The person who punched Richard Spencer and instantly made him a meme never got caught. Just threw one punch and skipped off into immortality. I think about that a lot.

These men were boys when every remotely empowered woman had to preface every statement with “I’m not a feminist, but”

as a 39-year-old woman I am not surprised that it is men my age and a bit older who are the most regressive when it comes to sexism. have you SEEN the media that raised us.

As a left-wing person who long reconciled himself with the reality that my politics are marginal and will likely remain so forever (and that I personally am not a terribly convincing advocate for them), I'm struck by how often the mere existence of my politics is treated like a major social problem

Thank god tbh

Work training tomorrow, and by that, I'm assuming it's going to be the same things as last year

The mood is anxious

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

The work of a generation of historians - to sweep aside jingoistic fairytales and give us a richer, more accurate understanding of our colonial histories - will continue unabated. And over time, the embittered, chauvinistic backlash against their work will fade into background noise.

Leadbeater’s confidence in these safeguards has been widely contested. The Bill disallows assisted suicide as a result of coercion or pressure. “Pressure” is not a legally defined concept: whether berating a sick person over time over the cost of their care, or their occupation of scarce hospital space, would qualify is unclear. In Canada, exactly these scenarios have played out. Nor is there a mechanism in the legislation by which those approving an application for assisted suicide can look into whether pressure or coercion has been applied. There is no requirement for the High Court judges tasked with approving applications even to speak to the applicant, let alone their GP or family members who might be able to shed light on factors which could have influenced the decision.

Designing adequate safeguards is not easy: sifting enough information to be sure there has been no pressure or coercion could involve a process as complex as child custody proceedings, which would negate the Bill’s concern to make the process relatively quick and stress-free. But this only underlines the enormous complexities inherent in legalising assisted death while protecting those who might be driven to it against their will. The Bill is keener to minimise potential obstacles to a person’s decision to kill themselves than to investigate its motives. So it allows effectively secret applications, with no requirement to inform a person’s GP or next of kin, further reducing the chance of pressure coming to light. It also allows doctors to suggest assisted suicide to patients.

These weaknesses have been highlighted by the Equality & Human Rights Commission, which notes that since Leadbeater’s is a private member’s Bill, it avoids the need for consideration of whether it conforms to the Human Rights Act. Campaign group Liberty, which is in favour of assisted death in principle, expresses “serious concerns over how it places disabled people, people of colour and other marginalised communities at risk” and warns too many issues are skirted over to be defined later by ministers. “Good laws do not follow a ‘details later’ approach,” it warns.

perhaps one of the clearest arguments i’ve seen as to why disabled people have a right to be scared of the assisted dying bill

Yesterday I reorganised a shit ton of stuff, and today I dusted and adjusted the cabinet doors… amazing what you can do when your putting something else off

A small tabby kitten pears inquisitively at the camera while lounging on a red blanket

Here, have a kitty

AKA

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