All of this PLUS many women stayed in abusive horrible relationships becuase the Church is a patriarchal cheerleader for abusive men.
There’s a reason why women cherished jewelry so much: in case she had to run away, that was cash. That was a source of money. Because she couldn’t hold a bank account, couldn’t have a credit card or check book, had no access to the marriage’s or family’s wealth other than what she could LITERALLY get her hands on.
Learn your history. Herstory. Whatever you wanna call it - LEARN IT.
Cyber-Dystopia authors be like: oMg what IF you had to PAY to brEATHe and mOVE and slEEP what if the state quesTioned eVery purchase you made???!!
Meanwhile disabled people now: Lol yeah my inhaler costs more than my rent, my mobility aide is worth more than food, I can’t sleep without my insanely expensive sleep medication, and my insurance doesn’t seem to understand why I need all these things so they’re not going to pay
TikTok is for young people what those terrible magazines in grocery store check outs are for my mom’s generation.
I.e., a source of massive disinformation about the world; trendy (but bullshit) diet and exercise advice; and pictures of recipes that you’ll probably never try.
The fact that Monolith Soft, a studio that prides itself on being anti-crunch, is putting its next game out ahead of schedule (instead of it being delayed like the games of so many studios that DO use crunch time) is such a power move. Turns out making employees work longer hours and exhaust themselves actually doesn’t make the game come out sooner.
