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Calling all Brits on this hellsite.

We all saw Elon Musk do the nazi salute at the Trump inauguration. We know that he is influencing and fanning the flames of right wing political parties.

And that very well may include ours.

Because Elon Musk has pledged to donate $100 million to the Reform party. He has since mentioned that it might be hard to give such a large sum now.

But I don’t think we should take our chances. And I think we can agree that letting billionaires influence our countries politics is a terrible idea.

If you also agree here’s a link to a Parliament petition.

It calls for the government to remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).

As it is a parliament petition the government are required to debate it in parliament. But for that to happen it needs to reach 100,000 signatures.

Non British folk I’m afraid you guys can’t sign but I encourage you guys to reblog so that more people can see this.

We need Tim Walz energy.

Trump is a buffoon. He governs like a rapist. He thinks it's his government, his military.

It's OUR government. OUR military.

There needs to be pre-emotive and immediate pushback on all Trump actions.

Moet Trump executive orders are illegal. He starts from an illegal position, hoping to get a fraction of his ask.

Get the legal action going immediately.

Lamp Light Books (a literary themed hotel) in Sapporo. The lobby is a library coffee shop.

reminder to trans, nonbinary, non-cis and intersex people in the usa: there are people that love you and care about you. things are going to be okay, please don’t do anything drastic. i know things are scary right now but your lives are all worth so so much. don’t let him win. i love you

what feminist texts do you recommend?

If it’s self-help books or manifestos on how to live more feministly or organize against patriarchy, I don’t really have anything to recommend. I'm behind on that because the ones that I had read did not speak to me. I'm not the type of woman those authors like.

But if it’s history about women or meditations on what life is like for women in certain societies, I do have some recommendations. All the books I recommended, I’ve read them before.

By category in alphabetical order:

HISTORY

Beyond the Veil : Male-Female Dynamics in Muslim Societies by Fatima Mernissi

Educating Muslim Women : The West African Legacy of Nana Asma'u, 1793-1864 by Beverly Mack and Jean Boyd

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena

Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom : The Sultanahs of Aceh, 1641-1699 by Sher Banu Khan

The Forgotten Queens of Islam by Fatima Mernissi

The Kurdish Women's Movement : History, Theory, Practice by Dilar Dirik

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie Jones-Rogers.

Women and Gender in Islam : Historical Root of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed

MEDITATIONS

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (note: I'd rather you watch the play first. It's available on YouTube)

Hijab Butch Blues by lamya h

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing…And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader by Zora Neale Hurston

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by Nawaal El-Sadaawi

Playboy by Constance Debre

Selected Writings by Clara Zetkin

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sula by Toni Morrison

The Answer / La Respuesta (expanded edition) by Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz

What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali

what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

Window appreciation post

jess allen, the passing of time (2023)

Hey, y'all! I made these today! I release them into the world to support the cause! They're sized for 8.5x11 printer paper. Take 'em. Print 'em. Post 'em EVERYWHERE.