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elon musk did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration, and republicans are defending him.

trump revoked executive order 11246, which prohibited discrimination.

trump put all dei employees on leave to be fired.

trump banned all lgbtq+ flags from being hung in government buildings.

trump rolled back biden’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs for people using medicare and medicaid.

trump rescinded the $35 cap on insulin, and prices are expected to rise to $1500 a month.

trump ordered the national institutes of health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

when sean hannity asked trump about the economy, he said “i don’t care”, after campaigning with the economy as his main talking point.

trump has withdrawn the us from the world health organization.

trump is ordering health agencies to stop reporting on bird flu and halt publications of scientific reports.

trump has pardoned over 1500 people who stormed the capitol on january 6th.

trump changed mount denali back to mount mckinley.

trump signed an executive order to rename the gulf of mexico to gulf of america.

trump shut down cbp one, an app which granted legal entry to 1 million+ immigrants.

trump is allowing ice raids at churches and elementary schools.

trump announced plans to declare a national emergency at the us-mexico border.

trump signed an executive order to expand the use of the death penalty.

trump withdrew from the paris climate act.

trump revoked all protections for transgender troops in the us military.

trump rescinded executive orders made by biden that benefited and protected women, lgbtq+ people, black americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders.

trump is attempting to make it legal to refuse to hire or fire pregnant women.

trump pardoned 23 individuals convicted under the freedom of access to clinic entrances (FACE) act for their anti-abortion activism, including oftentimes violent protests at abortion clinics.

trump announced that the us government will from here on out only recognize male and female as sexes. intersex is not legally recognized anymore.

andy ogles drafted a constitutional amendment to allow trump to be president for a third term.

georgia republican congressman mike collins called for the deportation of new jersey born mariann budde, the bishop who urged trump to “have mercy” on the lgbtq+ community and immigrants during a service at the national cathedral.

amazon revoked protections for lgbtq+ and black employees.

every single republican told us we were overreacting. trump swore he had nothing to do with project 2025 yet continues implementing details outlined in it. not a single person has the right to tell us we’re being dramatic anymore.

hope the possibility of cheaper eggs and gas was worth it.

F1 Academy Awareness Survey

Hello everyone! For one of my university classes I am creating a newspaper publication about the emergence of F1 Academy and the women who make the series possible. As a part of my research, I would really love to gather some fan opinions and experience regarding the series and women's motorsports as a whole. If you have time, please consider filling this survey out and reblogging it so it can reach as many people as possible! Thank you so much in advanced for your time, it's a huge help! Can't wait to share the final project with you guys.

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

tw; mentions and descriptions of sexual assault, sexual harassment, rape, post traumatic stress disorder

as someone who has quite the CV of sexual assault experience, i feel horrible about everything that is happening right now.

we're not going to talk about christian horner's guilt/innocence on this post, because i think i've talked about that so much on my asks tag (though you'll have to scroll a bit to find the relevant asks coz it's been a few days).

instead, i just wanted to vent about how fucking disappointed i am in the drivers right now.

i've been undergoing treatment and therapy for post traumatic stress disorder for years because i was raped by a close friend, in my own home, which i welcomed him into with so much trust. i want to vomit at the way that this is being handled.

i don't even know why i'm so surprised. they're rich, privileged white men. why did i expect better responses from them instead of calling sexual harassment allegations "noise" or "not about me" or "a distraction from racing"???? maybe because f1 preached about inclusivity so much. maybe because there are literally women working in the sport. maybe because all of them have wives/mothers/sisters/friends/colleagues that are women. or maybe because i just expected being angry at sexual harassment to be more of a normal thing.

i love this sport, and i love my drivers, and it's just been such an upsetting experience to hear how they're addressing this. when i was hit, choked, raped, or mentally abused (i am trying not to get too graphic on main), the other men in my life were so supportive. listening to my rants, telling people why what happened to me was wrong, being righteously outraged at the harm that comes to women for just being women.

it's not that fucking hard to want women to be protected??? or so i thought.

f1 was something that i would watch on late nights, when i needed to distract myself from the memory of my pants being forced off while i was napping on my own couch. watching driver interviews and giggling at their humor was something that i looked forward to when i felt my brain go numb. writing fics about these drivers, who i found so comforting, was a way for me to escape the flashbacks of the bar's bathroom door's lock being broken down while i was vomiting and having someone shove their fingers inside me. watching races helped me take my mind off someone at work calling me a whore just because i didn't overtime at work because i had a date.

now, i don't know how to feel. i don't want to hate this sport, because i think that women deserve our place in f1. i just want better for women. i want to hold my drivers accountable. i want them to grow and change for the better. i want these stupid white men to learn.

some people are making the argument that the drivers were told what to say by PR. if that's the case then these teams should fire their entire PR teams because the statements or takes of the majority have been absolute shit. aside from that though, these are GROWN-ASS MEN. do they need to be told that sexual harassment is bad, and should not be tolerated???? i would have thought that went without saying.

the media is also asking shitty leading questions. like, use your fucking platforms for good.

i saw people irl deal with similar issues better than this. maybe that's why it's so disappointing.

I’m about to save you thousands of dollars in therapy by teaching you what I learned paying thousands of dollars for therapy:

It may sound woo woo but it’s an important skill capitalism and hyper individualism have robbed us of as human beings.

Learn to process your emotions. It will improve your mental health and quality of life. Emotions serve a biological purpose, they aren’t just things that happen for no reason.

1. Pause and notice you’re having a big feeling or reaching for a distraction to maybe avoid a feeling. Notice what triggered the feeling or need for a distraction without judgement. Just note that it’s there. Don’t label it as good or bad.

2. Find it in your body. Where do you feel it? Your chest? Your head? Your stomach? Does it feel like a weight everywhere? Does it feel like you’re vibrating? Does it feel like you’re numb all over?

3. Name the feeling. Look up an emotion chart if you need to. Find the feeling that resonates the most with what you’re feeling. Is it disappointment? Heartbreak? Anxiety? Anger? Humiliation?

4. Validate the feeling. Sometimes feelings misfire or are disproportionately big, but they’re still valid. You don’t have to justify what you’re feeling, it’s just valid. Tell yourself “yeah it makes sense that you feel that right now.” Or something as simple as “I hear you.” For example: If I get really big feelings of humiliation when I lose at a game of chess, the feeling may not be necessary, but it is valid and makes sense if I grew up with parents who berated me every time I did something wrong. So I could say “Yeah I understand why we are feeling that way given how we were treated growing up. That’s valid.”

5. Do something with your body that’s not a mental distraction from the feeling. Something where you can still think. Go on a walk. Do something with your hands like art or crochet or baking. Journal. Clean a room. Figure out what works best for you.

6. Repeat, it takes practice but is a skill you can learn :)

welcome to the ultimate college major showdown!

I'll make a more detailed post later but for now happy women's day to Maria Antonietta Avanzo who was refused a seat in a team in 1921 because they "wanted all cars to make it to the finish line" only to be later accepted and arrive 3rd in her cathegory, giving Tazio Nuvolari a hard time.

Happy women's day to Ada Pace, who stood on the podium alone because the 2nd and 3rd classified drivers could not tolerate standing on a step lower than a woman.

Happy women's day to Maria Teresa De Filippis, the first woman to drive in F1, who could not race in France because the organizer told her " the only helmet a woman should wear is a hairdresser's".

Happy women's day to Lella Lombardi, the only woman so far to conquer points in f1, who was asked if she was just a pretty doll in an interview.

Happy women's day to Giovanna Amati, who raced for Brabham in a terrible car and was used as a PR stunt and received minimal support.

Happy women's day to the girls and women racing today, hoping for a better future.