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"Trump, MAGA, and Republicans offer a vision of America in which we embrace traditional hierarchies; white rich men are entitled, we are told, to rule over everyone else, as it was of old. MAGA does not want anyone to think too deeply about what actually happened in those old days because to do so would make certain facts about the future, and the present, unendurable."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #patriarchy #slavery #history #MaleEntitlement
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everythingishorrible.net/p/sla

Everything Is Horrible · Slavery Was Defined by Sexual ViolenceBy Noah Berlatsky

The more i learn about patriarchy and its many spillover effects the more calculated and (at least outwardly calm) i get in my fight against it.

My focus has shifted not to women* or minorities but to men and people in power instead, as well as the usual “bystanders”.
I’m convinced that no change is ever gonna be possible if they do not actively fight with and for us.

I feel a lot more confident calling people out for their compliance, I refuse to fight my battles in backrooms where men keep telling me to keep a low profile.

No.

Because after all, the perpetrator is in the wrong for hurting people and for overstepping boundaries. Not me. Not us.

You don’t want to be publicly criticised for being abusive?
There is a simple solution: respect other people and their boundaries.

“No.” is a full sentence.
You are not entitled to other people. That includes their attention/time/empathy/etc

You witness someone being an asshole?

Open your mouth. Speak up.
Stop hiding behind your own ignorance.

Everyone makes mistakes, everyone has hurt people in their lives.
Own your mistakes.
Don’t pretend them away. Learn from them.

We can make this world so much better than it currently is.
Working together, for each other.

The best time to start is now.

"The assault on the feminine wasn’t a single act—it was a long...process that began even before civilization itself & continues to this day. The aim was nothing less than the destruction of the psyche...of all people. But this was carried out primarily through the systematic undermining of women..."

Modern fascists aren't the first to try to make women 2nd class citizens.

Read the article: resilience.org/stories/2025-08

Sarah Jones, raised in a white evangelical household where James Dobson's books on child-rearing were prominently displayed and where her father followed Dobson's advice to beat her, opens her remembrance of Dobson by saying,

"About ten years ago, I created a Google alert so I’d know the moment James Dobson died."

#JamesDobson #Trump #Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
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nymag.com/intelligencer/articl

Intelligencer · James Dobson Was My Horror, and YoursBy Sarah Jones
Continued thread

"White Cisgender Male Rapist....works in the Entertainment Industry"

He was friends with the father of the victim, that's how most child rapes happen, somebody known by the victim. Usually related.

"Hey, I was famous once, I should able to grab the teen pussy like the American President did"

mylondon.news/news/uk-world-ne

My London · Girl ‘felt absolutely sick’ after alleged sexual assault by BBC star, court toldHe's accused of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and two further counts relating to the 15-year-old of sexual assault and assault by penetration