: Time Traveler, Game Design, Persuasive Design

Course Project: Persuasive Design Team Members: Ziqi Dong(Tech Lead/PM), Han Xue(Research Lead), Jialu Li(Bias Monitor), Xuanyuan Liu (Design Lead) Duration: 3 months, Sept 2020 — Dec 2020

Intro

Time Traveler is a persuasive game designed to help college students aging from 18 to 25 who have shown inconfidence of their body shape to broaden their perspectives about beauty.

This idea is inspired by our interview finding that people’s preference for beauty will change and how people achieve this preference will be vastly different by constraint of social norms, culture values and time period. By playing this game, we hope to help users implicitly understand the central idea of the society’s preference thus having less pressing need to meet the current trend.

We have made a video to showcase how it would work:

Design Rationale Behind Screen

Ok, it’s time to know our design rationale. In the Time Traveler game, we mainly utilize embedded design strategies since we want our users to take on diverse perspectives and roles without being influenced by their pre-existing attitudes.

Intermixing

Onboarding Task

Makeup Task Example

We use the intermixing strategy to get users familiar with the game. The onboarding task can be considered as “off-topic” content, for example, in one scenario (Tang dynasty), users can wear makeup and go around, which could make the following “on-topic” content, Yuhuan introduces healthy diet and beauty of Tang dynasty, much more approachable and accessible.

Distancing

Makeup Introduction

We also use distancing in our game design. We provide users with role-play opportunities to explore different times, places and culture. By interacting with NPCs, they can trigger different plots and get diverse perspectives of health, nutrition and beauty.

Miaohui Introduction

Get interested in what you see, feel free to play it below and we appreciate your feedback. Thanks!

Prototype Link

https://www.figma.com/proto/5lC1UwRLZ40tbOAVdSrc3h/Persuasive-Girls?node-id=478%3A42840&scaling=scale-down
Combo Crush
By: Saumya Sharma
Tags: Game Design, Persuasive Design, UI Design, UX

Developed by 5A Inc.

5A Inc. is a development agency that has just released a new game called Combo Crush. The point of this game is similar to Cards Against Humanity — create the most entertaining card combination and you win points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round is the winner. Combo Crush adds another element to the game though: the ability to guess the judge’s selection for the round and earn more points. The game serves as a fun way to make creative combinations of contexts and activities, and is a great way to virtually socialize with friends. Finally, players also have the option of participating in a timed bonus round for extra points where they can upload a media of themselves performing the chosen activity-context combination as well as view and react to other players’ submissions.

Gif 01: Redeem Rewards feature

Customize your avatar to inject your personal style into the game (Gif 01)! 5A also developed a game store that you can visit and buy new card packs following different themes like “Active” card pack that has activities and contexts requiring physical movements or the “Silly” card pack that features cards with funny activities and contexts. This adds a whole new dimension to the gameplay, allowing you to play cards that are related to your other interests and hobbies.

The goal of the game is to primarily serve as a break from work — an enjoyable activity that people can engage in with friends while remaining socially distant. Additionally, the game’s content is varied — but only to mask the activity-related content that is aimed to affect players’ thinking. The idea is that having to think more creatively about activities will lead players to replicate these thought patterns in other contexts (outside of the game), resulting in healthier break-taking behaviors. In short, Combo Crush is a fun game that you can play with friends that offers inspiration for ways that you can spend time outside of work.

Gif 02: Private Game

This project is designed for 05899 D Persuasive Design at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Geoff Kaufman. Team Members include Yang Bai, Nandhini Gounder, Andrew Kyroudis, Akshaya Madhavan, Saumya Sharma.